About 20-90% of the world's population has had contact with Toxoplasma gondii parasites. The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors associated with T. gondii infection in the Central Region, Ghana. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in three selected communities. Serum samples were tested for the presence of anti-T. gondii IgG and IgM antibodie...

effect of different irrigation regimes and nitrogen fertilizer on percentage of grain fatty acids, yield, water and nitrogen use efficiency of pumpkin was studies as split plot based on complete randomized block design with three replications in growing season of 2013. irrigation treatments (320, 420, 600 and 900 mm ha-1) were se as main plots and nitrogen fertilizer (0, 130, 260, 390 and 520 k...

Coagulation cascade activation and fibrin deposits have been implicated or observed in diverse forms of liver damage. Given that fibrin amplifies pathological inflammation in several diseases through the integrin receptor αMβ2, we tested the hypothesis that disruption of the fibrin(ogen)-αMβ2 interaction in Fibγ(390-396A) mice would reduce hepatic inflammation and fibrosis in an experimental se...

We developed a ratiometric method capable of estimating total hemoglobin concentration from optically measured diffuse reflectance spectra. The three isosbestic wavelength ratio pairs that best correlated to total hemoglobin concentration independent of saturation and scattering were 545/390, 452/390, and 529/390 nm. These wavelength pairs were selected using forward Monte Carlo simulations whi...

To identify vaccine relevant T cell epitopes on the circumsporozoite (CS) protein of Plasmodium falciparum, the lymphocyte proliferative responses to 10 CS protein derived peptides were studied in 28 adult Kenyans, and correlated with resistance to malaria. Eight peptides, six of which were not overlapping, induced proliferation of lymphocytes from one to five volunteers, suggesting either gene...

The prevalence of atopic dermatitis (AD) in the USA is ∼12% children and ∼7% adults. We conducted a retrospective, observational, cohort study examining prescribing patterns systemic biologic dupilumab for AD using University Colorado Hospital Children’s electronic medical record databases. sought to test hypothesis that this expensive medicine (∼$3.5K/dose https://www.drugs.com/price-guide/dup...

Abstract Introduction Testicular cancer (TC) primarily affects men aged 15 to 40 years, and the incidence is around 5/100000. Tumors are usually aggressive have a great psychological impact on patients. Penile (PC) represents 2 of all types tumors that affect in Brazil Most affected population elderly men. Usually, tumor identified at an advanced stage, when only treatment available total or pa...

As the speed of the S/390 processors has increased at a rapid rate over the years, it has become extremely challenging to be able to connect them in a Parallel Sysplex without compromising system performance. The cost of synchronous accesses to the coupling facility will build up progressively unless coupling link technology keeps pace with the development of the processors. Beginning with the ...