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Poor Homologous Synapsis 1 Interacts with Chromatin but Does Not Colocalise with ASYnapsis 1 during Early Meiosis in Bread Wheat
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Chromosome pairing, synapsis, and DNA recombination are three key processes that occur during early meiosis. A previous study of Poor Homologous Synapsis 1 (PHS1) in maize suggested that PHS1 has a role in coordinating these three processes. Here we report the isolation of wheat (Triticum aestivum) PHS1 (TaPHS1), and its expression profile during and after meiosis. While the TaPHS1 protein has sequence similarity to other plant PHS1/PHS1-like proteins, it also possesses a unique region of oligopeptide repeat units. We show that TaPHS1 interacts with both single- and double-stranded DNA in vitro and provide evidence of the ...
Source: Comparative and Functional Genomics - February 6, 2012 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: research
Epidemiology of severe burn injuries in a Tertiary Burn Centre in Tehran, Iran. - Mohammadi-Barzelighi H, Alaghehbandan R, Motevallian A, Alinejad F, Soleimanzadeh-Moghadam S, Sattari M, Lari AR.Email this article to a colleague.
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The aim of the study was to examine the epidemiological characteristics of hospitalized burn patients in a tertiary burn centre in Tehran, Iran. A hospital-based cross-sectional study of all hospitalized patients with burn injuries was conducted in Motahar... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Methanol poisoning in Iran, from 2000 to 2009. - Massoumi G, Saberi K, Eizadi-Mood N, Shamsi M, Alavi M, Morteza A.Email this article to a colleague.
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This report is a descriptive study of methanol intoxication in Iran. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of 5... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Falling television related child injuries in Turkey: 10-year experience. - Güloğlu R, Sarıcı IS, Bademler S, Emirikçi S, Işsever H, Yanar H, Ertekin C.Email this article to a colleague.
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BACKGROUND: We reviewed retrospectively TV-related injuries to determine the risk factors, type of injuries, and operative intervention(s) required in children injured by falling TVs. METHODS: This was a retrospective descriptive study conducted on 42 pedi... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Evaluation of a program to enhance young drivers' safety in Israel. - Toledo T, Lotan T, Taubman-Ben-Ari O, Grimberg E.Email this article to a colleague.
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Young drivers in Israel, as in other parts of the world, are involved in car crashes more than any other age group. The graduated driver licensing system in Israel requires that all new drivers be accompanied by an experienced driver whenever they drive fo... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Ac/Ds-transposon activation tagging in poplar: a powerful tool for gene discoveryEmail this article to a colleague.
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The novel strategy of first genotyping and then phenotyping a tagging population as proposed here is, in particular, applicable for long-lived, difficult to transform plant species. We could demonstrate the power of the ATDs transposon approach and the simplicity to induce ATDs transposition in vitro. Since a transposon is able to pass chromosomal boundaries, only very few primary transposon-carrying transgenic lines are required for the establishment of large transposon tagging populations. In contrast to T-DNA-based activation tagging, which is plagued by a lack of transformation efficiency and its time cons...
Source: BMC Genomics - Latest articles - February 6, 2012 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Matthias FladungOlaf Polak Source Type: research
Essential oil composition and isolation of freeradical-scavenging phenolic glycosides from the aerial parts of Ajuga chamaepitys growing in IranEmail this article to a colleague.
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From the methanolic extract of the aerial parts of Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb., Lamiaceae, one of the Iranian medicinal plants, the phenylethanoid glycoside, acteoside, and two flavone glycosides, chrysoeriol 7-O-glucopyranoside (3'-methoxy-luteolin 7-O-glucopyranoside) and apigenin 7-O-rhamnopyranoside, were isolated by a combination of solid-phase extraction (SPE) and preparative reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (prep-RP-HPLC) methods. Structures of the isolated compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic means. The free-radical-scavenging properties of the extracts, fractions and isolated compound...
