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  1. Evaluation of Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) as a tool for rapid aneuploidy screening (RAS) of high risk pregnancies, before its approval in the national antenatal screening and genetic diagnosis pro...

    Authors: Ghada M Elsayed, Lobna El Assiouty and Ezzat S El Sobky
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:490
  2. A premature ventricular contraction (PVC) is relatively a common event where the heartbeat is initiated by the other pathway rather than by the Sinoatrial node, the normal heartbeat initiator. Determining PVC ...

    Authors: Sima Soheilykhah, Ali Sheikhani, Alireza Ghorbani Sharif and Mohammad M Daevaeiha
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:486
  3. To develop high-quality silage starters adapted to hot and humid weather, 12 LAB isolates from silage produced in Kyushu and Okinawa, Japan were characterized based on their morphological features, growth curv...

    Authors: Katsumi Doi, Yousuke Nishizaki, Hidetoshi Kimura, Maki Kitahara, Yasuhiro Fujino, Sadahiro Ohmomo, Toshihisa Ohshima and Seiya Ogata
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:485
  4. Twin sheep fetuses have reduced skeletal muscle weight near birth relative to singles as a result of restricted muscle hypertrophy. Intracellular free amino acids (FAA) are reported to regulate metabolic pathw...

    Authors: Francisco Sales, David Pacheco, Hugh Blair, Paul Kenyon and Sue McCoard
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:483
  5. The H355A, H355K, H80A, and H80K mutant enzymes of the argE-encoded N-acetyl-L-ornithine deacetylase (ArgE) from Escherichia coli were prepared, however, only the H355A enzyme was found to be soluble. Kinetic ana...

    Authors: Wade C McGregor, Danuta M Gillner, Sabina I Swierczek, Dali Liu and Richard C Holz
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:482
  6. Mucinous breast carcinoma (MBC) is classified into mixed mucinous breast carcinoma (MMBC) and pure mucinous breast carcinoma (PMBC) based on whether the tumor is with or without a component of invasive ductal ...

    Authors: Shinichiro Kashiwagi, Naoyoshi Onoda, Yuka Asano, Satoru Noda, Hidemi Kawajiri, Tsutomu Takashima, Masahiko Ohsawa, Seiichi Kitagawa and Kosei Hirakawa
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:481
  7. The significance of nodal metastasis in breast cancer is under discussion. We investigated the impact of variables of tumor chronology and tumor biology on the presence of lymph node metastases.

    Authors: Ann Smeets, Andries Ryckx, Ann Belmans, Hans Wildiers, Patrick Neven, Giuseppe Floris, Patrick Schöffski and Marie-Rose Christiaens
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:480
  8. Eleven diverse strains of Schizophyllan commune were examined for production of the biopolymer schizophyllan from agricultural biomass. Strains were grown in malt extract (ME) basal medium containing 1% (w/v) dis...

    Authors: Nongnuch Sutivisedsak, Timothy D Leathers and Neil PJ Price
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:476
  9. The disposal of solid waste is a serious problem worldwide that is made worse in developing countries due to inadequate planning and unsustainable solid waste management. In Mexico, only 2% of total urban soli...

    Authors: Efrén Aguilar-Garnica, Mario Paredes-Casillas, Tito E Herrera-Larrasilla, Felicia Rodríguez-Palomera and Daniel E Ramírez-Arreola
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:475
  10. This paper extends the scale-invariant edge detector to the one-dimensional slope. It can accurately detect the slope and estimate its parameters. The method has been verified with several mathematical functio...

    Authors: Xiaochun Zhang and Chuancai Liu
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:474
  11. HPV oncogenes mRNA detection gains momentum as an adjuvant for HPV-related cervical abnormalities diagnosis, but is based on costly detection assays not allowing viral type targeting.

    Authors: Leonardo Martins Campbell, Denise Rocha Pitta, Angela Maria De Assis, Sophie Francoise Mauricette Derchain, Elisabete Aparecida Campos and Luis Otavio Zanatta Sarian
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:473
  12. In this paper, we determine the surface and volume electrical resistivity of the 50 μm thick cellular polypropylen (VHD50), for the temperature range 393–453 K. For this we use a contemporary methodology, whic...

    Authors: Floran Vila, Pranvera Dhima and Florian Mandija
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:472
  13. For the first time the incidence and mortality of breast cancer were estimated in French Guiana, an overseas French Territory of South America. A certified cancer registry collected exhaustive data on breast c...

    Authors: Tristan Roue, Angela Fior, Juliette Plenet, Sophie Belliardo and Mathieu Nacher
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:471
  14. We previously reported that safety and efficacy of mucosal cutting biopsy for diagnosing included 2 cm or less gastric GISTs. However, there have been no reports stating the clinicopathological characteristic ...

    Authors: Mikinori Kataoka, Takashi Kawai, Hidekazu Ikemiyagi, Takashi Fujii, Mari Fukuzawa, Masakatsu Fukuzawa, Keisuke Kubota, Masashi Yoshida, Shinji Suzuki and Masaki Kitajima
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:469
  15. Pituitary metastases are unusual complications of malignancies. In about only 2% of patients they origin from colorectal cancer (CRC), with breast and lung as the most common primary tumors. Nevertheless, some...

    Authors: Margherita Ratti, Rodolfo Passalacqua, Rossana Poli, Enrico Betri, Mario Crispino, Roberto Poli and Gianluca Tomasello
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:467
  16. The impact of global warming and associated climate changes have built up pressure to focus on the option of green chemistry over traditional one for long term sustainability of the environment. Considering th...

    Authors: Udaya Pratap Singh, Hans Raj Bhat, Mukesh Kumar Kumawat and Ramendra K Singh
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:466
  17. The effect of metal ions on the enzymatic activity of Lactobacillus reuteri was studied. The enzymatic activity was determined spectrophotometrically using the corresponding substrate. In the control group, L. re...

