metabolic syndrome between native rural Abuja settlers and genetically related urban dwellers. Adediran O et al. observed that obesity, hypertriglycaeridemia, and hypertension are prevalent in urban than rural dweller, and metabolic syndrome was found to be significantly more frequent in females in age and gender-matched participants. These results suggest that metabolic syndrome is a major hea...

Textbooks writing must consider the theories put forward by experts who are competent in their field. In this study, researcher examined textbooks for Islamic junior high school (Madrasah Tsanawiyyah) with guidelines of research on theory Muhammad Ali Al-Khuli. The purpose study was to find out whether mufrodat and tarkib material presented accordance This type library research. data sources we...

Aara, Naushin 111 Abass, K. Mohammed 498 Abboud, Philippe 549 Abd Elaziz, Khaled M. 260 Abrahão, Jônatas Santos 1142 Abuzaid, Abuzaid A. 1146 Acacio, Sozinho S41 Adamu, Haileeyesus 157 Addiss, David 1186 Adenis, Antoine 564, 1195 Adeyemi, Mitchell O. S13 Adhin, Malti R. 311 Adiossan, Lukas G. 592 Afreen, Sadia 130 Afroz, Dilara 965 Agarwal, Indira 1019 Agudelo, Olga M. 178 Aguilar, Lyla 385 Agu...

We investigated the ABO genotypes and heterogeneity of the O alleles in Plasmodium falciparum-infected and non-infected individuals from the Brazilian Amazon region. Sample collection took place from May 2003 to August 2005, from P. falciparum malaria patients from four endemic regions of the Brazilian Amazon. The control group consisted of donors from four blood banks in the same areas. DNA wa...

There is no scientific consensus that a relationship exists between the ABO blood group and personality traits. However, a recent study hypothesized that the dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH) gene is in linkage with the ABO gene. The sample population consisted of 1,427 healthy Japanese subjects who completed the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). Each subject's ABO blood type was determi...

OBJECTIVES To further explore the relationship between chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and allostatic load (AL), we conducted a computational analysis involving 43 patients with CFS and 60 nonfatigued, healthy controls (NF) enrolled in a population-based case-control study in Wichita (KS, USA). We used traditional biostatistical methods to measure the association of high AL to standardized measu...

Studies have shown that cyclooxygenase (Cox) enzymes and E-cadherin have roles in ovarian cancer like many other cancers (Ali-Fehmi et al., 2005; Zahou et al., 2007). E-cadherin is expressed in epithelial cells and participates their differentiated functions and intercellular adhesion. Reduction or loss of E-cadherin expression represents transition from epithelial to mesothelial characteristic...

Pancreatic cancer is among the most aggressive types of cancer. It has mortality rates as the seventh most frequent cause of cancer death worldwide. The association between ABO blood group and risk of pancreatic cancer has been known for more than 40 years.Various studies, in detail, although conflicting on many occasions, on large population groups, cohort studies, case-control studies, retros...

PURPOSE The number of patients waiting for kidney transplantation is incessantly increasing, but the number of cadaveric kidney transplantations or ABO-compatible donors is so insufficient that ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation is being performed as an alternative. There are overseas studies and research showing that the 5-year survival rate and 5-year graft survival rate of ABO-incompati...