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Acoustic localization of antbirds in a Mexican rainforest using a wireless sensor network

Collier, T. C.; Kirschel, A. N. G.; Taylor, C. E. (2010)

Acoustic localization is a promising method to passively observe vocal animal species, but remains difficult and time consuming to employ. To reduce the labor intensity and impact of deployment, an acoustic localization ...

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Analysis of expired air of fasting male monks at Mount Athos

Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Agapiou, Agapios; Georgiadou, A. (2006)

Expired air chemical analysis is investigated as a search and locate method for the early detection of entrapped people under the ruins of collapsed buildings after an earthquake. Fasting individuals were examined as a ...

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Angiotensin inhibition enhances drug delivery and potentiates chemotherapy by decompressing tumour blood vessels

Chauhan, V. P.; Martin, J. D.; Liu, H.; Lacorre, D. A.; Jain, S. R.; Kozin, S. V.; Stylianopoulos, T.; Mousa, A. S.; Han, X.; Adstamongkonkul, P.; Popovic, Z.; Huang, P.; Bawendi, M. G.; Boucher, Y.; Jain, R. K. (2013)

Cancer and stromal cells actively exert physical forces (solid stress) to compress tumour blood vessels, thus reducing vascular perfusion. Tumour interstitial matrix also contributes to solid stress, with hyaluronan ...

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Assessment of the risk factors of coronary heart events based on data mining with decision trees

Karaolis, Minas A.; Moutiris, Joseph Antoniou; Hadjipanayi, Demetra; Pattichis, Constantinos S. (2010)

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the major causes of disability in adults as well as one of the main causes of death in the developed countries. Although significant progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment ...

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Association rule analysis for the assessment of the risk of coronary heart events.

Karaolis, Minas A.; Moutiris, Joseph Antoniou; Papaconstantinou, L.; Pattichis, Constantinos S. (2009)

Although significant progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of coronary heart disease (CHD), further investigation is still needed. The objective of this study was to develop a data mining system using ...

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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease - Type 2. Ultrasound, genetic and clinical correlations

Demetriou, Kyproula; Tziakouri, Chrysa H.; Anninou, Kristiana; Eleftheriou, Andri; Koptides, Michael; Nicolaou, Alexia; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D.; Pierides, Alkis M. (2000)

Background. Ultrasound, genetic and clinical correlations are available for ADPKD-1, but lacking for ADPKD-2. The present study was carried out to address: (i) the age-related diagnostic usefulness of ultrasound compared ...

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Autosomal-dominant medullary cystic kidney disease type 1: Clinical and molecular findings in six large Cypriot familiesAAA

Stavrou, Christoforos V.; Koptides, Michael; Tombazos, C.; Psara, E.; Patsias, Charalambos; Zouvani, Ioanna; Kyriacou, Kyriacos C.; Hildebrandt, F.; Christofides, Tasos C.; Pierides, Alkis M.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (2002)

Background. Autosomal-dominant medullary cystic kidney disease (ADMCKD), a hereditary chronic interstitial nephropathy, recently attracted attention because of the cloning or mapping of certain gene loci, namely NPHP1, ...

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Beneficial effects of a vanadium complex with cysteine, administered at low doses on benzo(α) pyrene-induced leiomyosarcomas in wistar rats

Liasko, Roman; Kabanos, Themistoklis A.; Karkabounas, Spyridon Ch; Malamas, Michael Ph; Tasiopoulos, Anastasios J.; Stefanou, Dimitrios G.; Collery, P.; Evangelou, Angelos M. (1998)

Background: Vanadium is a potent environmental and body metal, possessing remarkable antitumor and antidiabetic properties. Vanadium salts and complexes have been widely investigated for their anticarcinogenic properties ...

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Cancer chemopreventive activity of brassinin, a phytoalexin from cabbage

Mehta, R. G.; Liu, J.; Constantinou, Andreas I.; Thomas, C. F.; Hawthorne, M.; You, M.; Gerhäuser, C.; Pezzuto, J. M.; Moon, R. C.; Moriarty, R. M. (1995)

Brassinin [3-(S-methyldithiocarbamoyl aminomethyl indole], a phytoalexin first identified as a constituent of cabbage, was synthesized and evaluated for cancer chemopreventive activity. Dose-dependent inhibition of ...

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Causes, consequences, and remedies for growth-induced solid stress in murine and human tumors

Stylianopoulos, T.; Martin, J. D.; Chauhan, V. P.; Jain, S. R.; Diop-Frimpong, B.; Bardeesy, N.; Smith, B. L.; Ferrone, C. R.; Hornicek, F. J.; Boucher, Y.; Munn, L. L.; Jain, R. K. (2012)

The presence of growth-induced solid stresses in tumors has been suspected for some time, but these stresses were largely estimated using mathematical models. Solid stresses can deform the surrounding tissues and compress ...

