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Normal menstrual cycle steroid hormones variation does not affect the blood levels of total adiponectin and its multimer forms
(2015)
Objective Plasma total adiponectin reveals a sexual dimorphism indicating that gonadal steroids may be involved in its secretion and/or metabolism. However, results from previous reports are conflicting and data regarding ...
Dido mutations trigger perinatal death and generate brain abnormalities and behavioral alterations in surviving adult mice
(2015)
Nearly all vertebrate cells have a single cilium protruding from their surface. This threadlike organelle, once considered vestigial, is now seen as a pivotal element for detection of extracellular signals that trigger ...
Strokes and TIAs during and after Carotid Artery Doppler: Cause or Coincidence?
(2015)
The aim of the present study was to explore the prevalence of acute cerebrovascular symptoms temporally related to carotid Doppler examination (DEx), in order to increase the awareness and recording of such events and to ...
Effect of external classroom noise on schoolchildren's reading and mathematics performance: Correlation of noise levels and gender
(2015)
The present study investigated the effect of low, medium, and high traffic road noise as well as irrelevant background speech noise on primary school children's reading and mathematical performance. A total of 676 participants ...
Prospective evaluation of PBC-specific health-related quality of life questionnaires in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis
(2015)
Background & Aims: Primary biliary cirrhosis and Primary sclerosing cholangitis are autoimmune cholestatic liver diseases sharing a lot in common, including a significant impairment of patients' health-related quality of ...
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: An unusual manifestation of brucellosis in a previous healthy male patient
(2015)
Brucellosis is a common zoonotic disease with worldwide distribution and protean clinical manifestations. Therefore, its prompt and timely diagnosis is still challenging. Among several complications of brucellosis, spontaneous ...
Rare and common variants in extracellular matrix gene Fibrillin 2 (FBN2) are associated with macular degeneration
(2014)
Neurodegenerative diseases affecting the macula constitute amajor cause of incurable vision loss and exhibit considerable clinical and genetic heterogeneity, from early-onset monogenic disease to multifactorial lateonset ...
Re-imagining the museum through "touch": Reflections of individuals with visual disability on their experience of museum-visiting in Greece
(2015)
The research aim of the present study was to investigate theexperiences of individuals with visual disability regarding theirvisits to museums. To obtain relevant information, semi-structuredinterviews were conducted with ...
A two-stage method for microcalcification cluster segmentation in mammography by deformable models
(2015)
Purpose: Segmentation of microcalcification (MC) clusters in x-ray mammography is a difficult task for radiologists. Accurate segmentation is prerequisite for quantitative image analysis of MC clusters and subsequent feature ...
Malate dehydrogenase-2 inhibitor LW6 promotes metabolic adaptations and reduces proliferation and apoptosis in activated human T-cells
(2015)
Activated T cells rely on aerobic glycolysis and glutaminolysis in order to proliferate and differentiate into effector cells. Therefore, intervention in these metabolic pathways inhibits proliferation. The aim of the ...