Medical and Biomedical Researches

A comprehensive prognostic stratification for patients with metastatic renal clear cell carcinoma.

June 28th, 2008
A comprehensive prognostic stratification for patients with metastatic renal clear cell carcinoma. Purpose: To develop a reliable prognostic model for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) based on features readily available in common clinical settings. Patients and Methods: A total of 197 patients with RCC ...

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Effects of supervised exercise therapy in patients receiving radiotherapy for breast cancer.

June 28th, 2008
Effects of supervised exercise therapy in patients receiving radiotherapy for breast cancer. Purpose: Postoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer has a number of associated complications. This study examined whether supervised moderate-intensity exercise could mitigate the complications that occur during radiotherapy. Patients and Methods: Forty women were randomized ...

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Does quantitative tibial ultrasound predict low bone mineral density defined by dual energy x-ray ab

June 28th, 2008
Does quantitative tibial ultrasound predict low bone mineral density defined by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry? Purpose: Efforts for the early detection of bone loss and subsequent fracture risk by quantitative ultrasound (QUS), which is a non-invasive, radiation free, and cheaper method, seem rational to reduce the ...

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Vascular endothelial growth factor levels in ascites between chemonaive and chemotreated patients.

June 28th, 2008
Vascular endothelial growth factor levels in ascites between chemonaive and chemotreated patients. Purpose: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels in malignant ascites have high diagnostic value for their discrimination from asictes of non-malignant origin. However, there have been no reports on the comparison of VEGF levels ...

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Investigation of the cause of readmission to the intensive care unit for patients with lung edema or

June 28th, 2008
Investigation of the cause of readmission to the intensive care unit for patients with lung edema or atelectasis. Purpose: For patients with acute respiratory failure due to lung edema or atelectasis, Surplus lung water that is not removed during an initial stay in the Intensive Care ...

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Major determinants and long-term outcomes of successful balloon dilatation for the pediatric patient

June 28th, 2008
Major determinants and long-term outcomes of successful balloon dilatation for the pediatric patients with isolated native valvular pulmonary stenosis: a 10-year institutional experience. Purpose: We report herein major determinants and long-term outcomes of balloon dilatation (BD) for 27 pediatric patients with isolated native valvular pulmonary stenosis ...

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Changes in treatment outcomes of gastric cancer surgery over 45 years at a single institution.

June 28th, 2008
Changes in treatment outcomes of gastric cancer surgery over 45 years at a single institution. Purpose: Although many studies have demonstrated improvements in short-and long-term outcomes of gastric cancer surgery, changes in long-term survival over time are not well-established. This study was conducted to evaluate changes ...

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Frequency of Pro475Ser Polymorphism of ADAMTS13 Gene and Its Association with ADAMTS-13 Activity in

June 28th, 2008
Frequency of Pro475Ser Polymorphism of ADAMTS13 Gene and Its Association with ADAMTS-13 Activity in the Korean Population. Purpose: The in vitro study suggested that proline to serine polymorphism in codon 475 (C1423T) of the A Disintegrin and Metalloprotease with ThromboSpondin type 1 repeats-13 (ADAMTS-13) gene is ...

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Long-term outcomes of acute ischemic stroke in patients aged 80 years and older.

June 28th, 2008
Long-term outcomes of acute ischemic stroke in patients aged 80 years and older. Purpose: Short life expectancy influences decision-making when treating very old patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). We investigated mortality and survival duration in very old AIS patients (>/= 80 years) who received hospital ...

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A Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label, Therapeutic, and Exploratory Trial to Evaluate the Tolerabili

June 28th, 2008
A Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label, Therapeutic, and Exploratory Trial to Evaluate the Tolerability and Efficacy of Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Receptor Blocker (Clotinab(TM)) in High-Risk Patients with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Purpose: This study was designed as a multicenter, randomized, open-label study to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of ...

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Comparison of parecoxib and proparacetamol in endoscopic nasal surgery patients.

June 28th, 2008
Comparison of parecoxib and proparacetamol in endoscopic nasal surgery patients. Purpose: The aim of the study was to compare the efficacy of parecoxib for postoperative analgesia after endoscopic turbinate and sinus surgery with the prodrug of acetaminophen, proparacetamol. Materials and Methods: Fifty American Society of Anesthesiology ...

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Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and mental health in women who escaped prostitution and he

June 28th, 2008
Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and mental health in women who escaped prostitution and helping activists in shelters. Purpose: This study compared the mental symptoms, especially symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), of women who escaped prostitution, helping activists at shelters, and matched control subjects. Materials ...

