ABO/Rh blood groups and clinical characteristics among patients with chronic kidney disease in Luanda, Angola

Euclides Nenga Manuel Sacomboio, Eduardo Ekundi-Valentim, Cruz dos Santos Sebastiao, Carlos Alberto Pinto de Sousa, Mauricio da Costa, Silvana da Rocha Silveira, Edson Kuatelela Cassinela, Adelino Tchilanda Tchivango and Orlando Frederico Sicato Hungulo

Introduction: CKD is an important public health concern in SSA, the risk is generally strongly associated with traditional risk factors such as age and chronic ..Veja mais»

A 4-year Study of Community Acquired Urinary Tract Infections from a Tertiary Diagnostic Centre in Mumbai with Special Reference to MIC Values

Shaheen Shaikh, Sanjay Arora and Heeral Pandya

Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are among the most frequent infectious diseases affecting humans, and represent an important public health problem with a substantial economic bu..Veja mais»

Defecation Syncope: Two Cases of Post-Operative Cardiac Arrest

Bryan Curtis, Thomas Hughes, Dalila Lo Bue, Christopher J Salgado

Introduction: The vasovagal response is a normal physiologic response that consists of sequential changes in blood pressure, heart rate, and contractility that ..Veja mais»

Increased Abdominal Adiposity Exacerbates Ex-Vivo Cardiac Reperfusion Injury through Augmented Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress

Damien Vitiello, Evangelia Mourmoura, Karine Couturier, Patrick Faure, Herve Dubouchaud, Corinne Malpuech-Brugere, Kasra Azarnoush and Luc Demaison

Compared to the lean Lou/C rat, the Wistar rat develops increased

body weight

and abdominal adiposity (IAA). The aim of this study was to compare the functio..Veja mais»

During the Nestling Period, Testosterone and Heterospecific Aggression were Observed In Adult Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis)

Jennifer Stewart

Conspecific competition is thought to have a stronger selection effect on aggressive behaviour and its underlying physiology in birds than the heterospecific competition. ..Veja mais»

Synthesis and Characterization of Nano-doped Zinc Oxide and its Application as Protective Oxidative Changes in the Retina of Diabetic Rats

Soheir N Abd El-Rahman, Reda SM and Sheikha M AlGhannam

Oxidative stress is a basic mechanism behind the development of diabetic retinopathy (DR). Therefore, the present study conducted to evaluate the protective eff..Veja mais»