BACKGROUND Despite the availability of effective therapies, heart failure (HF) remains a highly prevalent disease and the leading cause of hospitalizations in the U.S. Few data are available, however, describing changing trends in the use of various cardiac medications to treat patients with HF and factors associated with treatment. The objectives of this population-based study were to examine ...

BACKGROUND Neonatal hypothyroidism has been associated in animal models with maternal exposure to several environmental contaminants; however, evidence for such an association in humans is inconsistent. We evaluated whether maternal exposure to 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), a persistent and widespread toxic environmental contaminant, is associated with modified neonatal thyroid fu...

the color removal of three reactive dyes in an aquatic system without priortreatment was studied. selected commercial dyes were treated with nac102 anduv as oxidation agents. effects of nature of oxidant, temperature, ph ofsolutions, concentration of c107—, contact time of c102— and uv irradiation wereinvestigated. optimal c102— concentration for color removal in the absence of uvirradiation wa...

BACKGROUND Resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics is widespread among Acinetobacter strains. Plasmid-mediated metallo beta lactamases (MBL) are responsible for carbapenem resistance, as are oxacillinases (OXA). In recent years, MBL producing carbapenem-resistant strains have been reported in the world and in Turkey in increasing rates. In our country, besides the OXA 51-like enzyme which is inhe...

background beta-lactam resistance in gram-negative bacteria, especially escherichia coli, is a main clinical problem. it is often caused by the co-production of β-lactamases, particularly extended-spectrum β-lactamases (esbls) and ampc enzymes. it may lead to a problem for diagnosis via recommended phenotypic tests by the clinical and laboratory standards institute (clsi). conversely, β-lactama...

The inverse tritium beta decay (ITBD) reaction, $\nu_e + ^3$H $\to e^- ^3$He, is a promising experimental tool for observing relic neutrinos created in the early Universe. This reaction has been selected by PTOLEMY experiment search of neutrinos. Despite its potential, ITBD induced any sources yet to be observed. We show that an intense $^{51}$Cr radioactive neutrino source suitable first time....

Kampo is a traditional Japanese herbal medicine and widely used in clinical practice in Japan. Little is known about interactions between Kampo and other medicines. Kampo contains many aglycones, which can be conjugated by UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT). Therefore, in the present study, the effects of Kampo on human UGT1A1 activity were investigated in vitro. Substrates of human UGT1A1, beta...