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A pilot study on the health related quality of life of symptomatic pediatric patients with celiac disease
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Background: Celiac disease affects 1% of the population and the only treatment for CD is life-long adherence to a gluten-free diet, this affects every aspect of life including emotional, social, physical and psychological which in turn has an effect on patient quality of life. Objective: This...
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2011
A medical diagnosis can change the life of a person forever. The purpose of this narrative inquiry was to explore how women in their twenties had been given a celiac disease diagnosis and their journey toward acceptance of the diagnosis. Three women were individually interviewed over a 40-65...
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Fall 2013
Gluten-sensitive enteropathy, called Celiac disease (CD), is one of the most frequent autoimmune diseases, occurring in 1% people worldwide, upon gliadin ingestion. Currently, the only treatment available for CD individual is a strict life-long gluten-free diet. Chicken egg yolk immunoglobulin Y...
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Spring 2012
The aim of this work was to examine any possible IBD activity-related variations in immunoglobulin A (IgA) anti-tissue transglutaminase (tTG) levels in children with IBD. The prevalence of CD in children with IBD was also examined. In a prospective cohort study, children with IBD were screened...
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Clinical impact of submicroscopic malaria on delivery outcomes and the role of VAR2CSA antibodies in pregnant women from Colombia
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Malaria caused by the genus Plasmodium (P.) is one of the oldest and most important parasitic infections globally. Pregnant women are at an increased risk for malaria, where the disease poses a significant risk to both maternal and child health. Better diagnosis of malaria can have an immediate...
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Spring 2013
Chavali Venkata Subramanya, Ravi Shankar
The In-gel polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology developed by our group at the University of Alberta makes use of PCR reagents entrapped within nano-liter polyacrylamide gels. To adapt this technology for use at the point of care, methods were developed to preserve gel-based PCR reagents by...
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Identification and Exploitation of Oligosaccharyltransferase Dependent Bacterial Glycosylation Systems
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Protein glycosylation, the covalent attachment of carbohydrates to amino acids, was once thought to be a unique attribute of Eukaryotes and select bacteria. However, both N- (attached to asparagine) and O- (attached to serine or threonine) glycosylation systems have been identified in an ever...
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Fall 2011
In recent decades, condition-based maintenance has been acknowledged as a cost-effective maintenance program and widely used in many engineering systems. Diagnostics and prognostics are critical components of condition-based maintenance, responsible for providing information about present and...