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Premature mortality in the United States: the roles of geographic area, socioeconomic status, household type, and availability of medical care.
(East Carolina University, 1999-06)
OBJECTIVES: This study examined premature mortality by county in the United States and assessed its association with metro/urban/rural geographic location, socioeconomic status, household type, and availability of medical ...
Physical and Functional Interactions between the Herpes Simplex Virus UL15 and UL28 DNA Cleavage and Packaging Proteins
(East Carolina University, 1999-02)
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) DNA is cleaved from concatemers and packaged into capsids in infected cell nuclei. This process requires seven viral proteins, including UL15 and UL28. UL15 expressed alone displays a nuclear ...
Essential Role of the Iron-Regulated Outer Membrane Receptor FauA in Alcaligin Siderophore-Mediated Iron Uptake in Bordetella Species
(East Carolina University, 1999-10)
Phenotypic analysis using heterologous host systems localized putative Bordetella pertussis ferric alcaligin transport genes and Fur-binding sequences to a 3.8-kb genetic region downstream from the alcR regulator gene. ...
Quinolone signaling in the cell-to-cell communication system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(East Carolina University, 1999-09-28)
Numerous species of bacteria use an elegant
regulatory mechanism known as quorum sensing to control
the expression of specific genes in a cell-density dependent
manner. In Gram-negative bacteria, quorum sensing ...
Method of treatment using chemotherapy and erythropoietin
(1999-07-13)
The use of human erythropoietin (EPO) to prevent or treat endothelial injury due to chemotherapy, radiation therapy, mechanical trauma, or to a disease state which damages the endothelium (such as inflammation, heart disease ...
Food Literacy Partners Program: Cooking Class Unit
(1999)
The Food Literacy Partners Program is a 20 hour Learn and Serve program that provides 20 hours of food and nutrition education to volunteers in exchange for 20 hours of community nutrition education service. The program ...
Multiple target hybridizing nucleic acids, their preparation, compositions, formulation, kits and applications
(1999-03-25)
Antisense oligonucleotides which bind to two or more RNA targets are disclosed.
Low adenosine agent, composition, kit and method for treatment of airway disease
(1999-11-30)
An oligonucleotide which is antisense to a mRNA encoding a polypeptide involved in airway disease(s) contains up to three adenosines per every 21 nucleotide a method of treating airway disease in a subject in need of such ...
Pharmaceutically acceptable fixed-dried human blood platelets
(1999-11-30)
Fixed-dried human blood platelets and processes for preparing the same are disclosed. The platelets, upon reconstitution; adhere to thrombogenic surfaces; do not adhere to non-thrombogenic surfaces; undergo shape change ...
Equitable rationing of highly specialised health care services for children: a perspective from South Africa.
(East Carolina University, 1999-06)
The principles of equality and equity, respectively in the Bill of Rights and the white paper on health, provide the moral and legalfoundations forfuture health care for children in South Africa. However, given extreme ...