Blood brain barrier and infection by Chaudhuri, J.D.

“…The blood brain barrier (BBB) is a highly dynamic structure and consists of endothelial cells, which are characterized by the presence of tight junctions and relative lack of endocytic vesicles. …”

Content-based image retrieval for blood cells by Zare, M.R., Ainon, R.N., Seng, W.C.

“…Experimental results using four different classes of 150 blood cell images showed 95.68% of retrieval accuracy.…”
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Intra-epithelially entrapped blood vessels in ameloblastoma by Siar, C.H., Ishak, I., Ng, K.H.

“…The objectives of this study were to investigate the morphologic characteristics of intra-epithelially entrapped blood vessels (IEBVs) in ameloblastoma and to speculate on their relevance. …”
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Blood pressure tracking as an indicator of hypertension risk by Zulkifli, S.N.

“…The significance of high blood pressure to cardio- and cerebrovascular disease is well recognized. …”

Application of electromagnetic waves in blood disorders and diseases diagnosis by Ameri Mahabadi, H., Aliakbarian, H., Moghavvemi, M.

“…In this chapter, we will introduce the application of electromagnetic waves in the detection of blood disorder and diseases by using the dielectric properties of blood. …”
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The effects of heated vegetable oils on blood pressure in rats by Jaarin, Kamsiah, Mustafa, Mohd Rais, Leong, Xin Fang

“…OBJECTIVES: The goal of this study was to determine the possible mechanism that is involved in the blood pressureraising effect of heated vegetable oils. …”
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Novel idea to monitor and measure blood hemoglobin noninvasively by Ar-Rawi, A.H., Moghavvemi, Mahmoud, Ibrahim, W.

“…Measuring blood hematocrit noninvasively is reviewed in this paper. …”

Zinc Content in Cord Blood Is Associated with Maternal Age and Parity by Youssof, A.L., Abu Kassim, N.L., Rashid, S.A., De Ley, M., Rahman, M.T.

“…At childbirth (parturition), zinc (Zn) homeostasis in cord blood (CB) can be affected by a number of factors: Zn in maternal blood, parturition related stress as well as metallothionein (MT). …”
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A content-based retrieval system for blood cells images by Seng, W.C., Mirisaee, S.H.

“…A prototype of content-based image retrieval system is built to investigate performance of descriptors for blood cell image retrieval. Here, traditional global color histogram and wavelet-based method is investigated. …”

Reduced expression of AURKA in peripheral blood of breast cancer patients by Goh, Lucky Poh Wah, See, Edwin Un Hean, Chua, Kek Heng, Lee, Ping Chin

“…These genes appear to be overexpressed in cancerous tissues, but unknown in peripheral blood. This study uses quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) to assess the differential expression of AURKA, CENPW, and TIMP1 genes in the peripheral blood of BC patients and correlates expression levels with clinicopathological characteristics and etiological factors. …”

Reduced red blood cell deformability in Plasmodium knowlesi malaria by Barber, Bridget E., Russell, Bruce, Grigg, Matthew J., Zhang, Rou, William, Timothy, Amir, Amirah, Lau, Yee Ling, Chatfield, Mark D., Dondorp, Arjen M., Anstey, Nicholas M., Yeo, Tsin W.

“…In falciparum malaria, reduced red blood cell deformability (RBC-D) contributes to microvascular obstruction and impaired organ perfusion. …”

Perfluorooctanesulfonate and related fluorochemicals in human blood from several countries by Kannan, K., Corsolini, S., Falandysz, J., Fillmann, G., Kumar, K.S., Loganathan, B.G., Mohd, M.A., Olivero, J., Van Wouwe, N., Yang, J.H., Aldous, K.M.

“…PFOA was the next most abundant perfluorochemical in blood samples, although the frequency of occurrence of this compound was relatively low. …”

Assessment of heart rates and blood pressure in different Salat positions by Doufesh, H., Ibrahim, F., Ismail, N.A., Wan Ahmad, W.A.

“…Purpose This study reports the effects of the Muslim prayer, known as Salat, on heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) while performing and miming the actions of Salat: standing, bowing, prostrating and sitting. …”
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Segmentation of crescent shape blood cells using circular hough transform by Rahmani, A.M., Idris, M.Y.I., Ramli, R., Arof, Hamzah

“…In this paper, we presented a semi-automated tool to analyze red blood cells. We utilized circular Hough transform for circular cells detection. …”
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Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasmosis Among HIV-Infected Patients and Healthy Blood Donors by Nissapatorn, V., Kamarulzaman, A., Init, I., Tan, L.H., Rohela, M., Norliza, A., Chan, L.L., Latt, H.M., Khairul Anuar, A., Quek, K.F.

“…A cross-sectional study was carried out in University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur. Blood samples from 100 HIV-infected patients and 203 Healthy Blood Donors (HBD) were collected and anti- antibodies were detected by using conventional ELISA. …”

VNTR markers for qualitative evaluation of engraftment in unrelated cord blood transplantations by Noor, S.M., Phipps, M.E., Fong, M.Y., Chan, L.L.

“…For children with no HLA-matched sibling or related stem cell donors, there is the option of unrelated cord blood donors. At the University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) in Kuala Lumpur, the first unrelated cord blood transplantation (CBT) was performed in October 1997. …”

Draft Genome Sequence of Daldinia eschscholzii isolated from blood culture by Ng, K.P., Ngeow, Y.F., Yew, S.M., Hassan, H., Soo-Hoo, T.S., Na, S.L., Chan, C.L., Hoh, C.C., Lee, K.W., Yee, W.Y.

“…We report the draft genome sequence of D. eschscholzii isolated from blood culture. The draft genome is 35,494,957 bp in length, with 42,898,665 reads, 61,449 contigs, and a G+C content of 46.8. …”
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Major surgery in an osteosarcoma patient refusing blood transfusion: case report by Dhanoa, A., Singh, V.A., Shanmugam, R., Rajendram, R.

“…We describe an unusual case of osteosarcoma in a Jehovah's Witness patient who underwent chemotherapy and major surgery without the need for blood transfusion. This 16-year-old girl presented with osteosarcoma of the right proximal tibia requiring proximal tibia resection, followed by endoprosthesis replacement. …”
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Measurement of Artery Stiffness Index (ASI) using blood volume pulse by Mohamed, A.H., Moghavvemi, M., Wan Ibrahim, W.M.A.

“…A new approach is studied to detect the artery stiffness index (ASI) and endothelial dysfunction degree by using the blood volume pulse (BVP) during pulsatile cycle. …”

Prevalence of intestinal and blood parasites among wild rats in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Siti, S.S., Ibrahim, J., Rohela, M., Lau, Y.L., Siti, S.A.

“…A survey was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of intestinal and blood parasites among wild rats in urban area of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. …”
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