Source: Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia - February 5, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
A Psychodermatology Clinic: The Concept, the Format, and Our Observations from IsraelEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: American Journal of Clinical Dermatology - February 5, 2012 Category: Dermatology Authors: Orion, EdithFeldman, BenjaminRonni, WolfOrit, Ben-Avi Tags: Therapy In Practice Source Type: research
Brassinosteroid regulates stomatal development by GSK3-mediated inhibition of a MAPK pathwayEmail this article to a colleague.
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Plants must coordinate the regulation of biochemistry and anatomy to optimize photosynthesis and water-use efficiency. The formation of stomata, epidermal pores that facilitate gas exchange, is highly coordinated with other aspects of photosynthetic development. The signalling pathways controlling stomata development are not fully understood, although mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling is known to have key roles. Here we demonstrate in Arabidopsis that brassinosteroid regulates stomatal development by activating the MAPK kinase kinase (MAPKKK) YDA (also known as YODA). Genetic analyses indicate t...
Source: Nature AOP - February 5, 2012 Category: Research Authors: Tae-Wuk KimMarta MichniewiczDominique C. BergmannZhi-Yong Wang Tags: Letter Source Type: research
W5: Life or death - who gets to decide?Email this article to a colleague.
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Hassan Rasouli, an electrical engineer, brought his family to Toronto from Iran, in the spring of 2010. Five months later, what was supposed to be routine surgery for a benign brain tumor, left Hassan unconscious. Bacterial meningitis had infected his brain. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - February 4, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
[Correspondence] The growing threat to medical independence in conflict zonesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Your Editorial “Torture in Syria's hospitals” (Nov 5, p 1606) relays the allegation of Amnesty International's report that patients in state-run hospitals were being targeted and tortured by authorities to “quell dissent”. The undermining of the independence and work of medical personnel has unfortunately been a theme of recent conflicts. (Source: LANCET)
Source: LANCET - February 4, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Dev Kevat, Fiona Lander, Bebe Loff Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
For Wounded Vet, Love Pierces the Fog of WarEmail this article to a colleague.
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Katie Brickman is both Ian Welch's girlfriend and his government-paid caregiver. Mr. Welch, a former Marine, is dealing with post-traumatic shock from his service in Iraq. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - February 3, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news
Islam and New Kinship, Reproductive Technologies and the Shariah in Lebanon – By Morgan ClarkeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Bioethics - February 3, 2012 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: VARDIT RISPLER‐CHAIM Source Type: research
Jacqueline Rose: a life in writingEmail this article to a colleague.
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'Victimhood is something that happens but when you turn it into an identity you're psychically and politically finished'One day, Jacqueline Rose came across a troubling passage in Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu. The narrator, Marcel, lies beside his sleeping lover Albertine and masturbates against her. "It seemed to me at those moments," writes Proust in Carol Clark's recent Penguin translation, "that I possessed her more completely, like an unconscious part of dumb nature." Professor Rose, feminist and psychoanalytic critic, bristled. "I thought 'This is ridiculous – she'd have woken up by now!' I had my feminis...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 3, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Stuart Jeffries Tags: Books Culture Fiction History Marcel Proust Feminism Psychology Israel Poetry Sylvia Plath Ted Hughes The Guardian Features Source Type: news
Faculty Positions in Biology - University of Tabuk, Saudi ArabiaEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Biology Department at the University of Tabuk in Saudi Arabia seeks applicants for multiple faculty positions in all fields of biology for both female and male campuses. Faculty positions are open at the Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor levels and commence in September 2012.
Candidates must have an earned doctorate in Biology or a related field. Specific duties include the development of research programs, undergraduate and graduate teaching, student advisement, and service activities.
Interested candidates are invited to submit a letter of application, a comprehensive current CV, and a summary of teaching an...
Source: AIBS Classifieds - February 3, 2012 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Classifieds Tags: Other Positions Available Source Type: news
Ultrafast NMR shows the wayEmail this article to a colleague.
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Scientists working in Israel and Spain have used two-dimensional NMR to monitor a reaction in real time (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - February 3, 2012 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research
BMA seeks Bahrain talksEmail this article to a colleague.
