Mcdowell Cramer

Many of the nation’s school systems that were once desegregated have resegregated by race and socioeconomic status-some more so than others. We investigate the relationship between public opinion about school diversity and levels of resegregation in five Southern school districts with varying amounts of resegregation Charlotte, NC; Louisville, KY;…[Read more]

Pulmonary malignant lymphoma presents diverse imaging findings, thus making an imaging-based diagnosis difficult. Furthermore, because of the low histological diagnostic rate of approximately 30% based on transbronchial lung biopsy, there are difficulties in the early diagnosis of pulmonary malignant lymphoma. We report a case of pulmonary…[Read more]

Increased heavy metal concentrations after acid digestion confirmed that MPs in the wastewater adsorbed heavy metals. Detection of various types of volatile organic compounds in the wastewater indicated that workers in eye-glass shops are exposed to the significantly hazardous environments.Soil is a reservoir of environmental resistomes.…[Read more]

Conventional anthelmintics such as albendazole could not achieve complete cure of trichinellosis till now. The antimalarial mefloquine mediates oxidative stress and disrupts lysosomal functions leading to cell death. Therefore, the aim of this work was to investigate the effect of mefloquine on experimental acute and chronic trichinellosis and to…[Read more]

Perceived discrimination is a risk factor for poor mental health. However, most studies measure discrimination at one time point, which does not account for heterogeneity in the cumulative patterning of exposure to discrimination. To address this gap, we examine the association between discrimination trajectories and depressive symptoms among…[Read more]

In this review, the RBC-mediated delivery of in vivo nanobiosensors for applications of bio-imaging at the single-cell level, advanced medical diagnostics, and analytical detection of biomolecules and cellular activities are presented. A comprehensive perspective of the technical framework of the state-of-the-art RBC-mediated delivery systems is…[Read more]

The surface water-related risks of the shale gas development in Chongqing are principally composed of low and relatively low levels of risks, which cover 60% of the total area of Chongqing and display a spatial difference of west > northeast > southeast areas. Based on Monte Carlo method, the results of uncertainty analyses show the model is…[Read more]

001). Women in the mifepristone-misoprostol group were more likely to expel the fetus within 24 hours of the start of misoprostol administration (96% versus 78%; RR 1.22 (1.09-1.39) p=0.009). CONCLUSION(S) Mifepristone-misoprostol did not result in a higher rate of complete expulsion of the fetus and the placenta within 48 hours of the start of…[Read more]

CTRP5 overexpression significantly decreased I/R induced IA/AAR and cardiomyocyte apoptosis, and attenuated infarction area, and improved cardiac functions. Mechanistically, CTRP5 overexpression markedly increased AMPKα2 and ACC phosphorylation and PGC1-α expression but inhibited mTORC1 phosphorylation. In in vitro experiments, CTRP5 o…[Read more]

6 kg COD/m3/d the N2O emission factor from AGS and CAS were similar, at around 1.46 ± 0.1% g N2Oemitted/g ammonium loaded. A step increase in the organic loading rate increased N2O emissions from AGS more so than CAS which appeared to be attributed to the reactor feeding strategy that was required for AGS formation. The use of a separate…[Read more]

At the end of the screening, the SVS detected 182 (14.7%) suspect patients while 311 (25.1%) suspect patients were detected after the orthoptic examination. Comparing SVS with orthoptic examination, agreement was fair (κ=0.4). CONCLUSION The SVS can be a useful device for visual screening, but agreement with the orthoptic examination was only…[Read more]

Objective  The purpose of the present study was to analyze the structures in the radial tunnel that can cause posterior interosseous nerve entrapment. Methods  A total of 30 members of 15 adult cadavers prepared by intra-arterial injection of a 10% solution of glycerol and formalin were dissected. All were male, belonging to the laboratory of ana…[Read more]

To investigate the factors associated with cesarean section (CS) in Bhutan.

This was a cross-sectional study, using the retrospective data from the birth registers maintained in comprehensive emergency obstetric care centers for the year 2018. The data were entered in excel 2013 and analyzed using STATA 13. Multiple logistic regression was…[Read more]

The peculiar Au···H hydrogen bonding has garnered significant interests, but its existence and nature remain an open question in gold chemistry. In this paper, we established and authenticated the first intramolecular Au···H-O hydrogen bonding in gold(I) complexes. Our computational results based on an ab initio valence bond (VB) method, namel…[Read more]

ch and in clinical practice.

Differentiated subtypes of nonadherence according to intentionality seem to exist in patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. Our findings suggest the need for differentiated approach, both in future research and in clinical practice.

Despite the frequent progression from Parkinson’s disease…[Read more]

To describe human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination practice among adolescent girls with cystic fibrosis (CF) and to identify reasons for non-vaccination.

Cross-sectional multicentric study.

Girls aged 9-17years, attending 7 French pediatric CF centers, and their accompanying adult.

Administration of a self-report…[Read more]

Enhanced sestrin-2 and phosphorylated AMPK expression were noticed following NGR1 pretreatment.

This study revealed the neuroprotective effects of NGR1 through effective suppression of apoptosis and ROS via regulation of apoptotic proteins and activation of Nrf2/HO-1 and sestrin 2/AMPK signaling cascades.

This study revealed the…[Read more]

tic diversity in different climatic regions.

Continuous dispersion contributes to the genetic communication of Ae. albopictus populations across different climatic regions, and environmental factors, especially temperature and rainfall, may be the leading causes of genetic variation.

Continuous dispersion contributes to the genetic…[Read more]