OBJECTIVE Palliative care (PC) in heart failure (HF) is beneficial and recommended in international HF guidelines. However, there is a perception that PC is underutilised in HF in the UK. This exploratory study aims to investigate, from a PC perspective, this perceived underutilisation and identify problems with current practice that may impact on the provision of PC in HF throughout the UK. ...

the use of bacteriocins, mainly nisin, is one of the most significant preservation technologies in the food industry. nisin encapsulation can improve stability and homogenous distribution in food matrices. in this study, liposomes of four various lipids (lipoid s 100, lipoid s pc-3, lipoid s pc, and lipoid pc (dppc)) were prepared by dehydration-rehydration method, and compared for entrapment e...

Pear (Pyrus communis L.) are climacteric fruit: their ripening is associated with a burst of autocatalytic ethylene production. Some late pear cultivars, such as Passe-Crassane (PC) require a long (80 d) chilling treatment before the fruit will produce autocatalytic ethylene and ripen. As the cold requirement is linked to the capacity to respond to ethylene (or its analogue, propylene), three p...

Since neutralizing antibodies (NAb) targeting the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) pentamer complex (PC) potently block HCMV host cell entry, anti-PC NAb induction is thought to be important for a vaccine formulation to prevent HCMV infection. By developing a vaccine strategy based on soluble PC protein and using a previously generated Modified Vaccinia Ankara vector co-expressing all five PC subun...

The causes of prostate cancer (PC) and its progression are not yet known. Mortality and incidence from PC has increased throughout European countries until early 1990s. In Greece, PC is the second commonest cancer in men after lung cancer. The traditional Greek diet old in its origin may protect against common chronic diseases, including PC. Hormonal causes have been postulated in the aetiology...

Inspired by the LHCb observation of hidden-charm pentaquarks, i.e., Pc(4312), Pc(4440), and Pc(4457) in J/ψp invariant mass spectrum, a calculation scattering cross-section was performed using quark-delocalization color screening model. The results show that Pc(4312) can be identified as molecular state ΣcD with JP=12−. two-peak structure reproduced around 4450 MeV, which corresponds to Pc(4440...

prostate cancer is a devastating disease for which current therapies are inadequate. various lines of evidences have suggested the 5-lipoxygenase (5-lox) pathway and the leukotriene receptor pathway are potential targets for prevention or treatment of prostate cancer. thus, search for new anti-cancer drugs targeting 5-lox and leukotriene is very essential and important. the objective of the pre...

conclusion both techniques provided quantitatively consistent results of in vivo velocity vector fields in right internal carotid artery (rca). pc mri represented a good estimation of main flow patterns inside the vasculature, which seems to be acceptable for clinical use. however, limitations of each technique should be considered while interpreting results. subjects and methods mr imaging was...