BACKGROUND The role of excessive adiposity or its metabolic consequences in persistent HPV infection among general adult women remains unknown. METHODS Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in 2003-2010, we compared adult women's likelihood for any- or high-risk (HR) type HPV infection by degrees of excessive adiposity and metabolic health status. RES...

The mechanism of action of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 PUFAs) is only partially known. Prior reports suggest a partial rescue of clinical symptoms and oxidative stress (OS) alterations following ω -3 PUFAs supplementation in patients with Rett syndrome (RTT), a devastating neurodevelopmental disorder with transient autistic features, affecting almost exclusively females and mainly ...

As countries scale up adult voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention, they are looking ahead to long term sustainable strategies, including introduction of early infant male circumcision (EIMC). To address the lack of evidence regarding introduction of EIMC services in sub-Saharan African settings, we conducted a simultaneous, prospective comparison of two models of EIMC se...

Bessède E, Angla-Gre M, Delagarde Y, Sep Hieng S, Ménard A, Mégraud F. MALDI Biotyper, experience in routine clinical bacteriology in a university hospital [Abstract]. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2010 Apr 12;16:S523. (Presented at 20th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID); Vienna, Austria; 10 -13 Apr 2010). Bocher S, Abdul-Redha R. Rapid identification using MA...

Stem cells undergo symmetric and asymmetric division to maintain the dynamic equilibrium of the stem cell pool and also to generate a variety of differentiated cells. The homeostatic mechanism controlling the choice between self-renewal and differentiation of stem cells is poorly understood. We show here that ceh-16, encoding the C. elegans ortholog of the transcription factor Engrailed, contro...

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Construction of Fuzzy Control Charts Based on Weighted Possibilistic Mean Dabuxilatu Wang, Pinghui Li & Masami Yasuda a School of Economics and Statistics, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China b Research Center of Statistical Science Lingnan, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China c Faculty of Science, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan Accepted author version posted online: 16 Apr 2014.Published...

fle findings as far north as Gotland (a Baltic island off the southeast Swedish coast) further suggest a close link to environmental change (Wedén et al. 2005). Assessment of high-resolution climatic data (Mitchell and Jones 2005) revealed spatial differences of ~0.5 ̊C between mean temperatures in Burgundy and our study site, which corresponded with temporal changes in mean temperatures observe...

BACKGROUND Lithotomy (LT) and prone jackknife positions (PJ) are routinely used for abdominoperineal resection (APR). The present study compared the clinical, pathological, and oncological outcomes of PJ-APR vs. LT-APR in low rectal cancer patients in order to confirm which position will provide more benefits to patients undergoing APR. METHODS This is a retrospective study of consecutive pat...