BACKGROUND Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most important cause of severe acute respiratory tract infection in young children. Alere i RSV is a novel molecular rapid test which identifies respiratory syncytial virus in less than 13 min. METHODS We evaluated the clinical performance of the Alere i RSV assay in a pediatric point-of-care setting during winter season 2016 / 2017. Test re...

We prospectively examined the relationship between leptin and markers of insulin resistance and secretion and future visceral adipose tissue accumulation. In this study, 518 nondiabetic Japanese-American men and women underwent the following measurements at baseline and at 5- and 10-year follow-ups: plasma glucose and insulin measured after an overnight fast and during a 75-g oral glucose toler...

Keratinase producing microorganisms are being increasingly utilized for degradation and recycling of poultry feather waste. Two native strains BF11 (Bacillus subtilis) and BF21 (Bacillus cereus) degrading keratin completely were characterized. The native strains produced more than 10 KU/mL of enzyme. Strain improvement resulted in isolation of MBF11 and MBF21 from BF11 and BF21 isolates, respec...

Fe(III) and Fe(II) ions were separated and determined via in-column and post-column reactions with salicylic acid and 1,10-phenanthroline by microcolumn ion chromatography with UV-Vis detection. The separation could be achieved on a silica microcolumn using an aqueous ethanol solution of salicylic acid as eluent. The effluent from the column was then mixed with aqueous ethanol solution of 1,10-...

To obtain the low birth weight (LBW) rate, the very low birth weight (VLBW) rate, and gestational age (GA)-specific birth weight distribution based on a large population in Korea, we collected and analyzed the birth data of 108,486 live births with GA greater than 23 weeks for 1 yr from 1 January to 31 December 2001, from 75 hospitals and clinics located in Korea. These data included birth weig...

OBJECTIVES This study compares the long-term performance of the Carpentier-Edwards (CE) porcine bioprosthesis and the CE pericardial bioprosthesis for aortic valve replacement (AVR). BACKGROUND With new bioprostheses on the horizon, there is renewed interest in how the long-term durability of current pericardial bioprostheses compares with the traditional porcine bioprosthesis. METHODS We r...

PURPOSE We analyzed whether axillary nodal irradiation could control clinically node-negative disease, including those patients with a positive sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), most of whom received regional nodal irradiation. We also evaluated toxicity profiles that resulted from nodal irradiation. PATIENTS AND METHODS From 1988 to 2011, 2107 patients with cT1-T2N0M0 breast cancer underwen...