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    • Magnetic resonance venography to assess thrombus resolution with edoxaban monotherapy versus parenteral anticoagulation/warfarin for symptomatic deep vein thrombosis: A multicenter feasibility study 

      Piazza, Gregory; Mani, Venkatesh; Goldhaber, Samuel Z; Grosso, Michael A; Mercuri, Michele; Lanz, Hans J; Schussler, Steven; Hsu, Ching; Chinigo, Amy; Ritchie, Bruce; Nadar, Venkatesh; Cannon, Kevin; Pullman, John; Concha, Mauricio; Schul, Marlin; Fayad, Zahi A (SAGE Publications, 2016)
      The feasibility of magnetic resonance venography (MRV) for measuring change in thrombus volume with a novel anticoagulation regimen versus standard anticoagulation in patients with symptomatic deep vein thrombosis (DVT) ...

    • Magnetic sensing technology for molecular analyses 

      Issadore, D.; Park, Y. I.; Shao, H.; Min, C.; Lee, K.; Liong, M.; Weissleder, R.; Lee, H. (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014)
      Magnetic biosensors, based on nanomaterials and miniature electronics, have emerged as a powerful diagnostic platform. Benefiting from the inherently negligible magnetic background of biological objects, magnetic detection ...

    • Magnetization Transfer From Inhomogeneously Broadened Lines: A Potential Marker for Myelin 

      Varma, Gopal; Duhamel, Guillaume; de Bazelaire, Cedric; Alsop, David (Wiley, 2015-02)
      Purpose To characterize a new approach to magnetization transfer (MT) imaging with improved specificity for myelinated tissues relative to conventional MT. Methods Magnetization transfer preparation sequences were ...

    • A magneto-DNA nanoparticle system for the rapid and sensitive diagnosis of enteric fever 

      Park, Ki Soo; Chung, Hyun Jung; Khanam, Farhana; Lee, Hakho; Rashu, Rasheduzzaman; Bhuiyan, Md. Taufiqur; Berger, Amanda; Harris, Jason B.; Calderwood, Stephen B.; Ryan, Edward T.; Qadri, Firdausi; Weissleder, Ralph; Charles, Richelle C. (Nature Publishing Group, 2016)
      There is currently no widely available optimal assay for diagnosing patients with enteric fever. Here we present a novel assay designed to detect amplified Salmonella nucleic acid (mRNA) using magneto-DNA probes and a ...

    • Magneto-Fluorescent Core-Shell Supernanoparticles 

      Chen, Ou; Riedemann, Lars; Etoc, Fred; Herrmann, Hendrik; Coppey, Mathieu; Barch, Mariya; Farrar, Christian T.; Zhao, Jing; Bruns, Oliver T.; Wei, He; Guo, Peng; Cui, Jian; Jensen, Russ; Chen, Yue; Harris, Daniel K.; Cordero, Jose M.; Wang, Zhongwu; Jasanoff, Alan; Fukumura, Dai; Reimer, Rudolph; Dahan, Maxime; Jain, Rakesh K.; Bawendi, Moungi G. (2014)
      Magneto-fluorescent particles have been recognized as an emerging class of materials that exhibit great potential in advanced applications. However, synthesizing such magneto-fluorescent nanomaterials that simultaneously ...

    • Maintaining a grateful disposition in the face of distress: The role of religious coping. 

      Rosmarin, David Hillel; Pirutinsky, Steven; Greer, Devora; Korbman, Miriam (American Psychological Association (APA), 2016)
      Despite a surge in psychological research on gratitude over the past several years, a number of important questions remain unanswered about this highly valued trait. It is largely unknown, for example, how gratitude is ...

    • Maintaining Rapid Antidepressant Effects Following Ketamine Infusion 

      Papakostas, George (Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc, 2020-02-04)
      Objective: Several controlled trials have demonstrated intravenous ketamine's rapid effects. As a result, the use of this off-label treatment has grown exponentially in recent years. This number is expected to continue to ...

    • The Maintenance of Lymphatic Vessels in the Cornea Is Dependent on the Presence of Macrophages 

      Maruyama, Kazuichi; Nakazawa, Toru; Cursiefen, Claus; Maruyama, Yuko; Van Rooijen, Nico; D'Amore, Patricia Ann; Kinoshita, Shigeru (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), 2012)
      Purpose.: It has been shown previously that the presence in the cornea of antigen-presenting cells (APC), such as macrophages (MPS) and lymphangiogenesis, is a risk for corneal transplantation. We sought to determine whether ...

    • Maintenance of tumor initiating cells of defined genetic composition by nucleostemin 

      Okamoto, Naoko; Yasukawa, Mami; Nguyen, Christine; Kasim, Vivi; Maida, Yoshiko; Possemato, Richard; Shibata, Tatsuhiro; Ligon, Keith L.; Fukami, Kiyoko; Hahn, William C.; Masutomi, Kenkichi (National Academy of Sciences, 2011)
      Recent work has identified a subset of cells resident in tumors that exhibit properties similar to those found in normal stem cells. Such cells are highly tumorigenic and may be involved in resistance to treatment. However, ...

    • Major Copy Proportion Analysis of Tumor Samples Using SNP Arrays 

      Li, Cheng; Beroukhim, Rameen; Weir, Barbara Ann; Winckler, Wendy; Garraway, Levi Alexander; Sellers, William R; Meyerson, Matthew Langer (BioMed Central, 2008)
      Background: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are the most common genetic variations in the human genome and are useful as genomic markers. Oligonucleotide SNP microarrays have been developed for high-throughput ...

