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Does hepcidin affect erythropoiesis in hemodialysis patients?
(2006)
Introduction: Prohepcidin is the precursor of hepcidin, a liver-derived peptide involved in iron metabolism by blocking its intestinal absorption and its release by the reticuloendothelial system. Iron overload and ...
Preferences of students with general learning difficulties for different service delivery modes
(2006)
This study was designed to elicit the views and preferences of primary education students' with general learning difficulties concerning different service delivery modes. The main areas to be investigated were: (a) their ...
Transferrin receptor-1 and 2 expression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
(2006)
Transferrin receptor (TfR)-1 and 2 mRNA and CD71 (TfR1) expression was analyzed in 118 CLL patients. Ninety-five out of 109 analyzed cases expressed CD71, mostly at a high level; 60% of CD71 (+) cases were IGH-mutated. All ...
Children and adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis: Emotional reactions, coping mechanisms, and self-esteem
(2006)
The main aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship among emotional responses of children and adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis towards their physical state, the coping mechanisms they used, and their ...
Predicting LD on the basis of motivation, metacognition, and psychopathology: An ROC analysis
(2006)
We examined how strongly motivation, metacognition, and psychopathology acted as predictors of learning disabilities (LD). The results from five studies suggested that level of motivation (as shown through self-efficacy, ...
Perceived verbal aggressiveness of coaches in volleyball and basketball: A preliminary study
(2006)
This study examined verbal aggressiveness of coaches as perceived by their athletes, 108 senior athletes (57 boys and 51 girls) ages 15-19 years. Participants were basketball players (56 athletes) and Volleyball players ...
Measuring the effects of pesticides on occupationally exposed humans with the comet assay
(2006)
In this study we examine the effects of a mixture of pesticides on occupationally exposed agricultural workers. The study was performed on 149 people, 84 agricultural workers and 65 healthy men from the same area, who ...
Demonstration of the human ocular surface glycocalyx by transmission electron microscopy
(2006)
The aim of this work was to demonstrate the ultrastructural appearance of the human ocular surface glycocalyx in normal subjects. Conjunctival tissue specimens from 7 normal subjects were obtained by bulbar conjunctival ...
Psychosocial factors and later life depressive symptoms in a Greek community sample
(2006)
The purpose of this research was to study the role of a selected number of psychosocial factors (e.g., sex, age, educational level, and social support) in the depressive symptomatology of older adults. A sample of 333 ...
Crocus sativus L. extracts antagonize memory impairments in different behavioural tasks in the rat
(2006)
The effects of extracts of Crocus sativus L. (CSE), on memory were investigated in the rat by using the object recognition and the step-through passive avoidance task. In the first study, post-training administration of ...