J J de Santiago-Perez1, R A Osornio-Rios1*, R J Romero-Troncoso1, E Cabal-Yepez1 and R G Guevara-Gonzalez2 HSPdigital CA Mecatronica, Facultad de Ingenieria Campus San Juan del Rio, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Rio Moctezuma 249, San Cayetano, C.P. 76807 San Juan del Rio, Qro., Mexico Laboratorio de biosistemas, Division de Estudios de Posgrado, Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad Autonom...

The protective action of i.v. administered eptastigmine, an organophosphate hydrolase (phosphotriesterase), or pralidoxime-2-chloride (2-PAM) and their combination in acute diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP) intoxication were evaluated in mice. The mice received the physostigmine derivative, eptastigmine (0.9 mg/kg body wt, i.v.), 10 min prior to the i.p. injection of DFP (1.8 mg/kg body wt). Pho...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) often causes catastrophic economic effects on both the individual suffering the disease and their households. A number of studies have analyzed patient and household expenditure on TB care, but there does not appear to be any that have assessed the incidence, intensity and determinants of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) relating to TB care in China. That will ...

The cholinesterase inhibitors (ChE-Is) attenuate the cholinergic deficit underlying the cognitive and neuropsychiatric dysfunctions in patients with AD. Inhibition of brain acetylcholinesterase (AChE) has been the major therapeutic target of ChE-I treatment strategies for Alzheimer's disease (AD). AChE-positive neurons project diffusely to the cortex, modulating cortical processing and response...

BACKGROUND In Kenya, where 60 to 80% of the urban residents live in informal settlements (frequently referred to as slums), out-of-pocket (OOP) payments account for more than a third of national health expenditures. However, little is known on the extent to which these OOP payments are associated with personal or household financial catastrophe in the slums. This paper seeks to examine the inci...