Previously, we detected, by monoclonal antibody, three Moloney mu rine sarcoma virus (Mo-MSV)-activated intraccllular transformationassociated proteins (TAP), (P66, P63, and P60) in several Mo-MSVtransformed rat cell lines (Gian et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 134:1223-1230, 1986) and found the release of TAP into the extracel lular medium with a change from three intraccllular polypept...

BACKGROUND The role of vitamin E in breast cancer prevention and treatment has been widely investigated, and the different tocopherols that comprise this nutrient have been shown to have divergent associations with cancer outcome. Our previous studies have shown that α-Tocopherol-associated protein (TAP), a vitamin E binding protein, may function as a tumor suppressor-like factor in breast carc...

INTRODUCTION Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is a new regional analgesic technique for postoperative pain in abdominal surgery. Its efficacy is not clear, and thus it needs to be explored for its regular utilisation on prolonged period. The objective was to study the continuous local anaesthetic infusion effect on postoperative analgesia. Continuous use of TAP block as an analgesic tech...

INTRODUCTION Many countries still have unacceptably high hospitalizations and deaths from scalds from hot tap water. Prevention strategies implemented in some countries may not work in others. Legislation aimed at changing environments that are conducive to hot tap water scalds may not be effective in many situations for a number of reasons, including lack of acceptability and practicality. M...

A 39-year-old woman was diagnosed as having immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in 1981 in another hospital, and she was well controlled with prednisolone. No other immunosuppressive drugs, such as cyclosporine or azathioprine, were used. In 1997, she was diagnosed as having acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AML-M7) in another hospital. Blasts showed the absence of peroxidase (POX) and positive platel...

The bone marrow examination is invaluable in the diagnosis of certain haematological and non haematological conditions. The diagnosis of haematological disorders is achieved mainly by the examination of peripheral blood and bone marrow aspirate smears. Although bone marrow histology can provide additional information, for many technical reasons, trephines are not so popular and their diagnostic...

conclusions tap-block in conjunction with laparoscopic nephrectomy did not reduce pain or opioid consumption. on the contrary, it seemed to prolong surgical time. results mean surgical time was 162 minutes in group a and 92 minutes in group b (p < 0.0001). the means of visual analogue scale (vas) were 3.05 and 1.55 in a and b groups, respectively (p = 0.001). the means of morphine consumption w...

Soil compaction is recognized as a yield limiting factor in crop production. Compaction problems continue to exist for several reasons, including; 1) the large size (mass) of agricultural vehicles; 2) increased operations on wet soils because of larger farm acreage and multi-axle driven equipment; and, 3) the lack of controlled traffic patterns in fields. Where compaction is identified as a pro...