1 Comparison of Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Pharyngeal, Rectal, and Urethral Neisseria gonorrhoeae 1 Isolates Among Men Who Have Sex with Men 2 3 4 Sarah Kidd 1# , Akbar Zaidi 1 , Lenore Asbel 2 , Tamara Baldwin 3 , Beau Gratzer 4 , Sarah Guerry 5 , Roxanne P. 5 Kerani 6 , Preeti Pathela 7 , Kevin Pettus 1 , Olusegun O. Soge 8 , Ali Stirland 5 , Hillard S. Weinstock 1 6 7 8 1 Division of ST...

BACKGROUND Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is among the most unfavorable problems in women in reproductive age; however its pathophysiology is still not fully confirmed. Vitamin D as an immunomodulator could prevent inflammatory state before and during menstruation. OBJECTIVE The aim was to investigate whether there is any relationship between serum vitamin D levels and PMS. MATERIALS AND METHO...

Introduction Decompensated cirrhosis is associated with significantly high mortality resulting from hepatic failure, and liver transplantation seems to be the only viable indication for its management. The objective of this study is to assess if granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), a stimulatory of stem cell in vivo, may be of any benefit for patients with decompensated cirrhosis of l...

glistening lofty peaks of perpetual snow piercing the azure blue firmament, and to have watched the lower Himalayas gleaming ?with gold, else softly changing colour from shades of radiant opal, steel blue, grey, peacock, copper or emerald green, to rose pink in the setting sun, as contrasted' with recollections of the stupendous grandeur of the roaring foaming falls of Niagara. During the past ...

A study was undertaken to examine the genetic diversity of 12 wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes, using 4 simple sequence repeats (SSRs). A total of 10 alleles were found. Allele number per locus ranged from 2 to 4 with an average of 2.5. The polymorphic information content (PIC) values ranged from 0.2755 to 0.5411 with an average of 0.3839. The average gene diversity over all SSR loci for ...

A total of 45 patients with acute hepatitis were detected in a medical facility of Bangladesh over a period of 6 months. All of them were physicians, nurses, students or employees of the hospital. About 50% of these patients suffered from acute hepatitis within a period of 2 months. All of them had clinical and biochemical evidences of acute hepatitis. All of them shared common working places a...

The study was performed to assess the anti-inflammatory, antioxidant activities and identify the polyphenols of Toona ciliata grown in Bangladesh. Anti-inflammatory activity was examined by the methods of carrageenan and histamine-induced paw edema. At the dose of 400 mg/kg, effective anti-inflammatory activity (P<0.01) was observed in rats for both the test models of carrageenan and histamine-...

The most important reason mentioned for the early discontinuation of breast feeding and introduction of supplementary bottles is Perceived Insufficient Milk (PIM), which is relatively common in women. This is of public health concern because the use of breast milk substitutes increases the risk of morbidity and mortality among infants in developing countries and shortens birth intervals. Thus, ...

Nekooeian, Ali Akbar, and Catherine C. Y. Pang. Effects of estrogen on venous function in rats with chronic heart failure. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 278: H1941– H1947, 2000.—The effect of 17b-estradiol on venous function was investigated in ovariectomized rats with heart failure. Rats (50–60 days old) were ovariectomized and implanted with 60-day-release pellets that contain 17b-estradiol...

Cambrian sedimentary facies are exposed throughout north part of Kerman region. Trilobites’ faunas are the most common invertebrate fossils within the Cambrian strata. The section is made of 217 m of sandstone, shale, limestone and dolomite. In this study, 153 trilobite samples including seven species and genera were identified from the Dahu section 12 Km. east of Zarand. This trilobite’s assem...