PURPOSE Selective immunoglobulin A deficiency is the most common primary immunodeficiency disorder that is strongly overrepresented among patients with celiac disease (CD). IgG antibodies against tissue transglutaminase (tTG) and deamidated gliadin peptides (DGP) serve as serological markers for CD in IgA deficient individuals, although the diagnostic value remains uncertain. The aim of this st...

From 1997 to 2009, 1,862 dermatology, gynaecology, and paediatrics (DGP) associated clinical yeast isolates were analysed for species occurrence, specimen origin and type, (multi-) resistance pattern, and testing period. The top seven of the isolated DGP-associated species remained the same as compared to total medical wards, with Candida albicans (45%) as most frequent pathogen. However, the D...

We investigated the effects of bulk scalar field in the braneworld cosmological scenario. The Friedmann equations and acceleration condition in presence of the bulk scalar field for a zero tension brane and cosmological constant are studied. In DGP model the effective Einstein equation on the brane is obtained with bulk scalar field. The rescaled bulk scalar field on the brane in the DGP model ...

Recently, some efforts focus on differentiating dark energy and modified gravity with the growth function δ(z). In the literature, it is useful to parameterize the growth rate f ≡ d ln δ/d ln a = Ωm with the growth index γ. In this note, we consider the general DGP model with any Ωk. We confront the growth index of DGP model with currently available growth rate data and find that the DGP model ...

The Distributed Generation (DG) technologies, which include both conventional and non-conventional type of energy sources for generating power, are gaining momentum and play major role in distribution system as an alternative distribution system planning option. The penetration of DGs is potentially beneficial if distributed generation planning (DGP) is optimal i.e. their site and size are sele...

Digital Geometry Processing recently appeared (in the middle of the 90’s) as a promising avenue to solve the geometric modeling problems encountered when manipulating surfaces represented by discrete elements (i.e. meshes). Since a mesh may be considered to be a sampling of a surface in other words a signal the DGP (digital signal processing) formalism was a natural theoretic background for thi...

Deamidated gliadin peptide antibodies have recently been suggested as reliable tools for celiac disease (CD) diagnosis. We compared their utility for diagnosis CD in comparison to the routinely used anti-endomysial, and anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies. We studied 65 patients (17 men, 48 women; age range, 17- 63 years) who underwent intestinal biopsy because of clinical suspicion of smal...

Background: Alpinia officinarum Hance (AOH) has a long history in China as Chinese medicine and exerts the pharmacological effects of antidiabetic gastrointestinal protection. In traditional theory, AOH is often combined with other medicines for treatment diabetic gastroparesis (DGP). However, molecular mechanisms, potential targets, bioactive ingredients that act against DGP are yet to be eluc...