BACKGROUND Little is known about the specific reasons for antipsychotic discontinuation or continuation from patients' or clinicians' perspectives. This study aimed to assess the construct validity of 2 new measures of the Reasons for Antipsychotic Discontinuation/Continuation (RAD): RAD-I (a structured interview assessing the patient's perspective) and RAD-Q (a questionnaire assessing the clin...

The inhibitory effects of 250 KVP x-radiation on the electroretinographic response (ERG) of the rabbit were investigated. Rabbits were exposed (head only) to either a single dose ranging from 3,000 rad to 8,000 rad or to a fractionated dose, two doses of 3,000 rod each with an interval of 5 days. ERG responses of the dark adapted eyes of the rabbit were determined prior to exposure and at vario...

[Objective] To study the inhibitory effect of 3′ untranslated region (UTR)-targeted artificial microRNA (amiRNA) against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) replication in porcine alveolar macrophages (PAM). [Methods] Recombinant adenovirus (rAd) expressing the 3′ UTR-targeted or control amiRNA and green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter gene were generated by transfect...

The yield of chromosome aberrations was studied in Go human peripheral blood lymphocytes following in vitro exposure to 100, 250 and 500 rad of caesium-137 gamma radiation. The doses were given at various rates up to 400 rad per h with the longest exposures lasting for approx. 50 h. At 500 and 250 rad the dicentric yields fell by 66 and 64% when the dose rate was reduced from 400 to 10 rad per ...