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James Griffith

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PubMed2005

A family approach to severe mental illness in post-war Kosovo.

This study describes the effects of a psychoeducational multiple-family group program for families of people with severe mental illness in post-war Kosovo that was developed by a Kosovar-American professional collaborative. The subjects were 30 families of people with severe mental illnesses living in two cities in Kosovo. All subjects participated in multiple-family groups and received family home visits. The program documented medication compliance, number of psychiatric hospitalizations, family mental health services use, and several other characteristics, for the year prior to the groups and the first year of the groups. The families attended an average of 5.5 (out of 7) groups, and 93% of these families attended four or more meetings. The uncontrolled pre- to post-intervention comparison demonstrated decreases in medication non-compliance and hospitalizations, and increases in family mental health service use. The program provided training for mental health professionals, led to policy change in the Ministry of Health, and resulted in dissemination to other community mental health centers. This study provides preliminary evidence that a collaboratively designed and implemented psychoeducational, multiple-family program is a feasible and beneficial intervention for families of people with severe mental illness in impoverished post-war settings.

Adult↗
PubMed2004

The structural basis for autoinhibition of FLT3 by the juxtamembrane domain.

FLT3 is a type III receptor tyrosine kinase that is thought to play a key role in hematopoiesis. Certain classes of FLT3 mutations cause constitutively activated forms of the receptor that are found in significant numbers of patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). The mutations occur either in the activation loop, for example, as point mutations of Asp835 or as internal tandem duplication (ITD) sequences in the juxtamembrane (JM) domain. To further understand the nature of FLT3 autoinhibition and regulation, we have determined the crystal structure of the autoinhibited form of FLT3. This structure shows the autoinhibitory conformation of a complete JM domain in this class of receptor tyrosine kinases. The detailed inhibitory mechanism of the JM domain is revealed, which is likely utilized by other members of type III receptor tyrosine kinases.

Amino Acid Sequence↗
PubMed2003

Retention time reproducibility in comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography using cryogenic modulation. II. An interlaboratory study.

An interlaboratory survey was conducted to determine the reproducibility of retention times in both the first (1D) and second dimension (2D) axes of the two-dimensional separation space, using the longitudinal cryogenic modulation comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatographic approach. Intralaboratory reproducibility has been demonstrated in part 1 of this investigation [J. Chromatogr. A 968 (2002) 161]. Confidence in absolute retention times (hence component positions) in the two-dimensional separation space is critical to component identification. Comparing data from four independent laboratories, five independent gas chromatographs, five independent LMCS units, and numerous operators has determined that the LMCS cryogenic modulation approach provides reliable comprehensive two-dimensional GC results.

Chromatography, Gas↗