This study investigated the relationships between the area and metabolic activity of adipose tissue and the presence of colorectal adenoma (CRA). Our institutional review board approved the study and waived informed consent. A total of 212 subjects who underwent fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) and colonoscopy for routine health ch...

We sought to investigate the effects of cockroach allergen (CRA) exposure on the lung macrophage population to determine how different macrophage phenotypes influence exacerbation of disease. CRA exposure caused significantly reduced expression of CD86 on lung macrophages. These effects were not systemic, as peritoneal macrophage CD86 expression was not altered. To investigate whether naïve mac...

En los últimos diez años, la pérdida de bosque en las comunidades yagua cuenca del río Atacuari (CRA), Loreto, Perú, ha tenido a cultivos migratorios (incluyendo coca) como causas principales. este contexto, se desconoce cómo será el impacto ecosistemas por actividades antrópicas. El objetivo fue evaluar debido legales o ilegales CRA, bajo un enfoque geoespacial. Se generó escenario cobertura v...

A key feature of cumulative risk assessment (CRA) is the ability to estimate differential health risks from environmental exposures within populations. Identifying populations at increased risk from environmental exposures is the first step toward mitigating such risks as required by the fair treatment mandate of environmental justice. CRA methods remain under development except for a limited a...

13-cis-Retinoic acid (13-CRA) is a synthetic analog of vitamin A effective reversing preneoplastic lesions in both humans and animals. To study its physiochemical properties and disposition kinetics, we developed a rapid, sensitive, and precise high-performance liquid chromatography assay for 13-CRA in biological samples. This assay system resulted in a clear separation of 13-CRA from all-trans...

BACKGROUND This paper compares adolescents with primary opioid problem use (OPU) to those with primary marijuana or alcohol problem use (MAPU) who received up to six months of Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA), an empirically supported treatment. METHODS Intake clinical characteristics, treatment implementation measures, and clinical outcomes of two substance problem groups ...

This study empirically tests whether the credit Watchlist creates an implicit contract between debt issuing firms and credit rating agencies (CRAs), whereby the CRA effectively motivates the issuer to take necessary actions that alleviate conditions that might otherwise lower the credit rating and then effectively monitors those actions. Based on Boot Milbourn, and Schmeits (2006), I hypothesiz...

Ezrin is involved in maintaining cell structure and cell motility. Expression levels of the ezrin gene correlate with numerous human malignancies. The aim of this study was to explore the role of ezrin in tumor progression and the prognostic evaluation of colorectal adenocarcinoma (CRA). The levels of ezrin protein in 186 CRA samples were evaluated using immunohistochemistry. Furthermore, the c...

A family is reported which a diabetic woman gave birth to two children with the caudal regression anomalad (CRA). There were no obvious genetic factors. This is the first reported familial case of CRA with maternal diabetes.

Aim Microclimate information is often crucial for understanding ecological patterns and processes, including under climate change, but typically absent from biogeographic studies owing to difficulties in obtaining microclimate data. Recent advances modelling, however, suggest that conditions can now be predicted anywhere at any time using hybrid physically empirically based models. Here, we tes...