Slow cycling is a common feature shared among several stem cells (SCs) identified in adult tissues including hair follicle and cornea. Recently, existence of unipotent SCs in basal and lumenal layers of sweat gland (SG) has been described and label retaining cells (LRCs) have also been localized in SGs; however, whether these LRCs possess SCs characteristic has not been investigated further. He...

INTRODUCTION The Short Form-12 version 2 (SF-12v2) is a shorter version of the Short Form-36 version 2 (SF-36v2) for assessing health-related quality of life. As the SF-12v2 could not be resolved into the physical- and mental-component summary score (PCS and MCS, respectively) in the general population of Singapore, this study aims to determine and validate the Singapore SF-12 version 2 (SG-12v...

In this study, TiO2 based nanotubes and nanosheets were synthesized to be used as an adsorbent and support in various processes. As a starting material, sol-gel synthesized anatase and commercial anatase were used. TiO2 was converted to high surface area hydrogen titanate (H2Ti3O7) and sodium titanate (Na2Ti3O7) nanotubes and nanosheets under alkaline conditions with hydrothermal treatment. In ...

Ror alpha is an orphan nuclear receptor. In homozygous staggerer mutant mice (Ror alpha(sg/sg)), a deletion within the Ror alpha gene leads to an overexpression of inflammatory cytokines. Because inflammation and hypoxia are 2 key stimuli of ischemia-induced angiogenesis, we studied the role of Ror alpha in this setting. Ischemia was induced by ligation of the right femoral artery in C57BL/6 Ro...

Recent work in healthy subjects, the aged, and subjects with gestational diabetes or drug-induced insulin resistance using minimal model analysis of the tolbutamide-modified frequently sampled intravenous glucose tolerance test suggested that a reduced sampling regimen of 12 time points produced unbiased and generally acceptable estimates of insulin sensitivity (SI) and glucose effectiveness (S...

The forced oscillation technique (FOT) allows easy assessment of bronchial reactivity. The use of a standard FOT generator (SG) results in changes in respiratory system resistance (delta Rrs,SG) which are affected by an artefact caused by the extrathoracic upper airway (EUA). The aim was to improve the FOT assessment of bronchial reactivity with the SG by computing the change in FOT admittance ...

This paper is a continuation of the paper Int. Electron. J. Algebra 6 (2009), 219–227. Namely, we introduce and study a doubly filtered set of classes of rings of finite Gorenstein global dimension, which are called (n,m)-SG for integers n ≥ 1 and m ≥ 0. Examples of (n,m)-SG rings, for n = 1 and 2 and every m ≥ 0, are given.

AIM To analyse ab interno trabeculectomy (AIT) with the trabectome and combined phacoemulsification with AIT (phaco-AIT) by Shaffer angle grade (SG). METHODS Prospective study of AIT and phaco-AIT with narrow angles of SG≤2 versus open angles ≥3. Outcomes included intraocular pressure (IOP), medications, complications, secondary surgery and success (IOP <21 mm Hg and >20% reduction without fu...

Acetaminophen overdose is the most often cause of acute liver injury. The toxic mechanism is linked to formation of an active metabolite that reacts with glutathione generating acetaminophen-glutathione conjugate (APAP-SG). This compound has been recognized to be non-toxic generally. Our preliminary results showed, however, that APAP-SG could possess a toxic effect too. Therefore, the aim of ou...