Macrophages (MF) are the final host cells for multiplication of the intracellular parasite Leishmania major (L. major). However, polymorphonuclear neutrophil granulocytes (PMN), not MF, are the first leukocytes that migrate to the site of infection and encounter the parasites. Our previous studies indicated that PMN phagocytose but do not kill L. major. Upon infection with Leishmania, apoptosis...

Folded monopole antennas have been used for many years in medium frequency amplitude modulation broadcast applications. These antennas offer a grounded radiating structure with a height approximating a quarter wavelength. Folded monopoles have been studied exhaustively during a recent effort in an attempt to characterize the input impedance and directivity characteristics as a function of monop...

David Owen (Owen D)1, Joseph Ferguson (Ferguson J)2, Benjamin Keaton (Keaton B)2, Rodney Hansen (Hansen R)2, Gregory Norris (Norris GH)3 and David Aguilar (Aguilar D)2 1Department of Bachelor of Integrated Studies, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 84408 2Department of Athletic Training and Nutrition, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 84408 3Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Con...

Materials and methods This was a 3-month, randomized, double-blind, parallelgroup, multicenter study with a 2-3-week open-label, run-in period of mometasone furoate (MF) 400 μg twice-daily (BID). Subjects (≥12 years) were randomized to MF/F (200/10 μg or 400/10 μg BID) or MF (400 μg BID). The primary endpoint was the area under the curve (AUC) of the change in serial FEV1 (0-12 hours) for MF/F ...

Since 1989, CRS Senegal has been implementing microfinance (MF) activities in partnership with the local Catholic Church dioceses and Caritas offices, using the village banking methodology. In 1999, CRS and Caritas Senegal began a MF institutional transformation process that joined the most successful village banking program in the diocese of Thiès and two CRS MF projects in the Casamance regio...

BACKGROUND This study assessed the efficacy of therapy with mycophenolate (MF) and reduced doses of steroids in adults with steroid-dependent/frequently relapsing idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (SD/FR-INS). METHODS Twenty-nine nephrotic patients (including 16 males and 13 females; mean age: 40 years, range: 18-74) were treated. Starting doses of MF were 2000 mg/day for mofetil MF (1500 mg/day ...

BACKGROUND Few studies have investigated the toxicity and genotoxicity of extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MF) during prenatal and neonatal development. These phases of life are characterized by cell proliferation and differentiation, which might make them sensitive to environmental stressors. Although in vitro evidences suggest that ELF-MF may modify the effects of ionizing radiati...

Ferguson and Henderson (1947) described the isolation of a motile coliform organism possessing the major somatic antigen of Shigella sonnei, form I, from the feces of a patient whose clinical history was not available. They called the organism strain C27. It was also found in man and animals by Wheeler (1947), van de Pitt (1953), and Schmid, Velaudapilli and Niles (1954). Recently, similar orga...