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  1. We report the first case of the successful detection of postpartum unruptured vaginal pseudoaneurysm using power- and pulsed-Doppler ultrasonography after delivery.

    Authors: Saki Gondo, Daichi Urushiyama, Toshiyuki Yoshizato, Shinichi Kora, Miyako Maehara, Haruhiko Kondo and Shingo Miyamoto
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:482
  2. Phytoene synthase (PSY) is the first rate-limiting regulatory enzyme in the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway. In order to modify the floral color pattern by reducing carotenoid contents, a phytoene synthase-RNAi c...

    Authors: Jian-Xin Liu, Chung-Yi Chiou, Chin-Hui Shen, Peng-Jen Chen, Yao-Chung Liu, Chin-Der Jian, Xiao-Lan Shen, Fu-Quan Shen and Kai-Wun Yeh
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:478
  3. Statistical tables are an important component of data analysis and reports in biological sciences. However, the traditional manual processes for computation and presentation of statistically significant result...

    Authors: Houssein I Assaad, Lan Zhou, Raymond J Carroll and Guoyao Wu
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:474
  4. We have implemented field models and performed a detailed numerical dosimetry inside our extremely-low-frequency electromagnetic bioreactor which has been successfully used in in vitro Biotechnology and Tissue En...

    Authors: Maria Evelina Mognaschi, Paolo Di Barba, Giovanni Magenes, Andrea Lenzi, Fabio Naro and Lorenzo Fassina
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:473
  5. Recombinant factor VIIa (rFVIIa) can be used for rapid INR normalization in life-threatening hemorrhage in anticoagulated patients. Dosing is unclear and may carry thromboembolic risks. We reviewed the use of ...

    Authors: Natalie Yampolsky, Douglas Stofko, Erol Veznedaroglu, Kenneth Liebman and Mandy J Binning
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:471
  6. Metabolomics has proven an useful tool for systems biology. Here we have used a metabolomics approach to identify conditions in which de novo expression of an established tumor marker, galectin-3, would confer a ...

    Authors: Pedro Starzynski Bacchi, Antonio Carlos Bloise, Silvina Odete Bustos, Lara Zimmermann, Roger Chammas and Said Rahnamaye Rabbani
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:470
  7. Current investigation characterized export quality shrimp samples in terms of pathogenic load along with the drug-resistance traits of the isolates, and detected the major virulent genes present in those isola...

    Authors: Rashed Noor, Md Faqrul Hasan and M Majibur Rahman
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:469
  8. The predicted sea-level rise and changes in storm surge regimes are expected to lead to an increasing risk of flooding in coastal regions. Accommodation can be an alternative to protection in many areas, with ...

    Authors: Jana Koerth, Athanasios T Vafeidis, Silvina Carretero, Horst Sterr and Jochen Hinkel
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:466
  9. Neem (Azadirachta indica L.) leaf has been widely used in ayurvedic system of medicine for fertility regulation for a long time. The molecular mechanism by which neem leaf regulates female fertility remains poorl...

    Authors: Shail K Chaube, Tulsidas G Shrivastav, Meenakshi Tiwari, Shilpa Prasad, Anima Tripathi and Ajai K Pandey
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:464
  10. Tropical evergreen forests in northeast India are a biological hot spot for conservation of flora and fauna. Little is known, however, about tiger abundance, which is a flagship species for tropical evergreen ...

    Authors: Randeep Singh, Devendra Singh Chauhan, Sudhanshu Mishra, Paul R Krausman and Surendra Prakash Goyal
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:462
  11. Newcastle disease represents the most severe poultry disease responsible for marked economic losses in Ethiopia. To provide a molecular characterization of Newcastle disease viruses circulating in this country...

    Authors: Delesa Damena Mulisa, Menbere Kidane W/Kiros, Redeat Belaineh Alemu, Melaku Sombo Keno, Alice Furaso, Alireza Heidari, Tesfaye Rufael Chibsa and Hassen Chaka Chunde
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:459
  12. In Present work, the main objective is to develop less time consuming protocol for genomic DNA isolation from leaves of Passiflora foetida. Optimized protocol is cost effective, as it avoided use of expensive liq...

    Authors: Bipin Deochand Lade, Anita Surendra Patil and Hariprassad Madhukarrao Paikrao
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:457
  13. To investigate the effects of L-serine intake on human sleep, we conducted two randomized double-blinded crossover studies. In Study 1, healthy subjects who were dissatisfied with their sleep were given L-seri...

    Authors: Yukihiko Ito, Satomi Takahashi, Manzhen Shen, Kohji Yamaguchi and Makoto Satoh
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:456
  14. The effects of temperature and salinity on the metabolism of the Asiatic clam Corbicula fluminea (mollusca, Lamellibranchia) were studied experimentally. Firstly, three indexes of basal metabolism (oxygen consump...

    Authors: Bai-cai Xiao, Er-chao Li, Zhen-yu Du, Run-lan Jiang, Li-qiao Chen and Na Yu
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:455
  15. Multiple environmental and genetic factors are involved with the development of basal cell carcinomas (BCC), as well as with breast cancers. Tumor initiation and progression are often associated with genomic i...

    Authors: Alessandra Morelle, Rodrigo Cericatto, Ana Cristina Victorino Krepischi and Itamar Romano Garcia Ruiz
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:454
  16. The common late complications of foreign body aspiration include granulation formation, obstructive pneumonia, and atelectasis. However, a foreign body-induced pleural infection is very rare, and especially wh...

    Authors: Gensheng Zhang, Yang Yu, Shufang Zhang, Na Li, Hao Xu and Wei Cui
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:452
  17. Diets for elderly must contain nutritious foods, fit their physiological limitations, and match with their food culture. Cereals and legumes are suggested food choices regardless of their cultures and beliefs....

