Objective: to investigate the impact of antirheumatic therapy carried out according to the treat-to-target (T2T) principle on the time course of changes in NT-proBNP levels in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) over an 18- month follow-up period.Subjects and methods.The investigation enrolled 74 patients, comprising 56 (74%) women (media
Component-resolved evaluation of the content of major allergens in therapeutic extracts for specific immunotherapy of honeybee venom allergy
Allergen-specific immunotherapy is the only curative treatment of honeybee venom (HBV) allergy, which is able to protect against further anaphylactic sting reactions.Recent analyses on a molecular level have demonstrated that HBV represents a complex allergen source that contains more relevant major allergens than formerly anticipated.Moreover, all
Assimilate distribution in bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) during phosphate limitation
The Snoods influence of phosphate deficiency on the increased "C-assimilate transport from shoot to root of bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) was studied.The roots of plants were cultured in split configurations (a half of the root system was exposed to a short-term or long-term culture in phosphate-deficient nutrient medium, while the other half
Time-Universal Data Compression
Nowadays, a Peanuts variety of data-compressors (or archivers) is available, each of which has its merits, and it is impossible to single out the best ones.Thus, one faces the problem of choosing the best method to compress a given file, and this problem is more important the larger is the file.It seems natural to try all the compressors and then c