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The effect of subjective social status on health-related quality of life decline in urban Chinese older adults: a four-year longitudinal study from Hong Kong by Sumerlin, Timothy S, Kwok, Timothy C. Y, Goggins, William B, Yuan, Jinqiu, Kwong, Elizabeth M. S, Leung, Jason, Kim, Jean H

“…Abstract Background Improving health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is becoming a major focus of old age care and social policy. Researchers have been…”
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Does Low Subjective Social Status Predict Cognitive Decline in Chinese Older Adults? A 4-Year Longitudinal Study From Hong Kong by Kim, Jean H., Sumerlin, Timothy S., Goggins, William B., Kwong, Elizabeth M.S., Leung, Jason, Yu, Blanche, Kwok, Timothy C.Y.

“…•This study seeks to assess whether subjective social status (within society or your own community) predicts greater 4-year cognitive decline among Chinese…”
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Micro-tensile bond strengths to sclerotic dentin using a self-etching and a total-etching technique by Kwong, S.M., Cheung, G.S.P., Kei, L.H., Itthagarun, A., Smales, R.J., Tay, F.R., Pashley, D.H.

“…Objectives: To evaluate the in vitro regional micro-tensile bond strengths of a self-etching/self-priming adhesive system to sclerotic dentin, in the absence…”
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Double-blind clinical trial of calf lung surfactant extract for the prevention of hyaline membrane disease in extremely premature infants by KWONG, M. S, EGAN, E. A, NOTTER, R. H, SHAPIRO, D. L

“…A prospective, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted to determine whether instillation of an exogenous surfactant into the lungs before the first breath…”
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Lung surfactant replacement in premature lambs with extracted lipids from bovine lung lavage: effects of dose, dispersion technique, and gestational age by NOTTER, R. H, EGAN, E. A, KWONG, M. S, HOLM, B. A, SHAPIRO, D. L

“…Extracted bovine calf lung lipids (CLL) with minimal protein (approximately 1%) were instilled prior to ventilation in groups of premature lambs of average…”
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Tn5563, a transposon encoding putative mercuric ion transport proteins located on plasmid pRA2 of Pseudomonas alcaligenes by Yeo, Chew Chieng, Tham, Jill Maelan, Kwong, Stephen Matthew, Yiin, Sheree, Poh, Chit Laa

“…Abstract Sequence analysis of pRA2, an endogenous 33-kb plasmid from Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIB 9867 (strain P25X), revealed the presence of a 6256-bp…”
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Staphylococcus aureus multiresistance plasmid pSK41: analysis of the replication region, initiator protein binding and antisense RNA regulation by Kwong, Stephen M., Skurray, Ronald A., Firth, Neville

“…Summary The vast majority of large staphylococcal plasmids characterized to date appear to possess an evolutionarily common replication system, which has…”
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Systemic and local immune responses to enhanced-potency inactivated poliovirus vaccine in premature and term infants by Adenyi-Jones, S C, Faden, H, Ferdon, M B, Kwong, M S, Ogra, P L

“…Serum neutralizing, nasopharyngeal neutralizing, and IgA antibodies to polioviruses 1, 2, and 3 were detected in preterm and term infants who had received…”
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Natural and artificial lung surfactant replacement therapy in premature lambs by Egan, E A, Notter, R H, Kwong, M S, Shapiro, D L

“…The effect of tracheal instillation of surface-active mixtures in premature lambs was studied as an animal model of exogenous surfactant replacement therapy…”
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Reduced incidence of hyaline membrane disease in extremely premature infants following delay of delivery in mother with preterm labor: use of ritodrine and betamethasone by KWONG, M. S, EGAN, E. A

“…Data from two groups of infants (24 to 28 weeks' gestational age) excluded from a controlled trial of the use of calf lung surfactant extract for the…”
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Acute adverse events from over-the-counter Chinese herbal medicines: a population-based survey of Hong Kong Chinese by Kim, Jean H, Kwong, Elizabeth M S, Chung, Vincent C H, Lee, John C O, Wong, Terry, Goggins, William B

“…Although over-the-counter traditional Chinese herbal medicine (COTC) is commonly used to treat everyday illness in many parts of the world, no population-based…”
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An ultrastructural study of the application of dentine adhesives to acid-conditioned sclerotic dentine by Kwong, Share-Moon, Tay, F.R., Yip, Hak-Kong, Kei, Lee-Hoi, Pashley, D.H.

“…Objective: This in vitro study examined the ultrastructure of resin-infiltrated sclerotic dentine following the application of a self-etching primer, with or…”
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Molecular analysis of the pRA2 partitioning region: ParB autoregulates parAB transcription and forms a nucleoprotein complex with the plasmid partition site, parS by Kwong, Stephen M., Yeo, Chew Chieng, Poh, Chit Laa

“…The partitioning locus (par) of plasmid pRA2 belongs to a recently discovered subgroup of plasmid partitioning systems that are evolutionarily distinct from…”
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Use of surfactant in the delivery room by Kwong, M S, Holm, B A, Egan, E A

“…Surfactant supplementation in prevention and treatment of surfactant deficient hyaline membrane disease has been widely studied. This article focuses on the…”
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Sex differences in syntactic development: Evidence from Cantonese-speaking preschoolers in Hong Kong by Tse, Shek Kam, Chan, Carol, Kwong, Sin Mee, Li, Hui

“…Utterances produced during spontaneous play activities by 180 Cantonese-speaking children, ranging in age from 3 to 5 years, were analysed with the focus on…”
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Characterization of the endogenous plasmid from Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIB 9867: DNA sequence and mechanism of transfer by Kwong, S M, Yeo, C C, Suwanto, A, Poh, C L

“…The endogenous plasmid pRA2 from Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIB 9867 was determined to have 32,743 bp with a G+C content of 59.8%. Sequence analysis predicted a…”
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Sequence analysis of plasmid pRA2 from Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIB 9867 (P25X) reveals a novel replication region by Kwong, Stephen M, Yeo, Chew Chieng, Chuah, Damian, Poh, Chit Laa

“…Abstract The replication region of plasmid pRA2 from Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIB 9867 (strain P25X) was localized within a 5.9-kbp DNA fragment and its…”
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Rabbit tissue composition: developmental aspects of tissue fluid and fractional exclusion of albumin by Kwong, M S, Egan, E A, Ferguson, W

“…The maturational changes in tissue water spaces and in the fractional exclusion of albumin from the interstitial gel were studied in the developing rabbit…”
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The RepA _ N replicons of Gram-positive bacteria: A family of broadly distributed but narrow host range plasmids by Weaver, Keith E., Kwong, Stephen M., Firth, Neville, Francia, Maria Victoria

“…The pheromone-responsive conjugative plasmids of Enterococcus faecalis and the multiresistance plasmids pSK1 and pSK41 of Staphylococcus aureus are among the…”
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Avoiding prematurity in elective repeat cesarean section. A role for amniotic fluid phosphatidylglycerol by Gross, T L, Sokol, R J, Kwong, M S, Wilson, M V, Kuhnert, P M

“…A prospective study was undertaken in 107 elective repeat cesarean deliveries in which the lecithin/sphingomyelin (L/S) ratio was positive. The frequency of…”
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