Archive for April, 2008
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Evaluation of epicardial microwave lesions in the pig model using an electroanatomic mapping system.
BACKGROUND: Surgical ablation techniques using microwave energy are an alternative to catheter-based ablation therapy in the treatment of atrial fibrillation. We investigate electrical conduction properties of linear lesions after epicardial ablation in ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Three Maternal Risk Factors Associated with Elevated Risk of Postneonatal Mortality Among Alaska Native Population.
Objective Compared to non-Natives in Alaska, the Alaska Native population has a postneonatal mortality rate 2.3 times higher (95% CI 1.9, 2.7). The objective of the study was to identify variables ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Factors Influencing HIV Vaccine Community Engagement in the Urban South.
The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine personal characteristics, socio-environmental conditions, and motivational factors that potentially influence HIV vaccine research community engagement. Specifically, the study identified predictive aspects that may aid in future community ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
The Medical Exclusion of an Immigrant to the United States of America in the Early Twentieth Century. The Case of Cristina Imparato.
The medical inspection of immigrants arriving in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was framed by a need to ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Casearia sylvestris Sw., popularly known in Brazil as 'guaçatonga', has been used as antitumor, antiseptic, antiulcer, local anaesthetic and healer in folk medicine. Snakebite envenomation by Bothrops jararacussu (Bjssu) constitutes a relevant public health hazard capable of inducing serious local damage in victims. This study examined the pharmacological action of ...
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Thalidomide is a teratogenic/hypnotic/sedative agent which elicits a wide range of pharmaceutical/biological activities. The diversity of its biological activities suggested that the drug might be useful as a multi-template for development of various kinds of biologically active compounds. We adopted two strategies for the structural development of thalidomide. The first ...
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