OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate auditory cortical development using mismatch negativity (MMN) in prelingual severe-to-profound hearing-impaired children from the stage of cochlear implant (CI) power-up to 6 months after power-up. METHOD Eighteen children were recruited and examined at the stage of CI initial power-up (M0), as well as several follow-up periods, that is, 1 mo...

Effective temperatures for nine giant stars are derived from recent diameter determinations at 2.2μmwith the FLUOR beam combiner on the IOTA interferometer. A good overlap with previous studies for stars earlier than M6 is verified. The present paper extends the temperature scale of giant stars based on direct measurements to types between M6 and M8.

UNLABELLED Prolonged tissue ischemia leads to changes in microcirculation and production of oxygen free radicals. The event eventually responsible for tissue death is the no-reflow phenomenon and its management is a challenge for the surgeon dealing with replantation or transplantation. We introduce a model of warm ischemia and reperfusion of the lower limb of rats with which we studied the eff...

Background The effect of gene polymorphisms and promoter methylation, associated with maladaptive developmental outcomes, vary depending on environmental factors (e.g., parental psychopathology). Most studies have focused on 0- to 5-year-old children, adolescents, or adults, whereas there is dearth of research on school-age youths and pre-adolescents. Methods In a sample of 21 families recrui...

The preparation of rhenium based octahedral clusters containing N-heterocyclic carbenes is described. These represent the first examples of [M6(μ3-Q)8](n+) or [M6(μ3-X)8](n+) clusters to contain a carbene ligand of any type (NHC, Fischer or Schrock). Surprisingly, the NHC ligands attenuate their luminescent properties.

mAbs 10A11, 10B6, and 10F5, raised against the native group A streptococcal M6 protein, were examined for their crossreactivity with non-laboratory passaged clinical isolates, representing 58 M serotypes, by bacterial dot blot immunoassay. mAb 10A11 crossreacted with 9, mAb 10B6 with 30, and mAb 10F5 with 30 different non-M6 serotypes. To identify the epitopes for these antibodies, the native M...

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Background Following the European Society of Hypertension International Protocol (ESH-IP) Revision 2010, QardioArm® and Omron M6 Comfort IT® oscillometric devices were evaluated in the general population and in patients with type II diabetes, respectively, for self-blood pressure (BP) measurement. Methods Both devices, QardioArm® and Omron M6 Comfort®, measure BP at the brachial level. The ES...

Metallothionein, a two-domain protein, naturally binds seven gram atoms of divalent ions such as Zn and Cd. Four of the metals (M1, M5, M6 and M7) are found in the alpha-domain and three (M2, M3 and M4) in the beta-domain. Previous studies have shown that metals in the beta-domain are more readily exchangeable, and the level of avidity is site specific. By semi-empirical MNDO modified neglect o...