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Human dignity has always been considered important and its maintenance has been emphasized; it is recognized as the basis for human rights . It is so important that it is a subject long debated in medical professions, particularly nursing, and its maintenance has always been emphasized . Because patients are vulnerable... |
Immune reconstitution reactions are rare in pulmonary tuberculosis, especially in non - immunocompromised patients . We present a 21 year old immunocompetent patient that developed bilateral pneumothoraces and respiratory failure as a result of immune reconstitution syndrome during treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis ... |
Hypertrophic scarring is caused by an imbalance between extracellular matrix (ecm) protein deposition and degradation . There are many factors affecting surgical scarring such as healing of the wounds, tension, and the line of the scars . Prolonged redness and post - inflammatory pigmentation of the scar tissues cause ... |
Indicators of operative outcomes could be used to identify underperforming surgeons for support and training . Pancreatic resection is one of the most common major operative procedures performed by hepato - pancreato - biliary (hpb) surgeons . As the procedure is complex with a high associated morbidity and mortality, ... |
Issues relating to sex and violence among adolescents have, in recent times, raised much public health and policy concerns, especially in an era where first sexual debut is at the mean age of 11.4 years for boys and 12.8 years for girls in jamaica . Studies have shown that graphical lyrical contents in some music can i... |
The global incidence of diabetes mellitus (dm) has increased alarmingly in the past ten years, becoming one of the most common chronic diseases . It is estimated that this disorder will affect 552 million people by 2030 (http://www.idf.org/media-events/press-releases/2011/diabetes-atlas-5th-edition). Changing lifestyle... |
Cytology laboratories in large centers treating cancer patients occasionally come across meningeal carcinomatosis or neoplastic meningitis (nm), in which there is diffuse seeding of the csf by metastatic carcinoma cells . Detection of exfoliated malignant cells in csf due to the meningeal carcinomatosis may sometimes b... |
Among the lipid nanoparticles, liposomes are widely studied as drug delivery vehicles . Liposomes protect the encapsulated drugs from being metabolized during the circulation prior to reaching the target . The us food and drug administration has approved liposome - based formulations for the treatment of several types ... |
Interstitial lung diseases (ild) are a heterogeneous group of diffuse parenchyma disorders characterized by different grades of fibrosis and inflammation . Despite varying pathogenesis, they are grouped together because of their similar clinical presentation, chest radiographic appearance, histology, and physiological ... |
Since many decades, bioactive heterocyclic compounds are one of the main topics of interest for the medicinal chemists as it displays a number of pharmacological activities . Nitrogen, sulphur, and oxygen containing five- and six - membered heterocyclic compounds have occupied enormous significance in the field of medi... |
The conventional oral examination (coe) or viva voce is an important format of assessment that allows probing of breadth and depth of the knowledge . Currently, this method is an integral part of formative and summative examinations in various medical universities in india . Coe is criticized for being too subjective a... |
Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (pecoma) is a family of related mesenchymal neoplasms that include angiomyolipoma, lymphangiomyomatosis and clear cell' sugar' tumor of the lung, and a group of rare, morphologically and immunophenotypically similar lesions arising at a variety of visceral and soft tissue sites1). It... |
Menarche is a vital maturational event of puberty in female adolescents . Unlike other pubertal changes that are gradual and continuous, it is highly correlated with other pubertal characteristics and is, therefore, preferred as a benchmark for sexual maturation . The timing of menarche is an important determinant of p... |
The main purpose of antiretroviral therapy (art) is to improve the prognosis of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) by decreasing the incidence of opportunistic infection and subsequent hospitalization and mortality.1 however, several studies have suggested that highly active antiretroviral therap... |
Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the changes in balance during aging . Since aging affects almost all physiological processes, reduction in postural stability can be explained by various factors, such as a loss of receptor cells in the vestibular organ, impaired sensory perception, a decline in muscle s... |
Staphylococcus aureus, a gram - positive bacterium, is a commensal organism known to cause a wide range of hospital- and community - acquired infections . It is also recognized for immune evasion mechanisms and its ability to develop multi - antibiotic resistance . The burden of staphylococcal disease has increased wor... |
