CGKB: an annotation knowledge base for cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) methylation filtered genomic genespace sequences.

Background: Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] is one of the most important food and forage legumes in the semi-arid tropics because of its ability to tolerate drought and grow on poor soils.

Adding value to clinical data by linkage to a public death registry.

We describe the methodology and impact of merging detailed statewide mortality data into the master patient index tables of the clinical data repository (CDR) of the University of Virginia Health System (UVAHS). We employ three broadly inclusive linkage passes (designed to result in large numbers of false positives) to match the patients in the CDR to those in the statewide files using the following criteria: a) Social Security Number; b) Patient Last Name and Birth Date; c) Patient Last Name and Patient First Name. The results from these initial matches are refined by calculation and assignment of a total score comprised of partial scores depending on the quality of matching between the various identifiers.

MRI changes during water loading in patients with polydipsia and intermittent hyponatremia.

Objective: Patients with polydipsia and intermittent hyponatremia have greater ventricle-brain ratios (VBRs) than matched patients without polydipsia and intermittent hyponatremia and normal subjects. Unlike previous studies, this study controlled for the impact of water loading when examining the volume of intracranial structures.

Method: Under controlled conditions, eight male schizophrenic patients with polydipsia and intermittent hyponatremia were first assigned to either normal fluid intake or oral water loading and then the alternative condition the following day.

Tissue composition affects measures of postabsorptive human skeletal muscle metabolism: comparison across genders.

Despite clear anthropomorphic differences, gender differences in human skeletal muscle protein and carbohydrate metabolism have not been carefully examined. We compared postabsorptive forearm glucose, oxygen, and lactate balances and forearm protein kinetics between 40 male and 36 female subjects. Forearm composition was measured in a subset of 17 subjects (8 males and 9 females) using multislice magnetic resonance imaging.