background: use of hormone replacement therapy (hrt) may increase the risk of adult-onset asthma in women. various in vitro studies have reported that estradiol stimulates human mast cell lines causing release of allergic mediators which was not observed in estrogen receptor-alpha (er-alpha) knockout mice. thus, estrogen might be a key element in occurrence of asthma. in the present study, we p...

background: preeclampsia is a disorder unique to pregnancy and has long been recognized as an important contributor of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. it is suggested that cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (tnf-α) have an important role in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia and may cause generalized endothelial dysfunction. objective: the aim of this study was comparison o...

We study the kinetics after a low temperature quench of one-dimensional Ising model with long range interactions between spins at distance r r decaying as r^{-\alpha} display="inline">r−α . F...

background: existence of bacterial host cell dna contamination in biopharmaceutical products is a potential risk factor for patients receiving these drugs. hence, the quantity of contamination must be controlled under the regulatory standards. although different methods such as hybridization assays have been employed to determine dna impurities, these methods are labor, intensive and rather exp...

a field survey was conducted in wukari, taraba state to assess the diversity and abundance of insect species in selected habitats (residential, open field made up of grassland and an agroecosystem). sampling were done biweekly using light, pitfall and yellow pan traps set in 3 replicates, 30 m apart. insects recovered were wet preserved in 70% ethanol except butterflies and moths. representativ...

Abstract For $$N \in {\mathbb {N}}_{\ge 2}$$ N∈N≥2 and $$\alpha {R}}$$ xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">α∈R</mml:mi...

Backgroud : Posbindu PTM is a form of service that involves community participation through promotive and preventive efforst to detect control early on the presence risk factors in an integrated manner. The purpose this study was determine influence utilization at Jailolo Health Center, West Halmahera Regency. This type research uses cross sectional approach with study. population 201 participa...