J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008;15:383–385. DOI 10.1197/jamia.M2538.

The purposes of the present study were to clarify the significance of the palmitoylation site and the cytoplasmic tail of the endothelin(A) receptor (ET(A)R) in coupling with G proteins and to determine the subtypes of G protein that are involved in actin stress-fiber formation in Chinese hamster ovary cells that stably express ET(A)R (CHO-ET(A)R). For these purposes, we constructed CHO cells s...

We present the discovery of a new gravitational lens system with two compact radio images separated by 0.701±0.001 arcsec. The lens system was discovered in the Cosmic Lens All Sky Survey (CLASS) as a flat spectrum radio source. Both radio components show structure in a VLBA 8.4 GHz radio image. No further extended structure is seen in either the VLA, MERLIN or VLBA images. Hubble Space Telesco...

various biological activities, such as antitumor, antimalarial, antifeedant, insecticidal, antiinflammatory, amoebicidal, and herbicidal effects. We are interested in such biologically active compounds and have isolated many quassinoids from plants, such as Brucea antidysenterica, Picrasma ailanthoides, and Brucea javanica. As part of these studies, we investigated the isolation of quassinoids ...

from an amphipod sample by Yayanos et al. (1979), piezophilic bacteria have been isolated from various depths (Deming, 1985; Deming et al., 1988; Jannasch and Wirsen, 1984; Jannasch et al., 1982; Kato et al., 1995; Nakayama et al., 1994; Yayanos et al., 1981, 1982). Almost all piezophilic bacteria were isolated from samples of deep-sea water, sediment, or amphipods. Most of them were classified...

BACKGROUND NHS specialist chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME) services in England treat approximately 8000 adult patients each year. Variation in therapy programmes and treatment outcomes across services has not been described. METHODS We described treatments provided by 11 CFS/ME specialist services and we measured changes in patient-reported fatigue (Chalder, Checklist Individual Strength), f...

Maja Tomić Paradžik1*, Josip Mihić2, Jasminka Kopić3 and Emilija Mlinarić Missoni4 1Clinical Microbiology Department, Institute for Public Health Brod-Posavina County, Slavonski Brod 2Neurosurgery section, Department of Surgery, GH, Slavonski Brod 3Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, GH, Slavonski Brod 4Reference Center for Systemic Mycoses, Croatian National Institute for Public H...