We examine motivations for, and costs/benefits of, participation in three interviews across a one-year period among women recently exposed to intimate partner abuse (IPA). Recruited from publicly accessible police reports, women were not informed that the study focused on IPA in recruiting materials or when they scheduled the first interview. Women's ratings on the Response to Research Particip...

The main advantage of tetramethyl ammnium hydroxide (TMAH)-based solutions is their full compatibility with IC technologies. In this work a new etching system of TMAH/IPA (isopropyl alcohol) is suggested. The influence of the addition of IPA to TMAH solutions on their etching characteristics is presented. The etch rates of (100) oriented silicon crystal planes decreases linearly with decreasing...

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is frequent and often fatal in immunosuppressed patients. Timely diagnosis of IPA improves survival but is difficult to make. We examined the analytical and clinical validity of galactomannan (GM) testing of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid in diagnosing IPA in a mixed population by retrospectively reviewing records of 251 consecutive at-risk patients fo...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The aim of this study was to determine the face and criterion validity, stability reliability, and internal consistency of the Persian version of the Impact on Participation and Autonomy (IPA-p) scale among Iranian people with multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS Trained experts interviewed 364 MS patients and their relatives to assess the criterion validity, stability reli...

BACKGROUND Ticagrelor is the first reversibly binding oral P2Y(12) receptor antagonist. This is the first study to compare the onset and offset of platelet inhibition (IPA) with ticagrelor using the PLATO (PLATelet inhibition and patient Outcomes) trial loading dose (180 mg) with a high loading dose (600 mg) of clopidogrel. METHODS AND RESULTS In a multicenter, randomized, double-blind study,...

Isopropyl Alcohal (IPA) is flammable, clear, colorless liquid and is slightly odorous. IPA has wide applications in various industries such as paint, pharmaceutical, lithography, rubber manufacture, semiconductor, and printing industries. It is one of the components of many antiseptic and cosmetic products. The exposure of high concentrations of IPA can cause depression in central nervous syste...

OBJECTIVE To compare a recently developed immunoprecipitation assay (IPA) to the mouse protection bioassay (MPB), currently considered the "gold standard", for detecting antibodies against botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) and to correlate these assay results with clinical responses to BTX-A injections. METHODS MPB and IPA assays were performed on serum samples from 83 patients (38 non-responders, 45...

Indoxyl sulfate (IS) induces fibrosis and inflammation in kidneys via oxidative stress through the induction of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1). Furthermore, IS is a potent endogenous agonist for aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), which regulates the transcription of genes such as cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1A1. Indole-3-propionic acid (IPA) is an anti...

BACKGROUND Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality among patients undergoing solid organ transplantation (SOT). Because of the crude mortality of 80% to 90% in the absence of adequate treatment, timely diagnosis and early intervention with antifungal drugs are key factors in the successful treatment of IPA. Diagnosis, however, remains difficu...

BACKGROUND The hallux valgus interphalangeus (HVI) deformity is described as rare, but improved outcomes in hallux valgus (HV) surgery is associated with its surgical correction via an Akin osteotomy. The hypothesis of this study is that HVI is common and makes a significant contribution to the total valgus deformity of the hallux (TVDH). METHODS 285 pre-operative foot radiographs (193 with H...