Background and Objective: Since the distribution of HBV genotypes in patients with hepatitis B indicates the predominant genotypes in specific geographical area, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of S gene mutations in high-risk children with maternal HBV in southeastern Iran. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional prospective study was performed from March 2019 to March 2020...

Steel Plate Shear Walls (SPSW) consist of unstiffened infill steel panels surrounded by columns, called Vertical Boundary Elements (VBE), on both sides, and beams, called Horizontal Boundary Elements (HBE), above and below. These infill steel panels are allowed to buckle in shear and subsequently form a diagonal tension field. SPSW are progressively being used as the primary lateral force resis...

This paper presents the scientific body of knowledge behind the Human Biodynamics Engine (HBE), a human motion simulator developed on the concept of Euclidean motion group SE(3), with 270 active degrees of freedom, force–velocity–time muscular mechanics and two– level neural control – formulated in the fashion of nonlinear humanoid robotics. The following aspects of the HBE development are desc...

In the United Kingdom, the National Screening Programme for identification of hepatitits B virus (HBV) infection in pregnant women uses HBV e antigen (HBeAg) and antibody to HBeAg (anti-HBe) as markers of infectivity to determine use of immunoglobulin for hepatitis B. Serum samples from 114 HBV-infected women were analyzed. Viral loads correlated with HBeAg/anti-HBe status and viral genotypes. ...

The antiviral and immunomodulatory effects of interferon were assessed in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B in multi-ethnic patients to prevent viral replication and chronic liver damage. Five million units of recombinant interferon alpha-2b were administered three times a week for 48 weeks to a group of 18 chronic active hepatitis B patients. A complete response was defined as seroconversio...

Objetivo: Comparar a reposta de percepção subjetiva esforço (PSE) e frequência cardíaca (FC) entre bicicleta estacionária (HBE) o HIIT Body Work (HBW). Métodos: Foi analisada uma amostra 14 indivíduos, ambos os sexos, saudáveis treinados. Idade 28,6±6,0 IMC 25,1±2,5. A foi submetida duas sessões HIIT, cada com um tipo exercício distinto: na Em ambas as foram analisados dados dos participantes. ...

The transmission line parameters vary with the change of temperature, which has a significant impact on power system state estimation (SE). Based theory electro-thermal coordination (ETC), this paper proposes two ETC-SE approaches consideration temperature. heat balance equation (HBE) is combined conventional weighted least square SE for establishing an model. Moreover, augmented Jacobian appro...

The phenotype of E-beta-thalassemia is affected by several genetic factors. The aim of this study was to analyze severity of E-beta-thalassemia and correlate with HbE, HbF, E/F ratios, beta-mutation and Xmn I polymorphism. Thirty cases of E-beta-thalassemia (23 with childhood onset) were studied. HbE levels were quantitated by HPLC. Xmn1 polymorphism and beta-mutations were studied by PCR-RFLP ...

Previous studies showed an association between latent adenoviral infection with expression of the adenoviral E1A gene and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The present study focuses on how the adenoviral E1A gene could alter expression of growth factors by human bronchial epithelial (HBE) cells. The data show that connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) and transforming growth factor...