Among the group - iii nitrides, wurtzite inn (w - inn) is a very promising semiconductor material of application in high - frequency / high - speed / high - power heterojunction field - effect transistors (hfets) [1 - 4], due to its superior electron transport properties, small effective mass, and high mobility . W - i... |
Gait recovery is a major objective in the rehabilitation program for individuals with poststroke hemiparesis1 . Treadmill training2 and treadmill training with harness support3,4,5 have been reported to be effective methods for retraining walking . Hollands et al . Reported that repetitive task - specific practice, an ... |
Computational methodologies utilized for in silico high throughput screening (hts) are a critical component of drug discovery approaches . Within the available in silico hts approaches, methodologies that combine ligand- and structure - based screening procedures find the widest application . The challenge in any hts v... |
Lupus erythematosus is a chronic, autoimmune disease resulting from an interaction of genetic, environmental, and hormonal factors and characterized by a spectrum of clinical forms with a variable evaluation from a localized cutaneous form to life - threatening systemic form . Specific skin lesions of cutaneous lupus e... |
Odor information is known to be of vital importance for most animals, and especially for insects . To achieve optimal fitness insects need to survive and reproduce in an optimal way . Odors are known to play vital roles as cues for both these functions . To survive, optimally an insect needs to eat (in most cases) and ... |
Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common nosocomial pathogens which can cause a broad spectrum of infections, ranging from mild skin infections to severe abscesses, sepsis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, urinary tract infections (uti), and fatal necrotizing pneumonia (1). Staphylococcus aureus strains have the abi... |
Stroke is a major cause of acquired disability and the secondleading cause of death in the world.1, 2 the primary causes of stroke are unclear3; however, family studies indicate that genetic factors may be involved.4, 5 a previous study demonstrated that 70% to 85% of strokes are ischemic, with the percentage varying b... |
With the increasing utility of invasive procedures in inpatient settings, nosocomial infections are encountered with more prevalence among the hospitalized population . Hospital-/noncommunity acquired infections (hai) not only lengthen the duration of hospital stay with increased demand for additional health care resou... |
Coarctation of the aorta refers to a congenital narrowing of the aortic lumen and occurs in approximately 3.2 of 10,000 live births . The overall incidence has been reported to be between 5 and 8% of all congenital heart defects . Aortic coarctation can be either pre - ductal (10%) or post - ductal (90%), depending upo... |
Integration is the goal of many human service organizations, policymakers, theorists, and professionals . Integrated health services hold the promise of improved efficiency, capacity, performance / quality, cost - effectiveness, and enhanced working environment with improved communication and cooperation [1, 2]. The ca... |
At the end of january 2003, connecticut clinical laboratories were notified by mail that gpr isolates identified from csf or blood within 72 hours of culture inoculation must be reported to cdph epidemiology program . Cdph asked laboratories to call the department immediately if the isolate was identified within 32 hou... |
Animals: this study used client - owned 96 dogs that met the following criteria: suffering from spinal cord compression located between t3 and l3 vertebral articulation for duration of more than 6 hr and less than 4 days of neurologic dysfunction prior to mri and disk extrusion confirmed by mri and/or decompressive sur... |
The metabolic syndrome (ms) is defined as a cluster of metabolic alterations, which includes the following diagnostic criteria: hypertension, diabetes, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and obesity . Obesity, as component of ms, is considered a public health problem because of its magnitude and importance . The accumul... |
Cryoglobulins are special serum immunoglobulin's that usually precipitate at a temperature between 0c and 4c and dissolve when re - warmed to 37c . This in vitro phenomenon can be observed in a wide spectrum of infectious diseases, autoimmune disorders and with hematological malignancies . Both type i and type ii are a... |
The organophosphate poisons (opps), i.e., herbicides and pesticides, are chemical compounds that are hazardous to environment (1). Increased population followed by increased demands for food, especially agricultural products, has pushed farmers to increase their products, and this has led to the greater use of pesticid... |
The incidence of heterotopic ossification (ho) after primary hip arthroplasty varies between 8% and 90% in literature . The reason why heterotopic ossification develops is unknown, but it has been assumed that the inflammatory reaction due to the surgical trauma is the major driving force . The fact that the incidence ... |
The early onset of sexual activity has been linked to risky health behaviors such as having a greater number of sexual partners over time and substance abuse.13 sexual activity for any teenage girl is risky due to multiple factors such as elevated risk of sexually transmitted infections (sti) and unwanted pregnancy . G... |
