Macrophages ingest the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans only in the presence of opsonins, and this provides a remarkably clean system for the detailed analysis of phagocytosis. This system is also unusual in that antibody-mediated phagocytosis involves ingestion through both Fc and complement receptors in the absence of complement. Mathematical modeling was used to analyze and explain the experim...

teachers’ sense of efficacy belief has been introduced as a context-specific construct, but the related literature is not clear on this specificity. this study was an attempt to show how contextual factors influence efficacy beliefs among english language teachers. to this end, thirty iranian efl teachers working in both school and private institute contexts were chosen as the participants to r...

AIM To investigate the role of body mass index (BMI) and weight in the long-term efficacy of etanercept in patients with psoriasis. METHODS Medical records were retrospectively analysed. Extracted data included weight, BMI, comorbidities and psoriasis area severity index (PASI). Patients were stratified by weight (<80 kg or ≥80 kg) and BMI (healthy, BMI 22 - 24.99 kg/m2; overweight, BMI 25 - ...

abstract aim and background: establishing and maintaining family and prevention of family breakdown involves having certain abilities and skills. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of different dimensions of spirituality and forgiveness as predictors of family efficacy. methods and materials: a correlational method was employed and the following measures were administered to ...

This paper presents a novel retransmission strategy for communication networks based on index coding. The particular example of OFDMA downlink networks is taken to illustrate its efficacy. The benefits and challenges in using index coding as a transmission strategy are highlighted. The paper concludes with characterization of expected index coding gain in terms of channel parameters.

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate a comprehensive understanding of the factors associated with falls in poststroke patients. [Subjects] Forty-eight stroke patients (22 males and 26 females; age 63.79 years) participated in this study. [Methods] This study applied a cross-sectional design. Fear of falling [Falls Efficacy Scale (FES)], balance function [Berg Balance Scale (BB...

OBJECTIVE Although social support has been recognized as an important factor in the quality of life of head and neck cancer patients, there has been little investigation of the buffering effect of social support on these patients' social distress or of the coping skill of self-efficacy. The aim of this study was to examine how social support and self-efficacy mediate the relationship between so...

Objective: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Therefore, rapid differential diagnosis and treatment required in patients who present to emergency department (ED) with chest pain. In this disorder, which are life-saving, novel diagnostic methods being proposed every day. This study aimed reveal contributions Perfusion Index (PI) Pleth Variability (PVI) measure...