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Showing 1 to 20 of 145 for “"PAP"”.
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Development of prostrate cancer vaccine using PAP as target antigen
… rarely curative. The prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) is prostate specific protein over-expressed in more than 90% of prostate tumours. Although an FDA-approved vaccine for the treatment of advanced prostate disease, PROVENGE® (sipuleucel-T), has been shown to prolong survival, the precise …
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Noninfectious factors associated with cervical inflammation on Pap smear results
… sexually transmitted disease, previous abnormal Pap smears, and no current abnormal vaginal symptoms. This non-experimental retrospective study was conducted using medical record review with complete confidentiality of the sample maintained at all times. The study population consisted of women …
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PAP Singapore : a case study of stationary bandit in a market economy
… in the Singapore of the People s Action Party (PAP). Ronald Coase s theorem of transaction costs, Steven Cheung s economics of property rights and Douglass North s theories of institutions and institutional change, collectively, provide a theoretical framework that allows this study to examine …
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The Nutritive Value and Supplementation of ogi (pap), the Major Nigerian Weaning Food
<p>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the nutritive value of ogi, which is the national weaning food in Nigeria, and to supplement it with indigenous foods that are easily produced in Nigeria, available in the local market, locally used, and within the economic capacity of the people. The …
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Telehealth Training of Caregivers to Increase PAP Machine Use in Adults with Down syndrome
… treatment of OSA is Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) therapy. However, adherence to PAP therapy prescriptions is low. The high prevalence of OSA and low adherence with PAP therapy emphasized the need for an intervention to increase PAP machine use in individuals with DS. The following study …
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Socio-Economic and Demographic Predictors of Mammography and Pap Smear Screening in US Women
… indicate that utilization of mammograms and Pap smears overall has increased, but many disparities still exist amongst groups who actually receive the preventative screenings.
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Analysing the role of SAL1/PAP retrograde signalling within the circadian system of Arabidopsis thaliana
… SAL1 is a redox-sensitive component of the SAL1-PAP-XRN retrograde signalling pathway, and influences nuclear gene expression in response to stress by modulating the levels of its substrate, 3’-phosphoadenosine 5’-phosphate (PAP). PAP accumulates in chloroplasts under abiotic stress and inhibits …
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Barriers and facilitators to colposcopy attendance following an abnormal pap smear: patient and provider perspectives
… is only beneficial if women with abnormal Papanicolaou (Pap) smears are appropriately investigated. Colposcopy attendance following an abnormal Pap smear is a major problem in South Africa. The aim of this study was to explore barriers and facilitators to colposcopy attendance following an …
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A two phase local study, comparing liquid-based cytology to the conventional cervical pap smear
… where only 5% of women receive a repeat PAP smear within a five year period. The lifetime risk for the development of cervical cancer in black South African women is an estimated 1 :26 compared to 1 :83 for white South African women, the majority of whom have been screened. The age …
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Papanicolaou (Pap) Test and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Test Adherence: Sexual Violence Victims and Fear of Retraumatization
… factors that affect their decision for getting Pap and HPV tests. Public health must understand the sexual violence victims, a subgroup of women who faced the onset of trauma and explore their adherence to routine screening. This study investigated whether sexual women with a history of sexual …
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Studien zur zellbiologischen Funktion des „Progressions-assoziierten Proteins“ (PAP) und dessen Bedeutung für die Invasivität von Mammakarzinomzellen
… MCF-7ADR das „Progressions-assoziierte Protein“ (PAP) identifiziert, in der nicht-invasiven Zellinie MCF-7 konnte dagegen keine Expression nachgewiesen werden. Die Aufgabenstellung dieser Arbeit ist die Klärung der Bedeutung der Expression dieses Gens für die Veränderung einer Zelle von einem …
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Marketing health care services for a preventive health care agency : a categorical study
… targeted for study was women with positive Pap smears. A comparison group of women with negative Pap smears was sampled from the same clinic during the time frame July 1, 1982, to July 1, 1984.Nine research questions were investigated. Responses have been reported relative to the following …
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Knowledge, practice and barriers concerning cervical cancer screening among female overseas Filipino workers: a web-based mixed methods approach
… uptake of cervical cancer screening (e.g., pap-testing) is low. In 2015, 2.34 million overseas Filipino workers (OFW) were recorded. Migration may present additional barriers to accessing pap-testing. Gaining understanding of barriers and facilitators to pap-testing for OFWs is crucial to …
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A study to determine Cervical Cancer awareness and uptake of PAP Smear among women above 18 years of age in Livingstone District
… the level of cervical cancer awareness and Pap smear uptake among the women aged 18 years and above in Livingstone District. The specific objectives were to assess cervical cancer awareness among women above 18 years old; assess the level of utilization of the Pap smear services by women …
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The relative importance of barriers to cervical cancer screening in older women : A review of 140 women and their pap smear providers
… between 50 and 69 years (M "'58.21 years) and 23 Pap smear providers completed a Cervical Cancer Screening Questionnaire designed to identify the relative importance of barriers to attendance for cervical screening, as well as providers own barriers and issues. Responsibility for health, …
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The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) and the Niger Delta: analysing the role of local communities in the programme between 1999 and 2017
… focusing on the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) in Nigeria's Niger Delta. The Niger Delta has faced protracted unrest due to tensions between minority ethnic groups, the government, and multinational oil companies (MNOCs) operating in the area. In 2009, the government implemented the PAP …
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Binding Determinants of HIV-1 REV RNA to the Pokeweed Antiviral Protein
The pokeweed antiviral protein (PAP) is an N-glycosidase that removes an adenine residue from the sarcin/ricin loop (SRL) of rRNA through a process called depurination. PAP has also been shown to depurinate the ORF of Rev RNA of HIV-1 in vivo without causing toxicity. The sequence and structure of …
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Investigation of Machine-Learning Techniques for Pulmonary Artery Pressure Estimation from Electrical Impedance Tomography Images
Pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) is measured for the diagnosis and monitoring of pathologies such as congestive heart failure. Unfortunately, current modalities used for PAP measurements have disadvantages which reduce their use. One proposal to address these issues is the measurement of PAP using a …
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Identification of the Pokeweed Antiviral Protein Interactome by Co-Immunoprecipitation-Mass Spectrometry
… a RIP called pokeweed antiviral protein (PAP). The objective of this work is to investigate the role of PAP by mapping out the PAP-protein interactome; this will elucidate PAP’s function by implicating the processes in which it is involved. Co-immunoprecipitation coupled with mass …
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Mechanisms affecting post-activation potentiation following voluntary isokinetic knee extension
… designed to: 1) determine whether the voluntary PAP effects commonly observed after conditioning activity (CA; i.e. muscular contraction prior to a ‘test’ contraction) are a consequence of acute neuromuscular alterations relating to the CA itself, or whether they simply reflect warm-up and/or …
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