Background: Patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) may present concomitant psoriasis (Ps) in approximately 10% of cases. As axSpA, Ps is also associated an accelerated atherosclerosis process 1 . However, it unknown whether the presence confers increased cardiovascular (CV) risk patients axSpA. Objectives: To compare factors related to disease, CV factors, atherosclerotic burden, and eve...

The pigmentation (pgm) locus is a large unstable area of the Yersinia pestis chromosome composed of a segment of iron acquisition (HPI) linked to a pigmentation segment. In this work we examined the mobility of HPI and the pigmentation segment in three Y. pestis isolates using successive subcultures on Congo red agar (CRA) plates. Strain P. CE 882 was shown to be highly stable while strains P. ...

PURPOSE The current study tested the applicability of Jessor's problem behavior theory (PBT) in Ariel University. METHODS A structured, self-reported, anonymous questionnaire was administered to undergraduate students. The final study sample included 1,360 participants (882 females and 478 males, mean age 25, SD = 2.9, range = 17). RESULTS Findings indicated that the PBT was replicated in t...

Rembrandt’s The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (1632) is considered a masterpiece and is a group portrait of the Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons in the form of an anatomy lesson. Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, Doctor of Medicine and Praelector Anatomiae to the Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons, showed an anatomic dissection of a forearm on the corpse of an executed criminal. The anatomic accuracy in Rembrandt’s...

Somatic mutations in the additional sex comb-like 1 (ASXL1) gene have been described in various types of myeloid malignancies, including acute myeloid leukemia. Analysis of novel markers, such as ASXL1 mutations, in independent clinical trials is indispensable before considering them for clinical decision-making. We analyzed 882 well-characterized acute myeloid leukemia cases to determine the p...

We report a novel self-assembling system of amphiphilic oligopeptides composed of alternating hydrophobic and ionizable amino-acid residues. Three types of peptides, AD12, AE12 and AK12, were prepared as building blocks for this model system. These peptides formed helical conformations in low-concentration solutions, but these peptides adopted b-sheet structures and precipitated in highly conce...