Publicaties

The biguanide metformin belongs to the cornerstone therapeutics in treating type II diabetes mellitus. Chronic treatment of diabetic patients with metformin also reduces the development of micro- and macrovascular complications including atherosclerosis. However, the mechanisms driving its anti-atherogenic properties, beyond those of its anti-hyperglycemic effects, are not completely understood. In the present study, we aimed to further clarify ...

Purpose: To develop an optimal electroporation protocol for plasmid (pDNA) transfection of a human corneal epithelial cell (hCEC) line and investigate the immunomodulatory capacity of interleukin 10 and Fas ligand (FasL) transfection on hCECs. Design: A controlled experimental study. Methods: Human corneal epithelial cells were electroporated with pDNA encoding enhanced green fluorescent protein, interleukin 10, or FasL. Supernatants were ...

The seed oil of Adenanthera pavonina L. (Fabaceaea) collected in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo was analyzed for its proximate, lipids, mineral fatty acid and amino acid profiles, carbohydrate, mineral elements starch and fiber compositions. The mean values of various nutrients for proximate composition (%) were: moisture 7.36  1.08%, crude proteins 31.04  2.30, crude lipids or fats 11.03  1.41, total fiber dietary 7.84  0.04, ...

In 2008 werd via een bevraging aan huis van 915 jonge kinderen (18-24 maanden) en 1319 adolescenten (13-14 jaar) gepeild naar de vaccinatiegraad van de door Vlaanderen gratis aangeboden vaccins. Uit de resultaten blijkt dat minstens 95% van de jonge kinderen volledig gevaccineerd is tegen polio, difterie-tetanus-pertussis, infecties met H. influenzae type b, hepatitis B (HBV), mazelen-bof-rubella (MBR) en infecties met meningokokken van ...

Methylxanthines, waaronder coffeïne, behoren al jaren tot de meest frequent voorgeschreven medicijnen in de neonatologie en zijn effectief in de behandeling van apneus bij prematuren. Onbekend is of coffeïne schadelijk is voor de hersenontwikkeling en daardoor leidt tot toename van overleving in combinatie met meer ontwikkelingsproblemen op de lange termijn. Eén recent gepubliceerde, gerandomiseerde multicenter trial heeft onderzocht of coffeïne ...

This article emphasizes on the disputes and organization processes of a popular shopping center – called “Camelódromo” – located in downtown Porto Alegre/RS. Based a multi-sited participant observation, this paper argues, on the one hand, governmentality strategies associated to the state’s persuasive force by relating the necessity of sanitation and urbanization of the public space to the spatial and identitarian displacement of informal ...

This article proposes a strategy for developing anthropological research about socio-environmental conflicts by articulating four perspectives (historical, political, economic and subject-oriented) with the main dimensions that political ecology privileges (multi-scale, multi-temporal, multi-sited and multi-agent). To illustrate this methodology, the article discusses the case of rural communities in the Guaviare region that have been the target ...