Background & Aims: Hepatitis B virus is one of the causes of acute and chronic hepatitis. Due to multiple hospitalization and blood transfusion, thalassaemic patients are at higher risk of this infection. Duration of the immunity after vaccination in this high-risk group and the need for booster vaccination is uncertain. The aim of this study was to find antibody titration and immunity to Hepat...

High quality water is less available for agriculture and thus farmers often use saline water, that affects crop growth and yield. Snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is sensitive to soil and water salinity, and also to heat stress. The aim of this research is to evaluate if a postponed transplant (high temperature stress) of snap bean can influence growth and yield under saline conditions. Snap bean...

To prevent reinfection with hepatitis B virus after orthotopic liver transplantation, patients receive long-term intravenous anti-HBs immunoprophylaxis. We compared the pharmacokinetics of intravenously and intramuscularly administered commercially available hepatitis B virus immunoglobulins. The study group consisted of 12 patients on immunoprophylaxis after orthotopic liver transplantation, w...

METHODS In 101 patients dalteparin/placebo 100 IU/kg was given just before streptokinase and a second injection 120 IU/kg after 12 h. Monitoring with continuous vector-ECG was done to obtain signs of early reperfusion and later ischemic episodes. Blood samples for myoglobin were obtained at start and after 90 min to evaluate signs of reperfusion. Coronary angiography was performed after 20–28 h...

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The current study examined the role of perceived social isolation in moderating the effects of oxytocin on cardiac autonomic control in humans. Intranasal administration of 20 IU oxytocin resulted in a significant increase in autonomic (parasympathetic and sympathetic) cardiac control. Specifically, oxytocin increased high frequency heart rate variability, a relatively pure measure of parasympa...

Stocker, Sean D., Melinda E. Wilson, Christopher J. Madden, Usman Lone, and Alan F. Sved. Intravenous 6-hydroxydopamine attenuates vasopressin and oxytocin secretion stimulated by hemorrhage and hypotension but not hyperosmolality in rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R59–R67, 2006. First published February 23, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00772.2005.—The present study sought to det...

Seminal plasma from ejaculates of 10 healthy, fertile volunteers and 63 infertile males was analysed for superoxide dismutase (SOD) and xanthine oxidase (XO) activities using a chemiluminometer. There was not statistically significant difference in the activity of either enzyme between control and infertile populations (113 +/- 74 IU/ml for SOD and 1.17 +/- 0.52 IU/ml for XO) in samples from no...