Video - assisted thoracoscopic (vats) lobectomy has gradually gained popularity, and been accepted as an alternative procedure to thoracotomy for resectable lung cancer by national comprehensive cancer network (nccn) since 2013 . Interest has developed on whether vats preserves better immune status and benefits long - ... |
Over the last 60 years, work performed on animal models, chiefly mouse, rat, and avian, and on human samples, has revealed and explored the capacity of adult stem cells - also called somatic stem cells to self - renew and to differentiate into unipotent progeny within their residing tissue, generally for the purpose of... |
After arrival, rats were maintained on a constant 12-h light/12-h dark cycle with free access to water and ad libitum fed with a standard chow diet and allowed to acclimate for at least a week . All procedures were approved by the institutional animal care and use committee (iacuc) of the university of pittsburgh, and ... |
Although surgery is curative for localized disease, up to 30% of patients with rcc present with metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis, and more than 25% of patients with locally advanced rcc develop distant metastasis despite curative resection . Since rcc is highly resistant to chemotherapy, high dose interleuki... |
In this issue of critical care, cuthbertson and colleagues report the views of 141 intensive care and infection control specialists from four countries on the potential utility, risks and research opportunities of selective digestive decontamination (sdd). Using structured interviews, a delphi process, and a theoretica... |
Pertussis, an acute infectious illness of the respiratory tract remains endemic in developed nations despite high vaccination coverage [7, 8, 16]. While the early use of whole - cell vaccine was highly effective in reducing the incidence of reported pertussis in the united states in the 1970s, there has been a resurgen... |
Although in most cases post - lp headaches are not severe and have a benign course, they can also be a manifestation of a potentially life - threatening complication such as subdural hematoma (sdh). We describe a patient in whom a massive sdh developed after lp and cerebrospinal fluid (csf) drainage, which were perform... |
Anemia is a disease that can co - exist with depression, other mental disorders, or somatic diseases . Anemia can imitate symptoms of depression, while depression symptoms can mask concurring symptoms of anemia . I am presenting a case of a 48-year - old woman with addison biermer anemia, with co - existing mood disord... |
Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for the main disease burden afflicting primarily sub - saharan africa . In areas with stable malaria transmission, due to protracted exposure to infectious bites, partial protective immunity to clinical malaria there is however one exception to this general rule: pregnancy - associa... |
Diabhycar was a 6-year clinical trial conducted in men and women with type 2 diabetes selected on the basis of persistent microalbuminuria (uae, 20200 mg / l) or macroalbuminuria (uae the trial tested whether a low dose of ramipril, an ace inhibitor able to reduce uae, also would reduce cardiovascular and/or renal even... |
This seeming paradox is rooted in the fact that there is intense skeletal growth and development during childhood and adolescence, and much more bone is formed than lost . Later in life, the loss of bone tissue exceeds the rate of bone replacement . It, therefore, follows that lifelong bone health is dependent on maxim... |
Majority of these edentulous patients are treated in teaching institutes in which a large number of complete dentures are delivered by final year students and interns guided by staff members . A successful treatment depends on three factors namely efficient work by the clinical student, appropriate guidance by staff me... |
Psychologists have systematically studied the issue of transfer of training for over a century . The early work of american psychologist edward thorndike (18741949) set the stage for much of the research that followed . Thorndike, a professor at columbia university s teachers college, conducted a series of influential ... |
Myoinositol (mi) and d - chiro inositol (dci) are isomeric forms of inositol that were found to have insulin - like properties, acting as second messengers in the insulin intracellular pathway; both of these molecules are involved in the increasing insulin sensitivity of different tissues to improve metabolic and ovula... |
Lipoid proteinosis, also known as hyalinosis cutis et mucosae (omim 247100), was first described by urbach and wiethe in 1929 . Since then, over 250 cases of this autosomal recessive disorder have been described . It is characterized by the deposition of an amorphous hyaline substance (glycoprotein) in the mucous membr... |
Worldwide, it is the second leading cause of death and the leading cause of adult disability . So far, acute stroke therapies aim at recanalizing the occluded brain vessels by means of pharmacologic thrombolysis or thrombectomy . Decades of research on (neuro)protective drugs have established several promising candidat... |
A 43-year - old woman underwent neck sonography as part of a routine medical checkup . Six years earlier she had received a renal transplant, and the kidney involved had been functioning well up to the time of the checkup . Neck ultrasonography revealed a 2.91.4-cm hypoechoic mass at the inferoposterior aspect of the r... |
