who were given an antibiotic specifically to treat otitis media, a commonly diagnosed ear condition, declined from 14.4 percent in 1996 to 11.5 percent in 2001, according to new data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The data also show declines in both the percentage of children reported to have otitis media and the percentage of children whose parents sought treatment for th...

To improve the ability of security defense in supervisor control and data acquisition (SCADA) for oil and gas field, a new security model for oil and gas SCADA based on factor neural network was presented. Firstly, definition of factor and factor Space were given. Then, formal description of knowledge factor expression, analysis factor neuron and analog factor neuron were described. Finally, ex...

BACKGROUND Despite advances in the treatment of the most aggressive form of brain tumor, glioblastoma, patient prognosis remains disappointing. This failure in treatment has been attributed to dysregulated oncogenic pathways, as observed in other tumors. We and others have suggested the use of microRNAs (miRs) as therapeutic tools able to target multiple pathways in glioblastoma. METHODS This...

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................... 296 DIRECT EFFECTOR FUNCTIONS OF S-IgA ..................................................................... 297 Inhibition of Microbial Adherence and Colonization ..................................................................297 Toxin and Enzyme Neutralization ...................................................

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This study examines inter-hemispheric interactions in detecting objects that are simultaneously repeated in an array of objects. Previous studies have shown that presenting two identical objects to a single hemifield speeds up repetition detection. This unilateral field advantage (UFA) is often attributed to the relatively low-level processing demands for detecting a perceptual repetition, and ...

Coxsackievirus A16 (CA16) is one of the major causative agents of hand, foot, and mouth disease worldwide. The non-neutralizing antibody response that targets CA16 VP1 remains poorly elucidated. In the present study, antibody responses against CA16 VP1 in Shanghai blood donors and Shanxi individuals were analyzed by ELISA and inhibitory ELISA using five CA16 VP1 antigens: VP11-297, VP141-297, V...

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