    Authors: Pruet Satusap, Visith Chavasit, Wantanee Kriengsinyos and Kunchit Judprasong
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:451
  18. Groundwater is the main source of water for domestic use in Nigeria because it is perceived to be clean. The presence of geogenic contaminants (arsenic and fluoride), and the level of awareness of their presen...

    Authors: Christiana Ndidi Egbinola and Amobichukwu Chukwudi Amanambu
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:448
  19. A Seventh-Order Linear Multistep Method (SOLMM) is developed and implemented in both predictor-corrector mode and block mode. The two approaches are compared by measuring their total number of function evaluat...

    Authors: Samuel N Jator and Leong Lee
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:447
  20. The Medical Malacology Collection (Coleção de Malacologia Médica, Fiocruz-CMM) is a depository of medically relevant mollusks, especially from the genus Biomphalaria, which includes the hosts of Schistosoma manso...

    Authors: Cryslaine Aguiar-Silva, Cristiane Lafetá Furtado Mendonça, Pedro Henrique da Cunha Kellis Pinheiro, Silvia Gonçalves Mesquita, Omar dos Santos Carvalho and Roberta Lima Caldeira
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:446
  21. Subsequent to chemotherapy treatment, breast cancer patients often report a decline in cognitive functioning that can adversely impact many aspects of their lives. Evidence has mounted in recent years indicati...

    Authors: Chris Lepage, Andra M Smith, Jeremy Moreau, Emily Barlow-Krelina, Nancy Wallis, Barbara Collins, Joyce MacKenzie and Carole Scherling
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:444
  22. The irradiation effect of argon, oxygen glow discharge plasma, and mercury lamp on silver and agar/silver nanoparticle samples is studied. The irradiation time dependence of the synthesized silver and agar/sil...

    Authors: Mahmoud M Ahmad, Essam A Abdel-Wahab, A A El-Maaref, Mohammed Rawway and Essam R Shaaban
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:443
  23. Following significant injury, the heart undergoes induced compensation and gradually deteriorates towards impending heart failure. Current therapy slows but does not halt the resultant adverse remodeling. Stem...

    Authors: Amer A Matar and James JH Chong
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:440
  24. The goal of metabolomics data pre-processing is to eliminate systematic variation, such that biologically-related metabolite signatures are detected by statistical pattern recognition. Although several methods...

    Authors: Mingjie Chen, R Shyama Prasad Rao, Yiming Zhang, Cathy Xiaoyan Zhong and Jay J Thelen
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:439
  25. Melioidosis is an emerging infectious disease caused by a free living soil dwelling Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. The disease is endemic to most parts of Southeast Asia and northern Australia...

    Authors: Archana Prakash, Duraipandian Thavaselvam, Ashu Kumar, Ajith Kumar, Sonia Arora, Sapana Tiwari, Anita Barua and Kannusamy Sathyaseelan
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:438
  26. Persistent left superior vena cava is a rare case with an appearance of 0.3% to 0.5% of individuals in general population. Indication for jugular venous intervention could be different, such as implantable ven...

    Authors: Jan M Sohns, Martin Fasshauer, Wieland Staab, Michael Steinmetz, Christina Unterberg-Buchwald, Jan Menke and Joachim Lotz
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:437
  27. The impact of age and sex on health care expenditure has recently become one of the major concerns in many developing countries like Bangladesh. Age and sex differences in the use of health care services can b...

    Authors: Abdur Razzaque Sarker, Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Marufa Sultana, Sayem Ahmed, Wahid Ahmed and Jahangir AM Khan
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:435
  28. Laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) is not a commonly performed procedure due to the difficulty associated with surgical reconstruction. We present our preliminary results after intracorporeal circular stapli...

    Authors: Fabio Cianchi, Giuseppe Macrì, Giampiero Indennitate, Beatrice Mallardi, Giacomo Trallori, Maria Rosa Biagini, Benedetta Badii, Fabio Staderini and Giuliano Perigli
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:434
  29. A 66-years old man suffering from coronary artery disease appeared without symptoms for routine follow-up in our clinic.

    Authors: Jan M Sohns, Martin Fasshauer, Wieland Staab, Michael Steinmetz, Joachim Lotz and Christina Unterberg-Buchwald
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:433
  30. Understanding structure of the population is one of the major objective of many genetic studies. The program STRUCTURE is commonly used to infer population structure using multi-locus genotype data. However, a...

    Authors: Ramesh Krishnan Ramasamy, Sumathy Ramasamy, Bharat Bushan Bindroo and V Girish Naik
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:431
  31. The mannanase gene of B. circulans NT 6.7 was cloned and expressed in an Escherichia coli expression system. The B. circulans NT 6.7 mannanase gene consists of 1,083 nucleotides encoding a 360-amino acid residue ...

    Authors: Yotthachai Piwpankaew, Supa Sakulsirirat, Sunee Nitisinprasert, Thu-Ha Nguyen, Dietmar Haltrich and Suttipun Keawsompong
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:430
  32. Osteoporosis is an important health problem with serious consequences. Evaluation of osteoporosis scientific output from Arab countries has not been explored and there are few internationally published reports...

    Authors: Waleed M Sweileh, Samah W Al-Jabi, Sa’ed H Zyoud, Ansam F Sawalha and Mustafa A Ghanim
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:427
  33. Whether exertional dyspnoea can be attributed to poor circulatory-muscular conditioning is a difficult clinical issue. Because criteria of poor conditioning such as low oxygen pulse, low ventilatory threshold ...

    Authors: Laurent Plantier, Ghanima Al Dandachi, Cécile Londner, Aurore Caumont-Prim, Brigitte Chevalier-Bidaud, Jean-François Toussaint, François-Denis Desgorces and Christophe Delclaux
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:426