Abstract Introduction Prompt treatment of severe sepsis in the Emergency Department reduces deaths, but the role of prehospital ...

Abstract Behcet’s disease is a chronic multi-system disorder of unknown etiology with protean manifestations. Venous thromboembolism is more common than arterial thrombosis, with deep vein thrombosis being the ...

Abstract Sepsis diagnosis remains based largely on clinical presentation despite significant advances in the understanding of underlying pathophysiology and host-pathogen interactions. The systematic review article by ...

Abstract Background Despite the high rates of reported sterilization use among women who have spent time in correctional facilities, little is known about the context in which women in this ...

Abstract Background Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) is a major factor of morbidity and mortality for allogeneic stem cell transplantation (aSCT). The skin and internal organ involvement ...

Abstract Background Estrogen metabolism-mediated oxidative stress is suggested to play an important role in estrogen-induced breast carcinogenesis. We have earlier demonstrated that antioxidants, ...

Abstract An embedded telemetry unit for bone strain monitoring is presented. The telemetry unit is designed using commercially available components to lower design time and manufacturing ...

Abstract Background Neurocognitive impairments remain prevalent in HIV-1 infected individuals despite current antiretroviral therapies. It is increasingly becoming evident that astrocytes ...

Abstract Background A computation approach based on integrating high throughput binding affinity comparison and binding descriptor classifications was utilized to establish the ...

Abstract Introduction Duodenal duplication is a rare congenital malformation and has been reported as a rare cause of recurrent acute pancreatitis. Hemorrhagic ascites has been reported in only ...

Abstract Background Endometrial cancers (ECs) are the most common form of gynecologic malignancy. Recent studies have reported that ECs reveal distinct markers for molecular pathogenesis, ...

Abstract Background We have previously shown that the thromboxane (TXA2) receptor agonist, U46619, can directly induce ventricular arrhythmias that were associated with increases in intracellular ...

Abstract Background Numerous diagnostic tests are available to detect Helicobactor pylori (H. pylori). There has been no single test available to detect H. pylori infection reliably. We evaluated ...

Abstract Background Both carotid-femoral (cf) pulse wave velocity (PWV) and brachial-ankle (ba) PWV employ arterial sites that are not consistent with the path of blood flow. Few previous ...

Abstract Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune-disease of unknown origin that primarily affects the joints and ultimately leads to their destruction. Growing evidence ...

Abstract Background Opiate substitution treatment has been associated with better adherence to lifesaving antiretroviral medications, but the impact of other substance abuse treatment on ...

Abstract Background N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) are lipids upregulated in response to cell and tissue injury and are involved ...

Abstract Background Recently introduced pathway-based approach is promising and advantageous to improve the efficiency of ...

We propose a network quality aware routing (NQAR) mechanism to provide an enabling method of the delay-sensitive data delivery over error-prone wireless sensor networks. Unlike the existing routing methods that select ...

Abstract Background It has been proposed that PPARα agonists stimulate Kupffer cells in rodents which in turn, release ...