Background and Objectives. There is no data analyzing the outcome of blood transfusions and oral iron therapy in patients with kidneys failure in sub-Saharan Africa. The present study aimed to fill that gap and assess the value of ferritin in the diagnosis of iron overload and deficiency. Design. From January to February 2012, we prospectively studied 85 hemodialysis patients (78% of males and ...

We describe a new semantic relatedness measure combining the Wikipedia-based Explicit Semantic Analysis measure, the WordNet path measure and the mixed collocation index. Our measure achieves the currently highest results on the WS-353 test: a Spearman ρ coefficient of 0.79 (vs. 0.75 in (Gabrilovich and Markovitch, 2007)) when applying the measure directly, and a value of 0.87 (vs. 0.78 in (Agi...

Methods We recruited 38 antiretroviral naïve HIV-1 infected children after getting written informed consent from their parents/guardians. The study was approved by the institute ethics committee. Neutralization efficiency of the patients’ plasma was tested against tier 2 pseudoviruses (3 clade C ZM53, Du172.17 and Du156.12 and 3 clade B RHPA4259.7, TRO.11 and SC422661.8) obtained from NIH AIDS ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the possible correlation between plasma malondialdehyde and homocysteine levels of preeclamptic patients. DESIGN Venous blood samples of 20 preeclamptics and 20 healthy pregnant controls were collected. Plasma malondialdehyde and homocysteine concentrations were measured and the correlation between them was investigated. Mann Whitney U test and Spearman correlation an...

BACKGROUND Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a known group at risk for hepatitis A and outbreaks among this group are frequent. In Barcelona, vaccination for MSM has been recommended since 1994. In 1998 a vaccination campaign among preadolescents was implemented and an immunization program in gay bathhouses began in 2004. OBJECTIVE to asses the incidence of hepatitis A in adults in Barcelon...

UNLABELLED Cystatin C, a cysteine protease inhibitor, has been recommended as a new marker of glomerular filtration rate (GFR). THE AIM OF STUDY We investigated significance of cystatin C in assessment of GFR and its influence on overall survival (OS) in patients with ovarian cancer (OC). MATERIAL AND METHODS We prospectively included consecutive patients with OC, who after surgery were quali...

The purpose of this study was to explore the possibility of combining the epidermal equivalent (EE) potency assay with the assay which assesses release of interleukin-18 (IL-18) to provide a single test for identification and classification of skin sensitizing chemicals, including chemicals of low water solubility or stability. A protocol was developed using different 3D-epidermal models includ...

This study aims to analyze the level of community participation and relationship between knowledge with in fire prevention suppression from peat Orang Kayo Hitam Grand Forest Parks (TAHURA), Jambi Province. Research uses a mixed method by combining quantitative qualitative research. The data sampling purposive collecting through in-depth interviews. analytical used is descriptive analysis suppo...

This paper announces support in the form of the Spearman rank correlation test for the hypothesis: stock variance is a stable commodity, but the covariance of stocks varies randomly. Among the consequences of this hypothesis are: 1. Arbitrage equations involving covariances do not constrain the marketplace. 2. Variance is a stable commodity whose price is set by the arbitrage opportunities it p...

Relative hand preferences as indicated by questionnaire were compared with asymmetries in manual proficiency at three levels of task difficulty (N equal to 63 adults). Correlations between odd/even trial relative hand proficiency scores were .887 and .879 attesting to their stability. Test-retest (6-wk. interval) reliabilities for relative hand proficiency ranged from .831 to .893. Spearman rbo...