In this functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study, we investigated the influence of two task (lexical decision, LDT; phonological decision, PDT) on activation in Broca's region (left Brodmann's areas [BA] 44 and 45) during the processing of visually presented words and pseudowords. Reaction times were longer for pseudowords than words in LDT but did not differ in PDT. By combining the ...

Fanconi's anemia (FA) is a genetic autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by progressive bone marrow failure, congenital abnormalities, growth retardation, and predisposition to leukemia and solid tumors. The purpose of this study was to compare the chronological age (CA), bone age (BA), and dental age (DA) of FA patients and to determine whether the therapy received influenced the BA or D...

Baicalin (BA) is a flavonoid compound purified from Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi and has been shown to possess a potent inhibitory activity against viruses. However, the role of BA in anti-influenza virus has not been extensively studied, and the immunological mechanism of BA in antiviral activity remains unknown. Here, we observed that BA could protect mice from infection by influenza virus ...

Bile acid (BA) biosynthesis is tightly controlled by intrahepatic negative feedback signaling elicited by BA binding to farnesoid X receptor (FXR) and also by enterohepatic communication involving ileal BA reabsorption and FGF15/19 secretion. However, how these pathways are coordinated is poorly understood. We show here that nonreceptor tyrosine phosphatase Shp2 is a critical player that couple...

BACKGROUND No data were available on the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of bacillary angiomatosis (BA) in Germany. OBJECTIVE To determine epidemiological and clinical data on HIV-associated BA. METHODS A chart review of all BA cases between 1990 and 1998 was performed in 23 German AIDS treatment units. RESULTS A total of 21 cases of BA was diagnosed. During this period, the ...

BACKGROUND While stent restenosis and late thrombosis still occur even with drug-eluting-stents (DES), there remains a need to explore other strategies for preventing restenosis. METHODS AND RESULTS Five hundred and twenty-one patients were randomized: 260 to cutting-balloon angioplasty (CBA) before bare-metal stent (CBA-BMS) and 261 to balloon-angioplasty (BA) before BMS (BA-BMS). Intravascu...

BACKGROUND Bohler's angle (BA) is the most commonly utilized radiographic measurement in the study of calcaneus fractures and has been shown to be prognostic in nature. Therefore, it is critical that the measurement of BA be accurate as both therapeutic and prognostic information relies on it. Oblique lateral radiographs can be a cause of error in BA measurements. However, measurement error and...

Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with a Ba-doped tris(8-quinolinolato)aluminum(III) (Alq3) layer were fabricated to reduce the barrier height for electron injection and to improve the electron conductivity. In the OLED consisting of glass/ITO/4,4',4"-tris[2-naphthylphenyl-1-phenylamino]triphenylamine (2-TNATA, 30 nm)/4,4'-bis[N-(1-napthyl)-N-phenyl-amino]-biphenyl (NPB, 18 nm)/Alq3 (42 nm)...