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Human-cattle interactions in PPNB and Early/Middle Bronze Age Cyprus: integrating zooarchaeological and stable isotope data
Cattle domestication and subsequent spread caused unprecedented biological, economic, ecological and social transformations in human history. Cyprus was one of the first places domestic taurine cattle were tra...
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Open AccessBiomolecular characterization of 3500-year-old ancient Egyptian mummification balms from the Valley of the Kings
Ancient Egyptian mummification was practiced for nearly 4000 years as a key feature of some of the most complex mortuary practices documented in the archaeological record. Embalming, the preservation of the bo...
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Evaluation of economic fungicide strategies for control of ascochyta blight in field pea in southern Australia
The aim of this five-year study was to identify economic fungicide treatments to control ascochyta blight in field pea in southern Australia. Results showed a complex interaction between a number of factors. T...
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Improving patient outcomes with inguinal hernioplasty—local anaesthesia versus local anaesthesia and conscious sedation: a randomized controlled trial
Conscious sedation is regularly used in ambulatory surgery to improve patient outcomes, in particular patient satisfaction. We hypothesized that the addition of conscious sedation would provide greater patient...
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Open AccessExtensive elemental map** unlocks Mg/Ca ratios as climate proxy in seasonal records of Mediterranean limpets
Elemental analysis of biogeochemical archives is an established technique used to study climate in a range of applications, including ocean circulation, glacial/interglacial climates, and anthropogenic climate...
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Open AccessFreeze–thaw cycles have minimal effect on the mineralisation of low molecular weight, dissolved organic carbon in Arctic soils
Warmer winters in Arctic regions may melt insulating snow cover and subject soils to more freeze–thaw cycles. The effect of freeze–thaw cycles on the microbial use of low molecular weight, dissolved organic ca...
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Methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification identifies promoter methylation events associated with survival in glioblastoma
DNA methylation plays an important role in cancer biology and methylation events are important prognostic and predictive markers in many tumor types. We have used methylation-specific multiplex ligation-depend...
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Differences in Treatment-Based Beliefs and Co** Between African American and White Men with Prostate Cancer
The purpose of the study was to explore racial differences related to treatment-based beliefs (trust in physician, physician bias, access to care, and self-efficacy) and co** (religious co** and social sup...
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Internal iliac artery aneurysmo-colonic fistula: a rare presentation of massive lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage: report of a case
GRUNDLAGEN: Eine schwere untere gastrointestinale Blutung durch eine Fistel zwischen einem Arteria-Iliaca-interna-Aneurysma und dem Kolon kommt selten vor. Rasche Diagnose und Behandlung gestalten sich wegen d...
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Transcatheter Closure of Total Cavopulmonary Connection Lateral Tunnel Dehiscence and Fenestration Using a Custom-Made, Self-Expanding Stent Graft
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Identification of candidate genes involved in neuroblastoma progression by combining genomic and expression microarrays with survival data
Identifying genes, whose expression is consistently altered by chromosomal gains or losses, is an important step in defining genes of biological relevance in a wide variety of tumour types. However, additional...
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Noninvasive Ventilation for the Management of Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Congenital Heart Disease in Children
The use of noninvasive ventilation to support children with secondary pulmonary hypertension has not previously been reported. We present four children with secondary pulmonary hypertension in association with...
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Gastrocolic fistula as a complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
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The heat-stable root-knot nematode resistance gene Mi-9 from Lycopersicon peruvianum is localized on the short arm of chromosome 6
The tomato gene Mi-1 confers resistance to three species of root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne spp. However, the resistance mediated by Mi-1 is inactive at soil temperatures above 28 °C. Previously, we identified a...
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Human plasma contains a soluble form of CD86 which is present at elevated levels in some leukaemia patients
Cell surface expression of CD86 (mCD86) provides an important co-stimulatory signal which profoundly influences immune responses. In this report, we investigated the potential presence of a circulating soluble...
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In-vitro evaluation of the neonatal tonometer
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American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons 95th Annual Convention Podium and Poster Abstracts June 9–14, 1996 Seattle, Washington
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Loss of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor genes and chromosome 9 karyotypic abnormalities in human bladder cancer cell lines
Loss of cell cycle control through the structural or functional aberration of checkpoint genes and their products is a potentially important process in carcinogenesis. In this study, a panel of well-characteri...
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A halo jacket for stabilisation of the paediatric cervical spine
Stabilisation of the paediatric cervical spine may be necessary in the management of trauma, infection and deformity. Surgery is technically difficult due to the immaturity of the bony elements and therefore e...
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90th Annual Convention Poster Presentations and Abstracts