BACKGROUND Approximately 120 asthma camps presently serve nearly 10,000 children nationwide. A clinical profile of the children who attend asthma camps has not been published. OBJECTIVES To create a standardized universal health history camp application that includes an assessment of health-related quality of life using the Child Asthma Short Form; to test a newly validated tool, the Childhoo...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of science and technology summer camps on the confidence, values, and future intentions of female and male campers. The week-long camps were administered by Actua, a national organization with a mandate to inctease awareness of science and technology among Canadian youth. Campers completed a sutvey both pteand post-camp. Camps were perceived...

Rahian-e Noor (the pilgrims of light) camps are organized to make Iranian students familiar with the sacrifices and dedication of soldiers who lost their lives in the Iraq-imposed 1980-88 war known as “Sacred Defense”.  These camps are held annually for all 10th grade students and they have numerous social and cultural effects. This article set out to investigate the impacts of Rahian-e Noor Ca...

The molecular mechanisms that underlie the maintenance of long-term potentiation (LTP) remain unclear. We have examined the influence of postsynaptic cAMP-dependent processes on LTP maintenance in CA1 hippocampal cells. After LTP induction, drugs affecting cAMP-dependent processes were perfused into the cell through a patch pipette. A cAMP analogue, Rp-cAMPS (4 mM), dramatically decreased the a...

The identification and sequencing of novel cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) have proven challenging due to the limitations associated with traditional proteomics methods and difficulties sequencing peptides present in complex biomolecular mixtures. We present here a process for large-scale identification and de novo-assisted sequencing of newly discovered CAMPs using microparticle captur...

BACKGROUND Approximately one-third of refugees worldwide live in refugee camps. Selected neurologic diseases are actively reported in some refugee camps. METHODS The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees monitors health visits in refugee camps with the assistance of more than 25 partner organizations using standardized case definitions. Neurologic diseases were selected and searched f...

We have studied the action of GH on the production of hormones, growth factors, growth factor-binding protein and the occurrence of apoptosis in bovine ovarian granulosa cells, as well as the role of cAMP-stimulated protein kinase A (PKA) in the mediation of these effects. For this purpose we investigated the effects of exogenous bovine GH (0.001-10 microgram/ml), PKA blockers KT5720 (100 ng/ml...

In northern Tanzania large numbers of small scale miners use mercury in the gold extraction process causing contamination of the environment and risks to human health. Human exposure to Hg was assessed in populations in and around small scale gold mining camps by means of human hair and urine surveys. We also determined Hg concentration in fish in aquatic bodies close to these camps. Urinary Hg...