Background: Aging and an increased fall risk have been demonstrated in hemodialysis patients at home and in a facility. However, studies investigating the cause of falls to prevent fractures in dialysis rooms are scarce. This study aimed to explore the related factors for accidental falls statistically in dialysis facilities for future fall prevention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: A simpler method for detecting atherosclerosis obliterans is required in the clinical setting. Laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) is easy to perform and can accurately detect deterioration in skin perfusion. We performed LDF for hemodialysis patients to determine the correlations between blood flow in the lower limbs and peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCry4Aa produced by Bacillus thuringiensis is a dipteran-specific toxin and is of great interest for developing a bioinsecticide to control mosquitoes. Therefore, it is very important to characterize the functional motif of Cry4Aa that is responsible for its mosquitocidal activity. In this study, to characterize a potential receptor binding site, namely, loops 1, 2, and 3 in domain II, we constructed a series of Cry4Aa mutants in which a residue in these three loops was replaced with alanine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCry4Aa produced by Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (Bti) exhibits a specific toxicity to Anopheles, Aedes, and Culex larvae, which are vectors of serious diseases, and formulations of Bti are used worldwide for mosquito control. In general, domain II of the Cry toxin is believed to be important for target specificity, and three loops (loops 1, 2, and 3) in domain II have been studied extensively.
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