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"I am still negative": Female sex workers' perspectives on uptake and use of daily pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention in South Africa.
(2019-04)
Women remain highly vulnerable to HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, with female sex workers (FSWs) facing some of the highest
rates of HIV. Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has the potential to reduce new infections ...
Environmental risk factors for autism
(2011)
Autism is a devastating childhood condition that has emerged as an increasing social concern just as it has increased in prevalence in recent decades. Autism and the broader category of autism spectrum disorders are among ...
Claudin‑7 modulates cell‑matrix adhesion that controls cell migration, invasion and attachment of human HCC827 lung cancer cells
(2018-12-31)
Claudins are a family of tight junction proteins, and serve important roles in epithelial barrier, selective ion transports and cancer metastasis. Although the exact role of claudin-7 in human lung cancer has not been ...
Automatic segmentation of cardiac structures for breast cancer radiotherapy
(2019-11-22)
Background and purpose
We developed an automatic method to segment cardiac substructures given a radiotherapy planning CT images to support epidemiological studies or clinical trials looking at cardiac disease endpoints ...
The influence of resistance exercise training on the levels of anxiety in ischemic stroke
(2012-11-11)
The aim of this pilot study was to analyze the effect of a strength training program on indicators of trait and state anxiety in patients with ischemic stroke. The subjects were divided into two groups: experimental group ...
Estimating internal consistency using Bayesian methods
(2011)
Bayesian internal consistency and its Bayesian credible interval (BCI) are developed and Bayesian internal consistency and its percentile and normal theory based BCIs were investigated in a simulation study. Results indicate ...
Basic suture technique: Instructional videos explaining suturing for medical students in a qualitative study
(2019-10-25)
Background: Understanding basic surgical skills is important for medical students prior to entering residency regardless of future specialty. In these videos we provide instruction for suturing as it relates to skin closure. ...
Claudin-7 Modulates Cl− and Na+ Homeostasis and WNK4 Expression in Renal Collecting Duct Cells
(2019-07-30)
Claudin-7 knockout (CLDN7−/−) mice display renal salt wasting and dehydration
phenotypes. To address the role of CLDN7 in kidneys, we established collecting duct (CD) cell
lines from CLDN7+/+ and CLDN7−/− mouse kidneys. ...
Neuroantigen-specific, tolerogenic vaccines: GM-CSF is a fusion partner that facilitates tolerance rather than immunity to dominant self-epitopes of myelin in murine models of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE)
(2011-12-30)
BACKGROUND: Vaccination strategies that elicit antigen-specific tolerance are needed as therapies for autoimmune disease. This study focused on whether cytokine-neuroantigen (NAg) fusion proteins could inhibit disease in ...
Proteome quantification of cotton xylem sap suggests the mechanisms of potassiumdeficiency-induced changes in plant resistance to environmental stresses
(2016-02)
Proteomics was employed to investigate the molecular mechanisms of apoplastic response to potassium(K)-deficiency in cotton. Low K (LK) treatment significantly decreased the K and protein contents of xylem sap. Totally, ...