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Patterns of Hand Variation – New Data on a Sardinian Sample
This study is an analysis of the patterns of variation of the human hand, particularly the metric characters of palm,
fingers and distal phalanges. Anthropometric measurements were performed on 146 Sardinian men and women, aged
21 to 31 years. The data were analyzed by inferential statistics (paired Student’s t test, analysis of variance), and Principal
Components Analysis. The results indicate that size factors are the principal source of variation. A residual adimensional
component of variability is related to diversification between the fingers as a whole and the distal phalanges,
and between the thumb and the other fingers. Sexual dimorphism is evident. Men present greater dimensions and
greater relative length of the thumb with respect to the other fingers than women
Candida albicans infections in renal transplant recipients: effect of caspofungin on polymorphonuclear cells.
This study aimed to compare the caspofungin immunomodulating activities against Candida albicans on polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs) from renal transplant recipients (RTRs) and healthy subjects (HSs). RTR PMNs showed a significantly reduced fungicidal activity compared with that of HS PMNs. Addition of caspofungin to RTR PMNs significantly potentiated the yeast intracellular killing rate, achieving values similar to those observed for HS PMNs. These data show that caspofungin is suitable for invasive candidiasis treatment in patients with immune system-impaired components
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