Cases where symptoms persist for more than 712 weeks are diagnosed as chronic low - back pain . Prominent structures that are the source of pain in the spine are the vertebral body, intervertebral discs, ligaments, muscles, roots, and facet joints . The pain is generally felt 5 cm laterally to the centerline of the spi... |
Hashimoto's thyroiditis is the combination of autoimmune thyroiditis and goiter; a positive test result for thyroid auto antibodies (antithyroglobulin and antiperoxidase) will confirm the diagnosis.current and previous drug use check for history of thyroid surgery or head and neck irradiation and radioactive iodine the... |
Fifty - seven consecutive patients with pathologically - proven hippocampal sclerosis who underwent anterior temporal lobectomy between october 1994 and april 1997 for the treatment of intractable medial temporal lobe epilepsy and were followed - up for over 24 months were included in this study . Thirty - eight were m... |
Post - operative nausea and vomiting (ponv) is not only discomforting, but also may result in serious aftermaths such as dehydration, electrolyte disturbances, aspiration, surgical sutures dehiscence, esophageal rupture, subcutaneous emphysema and pneumothorax that in turn would delay patient s recovery and hospital di... |
Entamoeba histolytica, the causative agent of human amoebiasis provokes the second worldwide highest rates of morbidity and mortality due to protozoa . E. histolytica trophozoites obtain host nutrients from a very active uptake and efficient engulfment of bacteria, red blood cells (rbc), and cell debris, which makes th... |
Root canal treatment is a rather new branch of endodontic dentistry in recent years through, which chemical and mechanical remedies are used to limit pulpal and peri - apical diseases . This biologically approved technique has helped peri - apical tissues in the process of healing significantly . The above technique is... |
Synovial cell sarcoma (scs) of the kidney is a rare tumor entity first described in 1999 and published in 2000 by argani et al . [1, 2]. To date, no more than 50 cases have been described in the literature . Differential diagnosis mainly includes renal sarcomatoid carcinoma, metastatic sarcoma, solitary fibrous tumor o... |
Venom immunotherapy (vit) is an extremely effective form of treatment for individuals at risk of insect sting systemic reactions, i.e. Flying hymenoptera, an order of insects comprising honeybees, yellow jackets, hornets, and wasps . Vit reduces the risk of a subsequent systemic sting reaction to as low as 5% compared ... |
Peripheral t - cell lymphomas (ptcl) are a rare and heterogeneous group of non - hodgkin s lymphomas (nhl) deriving from mature, post - thymic t- and natural killer (nk-) cells . Ptcl count for approximately 10% of all nhl in europe and north america,13 but present with a higher incidence in east asia and the carib - b... |
Although the results of adult and embryonic stem cell therapy for the infracted myocardium have yielded promising results for the enhanced regeneration of myocardial tissue leading to improved ventricular function [13], the effectiveness of stem cell therapy is often blurred from the non - survival of the stem cells du... |
Immunoglobulin light - chain amyloidosis (al) is a rare systemic disease characterized by progressive tissue and organ extracellular fibrillar deposition . Kidney spontaneous rupture is not a recognized complication in amyloidosis or autologous stem cell transplantation (asct). We report the singular case of a bilatera... |
Trichotillomania (ttm) is a type of impulse control disorder, characterized by recurrent pulling of hair, which leads to pleasure and relief of tension . Prevalence rates of this condition range between 1% and 13.3%, with initial mean age of onset between 10 years and 13 years and a notable peak at 12 - 13 . The diseas... |
The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (cftr) is a chloride channel in the apical membrane of epithelial cells 1 . Mutations in cftr result in impaired chloride conductance across the plasma membrane and are the basis of the genetic disease cystic fibrosis 2 . Almost 90% of patients contain at least on... |
Those aged 65 and older represented 35.9 million or 12.3% of the us population in 2003, and this number will reach 19% by the year 2030 . The great majority of deaths (8085%) occur in this population, and most die from chronic conditions such as heart failure, cancer, obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, alzheimer'... |
In the last ten years, in our country, there has been an increase in the consumption of raw fish due to the introduction of new eating habits from countries outside europe (sushi, sashimi, herring, pickled anchovies, etc . ), increasing the risk of contracting parasitic diseases, in particular the anisakiasis (audicana... |
Telepathology refers to the remote practice of pathology via transmitting digital images . Since the introduction of telepathology almost 46 years ago wsi (virtual microscopy) refers to the digitization of glass slides by scanners to generate high - resolution digital slides . Operationally, it is often easier to move ... |
Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (amc) is a multiple joint condition which affects both lower and upper extremities and thus affects ambulation . The objective of this study is to identify the most critical residual deformity that diminishes the ambulatory status . The mean age at first surgery was 4.1 years (range 2... |
We used 2 g of total rna from human umbilical vein ecs (huvecs) cultured under normoxic or hypoxic conditions for 24 h and subjected to rna - seq analysis (n = 3). After extracting the total rna from the samples, the left rna was fragmented into short fragments, then the first strand complementary deoxyribonucleic acid... |
Actin - rich membrane protrusions such as filopodia and lamellipodia can guide the convergence of cells during the formation of complex signaling interfaces in vivo, for example, during synaptogenesis in the nervous system or the merging of epithelial cell sheets during development or wound healing (mattila and lappala... |
As the aids (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) epidemic enters its fourth decade, hiv transmission in most parts of the world shows no signs of abating despite great progress being made in tackling the epidemic worldwide . It still continues to grow in countries of all incomes with a greater impact on the more vulner... |
We studied 20 serum samples from survivors of confirmed hantavirus infection, 11 from chilean patients and 9 from patients in the southwestern united states . Samples were collected from 8 months to 11 years after the patient was hospitalized with hcps . The neutralizing titer was measured for each sample against snv a... |
Cases of linear peritoneal calcification have been reported in literature, though they occur rarely . In encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (eps) a peritoneal membrane damage develops an inflammatory cascade that results in sclerosis and eventually calcification . Eps has been can be either primary or secondary, being ... |
We hypothesize that the type of disaster, and thus the investigation of its unique characteristics, are important for a better understanding of perceived post- and peritraumatic stress levels in survivors . Additionally personal and situational characteristics are also likely to play a role in how survivors think and f... |
Scientific studies play an important role among them (1). During the past two decades, iran has enjoyed considerable expansion of trained individuals in the fields of medicine (2) for being a developed and industrial country . Therefore, the policy of iranian governors changed in the recent years to provide a good cond... |
Spinal canal stenosis is a syndrome of various etiology, whose morphological manifestation is narrowing of the spinal canal, intervertebral foramina, and lateral recesses . It is the most common cause for surgical treatment in patients over 65 years of age . In the surgical treatment for lumbar stenosis, various method... |
After surgical removal the catecholamines elaborated by the tumor also take time to be washed out of the circulation thus the blood pressure will need careful monitoring . Conventional alpha blockage first and beta blockage later was the algorithm followed but choice of agent was also discussed with nesthethesiologist ... |
House - dust mites (hdm) (dermatophagoides pteronissinus) allergens are among the most potent stimuli of asthma attacks [1, 2]. Hdm excretions contain a plethora of biologically active compounds, which have allergenic potential that prompts ige response in sensitized subjects . The same hdm compounds also have proinfla... |
Cladophora glomerata (cg) ktzing has been naturally grown in the north of thailand . Local people have traditionally used this alga as an ingredient in several northern thai dishes and believed that it could serve as a medicinal plant for several diseases . Previous in vivo studies have suggested that cg extract (cge) ... |
Schwartz (1952) coined the term atrophia idiopathica mucosa oris to describe an oral fibrosing disease . In 1953, joshi subsequently termed the condition oral submucous fibrosis (osf). Osf is an insidious chronic disease affecting any part of the oral cavity and may extend to pharynx and esophagus, and may be preceded ... |
Exposure to asbestos fibers increases the risk of disease and death for different causes, but its impact on health is not properly reflected in statistics on occupational disease and must be quantified in specific studies . There have been some local studies of this type1 and in relation to specific diseases in spain2,... |
Acinetobacter baumannii is microbiologically characterized as a rod - shaped, aerobic, pleomorphic, and nonmotile gram - negative bacterium . A. baumannii can survive in natural environments such as soil and water for a prolonged period and mainly infect immunocompromised patients . This opportunistic organism is also ... |
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (ipf) is a specific form of chronic, progressive, fibrosing interstitial pneumonia of unknown cause that occurs primarily in older adults . Pulmonary hypertension (ph) describes a group of devastating diseases causing breathlessness, loss of exercise capacity, and death due to right heart ... |
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (nac) treatment for women diagnosed with local - regional disease has been shown to reduce the tumor size of most breast tumors and decrease the incidence of positive nodes . The 5- and 9-year follow - up results from the national surgical adjuvant breast and bowel project b-18 indicate overall... |
