multiple sclerosis (ms), a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system is believed to have a t cell-mediated autoimmune etiology. the cytotoxic t lymphocyte antigen 4 (ctla-4) gene is a strong candidate for the involvement in autoimmune diseases. to examine the genetic association of the ctla-4 gene locus with ms, in a case-control design, we analyzed (-318 c/t) sin...

Musical fit, the congruence between music and product leading to improved response, is presented as an explanation of differences in recall of food items from two cultures. Musical fit predicts that, in this case, more Indian food items would be recalled when Indian music was playing, and more Malay food items would be recalled when Malay music was played. The underlining premise of this predic...

Fit testing of tight-fitting respiratory protective facepieces has been in use for some years, but there are still widespread misconceptions and misunderstandings about what a fit test pass actually signifies. Various aspects frequently generate research papers, and there are three relevant ones in this issue (Han and Lee, 2005; Kuo et al., 2005; Vaughan and RajanSithamparanadarajah, 2005). In ...

background and aims . periodontitis is a multifactorial disease. varieties of microbial and environmental, as well as genetic factors are reported to influence risk for periodontitis. the present study sought to test the putative involvement of il-10 and il-18 gene polymorphism in pre-disposition to periodontitis in patients had exposure to chemical agent as a risk factor for periodontitis deve...