BACKGROUND Elevated ferritin levels have been associated with single cardiovascular risk factors but the relationship to the presence of metabolic syndrome is inconclusive.The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis of published observational studies was to estimate the association between serum ferritin levels and metabolic syndrome in adults. METHODS The Pubmed, SCOPUS and the Cochr...

The two commonly performed surgical techniques used to repair displaced midshaft clavicle fractures are plate fixation or intramedullary nailing; however, despite recent evidence, the optimal method to treat such fractures remains a continued topic of debate. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was conducted to evaluate long term function, complications, and operative duratio...

The specialty of radiation therapy has increased in complexity over the years, yet as technology improves, the goal of improving outcomes while decreasing toxicity remains critical. Malignant gliomas remain among the most devastating of all malignancies, yet as conventional treatments (surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy) have become optimized overall survival has improved. The underlying mole...

The specialty of radiation therapy has increased in complexity over the years, yet as technology improves, the goal of improving outcomes while decreasing toxicity remains critical. Malignant gliomas remain among the most devastating of all malignancies, yet as conventional treatments (surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy) have become optimized overall survival has improved. The underlying mole...

The effectiveness of an injected caprine serum fraction-immunomodulator (CSF-I2) as an immunostimulant in male and female F-line and commercial turkey poults infected with fowl cholera (Pasteurella multocida) was examined in separate trials. In the first 2 of 3 controlled trials, the effects of an i.m. injection of CSF-I2 given 24 h prior to a P. multocida challenge, administered by s.c. inject...

Let I⊆R=K[x1,…,xn] be a toric ideal, i.e., binomial prime ideal. We investigate when the ideal I can “split” into sum of two smaller ideals. For general I, we give sufficient condition for this splitting in terms integer matrix that defines I. When I=IG is finite simple graph G, additional splittings IG related to subgraphs G. there exists I=I1+I2 show some cases describe (multi-)graded Betti n...

Various heterotrimeric G(i) proteins are considered to be involved in cell migration and effector function of immune cells. The underlying mechanisms, how they control the activation of myeloid effector cells, are not well understood. To elucidate isoform-redundant and -specific roles for Gα(i) proteins in these processes, we analyzed mice genetically deficient in Gα(i2) or Gα(i3). First, we sh...

Femtosecond photoelectron spectroscopy (FPES) is used to study the timeresolved photodissociation dynamics of clusters excited at I2~(CO2)n/4, 16 780 nm. The FPES experiment on shows that the I~ fragment I2~(CO2)4 formed by excitation to the repulsive state of initially pulls A@ 2%1@2, g I2~ away from the cluster, but by 0.2 ps it is drawn back to complex with more of the solvent molecules. In ...

Plants and animals rely on immune receptors, known as nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat (NLR)-containing proteins, to defend against invading pathogens and activate immune responses. How NLR receptors respond to pathogens is inadequately understood. We previously reported single-residue mutations that expand the response of the potato immune receptor R3a to AVR3a(EM), a stealthy...

A simple matrix is a (0,1)-matrix with no repeated columns. For a (0,1)-matrix F , we define that a (0,1)-matrix A has F as a configuration if there is a submatrix of A which is a row and column permutation of F (trace is the set system version of a configuration). Let |A| denote the number of columns of A. We define forb(m,F ) = max{|A| : A is m-rowed simple matrix and has no configuration F}....