A colon cancer protective effect of wheat bran has been observed in animal studies, but it is unclear whether the effect is due to fiber or other components, such as phytic acid (PA). Thus the objectives of this study were to determine if wheat bran alters early biomarkers of colon cancer risk, e.g. aberrant crypt foci (ACF) characteristics and indices of colonic cell proliferation, whether PA ...

Abstract Complement (C’) activation is a prominent feature of SLE ICs, but the mechanism by which C’ mediates cellular ICs not well understood. To investigate this question, we formed in situ healthy donor (HD) whole blood (WB) adding plasma (n=1–3;10% v/v) or HD (as control) along with apoptotic bodies (generated from RAW 264.7 cells) RNP-Sm antigen (Arotec Diagnostics, New Zealand) and withou...

In this study, Glucoamylase production by Aspergillus Niger was investigated under solid state conditions with low cost by-products of agricultural processes as substrate. Highest enzyme production was observed when a combination of wheat bran (WB) and corn flour (CF) was used as compared to WB+ rice bran, WB+ rice flour and WB alone. Different additions of (CF) were tested and WB+ 10% CF showe...

BACKGROUND Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) and angiography (WB-MRA) has become increasingly popular in population-based research. We evaluated retrospectively the frequency of potentially relevant incidental findings throughout the body. MATERIALS AND METHODS 22 highly health-conscious managers (18 men, mean age 47±9 years) underwent WB-MRI and WB-MRA between March 2012 and Sep...

ABSTRACT: The peach palm (Bactrisgasipaes) is an important alternative for heart-of-palm extraction, showing precocity, rusticity and high tillering. seeds of this species are considered recalcitrant making storage long periods production seedlings difficulty. This identified a combination moisture content temperature during longer seed longevity. Seeds with 35% 45% (wet basis - wb) were at 20 ...

This paper focuses on the contribution of digital government (DGOV) to Whistleblowing (WB). While considerable efforts have been devoted to DGOV and WB separately, research work at the intersection of these two domains is very scarce; hence and a systematic DGOV for WB (DGOV4WB) research framework has yet to emerge. This paper aims to identify the potential issues in whistleblowing and explore ...

BACKGROUND Sub-Saharan African countries utilize whole blood (WB) to treat severe anemia secondary to severe blood loss or malaria on an emergency basis. In many areas with high prevalence of transfusion-transmissible agents, blood safety measures are insufficient. Pathogen reduction technology applied to WB might considerably improve blood safety. METHODS Whole blood from 40 different donors...

OBJECTIVES We sought to identify factors associated with need for mechanical ventilation (MV), length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay, length of hospital stay, and poor outcome in injection drug users (IDUs) with wound botulism (WB). METHODS This is a retrospective review of WB patients admitted between 1991-2005. IDUs were included if they had symptoms of WB and diagnostic confirmation. Pr...

Dujmović, Eppstein, Suderman, and Wood showed that every 3-connected plane graph G with n vertices admits a straight-line drawing with at most 2.5n− 3 segments, which is also the best known upper bound when restricted to plane triangulations. On the other hand, they showed that there exist triangulations requiring 2n − 6 segments. In this paper we show that every plane triangulation admits a st...

Abstract Background Whole-body diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance is being developed as a tool for assessing tumor spread. Patients with known primary tumors require meticulous evaluation to assess metastasis better staging; we attempted detect bony without radiation exposure. Our study's goal was use whole-body imaging background body signal suppression (WB-DWBIS) evaluate in confirmed pati...