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The Role of CD4(+)CD25(bright) Regulatory T Cells in the Maintenance of Pregnancy, Premature Rupture

June 28th, 2008
The Role of CD4(+)CD25(bright) Regulatory T Cells in the Maintenance of Pregnancy, Premature Rupture of Membranes, and Labor. Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes of the regulatory T cell subset in peripheral blood caused by gestational age and premature rupture of ...

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The influence of type-1 diabetes mellitus on dentition and oral health in children and adolescents.

June 28th, 2008
The influence of type-1 diabetes mellitus on dentition and oral health in children and adolescents. Purpose: The present study is to investigate the effects of type 1 diabetes mellitus on dentition and oral health for children and adolescents. Materials and Methods: The investigation was carried out ...

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Roles of embryonic and adult lymphoid tissue inducer cells in primary and secondary lymphoid tissues

June 28th, 2008
Roles of embryonic and adult lymphoid tissue inducer cells in primary and secondary lymphoid tissues. The nomenclature \"embryonic lymphoid tissue inducer (LTi) cell\" reflects the fundamental role of the cell in secondary lymphoid tissue organization. In addition, it is equally important in primary lymphoid tissue development ...

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Hormone-dependent aging problems in women.

June 28th, 2008
Hormone-dependent aging problems in women. One of the major social issues nowadays is the aging society. Korea is already an aging society, and 63 cities and districts are ultra-aged societies where the rate of people older than 65 yr exceeds 20%. Among them, more than 67% ...

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High-Density culture of mouse-human hybridoma in serum-free defined medium.

June 28th, 2008
High-Density culture of mouse-human hybridoma in serum-free defined medium. Mouse-human hybridoma 4H11 cells producing anti-Pseudomonas sp. monoclonal antibody (IgA) grew in a serum-free medium supplemented with insulin, transferrin, ethanolamine, and selenite (ITES). The hybridoma could be applied to high-density culture in a serum-free medium supplemented with ...

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Specific and nonspecific glucanases from Trichoderma viride.

June 28th, 2008
Specific and nonspecific glucanases from Trichoderma viride. Six endoglucanases (Endo I, II, III, IV, V, and VI), three exoglucanases (Exo I, II, and III), and a beta-glucosidase (beta-gluc I) isolated from a commercial cellulase preparation of Trichoderma viride origin were examined as to their activities on ...

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Mathematical modeling for mixed culture growth of two bacterial populations with opposite substrate

June 28th, 2008
Mathematical modeling for mixed culture growth of two bacterial populations with opposite substrate preferences. An unstructured mathematical model is proposed for mixed culture growth of two different bacterial species that exhibit \"opposite\" substrate preferences in response to the \"same\" environmental conditions. The model incorporates enzymatic control ...

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In situ extractive fermentation of acetone and butanol.

June 28th, 2008
In situ extractive fermentation of acetone and butanol. The productivity of the acetone-butanol fermentation was increased by continuously removing acetone and butanol from the fermentation broth during fed-batch culture. Whole broth containing viable cells of Clostridium acetobutylicum was cycled to a Karr reciprocating plate extraction column ...

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Effect of pH on growth of mixed cultures in batch reactor.

June 28th, 2008
Effect of pH on growth of mixed cultures in batch reactor. This work has studied the effect of pH on specific growth rate mu, yield factor Y, and specific substrate consumption rate U for two mixed microbial populations (sludge A and B) in a batch reactor ...

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Kinetics and regulation of beta-lactamase formation in methylotrophic bacterium.

June 28th, 2008
Kinetics and regulation of beta-lactamase formation in methylotrophic bacterium. The regulation and kinetics of formation of an inducible, cell-bound oxacillin-hydrolyzing beta-lactamase (M-OXA) by a methanol-grown Pseudomonas strain were investigated in batch, chemostat, and two-stage continuous cultures. The extent to which enzyme production occurs declines at increased ...

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Theoretical study of tryptophan operon: Application in microbial technology.

June 28th, 2008
Theoretical study of tryptophan operon: Application in microbial technology. A model for the tryptophan operon is formulated based on the genetic and biophysical data available on the structure of the operon and the nature of interactions between the represser and its ligands. Studies have been done, ...

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Escherichia coil growth dynamics: A three-pool biochemically based description.

June 28th, 2008
Escherichia coil growth dynamics: A three-pool biochemically based description. A three-pool growth model of an individual Escherichia coli cell is described herein. The model is based on a previously developed chemically structured complex single cell growth model. The reduction in model complexity and the identification of ...

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Bioflocculation as a microbial response to substrate limitations.

June 28th, 2008
Bioflocculation as a microbial response to substrate limitations. Previous theories of nutrient supply to microbial floes assumed that transport within the flocs was by molecular diffusion, and they predict that overall nutrient uptake is reduced in floes compared to dispersed cells. Calculations, supported by recent advances ...

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