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Premolar autotransplantation in orthodontic treatment : a clinical and radiographic long-term study
(1999-11-19)
Premolar aplasia and avulsed or malformed anterior teeth are common in young people. Using autotransplantation, it is possible to move problems in the dental arches to regions where they are more easy to solve orthodontically. ...
Preparing midwives as a human resource for maternal health : pre-service education and scope of practice in Gujarat, India
(2014-09-08)
One key strategy to achieve reduction in maternal and neonatal mortality is to scale up the availability of
skilled birth attendants (SBAs). The staff nurses (i.e., registered nurse and midwives) are skilled birth
attendants ...
Heart rate variability in patients with stable angina pectoris
(2009-01-16)
The rate and modulation of the heart beat (i.e. heart rate variability; HRV) are controlled by the autonomic nervous system. Cardiac sympathetic activation decreases and parasympathetic increases HRV. Measurements of HRV ...
Elucidating regulatory elements : studies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and multiple myeloma
(2018-12-21)
background, they might present with a common epigenetic background. For this we aimed to collect paired RNA-seq, histone ChIP-seq and ATAC-seq for patients and healthy controls, and had the following specific hypotheses: 1. Using H3K4me2 and H3K27Ac, we...
Physiological status of bacteria used for environmental applications
(2006-12-22)
Several bacteria have properties of interest for biotechnological
applications, such as bioremediation of pollutants and biocontrol of
plant pathogens. In order to perform their intended tasks in the
environment the cells ...
Role of inositol pyrophosphates in pancreatic beta cell function
(2018-05-25)
transduction inhibitors, decreased IP7 levels. The compounds tested included inhibitors of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, PI3K, (wortmannin, LY294002), phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase, PI4K, (Phenylarsine Oxide, PAO), phospholipase C, PLC, (U73122...
Persistent organic pollutants and bone tissue : studies in wild and experimental animals
(2007-11-09)
Since the mid 1900s, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of
osteoporotic-related fractures in the industrialised world. The reason
for this is unknown, but there could be a link between the increased use
and ...
Cardiovascular disease in dementia
(2016-12-08)
The objective of this thesis was to characterize the burden of cardiovascular diseases in patients with dementia, their treatment and association with survival. Further, we aimed to explore whether cardiac structure in ...
Chemical genetics and immunomodulation in Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium infection
(2015-04-08)
Salmonella sp. are versatile bacteria that survive and replicate in a plethora of environmental
niches and hosts, including humans. The illnesses caused by various serovars in humans
range from mild gastroenteritis to ...
On the role of bioactive sphingolipids and their metabolizing enzymes in cancer
(2017-03-13)
of long chain ceramides. Moreover, the sphingosine kinase 1 inhibitor 2-(p-hydroxyanilino)-4-(p-chlorophenyl) thiazole (SKI-II) sensitized HCC cells to selenite treatment by increasing the levels of ceramide subspecies, inducing reactive oxygen species...