Published in Sexually transmitted infections
Our British population prevalence estimates indicate that T. vaginalis is a rare infection. These data support policies that restrict asymptomatic screening for T. vaginalis and suggest deployment of molecular tests should be focused within clinical settings and guided by symptoms and local demography.
Introduction: In recent decades, we witnessed a revolution in genetic technology. Some 20 years ago, analysing a single gene was quite laborious and time-consuming. In addition, diagnostic testing was only available for selected genes. Nowadays, whole exome analysis - a technique enabling sequencing of all protein coding sequences in the entire gen...
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Design of time-frequency localized filters and functions is a classical subject in the field of signal processing. Gabor's uncertainty principle states that a function cannot be localized in time and frequency domain simultaneously and there exists a nonzero lower bound of 0.25 on the product of its time variance and frequency variance called time-...
In spite of the best efforts of foundry engineers, many castings contain defects and need to be rejected, repaired, or recycled (remelted). This leads to an unnecessary wastage of production resources, reduced productivity, and delayed supply of parts to customers. The defects can be significantly reduced by identifying and controlling the relevant...
Hybrid nanoparticles with magnetic poly (lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) nanoparticle 'core', surface modified with folate-chitosan (fol-cht) conjugate 'shell' are evaluated as simultaneous anti-cancer therapeutic and MRI contrast agent. The fol-cht conjugate is prepared using carbodiimide crosslinking chemistry at an optimized folate to amine (chitos...
A high-performance MRI contrast agent and a drug nanocarrier have been realized in porous [email protected] nanorods (NRs). The [email protected] NRs of length similar to 520 nm and diameter similar to 180 nm are synthesized by annealing [email protected] nanorods at a temperature of 300. under continuous flow of forming gas. The magnetic measurement confirms that the ...
Published in Journal of clinical pathology
Our study validates the use of the revised and updated GG system in a mixed-ethnicity population of Asian men. Higher GG was significantly associated with increased risk of biochemical recurrence. We therefore recommend its use to inform clinical management for patients with prostate cancer.
Published in Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
Accurate diagnosis of vertebral osteoporotic fractures is crucial for the identification of individuals at high risk of future fractures. Different methods for radiological assessment of vertebral fractures exist, but a gold standard is lacking. The aim of our study was to estimate statistical measures of agreement and prevalence of osteoporotic ve...