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Association seeks human rights and legal guarantees for health workers (Source: BMA daily feed)
Source: BMA daily feed - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Guardian Open Weekend: two days of smashing science and technologyEmail this article to a colleague.
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We're throwing open our doors on 24 and 25 March to host talks and debates about the frontiers of particle physics, neuroscience and the law, and host masterclasses on podcasting, journalism, web tools and photographyDo you have a burning question about the Higgs boson, supersymmetry or the standard of the coffee in the canteen at the home of the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva? On Sunday 25 March as part the Guardian's Open Weekend, three scientists at the cutting edge of physics will be on hand to answer all the most basic or esoteric questions that may have built up in your mind (where they might well be burning a hol...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 3, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Alok Jha Tags: Cern Particle physics Neuroscience Law Technology guardian.co.uk Blogposts Source Type: news
Sierra Leone: Saudi Arabia Dispatches 30 Doctors to CountryEmail this article to a colleague.
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[Concord]
A medical team of Physicians Across Continents (PAC) yesterday February 1 left the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Sierra Leone to deliver free medical treatments to the poor and needy for a period of 10 days. The team is composed of health professionals from Saudi Arabia, America, Russia, Sweden, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Malaysia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 3, 2012 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Two Studies Find that Patients Want Access to their Health Records, Including Clinical Pathology Test DataEmail this article to a colleague.
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Patients are ready to ready access to their medical records; but physicians are wary Data from two studies here in the United States affirms that patients want access to their health records. Consequently, health systems are increasingly making it easier for patients to get access to prescription lists, medical laboratory test results and now even [...] (Source: Dark Daily)
Source: Dark Daily - February 3, 2012 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: jude Tags: Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Annals of Internal Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center clinical laboratory Donna Zulman Geisinger Health System Harborview Medical Center harvard medical school kaiser permanente Kenneth S Source Type: news
Analysis of human milk to assess exposure to PAHs, PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in the vicinity Mediterranean city Mersin, Turkey.Email this article to a colleague.
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Assessment of human exposure to environmental persistent organic pollutants such as organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans (PCDD/Fs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) based on the levels in human breast milk provides a reasonable tool not only to assess the contaminant burden in mothers but also to assess potential exposure of breast-fed neonates. There are limited data on levels of PCBs and OCPs in humans but no previous reports from Turkey on chemically determined levels PAHs in human milk. The aim of this study was to report...
Source: Environment International - February 3, 2012 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Cok I, Mazmanci B, Mazmanci MA, Turgut C, Henkelmann B, Schramm KW Tags: Environ Int Source Type: research
Malaria deaths 'higher than expected'Email this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion
This study has looked at a lot of data and used systematic methods to examine trends in malaria mortality over the past 30 years. It shows that malaria in 2010 was the cause of death for 1.2 million individuals, including 714,000 deaths in children younger than five years and 524,000 in individuals aged five years or older. The results tend to show an increase in mortality from 1980 to peak levels in 2004, but since then a clear decline.
The researchers say that the recent decrease in malaria mortality in Africa in particular is due to malaria control activities being increased, supported by international help. ...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 3, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice Source Type: news
Transcatheter Arterial Embolization for Upper Gastrointestinal Nonvariceal Hemorrhage: Is Empiric Embolization Warranted?Email this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion Empiric arterial embolization may be advantageous in patients with a duodenal source of hemorrhage but not in patients with
gastric hemorrhage.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Clinical InvestigationPages 1-9DOI 10.1007/s00270-012-0351-yAuthors
Elnasif Arrayeh, Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Room M-361, San Francisco, CA 94134, USANicholas Fidelman, Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Room M-361, San Francisco, CA 94134, USARoy L. Gordon, Department of Radiology, University of Cal...
