Tuberculosis (TB) is a significant health problem for most of the world's populations, and prevalence among indigenous groups is typically higher than among their nonindigenous neighbors. Native South Americans experience high rates of TB, but while research in several other world populations indicates that susceptibility is multifactorial, polygenic, and population-specific, little work has be...

A 3-yr study was conducted to evaluate the effects of calving system, weaning age, and postweaning management on growth and reproduction in beef heifers. Heifer calves (n = 676) born in late winter (average birth date = February 7 +/- 9 d) or early spring (average birth date April 3 +/- 10 d) were weaned at 190 or 240 d of age, and heifers born in late spring (average birth date May 29 +/- 10 d...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Delayed ischemic deficits contribute to the high morbidity and mortality rates associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage. We evaluated the potential usefulness of measuring coagulation and hemorheological variables and cardiolipin antibodies for prediction of delayed ischemic deficit after subarachnoid hemorrhage. METHODS Consecutive patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage ...

objectives: the purpose of the present study is to investigate the oral narrative skills of late talkers mostly caused by mental disorders while they try to comprehend a wordless sequential picture story to create and narrate the relevant story. methods: to this end, 15 (10 male and 5 female) participants were who were the students of a specialized school for physically and mentally retarded st...

background the human leukocyte antigen (hla) system is widely used as a strategy in the search for the etiology of renal function impairment. objectives this study was carried out to detect the most common hla alleles’ distribution in kidney transplant in both donors and recipients, and clarify the association between hla alleles and renal dysfunction immediately after transplantation. patients...

D e s c r i p t i o n o f t e s t s a n d d i a g n o s t i c s t a n d a r d The MIS is a 4-minute, 4-item delayed memory test assessing free and cued word recall. The conventional 3-word memory test is a delayed free recall memory task from the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). The MIS and 3-word memory test were given on different days by different examiners. AD was diagnosed by clinical...

objective:  unaccustomed and intense eccentric exercise is a common cause of delayed-onset muscle soreness (doms). there are multiple remedies for the treatment of doms, but its clinical and laboratory pieces of evidence are scarce. currently, the treatments proposed for doms are numerous and include pharmaceuticals, herbal remedies, stretching, massage, nutritional supplements, and other alter...