… The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily
represent the official position of the Lakshya Society for Public Health Education and …

… The temperature of the PTV injector, which held a SILTEC (Gerstel) liner, was set at 50 C
for 0.5 min and ramped at 12 C/s to 320 C. The transfer line to the MS was kept at 310 C. The …

Conditions were established for the extraction of free sphingosine from liver and the
separation and quantitation of this and other long-chain (sphingoid) bases (eg, sphingosine, …

… To obtain some insight into this question, the pKa’s of sphingosine and some of the analogues
were estimated in mixed micelles (Figure 6). The pAfa of -erythro-sphmgosme is 6.7 as a …

… The use of an UHPLC column utilizing <2 μM particle size results in 2–3 s peak widths at
half the peak height (W 1/2 ). Methods using UHPLC columns are still limited in clinical assays …

… ’s exact probability test as applicable. Group differences in continuous variables were
evaluated with student’s unpaired Welch’s t-test. Correlations were carried out with Pearson’s rank …

Background Interleukin 6 (IL-6) encoded by the gene coded as IL 6 acts as a proinflammatory
cytokine as well as an anti-inflammatory myokine. It is postulated that IL 6 is associated …

… The GAD-7 scale had high internal consistency among our study population (Cronbach’s
alpha 0.96). Overall, approximately 25% of participants (n = 41/167) reported anxiety …

Introduction: Interruptions in treatment pose risks for people with HIV (PWH) and threaten
progress in ending the HIV epidemic; however, the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on HIV …

Background Pediatric tuberculous meningitis (TBM) commonly causes death or disability. In
adults, high-dose rifampicin may reduce mortality. The role of fluoroquinolones remains …