Source: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology - February 3, 2012 Category: Radiology Tags: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology Source Type: research
Arabidopsis E2FA stimulates proliferation and endocycle separately through RBR-bound and RBR-free complexesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: The EMBO Journal AOP - February 3, 2012 Category: Research Authors: Zoltán MagyarBeatrix HorváthSafina KhanBinish MohammedRossana HenriquesLieven De VeylderLászló BakóBen ScheresLászló Bögre Tags: Arabidopsis cell proliferation endocycle E2F retinoblastoma Article Source Type: research
[Original Articles] Effect of Chronic Dementia Caregiving and Major Transitions in the Caregiving Situation on Kidney Function: A Longitudinal StudyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Kidney function did not differ between caregivers and controls over time. However, GFR had impaired at 3 months after a major caregiving transition. Because the effect of placement of the spouse with Alzheimer’s disease on the decline in GFR was moderated by BP, it might be confined to caregivers who experience increased sympathetic activation after placement. (Source: Psychosomatic Medicine)
Source: Psychosomatic Medicine - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: von Kanel, R., Mausbach, B. T., Dimsdale, J. E., Mills, P. J., Patterson, T. L., Ancoli-Israel, S., Ziegler, M. G., Roepke, S. K., Chattillion, E. A., Allison, M., Grant, I. Tags: Social Support, Aging, Dementia, Stress and Coping Original Articles Source Type: research
Critical Care Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in AdultsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major medical and socio-economic problem, and is the leading cause of death in children and young adults. The critical care management of severe TBI in adults is largely derived from the "Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury" that have been published by the Brain Trauma Foundation. The main objectives are prevention and treatment of intracranial hypertension and secondary brain insults, preservation of cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), and optimization of cerebral oxygenation. In this review, the critical care management of severe TBI will be discussed with focus...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - February 3, 2012 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Samir HaddadYaseen Arabi Source Type: research
Prehospital trauma care reduces mortality. Ten-year results from a time-cohort and trauma audit study in IraqEmail this article to a colleague.
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In case of long prehospital transit times simple life support measures by paramedics and lay first responders reduce trauma mortality in major injuries. Delegating life-saving skills to paramedics and lay people is a key factor for efficient prehospital trauma systems in low-resource communities.. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - February 3, 2012 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mudhafar MuradStig LarsenHans Husum Source Type: research
Human papillomavirus detected in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Iran.Email this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSION: In conclusion, the present study showed that a small proportion of ESCC specimens from Iran harbor HPV16, 18 genome using a highly sensitive method. As different rates have been reported from Iran, a more widespread study with more precise definition of geographical differences could delineate the potential involvement of HPV in the development of ESCC in Iranian population.
PMID: 22284258 [PubMed - in process] (Source: European Journal of Internal Medicine)
Source: European Journal of Internal Medicine - February 2, 2012 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Abdirad A, Eram N, Behzadi AH, Koriyama C, Parvaneh N, Akiba S, Kato T, Kahn N, Ghofrani M, Sadigh N Tags: Eur J Intern Med Source Type: research
5d Early-Transition-Metal
Corroles: a Trioxo-Bridged Binuclear
Tungsten(VI) DerivativeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Inorganic ChemistryDOI: 10.1021/ic202325h (Source: Inorganic Chemistry)
Source: Inorganic Chemistry - February 2, 2012 Category: Chemistry Authors: Izana Nigel-Etinger, Israel Goldberg and Zeev Gross Source Type: research
The Changing Relationship between Surface Temperatures and Indian Monsoon Rainfall with the Phase of ESI TendencyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Effective Strength Index (ESI) is the relative strength of NAO and SO. ESI tendency is the algebraic difference between April-ESI and January-ESI and it represents the simultaneous evolution of NAO and SO from winter to spring. During positive (negative) phase of ESI tendency, NAO restores positive (negative) phase and SO restores negative (positive) phase before the beginning of summer season. Thus during contrasting phases (positive and negative) of ESI tendency, the evolution of NAO and SO is out of phase. In this paper we have studied the spatial and temporal variability of winter-time temperature field over Europe, Ar...
