[Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) method applied to anticoagulation of patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation].

Objectives: To contribute to the improvement of the process of anticoagulation in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) through awareness and training activities for Primary Care Physicians.

Materials And Methods: A total of 38 focus groups, sequenced according to an adaptation of the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) method. Each meeting was driven by «brainstorming» methodology.

No clinical predictors of intraepithelial neoplasia in HIV-positive patients with external condilomata acuminata.

To identify clinical parameters in association with human papilloma virus (HPV) genotypes and histopathology diagnosis in HIV-positive patients with external condylomata acuminata (ECA), 400 Chilean HIV-positive patients were included in the study. Forty-seven patients presented ECA. Clinical parameters and socio demographic data were recorded.

Initial human feasibility study of DC ablation as a treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia: 6 month follow-up data.

Direct current (DC) ablation is a novel non-thermal technology that causes focused coagulative necrosis in the lateral lobes of the prostate to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The necrosis is caused by a zone of non-physiologic pH which is created in a predictable pattern around each electrode in which a direct current is applied during treatment. The objective of this study was to optimize treatment parameters and assess treatment tolerability using transurethral DC ablation as an office-based treatment for BPH.

Targeting of proConA to the plant vacuole depends on its nine amino-acid C-terminal propeptide.

Concanavalin A (ConA) is a well characterized and extensively used lectin accumulated in the protein bodies of jack bean cotyledons. ConA is synthesized as an inactive precursor proConA. The maturation of inactive proConA into biologically active ConA is a complex process including the removal of an internal glycopeptide and a C-terminal propeptide (CTPP), followed by a head-to-tail ligation of the two largest polypeptides.

Natural Infection of Canavalia ensiformis with Tobacco mosaic virus in Venezuela.

Jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis) is a valuable green manure and cover-crop species. In late summer of 2002, jack bean plants showing severe stunting, leaf mosaic, mottling, distortion, and general yellowing were observed in fields located in Maracay, Aragua State, Venezuela. Sap from symptomatic leaves was used to mechanically inoculate healthy jack bean, and field symptoms were successfully reproduced.