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FACETS OF SOCIOECONOMIC POSITION AND THE ONSET AND PROGRESSION OF FUNCTIONAL LIMITATION IN MEXICO
The association between lower socioeconomic position and poor health has been observed across countries and health outcomes. Socioeconomic position is often measured by education, income, wealth, and occupation which are ... -
Fall Prevention Among Older Adults Living in the Community
Increasing awareness of falls and fall hazards can improve health outcomes reducing falls and fall injuries. From a public health perspective, reducing falls translates into improved health-related quality of life and ... -
Female-Specific Mechanisms of Nociplastic Pain in Murine Model
Normally resolving pain can transition into chronic nociplastic pain, which predominately affects women. To facilitate mechanistic studies on nociplastic pain, we developed a murine model in which postinjury thermal ... -
Feto-Maternal Exosome Characterization, Trafficking and Function During Pregnancy and Parturition
Endocrine factors and signals of fetal organ maturation are well-reported determinants of the timing of birth and have been studied extensively in both humans and animal models. However, decades of research have not yielded ... -
Fibroblasts: Key Cells in Inflammation and Fibrosis
Angiotensin II (Ang II) infusion into normolipidimic mice leads to the development of aortic dissections and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). IL-6 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that is secreted by fibroblasts and macrophages ... -
Field and laboratory studies of venezuelan equine encephalitis virus ecology in Chiapas, Mexico.
(2009-03-05)The emergence of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus in Chiapas Mexico was examined from a field approach and from a laboratory approach. This virus was not previously associated with equine disease in Mexico. The evolution ... -
Finding Their Ground: Nigerian Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Plagiarism
The essence of plagiarism is whether any individual can claim ownership of thoughts, words, and ideas. Social norms and culture influence each person’s perception of plagiarism. U.S. culture, which embraces individuality ... -
First Aid Kit and Emergency Medical Kit Onboard Commercial Aircraft: A Comparative Study of American, European, Indian, Indonesian, Emirati, and Canadian Civil Aviation Regulations
There were 3.696 billion air passengers worldwide in the year 2016, and that number is expected to increase in the foreseeable future. As more passengers travel by air for both leisure and business, more in-flight medical ... -
Folate Receptor-Targeted Transplacental Delivery of Digoxin for the Treatment of Fetal Arrhythmia
Fetal tachyarrhythmias is one of the leading causes of fetal hydrops and, ultimately, fetal demise. This condition is typically treated with transplacental digoxin by maternal administration. However, maternal digoxin ... -
Food Allergy Risk Mitigation in Texas Independent School Districts
An estimated 4%-6% of American school children attending federal, state, early care and education programs are affected by food allergies. Allergic reactions can be life threatening, with resultant far reaching impact on ... -
Fully informed consent: Can public trust be restored and harms avoided?
(2007-07-27)Currently, research with human subjects is going through a period of tremendous upheavals. In many cases these upheavals have created a variety of unmet expectations and have given rise to the perception that trust in the ... -
The function of the hepatitis C virus p7 protein
(2010-08-26)The Hepatitis C Virus is the most common cause of chronic liver disease. Current therapy is only partially effective and fraught with side effects. A greater understanding of viral replication and new virus particle ... -
Functional analysis of glycosylation of Zika virus envelope and NS1 proteins
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection causes devastating congenital abnormities and Guillain-Barré syndrome. ZIKV has two important glycoproteins, both the envelope (E) protein, and nonstructural protein 1 (NS1). The ZIKV envelope ... -
Functional analysis of glycosylation of Zika virus envelope and NS1 proteins
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection causes devastating congenital abnormities and Guillain-Barré syndrome. ZIKV has two important glycoproteins, both the envelope (E) protein, and nonstructural protein 1 (NS1). The ZIKV envelope ... -
Functional genomic analysis of PPAR-gamma in human colorectal cancer cells
(2006-12-14)The gamma isoform of peroxisome-proliferator activated receptor (PPAR-gamma) is a member of the super family of nuclear hormone receptors and shows much promise as a chemopreventative and therapeutic target for colorectal ... -
Functional role of GSK3β in p38MAPK mediated human amnion membrane senescence
Oxidative stress (OS) induced stress signaler p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38MAPK) activation and fetal membrane senescence are associated with parturition. Our study determined changes in multipotent pro-cell ... -
Gastrin-releasing peptide-mediated neuroblastoma growth: A role for the PI3K/Akt pathway
(2008-12-18)Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in infants and children. Our lab and others have shown trophic actions of gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP), and its analogue bombesin (BBS), in neuroblastomas. Our ... -
Gene expression microarray analysis of small, purified cell subsets
(2007-04-23)Gene expression microarray technology is potentially capable of examining all of the cellular processes at the mRNA level at a given moment. One major challenge in its applicability is that most biological samples are cell ... -
General physical preparedness of emergency and essential personnel
(2010-07-12)Emergency and disaster preparedness plans are an essential requirement for most organizations today due to the frequency and complexity of incidents such as disease outbreaks, natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods, ... -
A general scaffold for the synthesis of cysiherbaine and its analogues
(2008-12-03)Dysiherbaine 1 and a select number of structurally related compounds have been shown to have selective effects on ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs). iGluRs are essential components in the central nervous system (CNS); ...