Context: Experimental research using animals and correlational studies with humans provide strong evidence that exposure to gestational cigarette smoke can foster long-term risk for obesity and metabolic syndrome in offspring. Objective: To estimate the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and the development of adiposity by middle childhood in a sample of typically developing ...

A Congo red-magnesium oxalate agar medium was developed to detect expression of virulence-associated calcium dependency and Congo red absorption in Yersinia enterocolitica. Of the 157 pathogenic serotypes tested, 119 (75.8%) were positive; 98% of nonpathogenic serotypes and strains of three other Yersinia species were negative.

INTRODUCTION Since Canada began fortifying grain products with folic acid in 1998, the rate of folate deficiency in outpatients has decreased substantially. Limited data exist on the prevalence of folate deficiency in Canadian hospital inpatients. METHODS The electronic patient record at a large urban academic institution was reviewed for all red blood cell folate and vitamin B12 level tests ...

Several studies have validated the effectiveness of narrow-band imaging (NBI) in estimating invasion depth of early colorectal cancers. However, comparative diagnostic accuracy between NBI and chromoendoscopy remains unclear. Other than crystal violet, use of acetic acid as a new staining method to diagnose deep submucosal invasive (SM-d) carcinomas has not been extensively evaluated. We aimed ...

Human color-vision discriminates middlefrom long-wavelength spectral light 13 as a result of photopigment opsin genes found on the q-arm of the X-chromosome at 14 location Xq28. These so called ‘green’ and ‘red’ opsin gene sequences are 98% 15 homologous, producing middle-wavelength sensitive and long-wavelength sensitive 16 photopigment opsin gene sequences which differ by only seven locations...

This study presented a mini review on folic acid deficiency and recommendations for its supplementation in thalassemia intermedia (TI). TI is a clinical condition which lies between thalassemia major and thalassemia minor. Although TI patients may not need regular blood transfusion, precise diagnosis and management are critical for the prevention of clinical complications and quality of life im...

In order to enhance bioactive functionalities of ginseng, an acid impregnation processing was applied as a pre-treatment in producing red ginseng. Acid impregnation studies were conducted, and acids (ascorbic, malic, and citric acid) were selected. The optimal concentration of each acid was investigated in this study in terms of ginsenoside contents. The most concerned ginsenoside, Rg3 was incr...