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Cellular HIV type 1 DNA levels are equivalent among drug-sensitive and drug-resistant strains in newly diagnosed and antiretroviral naive patients

Antoniadou, Zoi Anna; Hezka, Johana; Kousiappa, Ioanna; Mamais, Ioannis A.; Skoura, Lemonia G.; Pilalas, Dimitrios; Metallidis, Simeon A.; Nicolaidis, Pavlos; Malisiovas, Nikolaos; Kostrikis, Leontios G. (2014)

The emergence of resistance against current antiretroviral drugs to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is an increasingly important concern to the continuous success of antiretroviral therapy to HIV-1-infected ...

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Cellular HIV-1 DNA levels in drug sensitive strains are equivalent to those in drug resistant strains in newly-diagnosed patients in Europe

Demetriou, Victoria L.; van de Vijver, D. A. M. C.; Kousiappa, Ioanna; Balotta, Claudia; Clotet, B.; Grossman, Z.; Jørgensen, L. B.; Lepej, S. Z.; Levy, I.; Nielsen, C.; Paraskevis, Dimitrios N.; Poljak, M.; Roman, F.; Ruiz, L.; Schmidt, J. -C; Vandamme, A. -M; van Laethem, K. V.; Vercauteren, J.; Kostrikis, Leontios G. (2010)

Background HIV-1 genotypic drug resistance is an important threat to the success of antiretroviral therapy and transmitted resistance has reached 9% prevalence in Europe. Studies have demonstrated that HIV-1 DNA load in ...

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Changes in T Cell Receptor Excision DNA Circle (TREC) Levels in HIV Type 1-Infected Subjects Pre- and Post-Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

Touloumi, G.; Pantazis, N.; Karafoulidou, A.; Mandalaki, T.; Goedert, J. J.; Kostrikis, Leontios G.; Hatzakis, Angelos E. (2004)

The T cell receptor excision DNA circle (TREC) level is an independent predictor of HIV-1 disease prognosis. We studied the temporal changes in TREC levels prior to and after highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) ...

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Character displacement of song and morphology in African tinkerbirds

Kirschel, A. N. G.; Blumstein, Daniel T.; Smith, T. B. (2009)

Divergence in acoustic signals between populations of animals can lead to species recognition failure, reproductive isolation, and speciation. Character displacement may facilitate coexistence of species in natural ...

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Click evoked neurogenic vestibular potentials (NVESTEPs): A method of assessing the function of the vestibular system

Papathanasiou, Eleftherios Stelios; Zamba-Papanicolaou, Eleni; Pantzaris, Marios C.; Kyriakides, Theodoros; Papacostas, Savvas S.; Myrianthopoulou, Panayiota; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Iliopoulos, Ioannis Komotini; Piperidou, Charitomeni N. (2003)

Objectives: To obtain neurogenic vestibular evoked potentials (NVESTEPs) with surface scalp recording using high intensity auditory clicks. The same stimulus is used in myogenic vestibular evoked potentials which has been ...

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Clinical aspects of cystinuria

Pierides, Alkis M.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (1997)

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Co-Inheritance of Functional Podocin Variants with Heterozygous Collagen IV Mutations Predisposes to Renal Failure

Stefanou, Charalambos; Pieri, Myrtani; Savva, Isavella; Georgiou, Georgios C.; Pierides, Alkis M.; Voskarides, Konstantinos; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (2015)

BACKGROUND/AIMS: A subset of patients who present with proteinuria and are diagnosed with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) have inherited heterozygous COL4A3/A4 mutations and are also diagnosed with thin basement ...

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Coevolution of solid stress and interstitial fluid pressure in tumors during progression: Implications for vascular collapse

Stylianopoulos, T.; Martin, J. D.; Snuderl, M.; Mpekris, F.; Jain, S. R.; Jain, R. K. (2013)

The stress harbored by the solid phase of tumors is known as solid stress. Solid stress can be either applied externally by the surrounding normal tissue or induced by the tumor itself due to its growth. Fluid pressure is ...

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COL4A3 founder mutations in Greek-Cypriot families with thin basement membrane nephropathy and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis dating from around 18th century

Voskarides, Konstantinos; Patsias, Charalambos; Pierides, Alkis M.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (2008)

Mutations in the COL4A3/COL4A4 genes of type IV collagen account for about 40% of cases of thin basement membrane nephropathy, a condition that is estimated to affect 1% or more of the general population. We recently ...

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COL4A3/COL4A4 heterozygous mutations with TBMN presenting as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D.; Pierides, Alkis M. (2015)