AIM To gain insight into the course of CMV retinitis (CMVR) in AIDS patients receiving protease inhibitors (PI), and to evaluate whether certain patterns of CD4 response are indicative of the clinical outcome and the risk of recurrence. METHODS 15 consecutive AIDS patients receiving maintenance therapy for CMVR were included in a prospective observational cohort study at the university hospit...

In the soft coral Sinularia leptoclados, 30 molecular species belonged to 4 glycerophospholipid classes, including 8 ethanolamine (PE), 13 choline (PC), 3 serine (PS) and 6 inositol (PI) were identified. PE 18:1e/20:4, PC 18:0e/20:4, PS 18:0e/24:5 PI 18:0/24:5 are most abundant with value of 69.94%, 45.57%, 68.55% 68.18%, respectively. The PE, PC, classes reported contain alkylacylphospholipid;...

The light-quark mass dependence of the nucleon axial isovector charge ($g_A$) has been studied up to next-to-next-to-leading order, $O(p^4)$, in relativistic chiral perturbation theory using extended-on-mass-shell renormalization, without and with explicit $\Delta (1232)$ degrees freedom. We show that $\Delta$-less case, at this flat trend $g_A (M_{\pi})$ exhibited by state-of-the-art lattice Q...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the potential value of biophysical and biochemical markers at 30-34 weeks' gestation in the prediction of adverse perinatal outcome. METHODS This was a screening study in 8268 singleton pregnancies at 30-34 weeks' gestation. Estimated fetal weight (EFW), uterine artery (UtA) pulsatility index (PI), umbilical artery (UA) PI, fetal middle cerebral artery (MCA) PI, mean ...