K. A.

Effects of fermentation and germination on the physicochemical properties of Mucuna cochinchinensis   protein isolate (2006)

The proximate composition and functional properties of fermentated and germinated Mucuna cochinchinensis   protein isolates were determined. Mucuna   bean protein extracted at pH 8 and pH 10 had...

Bacteriocinogenicity and production of pyocins from Pseudomonas   species isolated in Lagos, Nigeria (2006)

A total of 52 strains of Pseudomonas   identified as P. aeruginosa (27), P. putida (9), P. fluorescens (13) and P. stutzeri (3) were isolated from Nigerian patients with burns, wound and skin...

Defects and impurities in jarosite: a computer simulation study (2006)

  • Smith,
  • A.M.L.,
  • Hudson-Edwards,
  • K.A.,
  • Dubbin,
  • W.E. And Wright,
  • ...

Comunicação Popular e Educação: perspectivas para a economia solidária (2005)

Trabalho apresentado na Sessão de Temas Livres durante o XXVIII Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências da Comunicação, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 05-09,setembro,2005.  O processo...

The P2X7 ATP receptor in the kidney: a matter of life or death? (2005)

  • Hillman,
  • K.A.,
  • Burnstock,
  • G.,
  • Unwin,
  • R.

P2X 7 is an intriguing membrane receptor for the extracellular nucleotide ATP, which functions as a ligand-gated ion channel; it can activate cell membrane permeabilization and also has a wide range...

Developmental age influences the effect of epidural dexmedetomidine on inflammatory hyperalgesia in rat pups (2005)

BACKGROUND: Epidural alpha2-adrenergic agonists produce analgesic effects in children and adults, but efficacy and safety have not been established in neonates and infants. The aim of this study was...

Empyema: the use of broad range 16S rDNA PCR for pathogen detection (2005)

  • Saglani,
  • S.,
  • Harris,
  • K.A.,
  • Wallis,
  • C.,
  • ...

Background: An increase in the incidence of thoracic empyema in children has been reported. The causative pathogen is often unknown as pleural fluid is frequently sterile at the time of culture. The...

Heterozygous mutations of OTX2 cause severe ocular malformations (2005)

Major malformations of the human eye, including microphthalmia and anophthalmia, are examples of phenotypes that recur in families yet often show no clear Mendelian inheritance pattern. Defining loci...

Molecular and clinical analyses of Greig cephalopolysyndactyly and Pallister-Hall syndromes: robust phenotype prediction from the type and position of GLI3 mutations (2005)

  • Johnston,
  • J.J.,
  • Olivos-Glander,
  • I.,
  • Killoran,
  • C.,
  • ...

Mutations in the GLI3 zinc-finger transcription factor gene cause Greig cephalopolysyndactyly syndrome (GCPS) and Pallister-Hall syndrome (PHS), which are variable but distinct clinical entities. We...

Initial data on basiliximab in critically ill children undergoing heart transplantation (2005)

BACKGROUND: More children are coming to heart transplantation on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), or inotropic support and/or with renal impairment. The use of basiliximab, a chimeric...

Magnetic susceptibility of dhcp NpPd3 (2005)

  • Walker,
  • H.C.,
  • McEwen,
  • K.A.,
  • Boulet,
  • P.,
  • ...

SOX2 Anophthalmia syndrome (2005)

  • Ragge,
  • N.K.,
  • Lorenz,
  • B.,
  • Schneider,
  • A.,
  • ...

Compensatory strategy use identifies risk of incident disability for the visually impaired (2005)

  • West,
  • S.K.,
  • Munoz,
  • B.,
  • Rubin,
  • G.S.,
  • ...

BACKGROUND: Use of compensatory strategies may be a marker for preclinical disability. OBJECTIVE: To determine, among persons who did not report mobility disability, if the reported use of...

Hydroxyapatite promotes superior keratocyte adhesion and proliferation in comparison with current keratoprosthesis skirt materials (2005)

AIM: Published clinical series suggest the osteoodontokeratoprosthesis (OOKP) may have a lower extrusion rate than current synthetic keratoprostheses. The OOKP is anchored in the eye wall by...

Arsenates. (2005)

  • Hudson-Edwards,
  • K.A.

Socioeconomic variation in attitudes to eating and weight in female adolescents (2004)

  • Wardle,
  • J.,
  • Robb,
  • K.A.,
  • Johnson,
  • F.,
  • ...

This study was stimulated by J. Sobal and A. J. Stunkard's (1989) theory that differences in deliberate weight control could underlie the socioeconomic gradient in adult weight. Female adolescents...

