… Nick A Francis, medical research council health services fellow,1,2 Christopher C Butler,
professor of primary care medicine, head of department of primary care and public health,1 …

Background Point-of-care testing of C-reactive protein (CRP) may be a way to reduce
unnecessary use of antibiotics without harming patients who have acute exacerbations of chronic …

Objectives To assess the extent to which antibiotic prescribing in general dental practice
conforms to clinical guidelines and to describe factors associated with antibiotic prescription in …

Patients treated with conventional cancer chemotherapy suffer from side effects of the drugs
due to non-selective action of chemotherapeutic drugs to normal cells. Active targeting …

Importance of the field: The past decade had witnessed remarkable advances in computer
science which had given rise to many new possibilities including the ability to simulate and …

The electroneutral Na–K–Cl co–transporter (NKCC) protein transports Na + , K + and Cl −
into cells under physiological conditions with a stoichiometry of 1Na + :1K + :2Cl − . NKCC is …

My mission at this symposium is to address the topic" Language Corpora, a Historical
Conspectus". At the outset, I must state that I am limiting this topic in two ways. First, like most of the …

Skeletal muscle atrophy is a severe morbidity caused by a variety of conditions, including
cachexia, cancer, AIDS, prolonged bedrest, and diabetes. One strategy in the treatment of …

[6]-Gingerol, a naturally occurring plant phenol, is one of the major components of fresh ginger
(Zingiber officinale Roscoe, Zingiberaceae) and has diverse pharmacologic effects. Here, …

Subcortical laminar heterotopia (SCLH), or ‘double cortex’, is a cortical dysgenesis disorder
associated with a defect in neuronal migration. Clinical manifestations are epilepsy and …