    • Major Dietary Patterns and Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Young Brazilian Adults 

      Olinto, Maria Teresa A.; Gigante, Denise P.; Horta, Bernardo; Silveira, Vera; Oliveira, Isabel; Willett, Walter C. (Springer-Verlag, 2011)
      Purpose: Diet is one of the most important modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. The scientific literature has consistently shown the effects of certain diets on health; however, given the variety of cultures ...

    • Major Dietary Patterns in Relation to General and Central Obesity among Chinese Adults 

      Yu, Canqing; Shi, Zumin; Lv, Jun; Du, Huaidong; Qi, Lu; Guo, Yu; Bian, Zheng; Chang, Liang; Tang, Xuefeng; Jiang, Qilian; Mu, Huaiyi; Pan, Dongxia; Chen, Junshi; Chen, Zhengming; Li, Liming (MDPI, 2015)
      Limited evidence exists for the association between diet pattern and obesity phenotypes among Chinese adults. In the present study, we analyzed the cross-sectional data from 474,192 adults aged 30–79 years from the China ...

    • A Major Genetic Locus Controlling Natural Plasmodium falciparum Infection is Shared by East and West African Anopheles gambiae 

      Riehle, Michelle M; Markianos, Kyriacos; Lambrechts, Louis; Xia, Ai; Sharakhov, Igor; Koella, Jacob C; Vernick, Kenneth D (BioMed Central, 2007)
      Background: Genetic linkage mapping identified a region of chromosome 2L in the Anopheles gambiae genome that exerts major control over natural infection by Plasmodium falciparum. This 2L Plasmodium-resistance interval was ...

    • A Major Histocompatibility Class I Locus Contributes to Multiple Sclerosis Susceptibility Independently from HLA-DRB1*15:01 

      Cree, Bruce A. C.; Rioux, John D.; McCauley, Jacob L.; Gourraud, Pierre-Antoine F. D.; Goyette, Philippe; Santaniello, Adam; Vyse, Timothy J.; Gregersen, Peter K.; Mirel, Daniel; Haines, Jonathan L.; Pericak-Vance, Margaret A.; Compston, Alastair; Sawcer, Stephen J.; Oksenberg, Jorge R.; Hauser, Stephen L.; Kleinschnitz, Christoph; McElroy, Joseph; De Jager, Philip Lawrence; Hafler, David A. (Public Library of Science, 2010)
      Background: In Northern European descended populations, genetic susceptibility for multiple sclerosis (MS) is associated with alleles of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) Class II gene DRB1. Whether other major histocompatibility ...

    • Major Trends in Mobility Technology Research and Development: Overview of the Results of the NSF-WTEC European Study 

      Reinkensmeyer, David J; Bonato, Paolo; Boninger, Michael L; Chan, Leighton; Cowan, Rachel E; Fregly, Benjamin J; Rodgers, Mary M (BioMed Central, 2012)
      Mobility technologies, including wheelchairs, prostheses, joint replacements, assistive devices, and therapeutic exercise equipment help millions of people participate in desired life activities. Yet, these technologies ...

    • Making MR Imaging Child's Play - Pediatric Neuroimaging Protocol, Guidelines and Procedure 

      Raschle, Nora M.; Lee, Michelle Ann; Buechler, Roman; Christodoulou, Joanna A; Chang, Maria; Vakil, Monica; Stering, Patrice L.; Gaab, Nadine (MyJove Corporation, 2009)
      Within the last decade there has been an increase in the use of structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate the neural basis of human perception, cognition and behavior 1, 2. Moreover, this ...

    • Making progress towards food security: evidence from an intervention in three rural districts of Rwanda 

      Nsabuwera, Vincent; Hedt-Gauthier, Bethany; Khogali, Mohammed; Edginton, Mary; Hinderaker, Sven G; Nisingizwe, Marie Paul; Tihabyona, Jean de Dieu; Sikubwabo, Benoit; Sembagare, Samuel; Habinshuti, Antoinette; Drobac, Peter (Cambridge University Press, 2015)
      Objective: Determining interventions to address food insecurity and poverty, as well as setting targets to be achieved in a specific time period have been a persistent challenge for development practitioners and decision ...

    • Making sense of cancer genomic data 

      Chin, Lynda; Hahn, William; Getz, Gad; Meyerson, Matthew (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2011)
      High-throughput tools for nucleic acid characterization now provide the means to conduct comprehensive analyses of all somatic alterations in the cancer genomes. Both large-scale and focused efforts have identified new ...

    • Making strides in women’s mental health care delivery in rural Ethiopia: demographics of a female outpatient psychiatric cohort at Jimma University Specialized Hospital (2006–2008) 

      Chemali, Zeina N; Borba, Christina PC; Henderson, Tanya E; Tesfaye, Markos (Dove Medical Press, 2013)
      This paper presents the delivery of mental health care to a sample of women living in Jimma, rural Ethiopia, and their access to mental health services. A total of 226 psychiatric charts were reviewed for women seen at ...

    • Making the Case for Better Integration of Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment for HIV-Infected Women Attending Care and Treatment Clinics in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 

      McCree-Hale, Renicha; Aris, Eric; Chalamilla, Guerino; Andrew, Irene; Mwaiselage, Julius; Spiegelman, Donna Lynn; Hirschorn, Lisa; Fawzi, Wafaie W. (BioMed Central, 2012)