This study sought to understand user preferences of raw, boiled and steamed sweetpotato, a staple food in Uganda. A sequential methodology involving state of knowledge review, gendered food mapping, processing diagnosis and consumer testing was used in Lira and Kamwenge districts. Preferred raw sweetpotato characteristics were large roots (≥ 3 c…[Read more]

Report maternal, fetal and neonatal complications associated with single intrauterine fetal death (sIUFD) in monochorionic twin pregnancies.

Prospective observational study.

UK.

81 monochorionic twin pregnancies with sIUFD after 14 weeks gestation, irrespective of cause.

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CONCLUSIONS We established a mass spectrometry-based immunoassay for the simultaneous detection of PGI and PGII in a single analysis. The element tagged immunoassay coupled with ICP-MS detection has high sensitivity, accuracy, and specificity in clinical serum sample analysis. © 2020 The Authors. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis published…[Read more]

ection and the mechanisms used by these viruses to avoid clearance through the autophagic pathway. Our study highlights the importance of the host factor BPIFB3 in regulating flavivirus replication and further confirms that the RETREG1-dependent reticulophagy pathway is antiviral to both DENV and ZIKV. Copyright © 2020 American Society for…[Read more]

For all three reproductive axis tissues, ACTB was the most suitable reference gene, whereas the least stable reference gene was GAPDH. Altogether, these results can provide references for tissue expression studies in geese under light treatment.GeTe1-xSex (0 ≤ x ≤ 1.0) alloys have been prepared both in bulk and thin film forms to study the effect…[Read more]

Diagnosing non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) is not always straightforward. Left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LVGLS) is an echocardiographic method capable of detecting subclinical regional and global ventricular contractile dysfunction due to myocardial ischemia. The objectives of this study were to evaluate…[Read more]

BACKGROUND Septic arthritis (SA) is an infection characterized by significant epidemiologic and microbiologic differences between developed and developing regions and between age groups. OBJECTIVES To determine the epidemiologic, clinical, microbiologic and therapeutic aspects of pediatric SA in Southern Israel. METHODS A retrospective case-series…[Read more]

Hepatic radiofrequency ablation (RFA) induces a drastic alteration of the biomechanical environment in the peritumoral liver tissue. The resulting increase in matrix stiffness has been shown to significantly influence carcinogenesis and cancer progression after focal RF ablation. To investigate the potential of an elastin-specific MR agent (ESMA)…[Read more]

This systematic review was conducted to help clarify the effect of lifting at work on pregnancy outcome, by focusing on specific exposure categories. A search in Medline and Embase identified 51 articles reporting association of spontaneous abortion (SA), preterm delivery (PTD) or small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant with exposure to…[Read more]