We tested the hypothesis that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within genes of the NF-κB pathway are associated with altered clinical outcome of septic shock patients. We genotyped 59 SNPs in the NF-κB pathway in a discovery cohort of septic…
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OBJECTIVES: Data from the 1984, 1990, and 1995 National Alcohol Surveys were used to investigate whether declines shown previously in drinking and heavy drinking across many demographic subgroups have continued. METHODS: Three alcohol consumption…
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Core Affect is a state accessible to consciousness as a single simple feeling (feeling good or bad, energized or enervated) that can vary from moment to moment and that is the heart of, but not the whole of, mood and emotion. In four correlational…
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Platelet glycoproteins are involved in pathophysiology of cerebrovascular diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the GpIIIa gene A1/A2 polymorphism and a risk of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) in a…
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Elevations in circulating concentrations of glucocorticoids (GC) may increase the expression and/or sensitivity of ionotropic transmitter receptors in brain. For example, recent evidence suggests that acute and chronic GC exposure may alter the…
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A novel dynamic excitation of an S-shaped PZT piezoelectric actuator, which is conceptualized by having two superimposed AC voltages, is characterized in this paper through the evaluation of the 2-D scanning characteristics of an integrated silicon…
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A 2 x 2 achievement goal framework comprising mastery-approach, mastery-avoidance, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance goals was proposed and tested in 3 studies. Factor analytic results supported the independence of the 4 achievement…
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In the Persistent World of the cyberspace formed by MMORPG, realistic conversations between game characters play an important role so that players can be immersed in the game. However, this conversation between game characters in MMORPG has been…
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We present a new metaphor for learning anatomy - the 3d puzzle. With this metaphor students learn anatomic relations by assembling a geometric model themselves. For this purpose, a 3d model is enriched with docking positions which allow objects to…
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We present a 3D vision system based on the projection of a single fringe pattern of incoherent light and on robust phase coding. A novel projection scheme is exploited: two sinusoidal gratings at different frequencies are combined into a single…
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The fatal case of a three year-old boy hospitalized for chronic diarrhea is described. The diagnosis of Munchausen's by Proxy is discussed, and the approach to such cases is explored.
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Multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS) syndrome, also known as idiopathic environmental intolerance, is a controversial diagnosis that encompasses a wide range of waxing and waning, subjective symptoms referable to more than one body system and…
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Examines the use of e-mail in communications between physician and patient. Case of 67-year-old retired man who instead of calling his physician, e-mails him with questions about his various medical conditions and medications; The patient's point of…
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A 750-year fire history was reconstructed for the Central Plateau of Yellowstone National Park from the deep-water sediments of five lakes. The charcoal record from a large lake provided a chronology of regional fires. Data from four small lakes…
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) combines elements of a membership organization, a federation of science and engineering societies, a think tank, and an action organization. The unique nature of AAAS and its history…
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An analysis of the French prison systems ebullience since 2001 shows that to use incarceration as a social vacuum cleaner in order to rid society of the dregs resulting fromthe economic transformations of neoliberalism is in fact an aberration. Not…
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This article analyzes the vistas opened up by a socio-historical approach to qualitative research in the realm of the social sciences, based in the ideas of Vygotsky, Luria and Bakhtin. It points to another way of doing science, involving the art of…
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