The establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs) can often lead to environmental differences between MPAs and fishing zones. To determine the effects on marine dispersal of environmental dissimilarity between an MPA and fishing zone, we examined the abundance and recruitment patterns of two anemonefishes (Amphiprion frenatus and A. perideraion) that inhabit sea anemones in different managemen...

Objective: To investigate the effect of amiodarone on warfarin anticoagulation in patients after cardiac valve operation. Methods: 200 patients, who underwent cardiac valve surgery in our hospital from August 2012 to August 2014, were retrospectively analyzed and divided into experiment group (100 cases) and control group (100 cases). The patients in control group were treated with warfarin alo...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the shear bond strength of brackets bonded with different restorative systems and compare it with that afforded by an established orthodontic bonding system. Seventy human bicuspids were used, divided into five different groups with 14 teeth each. Whereas a specific orthodontic bonding resin (Transbond™ XT) was used in the control group, the restorative sys...

Mycophenolic acid (MPA) is part of the immunosuppressant therapy for transplant recipients. This study examines the role of the canalicular transporter, Mrp2, and the effect of cyclosporin A (CsA), on the biliary secretion of the ether (MPAGe) and acyl (MPAGa) glucuronides of MPA. Isolated livers from Wistar rats (n = 6), or Wistar TR- rats (n = 6) were perfused with MPA (5 mg/l). A third group...

BACKGROUND Given after brain injury (TBI), progesterone reduces cerebral oedema and facilitates functional recovery. Progesterone analogues have been synthesized for use in many medical conditions and exhibit different chemical and biological properties. Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) is widely used in clinical practice, but oestrogen/MPA combinations may increase the risk of stroke and card...

data types geospatial data modeling, database perspective. Voisard, A., + , T-KDE Mar-Apr 02 226-243 Abstract data types; cf. Inheritance Active databases act. database trigger condition testing and view maint. using optimized discrim. networks. Hanson, E.N., + , T-KDE Mar-Apr 02 261-280 real-time act. database systs. concurrency control. Datta, A., + , T-KDE May-Jun 02 465-484 Administrative d...

UNLABELLED Mycophenolic acid (MPA) is prescribed to maintain allografts in organ-transplanted patients. However, gastrointestinal (GI) complications, particularly diarrhea, are frequently observed as a side effect following MPA therapy. We recently reported that MPA altered the tight junction (TJ)-mediated barrier function in a Caco-2 cell monolayer model system. This study investigates whether...

Given complex numbers w1, . . . , wn, we define the weight w(X) of a set X of non-negative integer n-vectors as the sum of w1 1 · · ·w xn n over all vectors (x1, . . . , xn) in X. We present an algorithm, which for a set X of 0-1 vectors defined by a system of homogeneous linear equations with at most r variables per equation and at most c equations per variable, computes w(X) within a relative...

Patterns of storm runoff chemistry from a wollastonite (calcium-silicate mineral, CaSiO(3)) treated watershed (W1) were compared with a reference watershed (W6) at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBEF) in New Hampshire (NH), USA to investigate the role of Ca(2+) supply in the acid-base status of stream chemistry. In the summer of 2003, six storm events were studied in W1 and W6 to evalua...

A novel screening assay was used to test 13 previously described antibreast cancer antibodies for those which recognize antigens elevated in serum of breast cancer patients. Binding of three of these antibodies to breast or lung carcinoma cells was inhibited to a significantly greater extent by tumor patient serum than by normal serum, suggesting that the antigens might be useful serum markers....