OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of a brief telephone-delivered Motivational Interviewing (MI)-based intervention to facilitate engagement in evidence-based cessation treatment for Veterans with mental illness referred to smoking cessation treatment. METHODS 86 military Veteran smokers with mental illness were recruited from a tobacco cessation consult clinic and randomized to receive either...
Theca cells (TCs) play a crucial role in follicular development and atresia. TCs synthesize androgens that act as substrate for granulosa cells (GCs) aromatization to oestrogens needed for follicular growth. However, the effects of TCs in the form of conditioned medium on steroidogenesis in buffalo GCs remain unclear. In the present study, the impacts of TC-conditioned medium (TCCM) on...
001). In Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis, neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction (p = 1.19 × 10-7) and calcium signaling pathway (p = 2.96 × 10-5) were confirmed in the shared DEGs in TC. In conclusion, DEGs in TC may be involved in pathways associated with osteoclastogenesis and osteoclastic differentiation.Cobalt nano-rods with the hexagonal close-packed...
Although Alzheimer's disease (AD)-like pathology is frequently found in patients with post-stroke dementia, little is known about the effects of aerobic exercise on the modifications of tau and related proteins. Therefore, we evaluated the effects of aerobic exercise on the phosphorylation and acetylation of tau and the expressions of tau-related proteins, after middle cerebral artery occlusion...
The group included 13 nurses, 10 physicians, 6 complementary/integrative HCPs, and 1 psycho-oncologist. The pretraining expectations that were met at post-training included gaining knowledge and practical QOL-oriented skills, which could be implemented in the palliative and supportive care setting. A significant change in the attitude of trainees to touch therapy was also identified, with...
Hepatic involvement is an infrequent manifestation of abdominal tuberculosis and could occur in form of granulomatous hepatitis, nodular involvement or abscess formation. Tubercular liver abscess (TLA) is uncommon, and diagnosing this entity is a challenge. Xpert MTB/RIF (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) assay has been widely used for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and lymph nodal...
Caveolin-1 (CAV1) is a well-established nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, whose function as a tumor suppressor is favored by, but not entirely dependent on, the presence of E-cadherin. Tumors are frequently hypoxic and the activation of the hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF1α) promotes tumor growth. HIF1α is regulated by several post-translational modifications, including...
Maternal mortality is unacceptably high in our region. In 2015, the Latin American Center for Perinatology and Women´s Reproductive Health (CLAP) created a regional network of institutions including 16 countries, committed to improving epidemiological surveillance and healthcare of women in a situation of abortion or near miss event, using a common platform, the Perinatal Information...
Heart failure management guidelines have been published, but the degree of adherence to these guidelines remains unknown. To study in 2015 healthcare utilization and causes of death for people previously identified with heart failure. The national health data system was used to identify adult general scheme (86% of the French population) hospitalized for heart failure between 2011 and 2014 or...
In contrast to the European Union and the USA, no laws or regulations mandating pediatric drug development have been established in Japan. find more Based on the information on drugs approved for pediatric indications in Europe and Japan, we evaluated the recent status of pediatric drug approvals and their characteristics in Japan in comparison with those of Europe. Drugs approved for...
