OBJECTIVE Fe is an essential element for erythropoiesis and Hb synthesis. High Hb levels affect the blood's viscosity and are associated with cardiovascular dysfunction. The aim of the present study was to examine relationships of Hb and cardiometabolic abnormalities with the risk of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) elevation in adolescents. DESIGN A population-based, cross-sectional study. S...

1. Caletti G, Ferrari A, Brocchi E, Barbara L. Accuracy of endoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis and staging of gastric cancer and lymphoma. Surgery 1993; 113:14-27. 2. Palazzo L, Roseau G, Ruskone-Fourmestraux A, et al. Endoscopic ultrasonography in the local staging of primary gastric lymphoma. Endoscopy 1993; 25:502-8. 3. Van Dam J. The role of endoscopic ultrasonography in monitoring ...

In this study, Plackett-Burman design was used to identify the most influential parameters affecting PUFA production by Kocuria sp. BRI 35 isolated from Antarctic water sample. Amongst 10 variables evaluated, magnesium chloride, protease peptone, glucose, and temperature were significant. Response surface methodology consisting of a central composite design was developed to study the interactio...

tuning recombinant protein expression is an approach which can be successfully employed for increasing the yield of recombinant protein production in high cell density cultures. on the other hand, most of the previous results reported the optimization induction conditions during batch and continuous culture of recombinant e. coli, and consequently fed-batch culture have received less attention....

the sorption behavior of loofa-immobilized phanerochaete chrysosporium mycelia in two forms, live (l) and heat-inactivated (hia), was studied for the removal of hg2+ ions from aqueous solution. using the langmuir isotherm, the two key parameters for the sorption performance, qm and the coefficient b, were obtained; the qm values for hg2+ ions were 72.46 mg/g and 92.59 mg/g and the b coefficient...

no on-site sanitation system treats both urine and faecal matter in one process. a laboratory scale biological filter was fed with high concentration of urea (4 g n/l) and 17.1 g cod/l to determine if it will be possible to treat liquid that leach from a ventilated improved pit latrine. the hlr in the proposed biological filter system was calculated to be ca 36 l/m2/d, significantly lower than ...

The adaptive responses of crop genotypes and patterns of genotype x location (G x L) interaction are important to crop improvement as they are the basis for selection for specific adaptation and for elucidation of the causes of G x L interaction. Their legitimate assessment, however, requires yield data for the test genotypes for a large number of sites and over multiple years. Such data are se...

Theoretical backgound for bileptonic gauge bosons is reviewed, both the SU(15) GUT model and the 3-3-1 model. Mass limits on bileptons are discussed coming from e+e− scattering, polarized muon decay and muonium-antimuonium conversion. Discovery in e−e− at a linear collider at low energy (100GeV) and high luminosity (10/cm/s) is emphasised. Introduction. It is a stunning historical fact that e−e...