introduction: abnormal lipid profile causes maternal mortality and impairs fetal development. this study investigated the effect of ramadan fasting on plasma lipid profile in pregnant women. material and methods: this self-control, cohort study was performed in healthy volunteer fasted pregnant women. serum cholesterol, triglyceride (tg), low density lipoprotein (ldl), high density lipoprotein ...

Previous studies have documented fragments of petrogeneti-cally unrelated materials in HED polymict breccias [e.g., 1,2,3,4,5,6]. Observed clasts range in size from as large as 5 mm in diameter [2,3] to very small (~25 μm diameter) [4]. Most fall into two groups: clasts with textures similar to CM materials and those similar to CR materials [2,3,4]. CM-like clasts predominate among larger fragm...

Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (HED) is the most prevalent type of ectodermal dysplasia (ED). ED is an umbrella term for a group of syndromes characterized by missing or malformed ectodermal structures, including skin, hair, sweat glands, and teeth. The X-linked recessive (XL), autosomal recessive (AR), and autosomal dominant (AD) types of HED are caused by mutations in the genes encoding ec...

The aim of the present study was the assessment of the putative influence of yeast and filamentous fungi in healthcare and control (office) workplaces (10 of each kind) on immune system competence measured by NK (natural killer), CD4(+), and NKT (natural killer T lymphocyte) cell levels in the blood of the personnel employed at these workplaces. Imprints from floors and walls were collected in ...

hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (hed) is a rare congenital disorder arising from deficient development of ectoderm-derived structures including skin, nails, glands and teeth. the phenotype of hed is associated with mutation in eda, edar, edaradd and nemo genes, all of them disruptingnf-κb signaling cascade necessary for initiation, formation and differentiation in the embryo and adult. here w...

Students, faculties, and other members of the higher education (HEd) system are increasingly reliant on various information technologies. Such a reliance results in plethora data that can be explored to obtain relevant statistics or insights. Another reason explore is acquire valuable insight regarding novel unstructured forms discovered often found have connection with elements social media su...

Caloric restriction (CR) was recently demonstrated by us to restrict ovarian cancer growth in vivo. CR resulted in activation of energy regulating enzymes adenosine monophosphate activated kinase (AMPK) and sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) followed by downstream inhibition of Akt-mTOR. In the present study, we investigated the effects of metformin on ovarian cancer growth in mice fed a high energy diet (HED) ...

Fast resonance frequency modulation of a superconducting stripline resonator is investigated. The experiments are performed using a novel device which integrates a hot electron detector (HED) into a superconducting stripline ring resonator. Frequency modulation is demonstrated by both applying dc current or voltage to the HED, and by applying optical illumination, with modulation frequencies of...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine whether scintigraphic evidence of cardiac sympathetic neuronal dysinnervation is present in patients with the familial long QT syndrome. The "sympathetic imbalance" hypothesis for the familial long QT syndrome proposes that the long QT syndrome results from a congenital imbalance of sympathetic innervation of the heart caused by lower-than-n...

This work is an experimental study about the effects of gas pressure and magnetic field on plasma characteristics produced in internal hollow electrodes discharge (HED) system. The results show that breakdown voltage values increase with increasing working (especially presence a field). depends p.d. product, where p d distance between electrodes. While current decrease pressure. temperature ele...