Source: Advances in Pharmacological Sciences - February 2, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Vitamin E effect on controlled ovarian stimulation of unexplained infertile womenEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion Vit E administration may improve the endometrial response in unexplained infertile women via the likely antioxidant and the
anticoagulant effects. It may also modulate the antiestrogenic effect of clomiphene citrate and the problem of a thin endometrium
in these cycles may be adjusted.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory ASSISTED REPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIESPages 1-4DOI 10.1007/s10815-012-9714-1Authors
Nedim Cicek, Zekai Tahir Burak Women Education and Research Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Devlet Mah. Subay Loj.Hızırreis Apt.No:19/11 Yenisehir, Ankara, TurkeyOzlem Gun Eryilmaz, Ze...
Source: Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - February 2, 2012 Category: Reproduction Medicine Tags: Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics Source Type: research
Obscure and occult gastrointestinal bleeding: role of radionuclide imagingEmail this article to a colleague.
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Content Type Journal ArticlePages 1-2DOI 10.1007/s00261-012-9841-2Authors
Tamer Aksoy, Nuclear Medicine Division, Haydarpasa Numune Training & Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Journal Abdominal ImagingOnline ISSN 1432-0509Print ISSN 0942-8925 (Source: Abdominal Imaging)
Source: Abdominal Imaging - February 2, 2012 Category: Radiology Tags: Abdominal Imaging Source Type: research
Rhazes (865–925 AD)Email this article to a colleague.
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Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Pioneers in NeurologyPages 1-2DOI 10.1007/s00415-011-6398-xAuthors
Mohamad M. Zarshenas, Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranAlireza Mehdizadeh, Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranArman Zargaran, Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranAbdolali Mohagheghzadeh, Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Source: Journal of Neurology - February 2, 2012 Category: Neurology Tags: Journal of Neurology Source Type: research
Frequency of mutations in the genes associated with hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy in a UK cohortEmail this article to a colleague.
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Abstract The hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies (HSAN, also known as the hereditary sensory neuropathies) are a clinically
and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders, characterised by a progressive sensory neuropathy often complicated by ulcers
and amputations, with variable motor and autonomic involvement. To date, mutations in twelve genes have been identified as
causing HSAN. To study the frequency of mutations in these genes and the associated phenotypes, we screened 140 index patients
in our inherited neuropathy cohort with a clinical diagnosis of HSAN for mutations in the coding region...
Source: Journal of Neurology - February 2, 2012 Category: Neurology Tags: Journal of Neurology Source Type: research
Prolonged propriospinal myoclonus following spinal anesthesia for cesarean section: case report and literature reviewEmail this article to a colleague.
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Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Letter to the EditorPages 1-2DOI 10.1007/s00404-012-2246-1Authors
Anna Lev, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Treatment, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, POB 3235, 91031 Jerusalem, IsraelIsabell Korn-Lubezki, Department of Neurology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, IsraelBettina Steiner-Birmanns, Department of Neurology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, IsraelArnon Samueloff, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, IsraelYaakov Gozal, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Treatmen...
Source: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics - February 2, 2012 Category: OBGYN Tags: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics Source Type: research
Middle East Trails Again in Green Energy GrowthEmail this article to a colleague.
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By Maha El Dahan and Daniel Fineren ABU DHABI/DUBAI (Reuters) - Talk of a Middle Eastern green energy boom is likely to prove no more than a mirage with little hope of the region saving clean technology companies from the shrinking project pools of Europe. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 2, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Energy & Sustainability,Technology,Society Policy,Everyday Science,Energy Technology,Alternative Energy Technology,Climate,Energy Technology,Environment Source Type: research
Illusion Contest Offers Mind-Warping Visions (preview)Email this article to a colleague.
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Jordan Suchow came to three rapid-fire conclusions as he watched his Macintosh laptop plummet toward the floor. First, in approximately 300 milliseconds he was going to be in a heap of trouble--the machine had been given to him by his thesis adviser, George Alvarez of Harvard University. Second, hoping against all hope, he decided that Harvard could probably afford to buy him a new computer. Third, he realized that the most important observation of his life was unfolding right in front of him as his laptop accelerated toward the parquet: the onscreen doughnut that he had programmed to scintillate appeared to have stopped d...
