Microbe–host communication is essential to maintain vital functions of a healthy host, and
its disruption has been associated with several diseases, including Crohn’s disease and …

… For absolute inequalities among males, I 2 =30.36%, test for residual heterogeneity p=…
p=0.0074. For relative inequalities among males, I 2 =24.28%, test for residual heterogeneity p=…

… This effect was detected by 2 min and persisted for 30 min (p < 0.001 versus basal level). …
Ceramide elevation was detected by 1–2 min and was maximal at 15 min (p < 0.001 versus …

Lymphadenopathy is a common radiological finding in many thoracic diseases and may be
caused by a variety of infectious, inflammatory, and neoplastic conditions. This review aims …

Background: Recently a scale was introduced to quantify the implementation of tobacco
control policies at country level. Our study used this scale to examine the potential impact of …

… Finally, Pm is also used in the measurement of P 0.1 , which is the pressure generated in
the first 100 ms of an inspiratory effort against a closed airway, and it correlates better with the …

People in Portugal have never been so healthy. Nevertheless, there are great differences in
health status between social groups and regions. In 1994, Portugal was the country with the …

… < 0.005) and acute renal failure before admission to the ICU (p < 0.001) … p < 0.05) and yeasts
(p < 0.006); and cranial trauma was associated with Staphylococcus aureus colonization (p …

… A positive association between gender and intestinal parasites (p<0.0001), as well as
protozoa (p<0.0001), helminths (p<0.0001) and poliparasitism (p<0.0001) were detected. Male …

… In order to test whether CD39 enzyme activity is important to limit P2X7 receptor
mediated NF-κB activation in LPS-primed macrophages, we next compared MyD88 and p-NF-κB …