We are continually exposed to organisms that are inhaled, swallowed, or inhabit our skin
and mucous membranes. Whether these organisms penetrate and cause disease is a result …

Collagen IV is the major protein found in basement membranes. It comprises three
heterotrimers (a1a1a2, a3a4a5, and a5a5a6) that form distinct networks, and are …

Background The hypereosinophilic syndrome is a group of diseases characterized by
persistent blood eosinophilia, defined as more than 1500 cells per microliter with end-organ …

Inflation is a process of continuously rising prices, or equivalently, of a continuously falling
value of money. Its importance stems from the pervasive role played by money in a modern …

Background Cycling is an attractive form of transport. It is beneficial to the individual as a
form of physical activity that may fit more readily into an individual's daily routine, such as for …

A model is presented that relates the proportion of bicycle journeys to work for English and
Welsh electoral wards to relevant socio-economic, transport and physical variables. A …

Objectives The causes of death among HIV-positive patients may have changed since the
introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). We investigated these changes …

To examine the effect of ambient temperature on metabolism during fatiguing submaximal
exercise, eight men cycled to exhaustion at a workload requiring 70% peak pulmonary …

A cell line, designated RS4; 11, was established from the bone marrow of a patient in
relapse with an acute leukemia that was characterized by the t (4; 11) chromosomal …

Although single-channel electrode arrays implanted in the scala tympani of deaf patients are
useful as an aid to lip reading and for distinguishing some environmental sounds, they do …