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Impact of obesity on glucose and lipid profiles in adolescents at different age groups in relation to adulthood
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Background As obesity is rapidly becoming a major medical and public health problem, the aim of our study was to determine: 1) if obesity in Caucasian adolescents at... -
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia in a surgical intensive care unit: epidemiology, etiology and comparison of three bronchoscopic methods for microbiological specimen sampling
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Background: Ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (VAP) is a important intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired infection in mechanically ventilated patients. Early and... -
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Assessing health-related quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, in Crete, Greece
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is an important outcome measure in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The aim of our study was to assess HRQoL in a... -
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Effects of de-industrialization on unemployment, re-employment, and work conditions in a manufacturing workforce
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Background The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of a 20-year process of de-industrialization in the British Columbia (BC) sawmill industry on... -
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Mechanical ventilation in rural ICUs
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: In recent years, rural hospitals have expanded their scope of specialized services, which has led to the development and staffing of rural intensive care... -
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VirOligo: a database of virus-specific oligonucleotides
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
VirOligo is a database of virus-specific oligonucleotides. The VirOligo database consists of two tables, Common data and Oligo data. The Oligo data table contains PCR... -
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Modeling of failure mode in knee ligaments depending on the strain rate
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Background The failure mechanism of the knee ligament (bone-ligament-bone complex) at different strain rates is an important subject in the biomechanics of the knee.... -
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Safety of a new extensively hydrolysed formula in children with cow's milk protein allergy: a double blind crossover study
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Background Formulae for infants with cow's milk protein allergy (CMA) should be based on extensively hydrolysed protein. 'Extensively' however is not strictly... -
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Early glandular neoplasia of the lung
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Although bronchogenic carcinomas progress through a very well defined sequence of metaplasia, dysplasia and carcinoma in situ, very little is known about the early... -
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Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation as treatment for acute respiratory failure in critically ill patients
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Our current state of knowledge on noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) and technical aspects are discussed in the present review. In patients with chronic... -
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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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The evaluation of yeast derivatives as adjuvants for the immune response to the Bm86 antigen in cattle
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The Gavac™ vaccine against the cattle tick Boophilus microplus has proven its efficacy in a large number of controlled and field experiments. However, this... -
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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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Regular use of aspirin and pancreatic cancer risk
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Regular use of aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) has been consistently associated with reduced risk of colorectal cancer and... -
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Cingulate cortex hypoperfusion predicts Alzheimer's disease in mild cognitive impairment
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) was recently described as a heterogeneous group with a variety of clinical outcomes and high risk to develop Alzheimer's... -
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Expression profiles during honeybee caste determination
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Depending on their larval environment, female honeybees develop into either queens or workers. As in other polyphenisms, this developmental switch depends... -
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Survey of the knowledge, attitude and practice of Nigerian surgery trainees to HIV-infected persons and AIDS patients
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The incidence of HIV infection and AIDS is rising in Nigeria. Surgeons are at risk of occupationally acquired infection as a result of intimate contact... -
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Traumatic brain injury as a risk factor for Alzheimer disease. Comparison of two retrospective autopsy cohorts with evaluation of ApoE genotype
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Background and Purpose The impact of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD) is still controversial. The aim of our retrospective... -
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'CFTR-opathies': disease phenotypes associated with cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator gene mutations
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that is associated with abnormal sweat electrolytes, sino-pulmonary disease, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, and male...