I wish to comment on the limitations of an automated remnant lipoprotein cholesterol (RemL-C) assay reported in Clinical Chemistry (1 ). Remnants are lipoprotein particles produced after newly formed triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (TRLs) of either hepatic or intestinal origin enter the plasma space and undergo lipolysis via the action of lipoprotein lipase in the capillary bed. During this proc...

INTRODUCTION Dengue fever (DF) in Vietnam remains a serious emerging arboviral disease, which generates significant concerns among international health authorities. Incidence rates of DF have increased significantly during the last few years in many provinces and cities, especially Hanoi. The purpose of this study was to detect DF hot spots and identify the disease dynamics dispersion of DF ove...

Detecting the effectiveness of behavioral interventions to reduce infant night-waking requires valid sleep measures. Although viewed as an objective measure, actigraphy has overestimated night-waking. Sleep diaries are criticized for only documenting night-waking with infant crying. To support potential outcome measure validity, we examined differences between sleep diaries and actigraphy in de...

Dengue fever (DF) is the single most important vector-borne viral disease in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide. Globally, estimated 390 million dengue virus infection cases and 100 million incidences of DF occur each year (1). According to the WHO (2), southeast and western Pacific areas carry approximately 75% of global DF infections. This is a serious issue because the severity resulti...

Dexfenfluramine (dF) and dexnorfenfluramine (dNF), its metabolite, are anorectic agents that release serotonin (5-HT) and may have a direct postsynaptic action. The effects on the anorectic effects of dF and dNF of either acute (p-chlorophenylalanine, PCPA) or chronic (5,7-dihydroxytryptamine, 5,7-DHT) brain 5-HT depletions were studied in rats and compared with the actions of a 5-HT uptake inh...

The REML/BLUP statistics are analyses that can be used as selective criteria in the routine of maize breeding programs. The present study aims to determine the genetic potential in crosses of landrace populations applying the REML/BLUP methodology, and to identify populations for the synthesis of new populations and intrapopulation selection for family farming systems, as well as genetic consti...

BACKGROUND We previously reported that stable rotors were observed in in-silico human atrial fibrillation (AF) models, and were well represented by dominant frequency (DF). We explored the spatiotemporal stability of DF sites in 3D-AF models imported from patient CT images of the left atrium (LA). METHODS We integrated 3-D CT images of the LA obtained from ten patients with persistent AF (mal...

2-(4-Amino-3-methylphenyl)benzothiazole (DF 203, NSC 674495) is a candidate antitumor agent with potent and selective activity against human-derived tumor cell lines in vitro and in vivo. Only sensitive cell lines (e.g., MCF-7) were able to accumulate and metabolize DF 203, forming the main inactive metabolite, 2-(4-amino-3-methylphenyl)-6-hydroxybenzothiazole (6-OH 203). Selective metabolism m...