Four studies are reported in which young children's response time to detect word targets was measured. Children under about six years of age did not show the response time advantage for accented target words which adult listeners show. When semantic focus of the target word was manipulated independently of accent, children of about five years of age showed an adult-like response time advantage ...

I read a case report about Tuberculosis and fungal co-infection in a previously healthy patient published in Colomb Med (Cali) by Fontalvo et al.1, (http://colombiamedica.univalle.edu.co/index.php/ comedica/article/view/2271) and I would like to address some related comments. Frequently clinicians report adult cases of patients with opportunistic infections as disseminated tuberculosis and/or f...

Many black women in the United States experience unique stressors that often impede their ability to interact and cope effectively in their psychosocial environment. The study in this article examined factors affecting the ability of black women to cope with everyday stressors and to master situations that induce psychological distress. Using an experimental design composed of an intervention g...

Aim: This study was aimed to develop the disease resistance broiler chicken lines over two generations (G , G and G ) of 0 1 2 selection for immunocompetence (IC) index by targeting all the facets of immune response traits viz., humoral response (HR) to Sheep red blood cells (SRBC), cell mediated immune response (CMI) to phytohaeagglutinationP mitogen (PHA-P), levels of serum serum immunoglobin...

The field of ecological immunology strongly relies on indicators of immunocompetence. Two major indicators in invertebrates, the activity of phenoloxidase (PO) and lytic activity have recently been questioned in studies showing that, across a natural range of baseline levels, these indicators did not predict resistance against a manipulated challenge with natural parasites. We confirmed this fi...

Bleomycin was administered to six patients with advanced cancer. Multiple parameters of both antibodyand cell-mediated immunity were followed serially to characterize the effects of bleomycin on immunocompetence in humans. Antibody-mediated immunity, including primary vaccination with keyhole limpet hemocyanin, was not depressed. While there was no significant suppression of cell-mediated immun...