Recent trends in HIV and other STIs in the United Kingdom: data to the end of 2002 (2004)

Sexual health in the United Kingdom has deteriorated in recent years with further increases in HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) reported in 2002. This paper describes results from...

Natural organic matter in sedimentary basins and its relation to arsenic in anoxic ground water: the example of West Bengal and its worldwide implications (2004)

In order to investigate the mechanism of As release to anoxic ground water in alluvial aquifers, the authors sampled ground waters from 3 piezometer nests, 79 shallow (80 m) wells, in an area 750 m...

Chicken DT40 cells stably transfected with the rat P2X7 receptor ion channel: a system suitable for the study of purine receptor-mediated cell death (2003)

  • Hillman,
  • K.A.,
  • Harada,
  • H.,
  • Chan,
  • C.M.,
  • ...

We have generated and characterised a clone of chicken DT40 lymphocytes stably transfected with the rat P2X(7) receptor (rP2X(7)). Successful transfection was confirmed by Western blotting. Under...

Targeted retroviral infection of tumor cells by receptor cooperation (2003)

  • Martin,
  • F.,
  • Chowdhury,
  • S.,
  • Neil,
  • S.J.,
  • ...

Retroviruses expressing two different receptor-binding domains linked by proline-rich spacers infect only cells expressing both retroviral receptors (Valsesia-Wittman et al., EMBO J. 6:1214-1223,...

4.1 Web-based interactive learning programmes (2002)

  • Nattestad,
  • A.,
  • Attstrom,
  • R.,
  • Mattheos,
  • N.,
  • ...

Introduction (2002)

  • Lambert-Humble,
  • S.,
  • Eaton,
  • K.A.

Teamwork 6: Changing Roles in the Dental Team (2002)

  • Bell,
  • M.,
  • Blyth,
  • L.,
  • Clitter,
  • C.,
  • ...

The acceptability of urinary LCR testing for Chlamydia trachomatis among participants in a probability sample survey of sexual attitudes and lifestyles (2001)

  • Fenton,
  • K.A.,
  • Copas,
  • A.,
  • Mitchell,
  • K.,
  • ...

Objectives: To examine the factors that influence respondents' willingness to participate in urinary testing for Chlamydia trachomatis in a general population feasibility survey of sexual attitudes...

P2Y receptors (2001)

  • King,
  • B.F.,
  • Burnstock,
  • G.,
  • Boyer,
  • J.L.,
  • ...

Variation in the progression of diabetic nephropathy according to racial origin (2001)

  • Earle,
  • K.K.,
  • Porter,
  • K.A.,
  • Ostberg,
  • J.,
  • ...

BACKGROUND: In the United Kingdom, diabetic nephropathy is a leading cause of end-stage renal disease. There is a higher incidence amongst subjects of Indo-Asian and African-Caribbean origin compared...

Prenatal diagnosis of beta-thalassaemia in Pakistan: experience in a Muslim country (2000)

  • Ahmed,
  • S.,
  • Saleem,
  • M.,
  • Sultana,
  • N.,
  • ...

A service for prenatal diagnosis of beta-thalassaemia was introduced in Pakistan in May 1994. Two renowned Islamic scholars, consulted before the service was introduced, ruled that a pregnancy can be...

Radioimmunoguided surgery in colorectal cancer using a genetically engineered anti-CEA single-chain Fv antibody (2000)

  • Mayer,
  • A.,
  • Tsiompanou,
  • E.,
  • O'Malley,
  • D.,
  • ...

In radioimmunoguided surgery (RIGS), a radiolabeled antibody is given i.v. before surgery and a hand-held gamma-detecting probe is used to locate tumor in the operative field. The rapid blood...

Clinical applications of phage-derived sFvs and sFv fusion proteins (2000)

  • Chester,
  • K.A.,
  • Bhatia,
  • J.,
  • Boxer,
  • G.,
  • ...

Single chain Fv antibodies (sFvs) have been produced from filamentous bacteriophage libraries obtained from immunised mice. MFE-23, the most characterised of these sFvs, is reactive with...

Exemplifying guidelines for preparation of recombinant DNA products in phase I trials in cancer: Preparation of a genetically engineered anti-CEa single chain Fv antibody (1997)

  • Mayer,
  • A.,
  • Chester,
  • K.A.,
  • Bhatia,
  • J.,
  • ...

Products of recombinant DNA technology have potential for the diagnosis or treatment of cancer. There is a need to investigate whether they function by the intended mechanism in small phase I...

 
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