A new chitinase inhibitor, CI-4, was isolated from the culture broth of a marine bacterium Pseudomonas sp. IZ208. The structure of CI-4 was determined to be cyclo(L-Arg-D-Pro) by spectral studies and comparison with a synthetic sample. CI-4 showed inhibitory activity against chitinase.

Introduction. General practitioners (GPs) play an important role in end of life care, which should be offered regardless of socioeconomic position and cultural factors. The aim was to analyse associations between GP contacts at the end of life and socioeconomic and cultural characteristics of Danish cancer patients. Method. Population-based study identifying 599 adults who died of cancer from M...

Although body build is related to disability and mortality in older people, the independent contributions of adiposity and lean mass are not fully defined. The authors examined the relations of body composition (fat mass index, fat-free mass index) and adiposity (body mass index, waist circumference) to ill health and physical disability in a cross-sectional study of 4,252 British men aged 60-7...

BACKGROUND Although a number of studies have uncovered relationships between parental capital and the manifestation of depression in their children, little is known about the mechanisms that undergird the relationships. This study investigates the intergenerational effects of the cultural and economic capitals of South Korean parents on depressive symptoms in their adult children and the degree...

BACKGROUND Community health nurses are on the frontline of providing healthcare to multiethnic groups. Managing and providing effective, culture-specific healthcare can increase the health quality of Taiwan's recently immigrant women, a significant component of this country's population. PURPOSE This study analyzes the cultural sensitivity of community health nurses and related factors. MET...

OBJECTIVE Cultural or ethnic factors may play an important role in subjects' pain reports. The aim of the study was to compare the prevalence of orofacial pain symptoms between Finnish and Thai populations. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Finnish study population comprised the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966, of which 5696 subjects participated in the present study. The Thai sample consisted of ...

Main results Overall, 300 people had died from probable suicide at the time of follow up. Within one year of index episode: The overall risk of probable suicide was 0.7% (95% CI 0.6% to 0.9%). In males, the risk was 1.1% (95% CI 0.8 to 1.5). In females, the risk was 0.5% (95% CI 0.4 to 0.7). Within 15 years of index episode: The overall risk of probable suicide was 3.0% (95% CI 2.6 to 3.4). In ...

conclusions our study showed that the persian version of yiat is good and usable on iranian people. the reliability of the instrument was very good. moreover, the validity of the persian translated version of the scale was sufficient. in addition, the reliability and validity of the three extracted factors of yiat were evaluated and were acceptable. results the cronbach’s alpha was 0.917 (ci 95...