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Physician perceptions of primary prevention: qualitative base for the conceptual shaping of a practice intervention tool
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background A practice intervention must have its basis in an understanding of the physician and practice to secure its benefit and relevancy. We used a formative... -
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Little qualitative RNA misexpression in sterile male F
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Although the genetics of hybrid sterility has been the subject of evolutionary studies for over sixty years, no one has shown the reason(s) why alleles... -
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Accessing and distributing EMBL data using CORBA (common object request broker architecture)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: The EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database is a comprehensive database of DNA and RNA sequences and related information traditionally made available in flat-... -
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A functional update of the
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Since the genome of Escherichia coli K-12 was initially annotated in 1997, additional functional information based on biological characterization and... -
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Long term benzodiazepine use for insomnia in patients over the age of 60: discordance of patient and physician perceptions
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The aim of this study was to determine and compare patients' and physicians' perceptions of benefits and risks of long term benzodiazepine use for insomnia... -
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Vector algebra in the analysis of genome-wide expression data
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Data from thousands of transcription-profiling experiments in organisms ranging from yeast to humans are now publicly available. How best to analyze these... -
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A draft annotation and overview of the human genome
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The recent draft assembly of the human genome provides a unified basis for describing genomic structure and function. The draft is sufficiently accurate to... -
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Gender-related plasma levels of progesterone, interleukin-8 and interleukin-10 during and after cardiopulmonary bypass in infants and children
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background It is known that proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines are released during and after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in infants and children. Sex... -
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Comparison of complete nuclear receptor sets from the human,
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The availability of complete genome sequences enables all the members of a gene family to be identified without limitations imposed by temporal, spatial or... -
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What have transgenic and knockout animals taught us about respiratory disease?
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Over the past decade there has been a significant shift to the use of murine models for investigations into the molecular basis of respiratory diseases, including... -
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A simple model based on mutation and selection explains trends in codon and amino-acid usage and GC composition within and across genomes
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: Correlations between genome composition (in terms of GC content) and usage of particular codons and amino acids have been widely reported, but poorly... -
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Craniodental variation among Macaques (
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background In terms of structure and function, the skull is one of the most complicated organs in the body. It is also one of the most important parts in terms of... -
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Debate: Should statin be used in patients with heart failure?
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Statins reduce mortality of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). However, by protocol, trials have excluded patients with chronic heart failure. Since the... -
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Pharmacological basis for the therapy of pain and inflammation with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) belong to the most frequently used drugs. The discovery of an inducible isoform of cyclo-oxygenase (COX-2) has led to an... -
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The Distributed Annotation System
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Currently, most genome annotation is curated by centralized groups with limited resources. Efforts to share annotations transparently among multiple groups... -
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Selective alteration of gene expression in response to natural and synthetic retinoids.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Retinoids are very potent inducers of cellular differentiation and apoptosis, and are efficient anti-tumoral agents. Synthetic retinoids are designed to... -
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Growth factors in lung development and disease: friends or foe?
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Growth factors mediate tissue interactions and regulate a variety of cellular functions that are critical for normal lung development and homeostasis. Besides their... -
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Epithelial antimicrobial peptides in host defense against infection
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
One component of host defense at mucosal surfaces seems to be epithelium-derived antimicrobial peptides. Antimicrobial peptides are classified on the basis of their... -
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The average cost of measles cases and adverse events following vaccination in industrialised countries
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Even though the annual incidence rate of measles has dramatically decreased in industrialised countries since the implementation of universal immunisation... -
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Patent AT-E400930-T1: [Translated] RADIO NETWORK CONTROL USING MOBILE TRANSMIT POWER ON THE UPLINK
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
A mobile station's current uplink transmit power capacity is taken into account in radio resource allocation decision and in other radio network operations. Once a...