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 2, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Mind & Brain,Society Policy,Thought Cognition,Science Education,Psychology,Physics,More Science Source Type: research
Long-term follow-up of invasive ocular surface squamous cell carcinoma treated with excision, cryotherapy, and topical mitomycin CEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion The combination of surgical excision, cryotherapy, and post-operative topical mitomycin-C was effective treatment for ocular
surface invasive SCC in long-term follow-up.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory OncologyPages 1-6DOI 10.1007/s00417-012-1931-xAuthors
Mohsen Bahmani Kashkouli, Eye Research Center, Rassoul Akram Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Sattarkhan-Niayesh Street, Tehran, 14455-364 IranAbtin Heirati, Eye Research Center, Rassoul Akram Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Sattarkhan-Niayesh Street, Tehran, 14455-364 IranFarzad Pakdel, Eye Research ...
Source: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology - February 2, 2012 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology Source Type: research
Microtrauma-induced recurrent hyphema and secondary glaucoma associated with chronic acetylsalicylic acid useEmail this article to a colleague.
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Abstract To report a case of microtrauma-induced recurrent hyphema and secondary glaucoma associated with voluntary chronic acetylsalicylic
acid (ASA) use. A 43-year-old male developed advanced glaucoma in his right eye after a two-month follow-up period of recurrent
microhyphema, which had been induced by strong eye-rubbing. In spite of topical and systemic antiglaucoma medication, as well
as topical corticosteroid and cycloplegic drugs and bed rest under hospitalization, the hyphema and glaucoma were not controlled.
His medical history revealed that he had been using ASA for 2 years in order to preven...
Source: International Ophthalmology - February 2, 2012 Category: Opthalmology Tags: International Ophthalmology Source Type: research
Development of a Finite Element Model for Blast Brain Injury and the Effects of CSF Cavitation.Email this article to a colleague.
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Blast-related traumatic brain injury is the most prevalent injury for combat personnel seen in the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, yet as a research community, we still do not fully understand the detailed etiology and pathology of this injury. Finite element (FE) modeling is well suited for studying the mechanical response of the head and brain to blast loading. This paper details the development of a FE head and brain model for blast simulation by examining both the dilatational and deviatoric response of the brain as potential injury mechanisms. The levels of blast exposure simulated ranged f...
Source: Annals of Biomedical Engineering - February 2, 2012 Category: Biomedical Engineering Authors: Panzer MB, Myers BS, Capehart BP, Bass CR Tags: Ann Biomed Eng Source Type: research
Inter-Homolog Crossing-Over and Synapsis in Arabidopsis Meiosis Are Dependent on the Chromosome Axis Protein AtASY3Email this article to a colleague.
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In this study we have analysed AtASY3, a coiled-coil domain protein that is required for normal meiosis in Arabidopsis. Analysis of an Atasy3-1 mutant reveals that loss of the protein compromises chromosome axis formation and results in reduced numbers of meiotic crossovers (COs). Although the frequency of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) appears moderately reduced in Atasy3-1, the main recombination defect is a reduction in the formation of COs. Immunolocalization studies in wild-type meiocytes indicate that the HORMA protein AtASY1, which is related to Hop1 in budding yeast, forms hyper-abundant domains along the chromoso...
Source: PLoS Genetics - February 2, 2012 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Maheen Ferdous et al. Source Type: research
Primary immunodeficiency diseases in the Middle EastEmail this article to a colleague.
