Use of B-type natriuretic peptide in the management of acute dyspnea in patients with pulmonary disease (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In patients with pulmonary disease, it is often challenging to distinguish exacerbated pulmonary disease from congestive heart failure (CHF). The impact of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP)
A land use regression model for predicting ambient fine particulate matter across Los Angeles, CA (Publications)
Land use regression (LUR) models have been used successfully for predicting local variation in traffic pollution, but few studies have explored this method for deriving fine particle exposure surfaces
MAP kinase kinase 1 (MKK1) is essential for transmission of <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> by <em>Glossina morsitans</em> (Publications)
MAP kinase kinase 1 (MKK1) is encoded by a single copy gene in Trypanosoma brucei. It has been shown recently that MKK1 is not essential for bloodstream forms [14]. To investigate the requirement for
Use of B-type natriuretic peptide in the evaluation and management of acute dyspnea (Publications)
BACKGROUND: B-type natriuretic peptide levels are higher in patients with congestive heart failure than in patients with dyspnea from other causes. METHODS: We conducted a prospective, randomized, con
Cost-effectiveness of intracoronary ultrasound for percutaneous coronary interventions (Publications)
The Strategy for Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) guided PTCA and Stenting trial included a prospectively designed economic analysis to investigate whether routine IVUS guidance intervention is cost-ef
Brain development in the yellow fever mosquito <em>Aedes aegypti</em>: a comparative immunocytochemical analysis using cross-reacting antibodies from... (Publications)
Considerable effort has been directed towards understanding the organization and function of peripheral and central nervous system of disease vector mosquitoes such as Aedes aegypti. To date, all of t
Case definitions of clinical malaria under different transmission conditions in Kilifi District, Kenya (Publications)
Background. Clear case definitions of malaria are an essential means of evaluating the effectiveness of present and proposed interventions in malaria. The clinical signs of malaria are nonspecific, an