... Laboratory biomarkers Albumin Micronutrients Biomarkers Vitamins Trace elements Key Messages There are no sensitive or specific laboratory biomarkers of body protein status. Visceral circulating proteins, including serum albumin and prealbumin, offer no benefit over standard...

..., Among Women Only ( Tra donne sole ), presenting it as a psychological “laboratory” in which the intensely private Pavese explores the rationale for suicide on the very public stage of the novel. The author argues that the writing of Tra donne sole was one of the self-willed steps that made...

... Protein Vitamin Laboratory test Malabsorption Deficiency Key Messages • Identification and prevention of malnutrition is crucial in the ill child • An understanding of the relationship between measures of visceral protein status and inflammatory responses and changes in fluid...

... soybean oil emulsions with multicomponent emulsions in preterm infants did not demonstrate a difference in laboratory values, growth or outcome until discharge home [ 19 ]. However, a weak favorable association of non-purely soybean-based emulsions with the incidence of sepsis (RR: 0.75; 95% CI: 0.56...

.... Depending on the fatty acid type, LEs may also have significant immunomodulatory effects. All LEs, starting with soybean oil-based LE and subsequently with medium-chain triglycerides-, olive oil- and fish oil-based LEs, have been investigated in newborns and infants. Laboratory data (mainly liver enzymes...

... are used as detection systems. The analytical sensitivity varies from less than 10 copies with SPF10 primers with purified DNA to around 1,000 copies with the GP5+/6+ primers in crude extracts [ 8 ]. Numerous commercial laboratories have made up their own PCRs which are at best internally validated. Since...

... been estimated by a wide range of laboratory and human studies, which have helped to develop anticaries effective formulations and understand their mechanism of action. These studies have focused on the availability of fluoride in the toothpaste formulations, its bioavailability in saliva and remnants...

... Abstract Plasma testosterone concentrations in men, first quantified nearly half a century ago, are now measured routinely as a primary index of androgen status. Most clinical laboratories employ a multichannel, fully automated analyzer. Current evidence suggests that these analyzers...

... Abstract If there is an outbreak of emerging viral infections in Southeast Asia a pathology laboratorywill provide a crucial role to complement the virology laboratory even though the numberof suitably trained pathologists in the region is vastly reduced compared to Western countries.A...