p21-activated kinase 1 (PAK1) can affect cell migration (Price et al., 1998; del Pozo et al., 2000) and modulate myosin light chain kinase and LIM kinase, which are components of the cellular motility machinery (Edwards, D.C., L.C. Sanders, G.M. Bokoch, and G.N. Gill. 1999. Nature Cell Biol. 1:253-259; Sanders, L.C., F. Matsumura, G.M. Bokoch, and P. de Lanerolle. 1999. SCIENCE: 283:2083-2085)....

OBJECTIVES Identify risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and assess CDI outcomes among Australian patients with a haematological malignancy. METHODS A retrospective cohort study involving all patients admitted to hospitals in Western Australia with a haematological malignancy from July 2011 to June 2012. Hospital admission data were linked with all hospital investigated CDI ...

Fructose-induced hyperuricemia might have a causal role in metabolic syndrome, hypertension, and other chronic disease. However, no study has investigated whether sugar added to foods or sugar-sweetened beverages, which are major sources of fructose, are associated with serum uric acid concentration in free-living populations. We examined the relationship between the intakes of added sugars and...

BACKGROUND Existing theoretical models of the potential effects of climate change on vector-borne diseases do not account for social factors such as population increase, or interactions between climate variables. Our aim was to investigate the potential effects of global climate change on human health, and in particular, on the transmission of vector-borne diseases. METHODS We modelled the re...

BACKGROUND New strategies are needed to prevent the global epidemic of diabetes and subsequent rise in cardiovascular diseases. We describe a community-based, two-stage screening strategy using home waist circumference measurement and a risk factor questionnaire as a primary screening tool. METHODS We mailed a tape for measurement of waist and a risk factor questionnaire to every inhabitant a...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of outpatient management of severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) requiring placement of a pigtail catheter. METHODS retrospective analysis of thirty-three consecutive patients who underwent in-vitro fertilization (2003-2009) and developed severe/critical OHSS requiring placement of a pigtail catheter. Patients who were managed on outpat...

Goal. To study and evaluate the collected samples of meadow timothy in conditions Western region Ukraine to identify most valuable starting material involve it further selection process. Methods. Field, measuring weighing, visual, calculation comparison, mathematical-statistical. Results. The for creation new varieties can be collection from Pre-Carpathian Department Scientific Research Institu...

Abstract We introduce the concept of time emergence economic impacts (ToEI), which identifies initial moment when climate change impact signal exceeds a previously defined threshold past output shocks in given geographic area. compute ToEI using probabilistic projections and functions from three integrated assessment models change: DICE, RICE CLIMRISK. Our results demonstrate that, terms busine...

• Advanced IR/CO distinguishes (Co)MoS sites based on promotion degree and edge location. Sulfide are characterized by the IR frequency affinity of adsorbed CO. Absence unpromoted S-edge CoMo catalyst series is revealed. The 3 different CoMoS have intrinsic HDS activity. Partially promoted M- more active than totally sites. Sulfided supported TiO 2 , Al O or SiO was studied CO adsorption follow...