Note: Ten chapters were prepared as background for the work of the Maize Advisory Group and for input to the public symposium, held 11 March 2004, in Oaxaca as part of the CEC Article 13 study on maize and biodiversity. These chapters were later reviewed and revised prior to this release, based on comments received at the symposium and during the subsequent comment period. Responses to reviewer...

background: one area of nanoscience deals with nanoscopic interactions between nanostructured materials and biological systems. to elucidate the effects of the substrate surface morphology and viscoelasticity on cell proliferation, fractal analysis was performed on endothelial cells cultured on nanocomposite samples based on silicone rubber (sr) and various concentrations of organomodified nano...

INTRODUCTION In recent years, platelets are known to have a large variety of functions in many pathophysiological processes and their interaction with endothelial cells and leukocytes is known to play an important role in the pathophysiology of vascular inflammation. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between white blood cell count in conditions resulting in leukocytosis ...

To investigate the relationship between soluble markers of platelet, endothelial and rheological function, and target organ damage and their response to intensified management in a population of middle-age hypertensive patients at high risk of cardiovascular complications, we studied 382 consecutive patients (308 men; mean age, 63 years, SD 8) along with 60 normotensive controls free of cardiov...

Background: We aim to investigate whether circulating microparticle (CMPs) subsets were raised amongst people presenting with a new diagnosis of HIV and advanced immune suppression in Malawi, they associated arterial stiffness. Methods: Microparticle characterisation carotid femoral Pulse Wave Velocity (cfPWV) carried out cohort ad...

METHODS: Retrospective analysis of data from patients who underwent toric iris-fi xated pIOL (Artifl ex® and Artisan®) implantation in Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central between 2009 and 2013. Th e main parameters evaluated were best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), manifest refraction, intraocular pressure (IOP), central endothelial cell count (ECC) and complicat...

introduction: while human endothelial progenitor cells (epcs) have been a subject of somehow extensive investigation, epcs from adult mouse hematopoietic system were poorly studied. present investigation is focused on fvb mouse endothelial progenitor cells in terms of their isolation, purification, and expansion. materials and methods: mononuclear cells collected from murine peripheral blood we...

OBJECTIVE This study sought to compare the effects and outcomes of two ophthalmic viscosurgical devices, 1.6% hyaluronic acid/4.0% chondroitin sulfate and 2.0% hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, during phacoemulsification. METHODS This prospective, randomized clinical trial comprised 78 eyes (39 patients) that received phacoemulsification performed by the same surgeon using a standardized techniqu...