The goal of this brief review is to address the role of the ageing gut in the genesis of malnutrition in the elderly. We assess the burden of malnutrition in the elderly, exploring the role of comorbid conditions and neurohumoral changes that take place to contribute towards the process of anorexia associated with ageing. Following this, the review assesses physiological changes that occur in e...

it decreased from 96 to 93 per 1,000 among whites.3 Minority adolescents are disproportionately represented among teenagers who give birth; of the 38 states that reported rates for 1991–1992, 27 reported an increase in birthrates among Hispanic adolescents, whereas only six of 50 states reported an increase in birthrates among non-Hispanic white teenagers.4 Although no research has been conduct...

OBJECTIVE: To review the literature about the positive predictive value of Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS®) categories 3, 4 and 5. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A research was performed in the online Medline database, entering the terms “predictive value” and “BI-RADS”. Eleven studies were included in this review. RESULTS: The positive predictive values ranged respectively between 0...

Traditional scientific views of rationality are couched in economic terms; choosing an option that does not maximize expectancy is irrational. The construct has been extended metaphorically so that the term “irrational” now describes any decision deemed foolish by the evaluator. For everyday decisions that do not involve money, a decision maker’s utilities are generally not known to an onlooker...

As a common toxic metal, lead has significant neurotoxicity to brain development. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) function in multiple biological processes. However, whether lncRNAs are involved in lead-induced neurotoxicity remains unclear. Uc.173 is a lncRNA from a transcribed ultra-conservative region (T-UCR) of human, mouse and rat genomes. We established a lead-induced nerve injury mouse mo...

WAC 173-205-010 Purpose. 173-205-020 Definitions. 173-205-030 Applicability. 173-205-040 Determining the need for effluent characterization. 173-205-050 Effluent testing for toxicity. 173-205-060 Additional effluent characterizations. 173-205-070 Monitoring for compliance with whole effluent toxicity limits. 173-205-080 Samples for whole effluent toxicity testing. 173-205-090 Response to noncom...

Activation of PI3K/AKT pathway occurs frequently in tumors and is correlated with radioresistance. The PI3K/AKT pathway can be an important target for improvement of radiotherapy. Although adding of chemotherapy to radiation therapy regimen enhances survival in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer, more effective therapies for increasing radiosensitivity are urgently needed. In this...