The regulation of c-sis oncogene expression in human glioblastoma cell line A172 has been investigated using a sensitive RNA-RNA solution hybridization method. Enhanced expression of c-sis mRNA was induced by phorbol ester (PMA) and diacylglycerol, each of which activates protein kinase C. c-sis mRNA was also induced by transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta). The response to PMA and TGF-bet...

Background and Purpose—We sought to assess the psychometric attributes of the Brazilian version of the Stroke Impact Scale (SIS) 3.0 in stroke survivors. Methods—Patients were evaluated by the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, Mini-Mental State Examination, Barthel Index, Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale, modified Rankin Scale, Geriatric Depression Scale, and Hospi...

OBJECTIVE To explore the feasibility of a modified 3D porous small intestinal submucosa (SIS) scaffold seeded with urothelial cells (UC) for surgical reconstruction in a rabbit model. MATERIAL AND METHODS Eighteen New England white male rabbits were divided into three groups and a 0.8 × 1.5 cm(2) section of the anterior urethral mucosa was removed from each animal. Ventral onlay urethroplasty...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We sought to assess the psychometric attributes of the Brazilian version of the Stroke Impact Scale (SIS) 3.0 in stroke survivors. METHODS Patients were evaluated by the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, Mini-Mental State Examination, Barthel Index, Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale, modified Rankin Scale, Geriatric Depression Scale, and Hos...

OBJECTIVES Comparison between cerebrovascular accident (CVA) relapse in hypertensive patients with sigmoid interventricular septum (SIS) and CVA relapse in hypertensive patients without SIS. MATERIALS AND METHODS We selected 36 hypertensive patients, all of them complicated with previous CVA; 18 patients had SIS (Group A) and 18 patients didn't have SIS (Group B). The utilized methods were th...

BACKGROUND Subacromial impingement syndrome (SIS) is a commonly reported cause of shoulder pain. The purpose of this study was to systematically review the literature to examine whether a difference in electromyographic (EMG) activity of the shoulder complex exists between people with SIS and healthy controls. METHODS Medline, CINAHL, AMED, EMBASE, and grey literature databases were searched ...

Certain applications, such as Windows 2000’s Remote Install service, can result in a set of files in which many different files have the same content. Using a traditional file system to store these files separately results in excessive use of disk and main memory file cache space. Using hard or symbolic links would eliminate the excess resource requirements, but changes the semantics of having ...