Microscopic Monitoring of Erythrocytes Deformation under Different Shear Stresses Using Computerized Cone and Plate Flow Chamber: Analytical Study of Normal Erythrocytes and Iron Deficiency Anemia.

abstract：:Healthcare professionals undergo high levels of occupational stress as a result of their working conditions. Thus, the aim of this study is to develop a model that focuses on healthcare professionals so as to analyze the influence that job demands, control, social support, and recognition have on the likelihood that a...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： García-Herrero S,Lopez-Garcia JR,Herrera S,Fontaneda I,Báscones SM,Mariscal MA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our research investigates the serum levels of three angiogenic factors in the AF family, namely, placenta growth factor (PlGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), in 54 patients with SLE (SLE group) and 28 healthy controls (normal control) through ELISA measurement. A...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhou L,Lu G,Shen L,Wang L,Wang M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) are the primary vectors of trypanosomes, which can cause human and animal African trypanosomiasis in Sub-Saharan African countries. The objective of this study was to explore the genome of Glossina morsitans morsitans for evidence of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) from microorganisms. We e...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Nakao R,Abe T,Funayama S,Sugimoto C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated (a) if activation of the mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway was linked to the stress activated protein kinase (SAPK) pathway and (b) if JNK was required for activation of c-Jun in Schwann cells of rat sciatic nerve following injury. To this aim, ERK1/2 and the transcription factors c-Jun a...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Blom CL,Mårtensson LB,Dahlin LB

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aim:This study aims to evaluate the accuracy of scanned images of 4 clinically used intraoral scanners (CS3600, i500, Trios3, Omnicam) when scanning the surface of full arch models with various kinds of orthodontic brackets in the presence of artificial saliva. Materials and Methods. Four study models were prepared; bo...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Song J,Kim M

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:(1) To determine whether manual (MTB), or electric, tooth brushing (ETB) modulates whole salivary flow rate in older adults who are free of systemic disease. (2) To determine the duration of the brushing-related modulation of salivary flow rate. (3) To compare salivary flow rate modulation associated with MT...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Affoo RH,Trottier K,Garrick R,Mascarenhas T,Jang Y,Martin RE

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports of retinal stem cells being present in several locations of the adult eye have sparked great hopes that they may be used to treat the millions of people worldwide who suffer from blindness as a result of retinal disease or injury. A population of proliferative cells derived from the ciliary body epithel...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Frøen R,Johnsen EO,Nicolaissen B,Facskó A,Petrovski G,Moe MC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional (3D) liver tumor segmentation from Computed Tomography (CT) images is a prerequisite for computer-aided diagnosis, treatment planning, and monitoring of liver cancer. Despite many years of research, 3D liver tumor segmentation remains a challenging task. In this paper, an efficient semiautomatic meth...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wu W,Wu S,Zhou Z,Zhang R,Zhang Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor patients and patients after traumas are endangered by a reduced immune defense, and a silver coating on their megaprostheses may reduce their risks of infection. The aim of this study was to determine the silver ion concentration directly measured from the periprosthetic tissue and the influence on the...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Hussmann B,Johann I,Kauther MD,Landgraeber S,Jäger M,Lendemans S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nowadays, several screening strategies are available to prevent cervical cancer, but inadequate resources, sociocultural barriers, and sampling issues impede their success in low-income countries. To overcome these issues, this study aimed to evaluate the performance of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing from dried ur...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Frati ER,Martinelli M,Fasoli E,Colzani D,Bianchi S,Binda S,Olivani P,Tanzi E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Our aim was the development and validation of a modular signal processing and classification application enabling online electroencephalography (EEG) signal processing on off-the-shelf mobile Android devices. The software application SCALA (Signal ProCessing and CLassification on Android) supports a standardi...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Blum S,Debener S,Emkes R,Volkening N,Fudickar S,Bleichner MG

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:This study investigates the differences in the lateral profile and frontal appearance after sagittal split ramus osteotomy (SSRO) and intraoral vertical ramus osteotomy (IVRO) procedures for the correction of mandibular prognathism. Methods:Sixty patients (30 SSRO and 30 IVRO) underwent mandibular setback s...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Chen CM,Tseng YC,Ko EC,Chen MY,Chen KJ,Cheng JH

