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BACKGROUND.: We conducted this prospective longitudinal multicenter study to evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of patients with oral carcinoma at diagnosis, and after 1 and 5 years in relation to tumour location and treatment modality. METHODS.: One hundred twenty-two patients (mean age, 61; 62% males) with oral carcinoma were evaluated with standardized HRQL questionnaires, the E
Both increase of the glucose concentration and activation of purinoceptors are known to affect pancreatic alpha-cells. Effects obtained with various purino derivatives at 2.8 and 8.3 mmol/ liter glucose have been taken to indicate that external ATP is less potent than adenosine as a stimulator of glucagon release. However, when making a corresponding comparison at 20 mmol/ liter glucose, we observ
The objective of this study was to evaluate estimated and measured donor renal function in predicting graft function long-term and to identify donor criteria associated with nonacceptable graft prognosis. In 200 consecutive cadaver donors creatinine clearance was measured at explantation and estimated using the Cockcroft formula on admission serum creatinine. Graft function was evaluated in recipi
Studies were performed in guinea pigs to elucidate alterations in endogenous uterine norepinephrine (NE) levels and changes in the contractile response to exogenous NE following local sympathetic denervation, oophorectomy, or treatment with sex steroids. Both in intact and oophorectomized animals the myometrial NE concentration was reduced after sex steroid treatment (0.5 microgram 17-beta-estradi
Introduction: The systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) may be initiated by a number of underlying conditions such as acute pancreatitis. The association between the local inflammatory reaction, the systemic response, and potential concomitant dysfunction of remote organs is not quite clear. Aim: To evaluate whether severe acute pancreatitis in the rat affects energy metabolism in the pan
Lysozyme (Lyz), chymotrypsinogen (Cht), and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) were used as model proteins capable of forming water-soluble polyelectrolyte complexes with linear synthetic polyanions. The complex formation with sodium poly(methacrylate) (PMA), sodium poly(acrylate) (PAA), sodium poly(anetholsulfonate) (PAS), and potassium poly(vinylsulfate) (PVS) markedly reduced the
An experimental investigation has been carried out to find the flow and the pressure difference across the port to channel in plate heat exchangers for a wide range of Reynolds number. 1000-17000. In the present study, low corrugation angle plates have been used for different number of channels, namely, 20 and 80. Water has been used as working fluid for both hot and cold fluids. The pressure prob
OBJECTIVES: To retrospectively investigate the use of percent free prostate-specific antigen (PSA) compared with total PSA in serum as predictor of prostate cancer in men selected randomly from the general population who underwent biopsy on the basis of abnormal findings on digital rectal examination (DRE) or transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) and/or serum PSA levels greater than 10 ng/mL. METHODS: A s
ABA triblock copolymers having benzimidazole-tethered end blocks have been prepared and characterized with respect to their intrinsically proton conducting properties. The copolymers were synthesized by using a linear poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) as a difunctional macroinitiator for the anionic ring-opening polymerization of allyl glycidyl ether. The pendent allyl groups of the end blocks were subse
Box jellyfish, or cubomedusae (class Cubozoa), are unique among the Cnidaria in possessing lens eyes similar in morphology to those of vertebrates and cephalopods. Although these eyes were described over 100 years ago, there has been no work done on their electrophysiological responses to light. We used an electroretinogram ( ERG) technique to measure spectral sensitivity of the lens eyes of the C
A population-based serosurvey of Human Herpesvirus type 8 (HHV8) in Vasterbotten county, an area of Northern Sweden with high incidence of Kaposi's Sarcoma, was conducted. Serum samples from an age- and sex-stratified random sample of 520 subjects (260 men and 260 women) participating in a population-based biobanking project were tested for antibodies against HHV8, using a sensitive indirect immun
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Comments on Sæbjørg Walaker Nordeide & Steinar Gulliksen: First Generation Christians, Second Generation Radiocarbon Dates, an article in Norwegian Archaeological Review 40, no 1 (2007).
Spatial information is often presented as maps in location-based services, which makes it necessary to label cartographic features in real time. Features may be dense all over the map, or in certain areas. Owing to the limited free spaces, it is always difficult to label dense features. Aiming to utilize free spaces efficiently, this paper proposed a density-based method of labelling dense feature
Understanding cell-fate decisions in stem cell populations is a major goal of modern biology. Stem and progenitor cell populations are often heterogeneous, which may reflect stem cell subsets that express subtly different properties, including different propensities for lineage selection upon differentiation, yet remain able to interconvert. We discuss these properties with examples both from the
Aim:The aim was to analyse any associations between socio-demographic and psychosocial factors and different features of the metabolic syndrome in a geographically well-defined population of middle-aged women. Methods:A population of 10 766 Caucasian women aged 50-59 years was investigated regarding biological and socio-demographic conditions, physical activity, dietary habits, aspects of quality
