• Dyslipidemia is important due to its causal relation with atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease; • Plasma lipid concentrations are stratified according to the presence of different cardiovascular risk factors in an individual and may differ between different subjects; • The traditional classification of hyperlipidemia is based on the pattern of plasma lipoprotein elevation as observed in...

Diagnosis of plan failures is an important subject in both singleand multi-agent planning. Plan diagnosis may provide information that can improve the way the plan failures are dealt with in three ways: (i) it provides information necessary for the adjustment of the current plan or for the development of a new plan, (ii) it can be used to point out which equipment and/or agents should be repair...

Background: Plant extracts have been widely investigated for possible immunomodu-latory properties. Objective: To study the immunomodulatory functions of the metha-nol extract of Haussknechtia elymatica (Apioideae), an herb native to south-western Iran. Methods: Delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) skin test and measurement of an-tibody titer after immunization with Sheep-RBC was performed. [3H]...

Let $R$ be a commutative ring with identity and let $M$ be an $R$-module. In this paper, we will introduce the secondary radical of a submodule $N$ of $M$ as the sum of all secondary submodules of $M$ contained in $N$, denoted by $sec^*(N)$, and explore the related properties. We will show that this class of modules contains the family of second radicals properly and can be regarded as a dual o...

asparagus racemosus willd. has repeatedly been mentioned as a galactogogue in ayurvedic literature and has been confirmed through animal experiments as well. this randomized double-blind clinical trial evaluates its galactogogue effect in 60 lactating mothers by measurement of changes in their prolactin hormone level during the study. several secondary parameters namely mothers’ weight, babies’...

Background: Designing and shielding of an appropriate radiography room has been one of the major concerns of radiation scientists since the first decade after the invention of X-rays. Recently, report No.147 of National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) has been published. In this study the researchers have investigated the effect of new report recommendation on primary an...

Benoit GRANIER,* Colette DUEZ,* Sophie LEPAGE,* Serge ENGLEBERT,* Jean DUSART,*T Otto DIDEBERG,* Jozef VAN BEEUMEN,t Jean-Marie FRERE* and Jean-Marie GHUYSEN* *Centre d'Ingenierie des Proteines, Universite de Liege, Institut de Chimie, B6, B-4000 Sart Tilman (Liege 1), and tLaboratorium voor Microbiologie en Microbiele Genetica, Rijksuniversiteit-Gent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium

Antineutrophil antibodies are well recognized causes of neutropenia, producing both quantitative and qualitative defects in neutrophils and increased risk for infection. In primary autoimmune neutropenia (AIN) of infancy, a moderate to severe neutropenia is the sole abnormality; it is rarely associated with serious infections and exhibits a self-limited course. Chronic idiopathic neutropenia of...