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The use of the Nintendo Wii for balance and cognition as a trement modality in occupational therapy in persons with multiple sclerosis for increased independence in activities of daily living [abstract]
(2010-03)
Objective: Examine the effectiveness of the Nintendo Wii on balance and cognition deficits to increase independence in activities of daily living for an individual with MS. Design: ABA single subject experimental design ...
Development of an in vitro model of quail vasculogenesis [abstract]
(2010-02)
Blood supply to virtually all tissues depends on endothelial cells, which form the linings of blood vessels. Growth and formation of endothelial cells occurs in two ways. Vasculogenesis describes the initial proliferation ...
Targeting the guanylate cyclase c receptor with an agonist peptide from enterotoxegenic Y. Enterocolitica [abstract]
(2010-03)
Heat-stable enterotoxin peptides (ST's) are expressed by enterotoxigenic strains of bacteria in order to co-opt an endogenous ligand-receptor system that regulates fluid homeostasis within the gut. Bacteria such as E. coli, ...
Estrogen receptor and estrogen related receptor may corporatley regulate hypoxic gene expression [abstract]
(2010-03)
Tumor cells can undergo adaptation to the hypoxia environment created by rapid growth of tumor cells to persist growing. A main regulator of hypoxia induced gene expression is hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), and HIF can ...
Craniofacial developmental instability and masticatory behavior [abstract]
(2010-02)
Environmental stress related to changes in dietary behavior or composition may alter the course of growth, manifesting in the phenotype as developmental instability. Two potential measures of instability, morphological ...
Managing changes of health information system by a conflict viewpoint [abstract]
(2010-03)
This research studies group conflicts within process of health information system (HIS) in terms of its development and implementation, aiming at managing changes through conflicts acquisition and representation with ...
Sphingosine 1-phosphate-metabolizing enzymes control influenze virus amplification and the viral cyto-pathogenicity [abstract]
(2010-03)
Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) is regulated by cellular catalytic enzymes and has diverse biological functions. However, the effects that S1P-catalyzing enzymes have on host defense and immunity to invading viruses remain ...
Self-care goals of adult patients with diabetes : how do providers interact with patients about them? [abstract]
(2010-03)
Background: Diabetes is an increasingly common illness with potentially severe complications. Previous research has shown that controlling blood glucose, lipids, and blood pressure can help keep these complications at bay. ...
Understanding clinical communication [abstract]
(2010-03)
Introduction: Clinical Communication failures are considered the leading cause of medical errors. Minimizing communication problems among clinical team members could directly reduce medical errors and hence, increase patient ...
Identification of the signaling networks involved in breast cancer metastasis to the brain using proteomic approaches [abstract]
(2010-03)
Brain is a common site of breast cancer metastasis, associated with significant neurologic morbidity, decreased quality of life, and greatly shortened survival. Development of new preventive and therapeutic strategies for ...
Multifunctional contrast agenst for molecular imaging of prostate cancer [abstract]
(2010-03)
Development of efficacious receptor-targeting contrast agents is particularly important for early detection of prostate cancers. When using non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for molecular imaging, sensitivity ...
Next generation tyrosine-mutant AAV8 shows high mouse corneal endothelial transduction in vivo [abstract]
(2010-03)
Purpose: Recently, point mutations in surface-exposed tyrosine residues have been shown to increase AAV transduction significantly. We examined the efficacy of conventional AAV8 and next generation tyrosine-mutant AAV8 ...
Longevity perceptions in patients who have had their kidney transplant for 25 years or longer [abstract]
(2010-03)
Survival of a renal transplant beyond 25 years is a relatively rare event with median length of graft survival 11 years. Numerous outcomes, but no studies have described longevity perceptions of individuals who have had ...
Novel 3D analysis of the proximal femur and hip joint function in arhropoids : implications for the human hip joint functional analyses [abstract]
(2010-03)
Fossil catarrhines are hypothesized to display a range of locomotor adaptations, creating specialized joint morphology. Many of these primate taxa are known from the proximal femur, which directly reflects hip function. ...
Detection of microrna expression in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded materials with fluorescent in situ hybridization [abstract]
(2010-02)
Non-coding regulatory RNAs designated microRNAs (miRNA) are small single-stranded RNAs that may suppress the protein outcome of target messenger RNAs and thereby regulate gene expression networks. To facilitate delineation ...
Novel method for analyzing femur geometry variation [abstract]
(2010-03)
Designing effective orthopaedic implants requires detailed knowledge of variation in human bone form. Incomplete characterization of this variation can result in implants - such as femoral intramedullary nails - that may ...
Patient readiness to use internet health resources [abstract]
(2010-03)
Background: Nationally, half of patients with chronic disease use the Internet, however little is known about what promotes or inhibits patient use of the Internet for health information. Methods: To learn more about why ...
Needs assessment for increased physical activity in Columbia schoolchildren [abstract]
(2010-03)
School children (n=77, average age= 8 years) at three Columbia schools were given accelerometers to be worn for seven days. Activity counts were collected and subsequently converted to metabolic equivalents (METs) in order ...
Identifying angiotensin II effects on protein kinase B activation in insulin metabolic signaling [abstract]
(2010-03)
Inappropriate activation of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System has been linked to oxidative stress and insulin resistance. Whereas insulin binds to its receptor and triggers tyrosine phosphorylation of Insulin Receptor ...
Plasticity of the temporomandibular joint in rabbits [abstract]
(2010-03)
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is one of the most complex joints in the mammalian body. Major changes in diet during weaning and corresponding responses of connective tissues of the feeding apparatus are incompletely ...