PURPOSE This study was conducted to examine: 1) whether the NAT2 genotypes are risk factors for bladder cancer, 2) to study possible association of tobacco usage with NAT2 genotype of these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS This case control study was undertaken over a period of 19 months and included 101 bladder cancer patients and 110 controls. The NAT2 genotypes were identified by PCR-RFLP m...

The crystal structure of the title compound, C8H9NO3, features centrosymmetric dimers with two amide groups inter-connected by a pair of almost linear N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. Through inter-molecular O-H⋯O inter-actions between phenolic hy-droxy groups and carbonyl O atoms, these dimers are assembled into undulating hydrogen-bonded layers parallel to the [101] plane. Additionally, the anti-H(-N) a...

PURPOSE To develop high temporal resolution coronary artery spiral phase velocity mapping sequences and to compare the results obtained with those from FLASH sequences. MATERIALS AND METHODS Velocity curves were obtained in eight left and eight right coronary arteries using breath-hold interleaved spiral (BH_SP), free-breathing interleaved spiral (FB_SP), breath-hold segmented FLASH (BH_FL), ...

introduction: this study was initiated to examine the effect of the ampullary and the isthmic primary cell cultures of human oviduct during long-term co-culture on two-cell mouse embryos. materials and methods: using a mechanical procedure, epithelial cells from ampullary (a) and isthmic (i) regions of the human oviduct were isolated and cultured in ham's f-10 with 10% fetal calf serum (fsc). t...

P systems are computing models, where certain objectscan evolve in parallel into an hierarchical membrane structure. Recentresults show that this model is a promising framework for solving NPcomplete problems in polynomial time. The present paper considers the possibility to perform operations withinteger numbers in a P system. All four arithmetical operations areimplemented...

Objective. Statin treatment alone has been demonstrated to significantly increase plasma proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) levels. The effect of policosanol combined with statin on PCSK9 is unknown. Methods. Protocol I: 26 patients with atherosclerosis were randomly assigned to receive either atorvastatin 20 mg/d or policosanol 20 mg/d + atorvastatin 20 mg/d for 8 weeks. Pro...

Abstract Unopposed estradiol and obesity are known risk factors for endometrial adenocarcinoma (EC). Endometrium from women with was found to have an increase in mutations relative tissue normal weight women, indicating DNA damage may be accelerated the setting of obesity. Since is associated high levels insulin anovulatory cycles, we sought mimic these conditions a mouse model. We previously t...