We assessed in a pilot study the effect on some aspects of renal flmction of 6 weeks’ administration of a combination of aspirin-dipyridamole (990 mg/225 mg daily) administered on a double-blind crossover schedule in 16 insulin-dependent diabetic patients with nephropathy. Total 24-h urinary protein excretion (16 patients) was significantly reduced during aspirin-dipyridamole administration fro...

the effects of different levels of nitrogen (100, 200, 300 and 400 mg/l) and potassium (125, 250 and 375 mg/l) on yield and leaf n and k concentrations of tomato were investigated in perlit culture using a factorial randomized design with three replications. the highest fruit yield was obtained with 200 mg/l n. higher levels of nitrogen decreased tomato yield. with increasing nitrogen concentra...

A 1.7-kb EcoRI fragment containing the structural gene for alpha-lytic protease has been cloned from Lysobacter enzymogenes 495 chromosomal DNA: the first example of a gene cloned from this organism. The protein sequence deduced from the nucleotide sequence encoding this serine protease matches the published amino acid sequence [Olson et al., Nature 228 (1970) 438-442] precisely. Sequence analy...

Research and knowledge of violence against impoverished women continues to be limited. To achieve a more comprehensive understanding of violence against impoverished women and therefore inform prevention and intervention efforts for this population, the authors report on recent (past 6 months) physical, sexual, and psychological violence among 898 women who were randomly sampled from temporary ...

Machiavellianism comprises several distinct aspects (Rauthmann & Will, 2011), but it is unclear what Machiavellianism scales measure. The current study exemplarily investigates for a German Machiavellianism Scale (Henning & Six, 2008) (a) item content, (b) factorial structure, and (c) factor correlations with other scales (Big Five, narcissism, psychopathy, emotional manipulation, socio-emotion...

objective: the clinical use of cisplatin is highly restricted, because of its nephrotoxicity.in this study the protective effect of nigella sativa (n. sativa) against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity was investigated in rats. materials and methods: in the current study, the effects of the administration of aqueous-ethanolic extract of n. sativa (100 and 200 mg/kg, bw) and vitamin e (100 mg/kg, ...

OBJECTIVES To presents socio-demographic characteristics and health seeking behaviour of elderly and to determine frequency of Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension in elderly population of a poor peri-urban community in Karachi, Pakistan. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted, targeting population aged 65 or above. A total of 438 respondents were interviewed after taking informed consen...