BACKGROUND Autoimmune retinal degeneration may occur in patients who present with sudden or, less commonly, subacute loss of vision of retinal origin, associated with an abnormal ERG, through the action of autoantibodies against retinal proteins. Often the patients are initially diagnosed with or suspected of having a paraneoplastic retinopathy (PR), such as cancer-associated retinopathy (CAR)....

Previous studies have demonstrated that interleukin-1 (IL-1) stimulates fibroblast growth (Schmidt, J. A., S. B. Mizel, D. Cohn, and I. Green. 1982. J. Immunol. 128:2177-2182) and binds to specific, high affinity receptors of BALB/c3T3 cells (Bird, T. A., and J. Saklatval. 1986. Nature (Lond.). 324:263-265, 266-268). We have investigated the mechanism of fibroblast growth stimulation by IL-1. A...

The traditional determination of transverse beam profiles by secondary emission grids cannot be applied at the high current operation with up to 20 mA for the full UNILAC macro-pulse length due to the large energy release in the material. Moreover, the spatial resolution is limited by the wire spacing of about 1 mm. To be able to measure the full pulse length, the fluorescence of the residual g...

Despite the importance of interaction between industrialization and health, this subject has not been studied sufficiently in Iran. In this regard, the aim of this study is investigating the impact of industrialization on health in Iranian provinces during 2009-13. The used data has been collected from the Statistical Centre of Iran and the National Organization for Civil Registration. The intr...

Marsden, J. (2004) Implications of and treatment options for retinal detachment. Nursing Times; 100: 37, 44–47. The retina is a complex structure that turns light falling onto it via a chemical reaction into nerve impulses, which then travel to the brain for interpretation into images. If the retina is damaged or moved from its correct location, a person’s ability to interpret the world is comp...

Non-intercepting Beam Induced Fluorescence (BIF) monitors measure transversal beam profiles by observation of fluorescence light originating from excited residual gas molecules. Thus they are an alternative to conventional intercepting devices. Single photon counting is performed using an image intensified digital CCD camera. We investigated the BIF process in the energy range of 7.7 keV/u to 7...

Although hyponatremia is a recognized complication of several inflammatory diseases, its pathophysiology in this setting has remained elusive until recently. A growing body of evidence now points to an important role for interleukin-6 in the non-osmotic release of vasopressin. Here, we review this evidence by exploring the immuno-neuroendocrine pathways connecting interleukin-6 with vasopressin...

Battaglio, Kagel and Jiranyakul use experimental tests to compare rank-dependent expected utility (RDEU), regret theory, prospect theory and Machina's generalized smooth preferences model. They conclude that none of these models consistently organize the data. The purpose of this note is to point out that RDEU theory was tested in combination with a hypothesis on the choice of functional form t...

Although hyponatremia is a recognized complication of several inflammatory diseases, its pathophysiology in this setting has remained elusive until recently. A growing body of evidence now points to an important role for interleukin-6 in the non-osmotic release of vasopressin. Here, we review this evidence by exploring the immuno-neuroendocrine pathways connecting interleukin-6 with vasopressin...

Although hyponatremia is a recognized complication of several inflammatory diseases, its pathophysiology in this setting has remained elusive until recently. A growing body of evidence now points to an important role for interleukin-6 in the non-osmotic release of vasopressin. Here, we review this evidence by exploring the immuno-neuroendocrine pathways connecting interleukin-6 with vasopressin...