    Authors: Saeed A Hayek, Aboghasem Shahbazi, Mulumebet Worku and Salam A Ibrahim
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:465
  18. High activity of the intracellular phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K) pathway is common in breast cancer. Here, we explore differences in expression of important PI3K pathway regulators: the activator, phosp...

    Authors: Irina Palimaru, Anja Brügmann, Marie Kim Wium-Andersen, Ebba Nexo and Boe Sandahl Sorensen
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:464
  19. The objective of the current study is to analyze different approaches of pharmacists and general practitioners towards availability and use of osteoporosis prescreening tools and to find out reasons that expla...

    Authors: Yusra Habib Khan, Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi, Azmi Sarriff and Amer Hayat Khan
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:463
  20. Freshwater fish that live exclusively in rivers are at particular risk from fragmentation of the aquatic system, mainly the species that migrate upriver for reproduction. That is the case of Salminus hilarii, an ...

    Authors: Renato Massaaki Honji, Rafael Henrique Nóbrega, Matias Pandolfi, Akio Shimizu, Maria Inês Borella and Renata Guimarães Moreira
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:460
  21. Using the Genefishing method, we identified seven potential regulatory genes involved in the process of scale morphogenesis in fishes. We further characterized a novel solute carrier protein gene (CcSLC), from th...

    Authors: Li Jiang, Anda Cheng, Yangyang Wang and Baoyong Zhang
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:458
  22. Cases of percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty for renal artery stenosis are increasing. However, percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty with stenting for stenotic venous bypass grafts has never bee...

    Authors: Masashi Kusakabe, Hiroki Sasaki, Jiro Sato, Masaaki Akahane, Tetsuro Miyata and Kuni Ohtomo
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:456
  23. Previous work on the possible public health impact of electricity utilization has mostly considered low frequency electromagnetic fields, particularly those associated with high voltage overhead powerlines, bu...

    Authors: G Hugh Sidaway
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:454
  24. As a result of rapid industrialization several chemical forms of organic and inorganic mercury are constantly introduced to the environment and affect humans and animals directly. All forms of mercury have tox...

    Authors: Nahar Singh, Tarushee Ahuja, Vijay Narain Ojha, Daya Soni, S Swarupa Tripathy and Ivo Leito
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:453
  25. Data mining has emerged to address the problem of transforming data into useful knowledge. Although most data mining techniques, such as the use of association rules, may substantially reduce the search effort...

    Authors: Inhaúma Neves Ferraz and Ana Cristina Bicharra Garcia
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:452
  26. Grip strength is widely used for estimating whole body strength but there is a lack of information relating to grip endurance. Comparison between endurance of different muscle groups has received little attent...

    Authors: Ciara White, Kimberley Dixon, Dinesh Samuel and Maria Stokes
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:451
  27. Here we assessed associations between null mutations in glutathione-S-transferase (GST)T1 and GSTM1 genes, and the rs1695 polymorphism in GSTP1 (Ile105Val), and risk of breast cancer-specific (n=45) and all-cause...

    Authors: Catherine Duggan, Rachel Ballard-Barbash, Richard N Baumgartner, Kathy B Baumgartner, Leslie Bernstein and Anne McTiernan
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:450
  28. Xylanases produced by Aspergillus niger are industrially important and many types of xylanases have been reported. Individual xylanases have been well studied for their enzymatic properties, gene cloning, and het...

    Authors: Yui Takahashi, Hiroaki Kawabata and Shuichiro Murakami
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:447
  29. Retrorsine selectively inhibits hepatocyte proliferation and following liver injury evokes small hepatocyte-like progenitor cells. The aim of this study is to find out whether endogenous extrahepatic cells con...

    Authors: Hiromichi Maeda, Yoshihiro Ota, Yongchung Wang, Kalyani Ramachandran, Robert A Montgomery, George Melville Williams and Zhaoli Sun
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:446
  30. To evaluate gender differences of initial posters in threads dealing with bladder cancer on an online discussion board.

    Authors: Yannick Lippka, Oliver Patschan, Tilmann Todenhöfer, Christian Schwentner, Andreas Gutzeit, Axel S Merseburger and Marcus Horstmann
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:445
  31. High-risk prostate cancer is a potentially lethal disease that is increasing in the diagnosis of prostate cancer patients. Compared to other prostate cancer patients (medium or low risk), management, diagnosis...

    Authors: Maria Jesus Alvarez-Cubero, Luis Javier Martinez-Gonzalez, Fernando Vazquez-Alonso, Maria Saiz, Juan Carlos Alvarez, Jose Antonio Lorente and Jose Manuel Cozar
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:444
  32. The commonest variation to the classic anatomic description of renal arterial supply is the presence of accessory renal arteries. The incidence varies widely according to ethnicity. There is no data on the pre...

    Authors: Peter B Johnson, Shamir O Cawich, Sundeep D Shah, William Aiken, Roy G McGregor, Hilary Brown and Michael T Gardner
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:443
  33. Intracranial hypertension, which often occurs in patients with tuberculous meningitis, is associated with high morbidity and mortality. We describe a patient with tuberculous meningitis who had intracranial hy...

    Authors: Hiroshi Kataoka and Satoshi Ueno
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:442
  34. The efficiency of PCR product cloning depends on the nature of the DNA polymerase employed because amplicons may have blunt-ends or 3′ adenosines overhangs. Therefore, for amplicon cloning, available commercia...

    Authors: Christiane R Janner, Ana Lívia P Brito, Lidia Maria P Moraes, Viviane CB Reis and Fernando AG Torres
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2013 2:441