BACKGROUND The psychometric properties of the Korean Short Form-12 Health Survey, version 2 (SF-12 v2) have not been assessed in the general population. Therefore, the aim of our study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Korean version of the SF-12 v2 in the general population and to provide SF-12 v2 domain scores according to the general characteristics of the study population. ...

Sulfonefluorescein (SF) is a fluorescent organic anion secreted by kidney proximal tubules. The purposes of this study were 1) to quantify accumulation of SF in normal and cystic rat kidneys in vivo and 2) to test whether SF accumulation could be used as a marker for cysts derived from proximal tubules. Male Munich-Wistar rats, normal Han:SPRD rats, and heterozygous Han:SPRD rats with autosomal...

The objective of the present study was to investigate immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA antibody immune responses to Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella intermedia, Bacteroides forsythus, and Candida albicans in the sera of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the synovial fluid (SF) of patients with RA (RA-SF samples), and the SF of patients without RA (non-RA-SF samples). An enzyme-linked i...

Let \(2<n<\omega\). Then \({\sf CA}_n\) denotes the class of cylindric algebras dimension \(n\), RCA}_n\) representable \(\sf CA_n\)s, CRCA}_n\) completely CA}_n\)s, and Nr}_n{\sf CA}_{\omega}(\subseteq {\sf CA}_n\)) \(n\)-neat reducts CA}_{\omega}\)s. The elementary closure CRCA}_n\)s (\(\mathbf{K_n}\)) non-elementary At}({\sf CA}_{\omega})\) are characterized using two-player zero-sum g...

The Dax-1 gene encodes a protein that is structurally related to members of the orphan nuclear receptor superfamily. Dax-1 is coexpressed with another orphan nuclear receptor, steroidogenic factor-1 (SF-1), in the adrenal, gonads, hypothalamus, and pituitary gland. Mutations in Dax-1 cause adrenal hypoplasia congenita, a disorder that is characterized by adrenal insufficiency and hypogonadotrop...

The rapid detection of infectivity of several agents that cause Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease has previously been achieved by assaying for deposits of abnormal prion protein (PrP) in follicular dendritic cells in the spleens of transgenic mice carrying the human prion protein gene. In this study, transgenic mice expressing the bovine prion protein were inoculated intraperitoneally with classical (C...

This paper described a prediction system called BSES (Boss Scenario Evaluation System), which can evaluate control scenarios in real time, predicting their effects in terms of various measures of effectiveness. The system is case-based, i.e. it uses either synthetic or real-life examples of the effect of control scenarios under different circumstances. It determines the similarity of the curren...

BACKGROUND Psychosocial variables, including stress, emotions, and social factors, may contribute to the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and health. Concepts and methods from interpersonal theory (1) could provide a useful framework for research concerning the roles of psychosocial factors in socioeconomic health disparities. PURPOSE We examined the association between SES and ...

BACKGROUND In our previous study, we successfully developed 3-D scaffolds prepared from silk fibroin (SF), silk fibroin/collagen (SF/C) and silk fibroin/gelatin (SF/G) using a freeze drying technique. The blended construct showed superior mechanical properties to silk fibroin construct. In addition, collagen and gelatin, contain RGD sequences that could facilitate cell attachment and proliferat...