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Azure B and a synthetic structural analogue of methylene blue, ethylthioninium chloride, present with antidepressant-like properties
(Elsevier, 2014)
Aims: The phenothiazinium compound, methylene blue (MB), possesses diverse pharmacological actions and is
attracting attention for the treatment of bipolar disorder and Alzheimer's disease. MB acts on both monoamine
oxidase ...
Interrelations between anthropometric and fitness changes during mid-adolescence in boys: a 2-year longitudinal study
(Wiley, 2014)
Objectives
This study aimed to determine changes and interrelationships between changes in selected anthropometric growth parameters and motor and physical fitness, among boys over a 2 year period during mid-adolescence ...
Nurse qualifications and perceptions of patient safety and quality of care in South Africa
(Wiley, 2014)
A plethora of research links professional nurses’ qualifications to patient outcomes. Also, research has shown that reports by nurses on the quality of care correspond with process or outcome measures of quality in a ...
End-organ damage in urbanized Africans with low plasma renin levels: the SABPA study
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether active renin concentration is associated with markers of end-organ damage in urbanized Africans. This study forms part of the Sympathetic Activity and Ambulatory Blood ...
Blood pressure variability in risk stratification: What does it add?
(Wiley, 2014)
1. In this minireview we address the predictive value of blood pressure variability, over and beyond level of pressure, in randomly selected population samples. All reviewed studies had sufficient power, long follow-up ...
Autonomic activity and leptin in Africans and whites: the SABPA study
(Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2014)
Objectives: Evidence exists that leptin enhances sympathetic activity and may thereby contribute to the development of obesity-related hypertension. Sympathetic activation also seems more prominent in Africans than whites. ...
Optimization of selected liposome-encapsulated diketopiperazines
(Elsevier, 2014)
Response surface methodology (RSM) is an effective way to optimize various processes and formulations were investigators are able to determine how variables influence the formulation by assessing interaction effects in ...
New insights on the antidepressant discontinuation syndrome
(Wiley, 2014)
Objective Antidepressants are at best 50–55% effective. Non-compliance and the antidepressant discontinuation syndrome (ADS) are
causally related yet poorly appreciated. While ADS is associated with most antidepressants, ...
Evaluation of waist-to-height ratio to predict 5 year cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan African adults
(Open Access, 2014)
Background and aims Simple, low-cost central obesity measures may help identify individuals with increased cardiometabolic disease risk, although it is unclear which measures perform best in African adults. We aimed to: ...
Which dietary diversity indicator is best to assess micronutrient adequacy in children 1 to 9 y?
(Open Access, 2014)
Objectives
The aim of this study was to determine the best dietary diversity indicator to measure dietary diversity and micronutrient adequacy in children.
Methods
A national representative cross-sectional survey of ...