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Exposure and acceptance in patients with chronic debilitating pain : a behavior therapy model to improve functioning and quality of life
(2009-01-16)
A large number of patients suffer from reduced functioning and quality of
life due to longstanding pain. The importance of psychological factors is
undisputable and there is today substantial empirical support for
treatments ...
Leukocyte activation in newborns in relation to prenatal stress
(2009-11-05)
The aim of this project is to describe the pattern of innate immunity responses at birth with focus on the recruitment of leukocytes such as eosinophils and neutrophils and their content of cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide ...
Determinants of long term course in bipolar disorder
(2010-05-14)
Introduction: Bipolar disorder (BP) is a common and severe psychiatric
illness with a high variability. An early treatment is often crucial for
a good prognosis, but it is difficult for clinicians to define high ...
Epidemiological and recovery facilitating studies of an urban population of stroke patients in Iran
(2010-05-28)
Introduction: Approximately 15 million people have a stroke annually in the world, of whom one third will die within one year and one third will suffer permanent disability. Over 85% of these deaths happen in people living ...
Acanthamoeba castellanii as a host and model to study bacterial virulence
(2009-05-21)
Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent of cholera, a waterborne diarrheal disease and it is believed to be strictly extracellular bacterium. Cholera remains as a global public health threat affecting most of the developing ...
Characterization of RNA polymerase II subunit Rpb7 in silencing and transcription
(2009-11-13)
in the pol II subunit Rpb7 caused a specific defect in centromeric heterochromatin formation. We have shown i) that the centromeric transcripts that accumulate in dcr1delta cells are products of pol II, ii) the rpbG150D mutation is deficient in recognition...
SARS coronavirus : the role of accessory proteins and nitric oxide in the replication cycle
(2008-08-28)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) caused the first
pandemic of the 21st century. The etiological agent was identified as a
novel coronavirus. Until then, human coronaviruses (HCoVs) had only ...
Synthetic studies of nitrogen containing heterocycles, particularly pyrazole and benzotriazine derivatives
(2009-11-06)
This thesis will mainly focus on the chemistry of nitrogen containing heterocyclic compounds, particularly pyrazole and benzotriazine and related ring systems to these compounds. The first part includes a short introduction ...
Injury profile and injury risk factors in junior tennis players
(2010-05-28)
-nine players sustained totally 100 new and recurrent injuries, 73 injuries in boys and 27 injuries in girls. Injury incidence for both genders was 2.3 injuries/1000 hours of tennis playing time, for boys 1.7 injuries/1000 hours and for girls 0.6 injuries/1000...
Studies of cannabinoid receptor 1 in mantle cell lymphoma
(2008-11-21)
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a malignant B-cell lymphoma that affects
older individuals and has a male predominance. MCL has one of the worst
prognoses among lymphomas and currently there is a search for a curative
therapy. ...