Unintentional weight loss and Undernutrition are major problems among older people living in LongTerm Care Facilities (LTCF). Undernutrition manifests in LTCF particularly as weight loss and low Body Mass Index (BMI) and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality as well as with functional decline. There are many factors associated with poor nutritional status and affecting protein-en...

Antibodies to citrullinated proteins, common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, are strongly associated to a specific set of HLA-DR alleles including HLA-DRB1*04:01, *04:04, and *01:01. Here, we first demonstrate that autoantibody levels toward the dominant citrullinated B cell epitope from α-enolase are significantly elevated in HLA-DRB1*04:01-positive RA patients. Furthermore, we identifi...

OBJECTIVE HLA-C*04:82 is a low incidence HLA-C allele. The aim here is to report the ethnicity of C*04:82 and its associated HLA haplotypes among Taiwanese individuals. MATERIALS AND METHODS A sequence-based typing method was used to confirm this low incidence allele. Polymerase chain reaction was performed to amplify exons 2 and 3 of the HLA-A, HLA-B, and HLA-C loci and exon 2 of the HLA-DRB...

A novel, swine-origin influenza H1N1 virus (H1N1pdm) caused the first pandemic of the 21st century. This pandemic, although efficient in transmission, is mild in virulence. This atypical mild pandemic season has raised concerns regarding the potential of this virus to acquire additional virulence markers either through further adaptation or possibly by immune pressure in the human host. Using t...

Review of
 Christian Mauder: In the Sultan’s Salon. Learning, Religion, and Rulership at Mamluk Court of Qāniṣawh al-Ghawrī (r. 1501–1516). (Islamic History Civilization. Studies texts volume 169/1). Leiden: Brill 2021. 2 volumes. ISSN 0929-2403; ISBN 978-90-04-43576-6 (hardback, set); 978-90-04-47100-9 vol. 1); 978-90-04-47101-6 2); 978-90-04-44421-8 (e-book).

The damage mechanisms of cross-ply laminates under fatigue loading have been deeply studied during last years. In the case quasi-static loads so-called scale effect has recently acquired renewed importance after appearance ultra-thin plies. this work, experimental observation onset transverse and its progression in two different tension–tension cyclic is performed. First, a [04/903/04] laminate...

Positions/Employment 9/98-8/00 Graduate Research Assistant, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 9/00-2/04 Postdoctoral Fellow, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Division of Hypertension, Dallas, TX 2/04-6/04 Assistant Instructor, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dept. Health Care Sciences, Dallas, TX 6/04-8/05 Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dept. H...