Anthracycline-resistant HL-60/AR cells and their drug-sensitive HL-60/S counterparts were characterized by karyotypic analysis and examined for the overexpression of DNA and mRNA sequences coding for P-glycoprotein (Pgp). The HL-60/S cells were karyotypically stable over a 5-year period of study (1986-1991), except for an additional small Giemsa-positive band noted at 7q22 in cultures harvested...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Advances in technology are providing new forms of human-computer interaction. The current study examined one form of human-computer interaction, augmented reality (AR), whereby subjects train in the real-world workspace with virtual objects projected by the computer. Motor performances were compared with those obtained while subjects used a traditional human-computer in...

To determine the population variation in the androgen receptor (AR) and its association with body composition in a subsistence population, we sampled 87 settled and 65 nomadic males ages 20+ among the Ariaal of northern Kenya. Anthropometric measures included height, body mass index, fat-free mass (FFM), upper arm muscle plus bone area (AMPBA), % body fat (%BF), suprailliac skinfold (SISF), and...

Rat pups were artificially reared (AR) from postnatal day 4 or 5 till day 20 or 21, by fitting them with gastric cannulas through which milk-substitutes could be infused automatically. Three milk-substitutes were compared: milk M, the usual diet for AR studies, which was somewhat low in protein and very high in carbohydrate; milk A, which resembled rats' milk much more closely in composition; a...

The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of shoulder abduction angles, dominant and non-dominant arm and external loading on co-contraction ratio during arm abduction in scapular plane in overhead athletes and non-athletes. 10 swimmers, 10 handball players and 10 tennis players and ten non-athletes voluntarily participated in this study. Electromyography activity of shoulder muscles ...

When several experimental treatments are available for testing, multi-arm trials provide gains in efficiency over separate trials. Including interim analyses allows the investigator to effectively use the data gathered during the trial. Bayesian adaptive randomization (AR) and multi-arm multi-stage (MAMS) designs are two distinct methods that use patient outcomes to improve the efficiency and e...

A novel twin-diamond-shaped antenna is presented for wideband circularly polarized (CP) radiation. By introducing a twin-diamond-shaped patch and a gap-coupled feed structure, a lefthanded circularly polarized (LHCP) antenna in bore-sight direction is obtained. The gap-coupled feed structure consists of a horizontal microstrip arm of approximately 0.285λ0 at the centre frequency and two small d...

OBJECTIVE To compare short-term results of atresia repair when performed before versus after microtia reconstruction. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case review. SETTING Tertiary otologic referral center. PATIENTS Congenital aural atresia with or without microtia: 70 cases over 24 months. INTERVENTION Atresia repair before Medpor microtia reconstruction (ARM) versus atresia repair after mic...

Brain-machine interface (BMI) can be used to control the robotic arm to assist paralysis people for performing activities of daily living. However, it is still a complex task for the BMI users to control the process of objects grasping and lifting with the robotic arm. It is hard to achieve high efficiency and accuracy even after extensive trainings. One important reason is lacking of sufficien...