Search
Now showing items 11-20 of 181
Mini-FLOTAC for counting Toxoplasma gondii oocysts from cat feces - Comparison with cell counting plates
(Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, San Diego, 2014)
Oocysts of Toxoplasma gondii represent one of the most common environmental contaminants causing the zoonotic infection toxoplasmosis. The aim of the present study was to compare the Mini-FLOTAC device with traditional ...
Investigation into novel thiophene- and furan-based 4-amino-7-chloroquinolines afforded antimalarials that cure mice
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, 2015)
We herein report the design and synthesis of a novel series of thiophene-and furan-based aminoquinoline derivatives which were found to be potent antimalarials and inhibitors of b-hematin polymerization. Tested compounds ...
Grammatical Gender and Mental Representation of Object: The Case of Musical Instruments
(Springer/Plenum Publishers, New York, 2015)
A body of research shows that grammatical gender, although an arbitrary category, is viewed as the system with its own meaning. However, the question remains to what extent does grammatical gender influence shaping our ...
Feasibility of the two-point method for assessing the force-velocity relationship during lower-body and upper-body isokinetic tests
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon, 2019)
This study aimed to (1) evaluate the shape of the force-velocity (F-V) relationship obtained from different muscles, (2) explore the concurrent validity of the two-point method with respect to the multiple-point method, ...
Psychosomatic factors of atopic dermatitis exacerbation
(Wiley, Hoboken, 2018)
BackgroundThe aim of this study was to estimate whether the stress, lack of social support, and poor emotional relationships influence the recurrence of AD in adults. MethodsCase-control study comprised 66 outpatients with ...
The dissociation between virological and immunological responses to HAART
(Elsevier France-Editions Scientifiques Medicales Elsevier, Issy-Les-Moulineaux, 2005)
While HAART allows for the reconstitution- of immune functions in most treated HIV patients, discrepant responses including failure to achieve a significant increase in circulating CD4+ T cells despite undetectable plasma ...
Beneficial randomness of signals in a neuronal circuit
(Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2002)
We have analyzed spontaneous discharge dynamics of fasimotor neurons, by applying the so-called detrended fluctuation analysis, which is a modification of the random walk model analysis. Besides, we applied the wavelet ...
Phylogenetic relationships among Praini (Hymenoptera : Braconidae : Aphidiinae) aphid parasitoids, with redescription of two species
(Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden, 2006)
Phylogenetic relationships among four genera and 25 species of the tribe Praini (Braconidae: Aphidimae) were investigated on the basis of 15 characters (13 morphological and two life history characters) using parsimony ...
Insulin-like growth factor-I in wound healing of rat skin
(Elsevier Science Bv, Amsterdam, 2008)
Growth factors play an important role in orchestrating and enabling the cellular responses required for successful wound healing. In the present study, rat surgical incision was used to investigate insulin-like growth ...