UNLABELLED Publications form the knowledge base of any profession. Patterns in professional publications provide insight into the profession's maturity and global status. To our knowledge, publication productivity in nuclear medicine technology has not been reported. A recent study on publication productivity in radiography and radiation therapy provided interesting insight; however, a sampling...

Angiogenesis is an important biological response known to be involved in many physiological and pathophysiological situations. Cellular responses involved in the formation of new blood vessels, such as increases in endothelial cell proliferation, cell migration, and the survival of apoptosis-inducing events, have been associated with vascular endothelial growth factor isoform 165 (VEGF(165)). C...

Human stem cell factor initiates a diverse array of cellular responses, including hematopoiesis, cell proliferation, differentiation, migration and survival. To explore the relationship between its structure and function, we produced recombinant soluble human stem cell factor1-165 (wild type) and human stem cell factor1-141 (C-terminal truncated) in a yeast expression system and compared their ...

Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT/A) is one of the most potent toxins for humans and a major biothreat agent. Despite intense chemical efforts over the past 10 years to develop inhibitors of its catalytic domain (catBoNT/A), highly potent and selective inhibitors are still lacking. Recently, small inhibitors were reported to covalently modify catBoNT/A by targeting Cys(165), a resid...

Background: Maternal mortality in sub‐Saharan Africa has remained high and this is a reflection of the poor quality of maternal services. Aim: To determine the causes, trends, and level of maternal mortality rate in Abakaliki, Ebonyi. Materials and Methods: This was a review of the records of all maternal deaths related to pregnancy over a ten‐year period, that is, January 1999 to December 2008...

Introduction During suspension laryngoscopy, dexmedetomidine’s lack of respiratory depression can be helpful in simulating laryngeal changes present during spontaneous ventilation. Despite these beneficial effects, dexmedetomidine has additional effects on the cardiovascular system. The aim of this abstract is to present a case of acute asystole during suspension laryngoscopy using dexmedetomid...

virtually all cultures as a source of medicine. Traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) are used by a huge majority of people in China and other countries for curing various diseases. These TCMs have served as a source of alternative medicines, new pharmaceuticals, and healthcare products. Gorman drew attention to the power of Chinese folk medicinal potions in treating maladies from eczema and mal...

BACKGROUND Maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa has remained high and this is a reflection of the poor quality of maternal services. AIM To determine the causes, trends, and level of maternal mortality rate in Abakaliki, Ebonyi. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a review of the records of all maternal deaths related to pregnancy over a ten-year period, that is, January 1999 to December 200...