OBJECTIVES This study aimed to elucidate the effects of two naps taken at night on morning waking state and performance. METHODS The participants were 12 women. The experiment was performed in a laboratory over 2 days (16:00-09:00). In this crossover comparative study, three experimental nap conditions were used (naps from 22:30 to 00:00 and from 02:30 to 03:00 (22:30-NAP), 00:30 to 02:00 and...

BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori neutrophil-activating protein (HP-NAP) is involved in H. pylori-induced gastric inflammation. Due to its immunogenic and immunomodulatory properties, HP-NAP has been used for developing vaccines against H. pylori infection and new drugs for cancer therapy. RESULTS Here, we provide a simple process for high-yield production of HP-NAP by applying one-step negative...

STUDY OBJECTIVES The purpose was to remedy the lack of experimental studies directly comparing the effects of brief and long daytime naps following nocturnal sleep restriction. DESIGN Twelve young adult healthy sleepers participated in a repeated measures design comparing the effects of no nap, a 10-minute nap, and a 30-minute afternoon nap in each case following a night of 4.7 hours of total...

Swelling soil leads to many types of constructional damages, deformations, and failures in the constructions’ roads, shoulders, foundations. Depending on amount swell, they can be insignificant, moderate, or massive. This paper presents a method for swelling stabilization by adding rice husk powder (RHP) variable percentages 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 weight dry soil. The properties were investigated...

Helicobacter pylori neutrophil-activating protein (HP-NAP) is involved in H. pylori-associated gastric inflammation. HP-NAP is also a vaccine candidate, a possible drug target, and a potential diagnostic marker for H. pylori-associated diseases. Previously, we purified recombinant HP-NAP by one-step diethylaminoethyl (DEAE) negative mode chromatography by collecting the unbound fraction at pH 8...

In this study, three paddy harvesting systems, manual of (MHP), reaper (RHP), and combine (CHP), were evaluated considering field capacities, efficiencies, time fuel consumption, mechanization indices, greenhouse gas emissions, straw availability, direct indirect costs. Field experiments conducted in the North Central Province Sri Lanka. The effective capacity, efficiency consumption harvester ...

Naptumomab estafenatox/ABR-217620/ANYARA (Nap) has been evaluated in clinical phase 1 and 2/3 studies. RCC patients in the phase 2/3 trial were randomized 1:1 in an open label study to receive Nap+IFN-α or IFN-α. In this study, we analyzed the UK patients for their immunological response in relation to prolonged overall survival (OS). We found that Nap-specific T cells were reduced after 3 trea...

BACKGROUND Results of meta-analyses of randomized trials comparing PEG and NaP are inconsistent and have not included trials comparing either or both preps to less traditional ones. AIM To perform a meta-analysis by treatment arm. METHODS Using MEDLINE and EMBASE, we identified English-language trials published from 1990 to 2008 that included PEG and/or NaP, and aggregated them by treatment...

Increasing evidence suggests that ethanol damages the developing nervous system partly by disrupting the L1 cell adhesion molecule. Ethanol inhibits L1-mediated cell adhesion, and compounds that antagonize this action also prevent ethanol-induced embryotoxicity. Two such compounds are the small peptides NAPVSIPQ (NAP) and SALLRSIPA (SAL). We showed previously that NAP and SAL antagonize ethanol...

BACKGROUND Regulatory agencies have warned clinicians regarding the risk of electrolyte abnormalities if more than two 45-mL bottles of oral sodium phosphate (NaP) solution are administered within a 24-hour period. OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of different regimens of oral NaP and polyethylene glycol (PEG). DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. SETTING Teachin...