OBJECTIVE To investigate association between dietary habits and asthma severity in children. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Two teaching hospitals in Brazil. PARTICIPANTS Cases (n=268) were children (3-12yr) with persistent asthma and age-matched controls (n=126) were those with intermittent asthma. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Dietary habits were determined based on food consumption in...

Background: Endotracheal tube (ETT) intracuff pressure (PINTRACUFF) monitoring is not a mandatory part of daily anesthetic practice in many countries. Correct PINTRACUFF required to ensure adequate ventilation, prevent aspiration, and avoid complications. The aim this study was objectively measure the ETTs among patients from an Australian tertiary hospital define range values seen setting with...

P. Maragakis, E. Cormier and P. Lambropoulos Department of Physics, University of Crete, P. O. Box 2208, Heraklion 71003, Greece, and Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, P. O. Box 1527, Heraklion 71110, Crete, Greece Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-str. 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany, Tel:+49-89-32905-705, fax:+49-89-3290...

Bioassay-guided fractionation of an EtOAc/MeOH extract of Adenaria floribunda young leaves using MCF-7, H-460, and SF-268 cancer cell lines yielded four new active compounds named adenaflorins A-D (1-4). Their chemical structures were determined by spectroscopic means. Adenaflorin A (1) was the most cytotoxic.

Background: It is challenging to measure BMI accurately in population studies because it an expensive and time-consuming task. As a result, subjectively measured BMI, calculated from self-reported height weight, which we know be inaccurate, often used. The purpose of this study determine whether using different, subjectiv...

Bromoacetophenone (2-bromo-1-phenylethanone) has been characterized as an affinity reagent for human aldehyde dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.1.3) [MacKerell, MacWright & Pietruszko (1986) Biochemistry 25, 5182-5189], and has been shown to react specifically with the Glu-268 residue [Abriola, Fields, Stein, MacKerell & Pietruszko (1987) Biochemistry 26, 5679-5684] with an apparent inactivation stoichiome...