Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) has been recently discovered as an etiological agent of acute respiratory infections. Our purpose was to asses the virological and clinical features of children with respiratory infections caused by hMPV. We examined 658 nasopharyngeal swab samples obtained from 637 children with respiratory infections for hMPV by using reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR). A total of...

Abstract Aim To evaluate the rate of remission (RR) from hypertension after Laparoscopic Roux-en-y Gastric Bypass (LRYGB) and Sleeve Gastrectomy determine any difference between groups. analyse if patient’s age, sex, BMI number anti-hypertensive medications (AHMs) taken preoperatively affected surgery. Method Retrospective cohort analysis all patients on AHMs who had undergone LRYGB or LSG as t...

Aspergillus flavus is one of the predominant causative organisms of mycotic keratitis in tropical parts of the world. Extracellular proteins are the earliest proteins that come in contact with the host and have a role in the infection process. Exoproteins of A. flavus isolated from infected cornea, sputum and a saprophyte were pooled and identified using high resolution mass spectrometry in ord...

This essay looks at the historical significance of four APS classic papers that are freely available online: Fenn WO, Rahn H, and OTIS AB. A theoretical study of the composition of the alveolar air at altitude. Am J Physiol 146: 637-653. 1946 (http://ajplegacy.physiology.org/cgi/reprint/146/5/637). Rahn H. A concept of mean alveolar air and the ventilation-bloodflow relationships during pulmona...

METHODS Glycaemic control and the prevalence of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors, and micro- and macrovascular morbidity was examined in 637 Type 2 diabetic patients in general practice, of whom 405 consented to undergo a more extensive examination. RESULTS In these 405 patients, HbA1c was > or = 7% in 56.6%, and hypertension and dyslipidaemia were found in 59.8% and 46.5% of the patien...

We give a systematic method of constructing extensions of the Kuznetsov-Gerčiu logic KG without the finite model property (fmp for short), and show that there are continuum many such. We also introduce a new technique of gluing of cyclic intuitionistic descriptive frames and give a new simple proof of Gerčiu’s result [9, 8] that all extensions of the RiegerNishimura logic RN have the fmp. Moreo...