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, a novel small-molecular apoptotic PET imaging probe, (18)F-ML-8 with a malonate motif structure, is presented and discussed. After study, the small tracer that belongs to a member of ApoSense family is proved to be capable of imaging merely apoptotic regions in the CTX treated tumor-bearing mice. The ex...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Yao S,Hu K,Tang G,Gao S,Tang C,Yao B,Nie D,Sun T,Jiang S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this report is to study the graft and patient survival in a large cohort of recipients with an analysis of factors that may affect the final outcomes. METHODS:Between March 1976 and March 2008, 1967 consecutive live-donor renal transplants were carried out. Various variables that may have an im...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Ghoneim MA,Bakr MA,Refaie AF,Akl AI,Shokeir AA,Shehab El-Dein AB,Ammar HM,Ismail AM,Sheashaa HA,El-Baz MA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction. Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and urinary incontinence (UI) have increasing prevalence in the elderly population. The aim of this study was to compare the comorbidities of these procedures between <70 y/o and ≥70 y/o patients. Materials and Methods. In our retrospective study over a period of 2.5 years, 40...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Joukhadar R,Wöckel A,Herr D,Paulus V,Radosa J,Hamza A,Solomayer E,Baum S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery disease complicates only 0.01% of all pregnancies. For this reason, more exhaustive data on the management of such cases is lacking. Even guidelines on management of cardiovascular disease in pregnant women are scarce focusing mainly on acute myocardial infarction. This is a complex issue involving tho...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Janion-Sadowska A,Sadowski M,Kurzawski J,Zandecki L,Janion M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergence and spread of pandemic strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus have drawn attention to make detailed study on their genomes. The pathogenicity of V. parahaemolyticus has been associated with thermostable-direct hemolysin (TDH) and/or TDH-related hemolysin (TRH). The present study evaluated characteristics of tdh ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Bhowmik SK,Pazhani GP,Ramamurthy T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic change in metastatic lymph nodes of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is a diagnostic challenge for fine needle aspiration (FNA) because of the scant cellularity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the measurement of thyroglobulin in fine needle aspirate (Tg-FNA) for detecting metastatic PTC in patients with...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wang Y,Zhao H,Wang YX,Wang MJ,Zhang ZH,Zhang L,Zhang B,Ahuja AT,Zhou CW,Jiang YX,Guo HQ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sciatic nerve crush injury in rat animal model is one of the most common experimental models used in regenerative research. However, the availability of transgenic mouse for nerve regeneration studies is constantly increasing and, therefore, the shift from rat model to mouse model is, in some cases, necessary. Moreove...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Jager SB,Ronchi G,Vaegter CB,Geuna S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Febrile seizures (FS) are the most common neurological disorder in childhood and are a great stress for parents due to their dramatic clinical appearance. Using test for determination of homozygously recessive characteristics in humans (HRC test) we analyzed presence, distribution, and individual combination of 20 sel...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Dimitrijevic S,Cvjeticanin S,Pusica A,Jekic B,Filipovic T,Nikolic D

更新日期：2018-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonlinear contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging schemes strive to suppress tissue signals in order to better visualize nonlinear signals from blood-pooling ultrasound contrast agents. Because tissue does not generate a subharmonic response (i.e., signal at half the transmit frequency), subharmonic imaging has been prop...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Eisenbrey JR,Sridharan A,Liu JB,Forsberg F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than one-third of the world's population is infected with one or more helminthic parasites. Helminth infections are prevalent throughout tropical and subtropical regions where malaria pathogens are transmitted. Malaria is the most widespread and deadliest parasitic disease. The severity of the disease is strongly...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Salazar-Castañon VH,Legorreta-Herrera M,Rodriguez-Sosa M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diverse high energy diets have been utilized to precipitate obesity and related metabolic disorders in rodent models, though the dietary intervention has not absolutely been standardized. The present study established usage of a customized semipurified normal control diet (NCD) and high fat diet (HFD), for research st...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Sasidharan SR,Joseph JA,Anandakumar S,Venkatesan V,Ariyattu Madhavan CN,Agarwal A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested the hypothesis that sensitivity of Escherichia coli to lactic acid at concentrations relevant for fermented sausages (pH 4.6, 150 mM lactic acid, aw = 0.92, temperature = 20 or 27°C) increases with increasing growth rate. For E. coli strain 683 cultured in TSB in chemostat or batch, subsequent inacti...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lindqvist R,Barmark G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is minimal research of upper extremity joint dynamics during pediatric wheelchair mobility despite the large number of children using manual wheelchairs. Special concern arises with the pediatric population, particularly in regard to the longer duration of wheelchair use, joint integrity, participation and commu...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Slavens BA,Schnorenberg AJ,Aurit CM,Graf A,Krzak JJ,Reiners K,Vogel LC,Harris GF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ASCs) and umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (UC-MSCs) have been explored as attractive mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) sources, but very few parallel comparative studies of these two cell types have been made. We designed a side-by-side comparative st...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Hu L,Hu J,Zhao J,Liu J,Ouyang W,Yang C,Gong N,Du L,Khanal A,Chen L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, a novel technique was proposed to quantify the relationship between the muscle stiffness and its nonfatigue contraction intensity. The method extended the measured range of isometric contraction to 100% maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) using an ultrasonic shear wave measurement setup. Yet, it has not be...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wang CZ,Guo JY,Li TJ,Zhou Y,Shi W,Zheng YP

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased sugar consumption, especially fructose, is strongly related to the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and metabolic syndrome. The aim of this study was to evaluate long term effects of fructose supplementation on Wistar rats. Three-week-old male rats were randomly divided into 2 groups: control (C; n = 14)...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Dupas J,Feray A,Goanvec C,Guernec A,Samson N,Bougaran P,Guerrero F,Mansourati J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The safety and efficacy of endoscopic sphincterotomy with large balloon dilation (EPLBD) are unclear. This study compares the safety and efficacy between EPLBD and endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Literatures were searched for randomized controlled trials in PUBMED, EMBASE, and Cochrane...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Xu L,Kyaw MH,Tse YK,Lau JY

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contamination of heavy metals would threaten the water and soil resources; phytoremediation can be potentially used to remediate metal contaminated sites. We constructed the Phragmites australis artificial floating wetlands outside the Qingcaosha Reservoir in the Yangtze Estuary. Water characteristic variables were me...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Huang X,Zhao F,Yu G,Song C,Geng Z,Zhuang P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00