Synthetic peptides derived from the sequence surrounding tyrosine-857 in the human platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) beta-receptor were used to elucidate the requirement for length and presence of negative and positively charged amino acids in substrates of the PDGF beta-receptor protein tyrosine kinase. The measured Km for the different peptides were all in the range 1-10 mM. A peptide of onl

Det finns i vår kultur en djupt rotad föreställning om att det danar karaktären och är bra för disciplinen att gå upp tidigt på morgonen. I industri­samhället, där äldre barn och ungdomar var en ­vital del av arbetskraften, var tidiga morgnar ofta en nödvändighet för att dagsljuset skulle kunna användas maximalt även den mörka tiden på året. Detta förhållningssätt till klocktiden har levt kvar änd

Fracture dislocations of the PIP joint are challenging to treat. In hemi-hamate arthroplasty, the palmar lip joint surface is reconstructed using an osteochondral graft from the hamate and the immediate stability permits early movement. In the long term, collapse of non-vascularized osteochondral grafts might lead to degenerative arthritis. We examined the radiographic result after a minimum of 4

The newly discovered adipokine visfatin has been hypothesized to be related to obesity and insulin resistance. In this study, we investigate if the 2 single nucleotide polymorphisms rs4730153 and G-948T are associated with obesity and/or related traits and whether they influence the messenger RNA (mRNA) levels of PBEF1 (originally the abbreviation for pre-B-cell colony-enhancing factor 1) in visce

The purpose of this descriptive cohort study was to describe patients with hip fracture on the basis of ASA physical status and to identify preoperative risk factors associated with postoperative outcome up to 4 months after surgery. Data were collected prospectively through the Swedish National Hip Fracture and Anesthetic registers and retrospectively from medical and nursing records. The 428 pat

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It is well known that fast correlation attacks can be very efficient if the feedback polynomial is of low weight. These feedback polynomials can be considered weak in the context of stream ciphers. This paper generalizes the class of weak feedback polynomials into polynomials were taps are located in several groups, possibly far apart. Low weight feedback polynomials are thus a special case of thi

Objective: Previous research has shown that elderly and disabled travelers using Special Transportation Services (STS) are injured without being involved in a vehicle crash. In order to estimate the true costs for these vehicle-related injuries, the focus needs to be adjusted towards an incident/traveler-oriented perspective. The aim of the project was thus to utilize such a perspective, in order

Objective: Neuronal loss in the locus coeruleus (LC) is common in Alzheimer's disease (AD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD). The aims of the present study were to investigate LC degeneration in different dementia disorders including vascular dementia (VaD) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), to compare LC degeneration with severity of pathology in A

Background: Renal insufficiency is a serious complication of lithium treatment. Therefore, regular monitoring of plasma (P) creatinine is always part of lithium treatment safety routines. Recently P-cystatin C-estimated glomerular filtration rate (cystatin C-eGFR) had been launched as a preferable alternative to P-creatinine. Aims: To find out which of the two alternatives to prefer in the safety

AIM: Preterm birth is associated with a number of physical and mental health issues. The aim of this study was to find out if there was also any association between individuals born preterm in Sweden between 1984 and 2006 and the risk of unintentional injuries during childhood, adolescence and young adulthood METHODS: The study followed 2,297,134 individuals, including 5.9% born preterm, from 1985