Students frequently report difficulty learning information presented at the end of long study sequences. Prior research has shown that information presented earlier in a study sequence interferes with learning of information...
Context. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) refers to the combination of abdominal obesity, hyperglycemia or insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. MetS has been associated with morbidity and mortality after a variety of...
In order to determine if loss of cell wall integrity contributes to boric acid toxicity towards wild type and drug resistant Candida organisms, yeast growth in osmoprotective-high-sorbitol medium was compared to growth...
Context: Patients with large staghorn calculi are commonly treated with percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). PCNL access can be technically challenging and has potential to result in significant radiation exposure to both the...
Introduction: OPTIMISTIC is a project funded by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) that is aimed, in part, at the reduction of unnecessary hospitalization of nursing facility residents. Data from the initial...
Cold-induced vasodilation (CIVD) is a phenomenon involving a counterintuitive increase in skin blood flow during cold exposure. Although CIVD was first described in 1930, CIVD mechanisms remain unknown. CIVD research has...
Background: Recent studies indicated that chronic Salmonella infection contributes to increased risk of human colon cancer. In our previous studies, we found that Salmonella type III secretion effector protein AvrA can induce...
While utilization of Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) continues to increase, the potential is not fully realized. We surveyed kidney transplant (KTX) professionals to evaluate perceptions of barriers and solutions to increasing KPD...
This was a case study on a patient with SLE who received a heart transplant. Patients with SLE are generally not considered to be ideal candidates for transplantation due to auto-immunity involving many organ systems....
Introduction: It is well documented in the literature that Bitter Melon Extract (BME) inhibits the growth and proliferation of MCF-7 breast cancer cells. While the exact mechanism of this inhibition is unknown, it is possible...