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Lieschen, Venter Visagie, Stephan E.
(2013-06-27)
This file supplies the input data for four petrochemical blending problems.
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Nasila Sungwacha, John Tyler, Joanne Longo-Mbenza, Benjamin Lasi On'Kin, Jean Bosco Kasiam Gombet, Thierry Erasmus, Rajiv T.
(BioMed Central, 2013-06)
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To provide a step-by-step description of the application of factor analysis and interpretation of the results based on anthropometric parameters(body mass index or BMI ...
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Matsha, Tandi E. Yako, Yandiswa Y. Rensburg, Megan A. Hassan, Mogamat S. Kengne, Andre P. Erasmus, Rajiv T.
(BioMed Central, 2013-04)
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Population-based data on the burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in sub-Saharan Africa is still very limited. We assessed the prevalence and determinants of CKD, and ...
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Dodgen, Tyren M. Hochfeld, Warren E. Fickl, Heidi Asfaha, Sahle M. Durandt, Chrisna Rheeder, Paul Drogemoller, Britt I. Wright, Galen E. B. Warnich, Louise Labuschagne, Christiaan D. J. Van Schalkwyk, Antoinette Gaedigk, Andrea Pepper, Michael S.
(BioMed Central, 2013-01)
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Adverse drug reactions and lack of therapeutic efficacy associated with currently prescribed pharmacotherapeutics may be attributed, in part, to inter-individual variability ...
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Nguema-Ona, Eric Moore, John P. Fagerström, Alexandra D. Fangel, Jonatan U. Willats, William G. T. Hugo, Annatjie Vivier, Melane A.
(BioMed Central, 2013-03)
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Constitutive expression of Vitis vinifera polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein 1 (Vvpgip1) has been shown to protect tobacco plants against Botrytis cinerea. Evidence ...
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Rohwer, Anke Young, Taryn Van Schalkwyk, Susan
(BioMed Central, 2013-05)
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Teaching the steps of evidence-based medicine (EBM) to undergraduate as well as postgraduate health care professionals is crucial for implementation of effective, beneficial ...
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Demers, Anne-Marie Verver, Suzanne Boulle, Andrew Warren, Robin Van Helden, Paul Behr, Marcel A. Coetzee, David
(BioMed Central, 2012-09)
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In most of the world, microbiologic diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is limited to microscopy. Recent guidelines recommend culture-based diagnosis where feasible.
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Morris, Linzette D. Grimmer-Somers, Karen A. Louw, Quinette A. Sullivan, Michael J.
(BioMed Central, 2012-11-22)
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Pain catastrophization has recently been recognized as a barrier to the healthy development of physical functioning among chronic pain patients. Levels of pain ...
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Van Soelen, Nelda Mandalakas, Anna M. Kirchner, H. L. Walzl, Gerhard Grewal, Harleen M. S. Jacobsen, Marc Hesseling, Anneke C.
(BioMed Central, 2012-09)
AbstractBackgroundM.tuberculosis (M.tb) is associated with enhanced T helper cell type 1 (Th1) immune responses while helminth infection is associated with T helper cell type 2 (Th2) immune responses. Our aim was to ...
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Fourie, Pieter
(BioMed Central, 2013-03-05)
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In much of the world, President George W. Bush was not admired for his foreign policy and diplomacy. It is therefore ironic that Bush’s single most uncontested foreign ...
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Innes, Steve Cotton, Mark F. Haubrich, Richard Conradie, Maria M. van Niekerk, Margaret Edson, Clair Rabie, Helena Jain, Sonia Sun, Xiaoying Zöllner, Ekkehard W. Hough, Stephen Browne, Sara H.
(BioMed Central, 2012-11)
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Despite changes in WHO guidelines, stavudine is still used extensively for treatment of pediatric HIV in the developing world. Lipoatrophy in sub-Saharan African children ...
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Mugambi, Mary N. Musekiwa, Alfred Lombard, Martani Young, Taryn Blaauw, Renee
(BioMed Central, 2012-10)
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Synbiotics, probiotics or prebiotics are being added to infant formula to promote growth and development in infants. Previous reviews (2007 to 2011) on term infants given ...
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Rengan, Anil K. Agarwal, Ashok Van Der Linde, Michelle Du Plessis, Stefan S.
(BioMed Central, 2012-11)
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Recent studies have shown cytoplasmic droplets to be normal morphological occurrences in human male spermatozoa. When the cytoplasm around the sperm midpiece is present in large amounts, however, pathological ...
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Emsley, Robin Chiliza, Bonginkosi Asmal, Laila Harvey, Brian H.
(2013-02)
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Multiple relapses characterise the course of illness in most patients with schizophrenia, yet the nature of these episodes has not been extensively researched and ...
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Jacobson, Dan Emerton, Guy
(BioMed Central, 2012-08)
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Gene Set Analysis (GSA) has proven to be a useful approach to microarray analysis. However, most of the method development for GSA has focused on the statistical tests ...