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (g6pd) (e.c.1.1.1.49) is the key regulatory enzyme in the hexosemonophosphate shunt that catalyzes the oxidation of glucose 6- phosphate to 6-phosphogluconolactone (1, 2). This first and rate - limiting step of shunt is associated with production of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (n... |
Intravenous immunoglobulin [ivig] is used for treatment of a variety of autoimmune, rheumatologic, and immunodeficiency [both primary and secondary] disorders and can be life - saving in several of these conditions . Although it has good safety profile, it can be rarely associated with serious adverse events . Thrombot... |
Age - related changes in skeletal muscle result in loss of muscle mass and weakness . This leads to a decrease in daily physical activity in older adults, and can result in poor health and a need for professional care . Muscle loss and weakness cause serious health problems, such as decreased strength and aerobic capac... |
Clostridium difficile, a gram - positive and spore - forming anaerobic bacillus, is a leading cause of healthcare - associated diarrhoea in industrialized countries . Transmission occurs primarily in healthcare facilities, where exposure to antibiotics and environmental contamination by c. difficile spores are common .... |
Primary osteoarthritis (oa) is an idiopathic phenomenon, occurring in previously intact joints, with no apparent initiating factor such as joint injury or developmental abnormalities . It is characterized by the progressive failure of the extracellular cartilage matrix leading to articular cartilage destruction.1 - 3 i... |
Dengue viruses, single - stranded positive polarity ribonucleic acid (rna) viruses of the family flaviviridae, are the most common cause of arboviral disease in the world . Dengue viruses have four serotypes, designated dengue types 1 - 4; and are transmitted mainly by bite of aedes aegypti mosquito and also by aedes a... |
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder that affects approximately 1% of the world population and is characterized by a relapsing course with significant burden for patients, families, and society.13 although many patients receiving chronic antipsychotic therapy can be considered clinically stable, a subgroup of pat... |
Tobacco use is a leading public health problem all over the world with 82% of the world's 1.1 billion smokers residing in low and middle income countries and where, in contrast to the declining consumption in high - income countries, tobacco consumption is on the rise . Tobacco consumption has overall been a major cont... |
The objective of this study was to present the outcome of the internal limiting membrane (ilm) peeling flap technique for a treatment - nave, flat edge (type ii), full - thickness macular hole (mh). A 52-year - old man presented with complaints of decreased vision and seeing black spot . He was diagnosed to have a flat... |
The conventional inorganic synthetic procedures usually demand long reaction time, high temperature, and toxic solvents . Different from the traditional solvents, ionic liquids are potential green solvents with many advantages, such as negligible vapor pressure, low interface tension, supramolecular solvents, and micro... |
Tension pneumocephalus is infrequent and the limited number of cases reported all involve positive airway pressure ventilation after head trauma with an undiagnosed skull fracture . We present a rare case of violent pneumocephalus after head trauma not involving mask ventilation but based on pathological respiration pa... |
Dental bonding materials form a bond between tooth structure and the restorative materials . This formed adhesive bond will provide protection of the tooth structure during restoration and will lengthen the restorations clinical lifetime.1 different classifications can be made including dentin bonding agents clinical a... |
However, compared with open cholecystectomy, the incidence of bile duct injury appears to be increased, resulting in significant morbidity . Bile duct injury during lc ranges from mild to severe with serious and disastrous consequences . It may lead to fistula formation or life - threatening biliary peritonitis in case... |
Anterior cruciate ligament (acl) injuries are one of the most common and devastating knee injuries associated with sport participation1 . Surgical repair of complete rupture of the acl is recommended to prevent knee joint instability . While surgery corrects the structural defect, post - operative impairments in knee s... |
All experimental procedures conform to the uk animals (scientific procedures) act 1986 and to ethical standards set out by the university of leeds ethical review committee . 1012 day old wistar rats (n=89) of either sex were deeply anaesthetized with urethane (2 g / kg of body weight intraperitoneally). Animals were tr... |
Amyloids are large aggregates of misfolded proteins with a highly stable cross -structure, which are associated with a variety of degenerative illnesses such as alzheimer s, parkinson s, and huntington s diseases . Proteins with different functionalities and native structures ranging from -helical and -sheet rich to in... |
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