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Reports on primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) have clearly shown wide geographic and ethnic variations. Understanding these variations is expected to play a major role in improving the diagnosis and management of such diseases, and will also affect research on PIDs. In this short review, we explore the unique aspects of primary immunodeficiencies in the Middle East. (Source: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences)
Source: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - February 2, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Saleh Al‐MuhsenZobaida Alsum Tags: ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Source Type: research
Service quality of private hospitals: The Iranian patients' perspectiveEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion:
The results showed that SERVQUAL is a valid, reliable, and flexible instrument to monitor and measure the quality of the services in private hospitals of Iran. Our findings clarified the importance of creating a strong relationship between patients and the hospital practitioners/personnel and the need for hospital staff to be responsive, credible, and empathetic when dealing with patients. (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - February 2, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Asghar ZareiMohammad ArabAbbas Rahimi forushaniArash RashidianSeyed Mahmoud Ghazi Tabatabaei Source Type: research
Taylor Lautner Workout: Your VersionEmail this article to a colleague.
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WebMD talks to trainer Jordan Yaum, who helped actor Taylor Lautner get fit. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - February 2, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Where is memory stored?Email this article to a colleague.
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(University of Haifa) Brain researchers from world-leading universities will be convening at the University of Haifa next week and will be presenting over 100 new studies in the field, focused on revealing the answer to the question of where and how memory is stored. Israel Prize winner Prof. Asher Koriat will be challenging the guests with the question: Is it possible to identify in material mechanisms processes that are founded in cognition?" (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 2, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
IBM acquires mobile enterprise developer WorklightEmail this article to a colleague.
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IBM has acquired Israel-based mobile platform developer Worklight for an undisclosed sum. Worklight offers mobile application management to companies in a number of sectors, including healthcare. According to the acquisition announcement, Worklight is set to become a key component of IBM’s mobility strategy. IBM will leverage Worklight to help enterprise clients “speed the delivery of [...] (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - February 1, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized BYOD smartphones BYOD tablets IBM mobile application management mobile enterprise Mobile Healthcare Worklight Source Type: news
Transformation of Pro-Leu-Gly-NH2 Peptidomimetic
Positive Allosteric Modulators of the Dopamine D2 Receptor
into Negative ModulatorsEmail this article to a colleague.
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ACS Chemical NeuroscienceDOI: 10.1021/cn200096u (Source: ACS Chemical Neuroscience)
Source: ACS Chemical Neuroscience - February 1, 2012 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Swapna Bhagwanth, Satyendra Mishra, Ritesh Daya, Jordan Mah, Ram K. Mishra and Rodney L. Johnson Source Type: research
It's a lion-eat-owl world in captivityEmail this article to a colleague.
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Visitors to Colchester zoo were horrified to witness a lion eat a barn owl. But then that's wild animals for youYou can take the animal out of the wild (though that's not to say you should). But you can't always take the wild out of the animal. Every once in a while, visitors to zoos get to see rather more of nature in the raw than they had perhaps bargained for.It happened this weekend at Colchester zoo, when Ash, a nine-year-old female barn owl, flew into a window during a display and landed, dazed and unsteady, on a ledge in the lion enclosure – where one lion knocked her to the ground, and another ate her. "It was ov...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 1, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Jon Henley Tags: Animal behaviour Biology Science Wildlife Environment Animals World news The Guardian Blogposts Source Type: news
2/7 Seminars in Oncology: "Deconstructing the Molecular Genetics of Human Cancer, and its Therapeutic Implications"Email this article to a colleague.
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Speaker: Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD
George C. Reisman Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
4 p.m.
Jimmy Fund Auditorium
Hosted by: Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD
617-582-7646 (Source: DF/HCC: Latest News)
Source: DF/HCC: Latest News - February 1, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Announcements Source Type: news
The Effect of Combined Medical Treatment on Quality of Life in Persistent Allergic RhinitisEmail this article to a colleague.
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Abstract Allergic rhinitis may significantly affect the patients’ quality of life. The aim of this study was to compare the effects
of nasal steroids alone, to nasal steroids plus Levocetirizine or Montelukast, on quality of life in persistent allergic rhinitis.
This is a prospective, randomized study and included 56 patients with moderate to severe persistent allergic rhinitis. All
patients had house dust mite allergy on skin prick test and we divided the patients into three groups. 1 month long medical
treatment was; topical Mometasone furoate 200 mcg/day in the first group (n:14), Mometasone f...
Source: Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery - February 1, 2012 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Source Type: research
