abstract background and aims: the human papilloma virus was introduced as the major etiological agent in outbreak of cervical cancer in 1970. since it is impossible to recognize these viruses and these types using the serological tests and cell culture, molecular methods such as pcr are of great importance. therefore, in this study, our goal was to use a multiple specific pcr assay on l1 and e6...

objective(s):  infection by high-risk papillomavirus is regarded as the major risk factor in the development of cervical cancer. recombinant dna technology allows expression of the l1 major capsid protein of hpv in different expression systems, which has intrinsic capacity to self-assemble into viral-like particles (vlp). vlps are non-infectious, highly immunogenic and can elicit neutralizing a...

The main question addressed in this preliminary study is what traces of L1 have been transferred to L2 use. The focus is on the durational aspects of the tense-lax and quantity contrasts in English and Japanese. The results could be interpreted as support for the hypothesis that an L1 durational pattern rather than a specific phonetic feature is the object of transfer.

This paper sought to determine whether L1 vowel inventory size could be a contributing factor to the use of temporal cues in L2 vowel perception. The participants were L1 Catalan (n=20) and L1 Danish (n=20) EFL learners and L1 English control group (n=7). We hypothesized that the smaller vowel inventory of Catalan could result in difficulties in discerning spectral di...

Previous studies investigating the acquisition of L2 stops have found a positive effect experience, but few focused on voiced stops, particularly prevoicing. This study investigates /b/ and /g/ by two populations, English learners Spanish English. Three groups varying in amount experience (mainly length residence, also use instruction) were investigated for each L1 population. Participants comp...

BACKGROUND Ubiquitin Carboxyl-Terminal Hydrolase-L1 (UCH-L1) is a deubiquitinating enzyme that is highly expressed throughout the central and peripheral nervous system and in cells of the diffuse neuroendocrine system. Aberrant function of UCH-L1 has been associated with neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. Moreover, UCH-L1 exhibits a variable expression p...

Head computed tomography (CT) imaging is still a commonly obtained diagnostic test for patients with minor head injury despite availability of clinical decision rules to guide imaging use and recommendations to reduce radiation exposure resulting from unnecessary imaging. This prospective multicenter observational study of 251 patients with suspected mild to moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI...