BACKGROUND Classical swine fever (CSF) caused by CSF virus (CSFV) is highly contagious andcauses significant economic losses in the pig industry throughout the world. Previously we demonstrated that porcine Mx1 (poMx1), when fused to HIV Tat protein transduction domain (PTD), inhibits CSFV propagation in PK-15 cells, but it is unknown whether PTD-poMx1 exhibits antiviral activity in other porci...

Objective: Findings on the relationship of posttraumatic growth (PTG) with adjustment to potentially traumatic events are inconsistent, whereupon posttraumatic depreciation (PTD) has been suggested as a possible moderator. The objective of this study is to investigate the associations between PTG and PTD on one side and life satisfaction and indicators of mental and physical health on the other...

Somatosensory abnormalities are found in adult-onset primary torsion dystonia (PTD). Therefore we assessed spatial discrimination thresholds (SDT), a measure of spatial acuity, in four multiplex families with adult-onset PTD. In family members aged 20 to 45 years vs controls (mean + 2.5 SD), abnormal SDTs were found in four of five affected with adult-onset PTD and in 12 of 49 unaffected relati...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the relationship between maternal occupational physical exertion and leisure time physical activity (LTPA) with preterm delivery (PTD) among Thai women, a population that differs in many respects from women in Western countries. OBJECTIVES To evaluate associations of maternal occupational physical exertion and LTPA with PTD in aggregate and in subgroups (i.e.,...

Education, identified as one of the primary activities of the Prevention through Design (PtD) initiative, is a major factor needed to make PtD successful. The educational requirements vary within each sector. Therefore, an education strategy should be developed with an overall approach and set of resources, which is then tailored to each sector. The key themes of the PtD Education Functional Ar...

Luciferase is a sensitive, reliable biological sensor used for measuring ATP. However, its widespread application in drug discovery and toxicology studies has been limited due to unavoidable cell extraction processes, which cause inaccurate measurements of intracellular ATP and obstruct the application of homogenous high-throughput screening. Recently, we developed a protein transduction domain...