In the canine liver with portosystemic shunts (PSS), focal lesions consisting of cells with cytoplasmic brown pigments and lipid vacuoles are often observed in the hepatic parenchyma. Termed lipogranulomas, their histopathological characteristics have been little studied. In the present study, we examined liver biopsy samples from 144 dogs (age: 3 months-16 years; 65 PSS and 79 non-PSS cases), ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS To determine the prevalence of autonomic dysfunction among Korean patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS) and its associations with the clinical features of pSS. METHODS We analyzed 154 participants from the Korean Initiative of primary Sjogren's Syndrome (KISS) as a prospective pSS cohort and 154 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. A standardized 5-minute, supine, r...

during 2007-2008, 58 strains of p. syringae pv. syringae (pss) were isolated from various prunus species and other hosts such as sugar beet, pear, quince, oat, millet, wheat, barley, and rice in fars, isfahan, kohgiloye and boyer ahmad, chahar mahal-o-bakhtiari provinces of iran. the strains were tested for pathogenicity, the presence of the syrb gene and box pcr (box a1r primer). all teste...

Gilts, barrows and boars of Pietrain (P), Yorkshire (Y) and P-Y-Hampshire (H) breeding, Px P (PHY), were used to study accuracy of prediction of susceptibility to the porcine stress syndrome (PSS) by the luciferase method for blood creatine kinase (CK). At 10 weeks of age, pigs were classified as PSS if they displayed muscle rigidity within 5 min after commencing anesthesia with 3% halothane in...

Mammalian prosomatostatin (PSS) is cleaved at a dibasic Arg-Lys site to produce somatostatin-14 (SS-14) and at monobasic Arg and Lys sites to yield SS-28 and PSS(1-10) (antrin), respectively. Furin, PC1, and PC2 are three recently discovered mammalian endoproteases localized either to the constitutive (furin) or regulated (PC1, PC2) secretory pathways. In this study we have compared the heterol...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify the determinants of plaque structural stress (PSS) and the relationship between PSS and plaques with rupture. BACKGROUND Plaque rupture is the most common cause of myocardial infarction, occurring particularly in higher risk lesions such as fibroatheromas. However, prospective intravascular ultrasound-virtual histology studies indicate that <10...

A product/service system (PSS) facilitates remanufacturing and thus is the article’s subject. This article presents a first quantitative analysis, through a descriptive study, of the details of a PSS design case. To do so, an example of PSS design was conducted using a real offering in the marketplace, and this design episode was analyzed through protocol analysis developed further by the autho...

OBJECTIVES Objective signs of autonomic dysfunction (AD) have been reported in patients with primary SS (pSS) while the presence of associated symptoms has not been systematically studied. Therefore, the aims of this study were (i) to assess the presence and severity of various AD symptoms in pSS patients and (ii) to relate AD symptoms to other clinical features of pSS. METHODS Thirty-eight p...

AIMS To compare the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) measured by Barthel Index and the Danish Prostate Symptom Score (DAN-PSS-1) questionnaire in stroke patients. METHODS A cross-sectional, hospital based survey was initiated whereby 407 stroke patients, average age 67 (SD 12) years with a mean interval of 101 days since onset of last stroke at inclusion. The stroke patients self-repor...

PURPOSE To analyze the outcome of endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) after preoperative systemic steroid (PSS) treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyposis (NP) and to investigate and compare clinicopathological factors associated with the outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective chart review of 468 patients with CRS with NP who underwent primary ESS between ...