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Despite the development of ever more efficacious and safe pharmacological treatments, cardiovascular diseases are still the leading cause of death and invalidity in the developed countries, and in most of the so called second world (1). Arterial hypertension is one of the most relevant independent cardiovascular diseas...
The emerging phenomenon of so - called health tourism has been in europe since the time of ancient greece and rome (12). The term health tourism was introduced in 1987 by goodrich (3). This multi - faceted topic has been considered as an academic one, from mid-1990s . In addition to some books introducing the tourist t...
The genes involved in the determination of the gonads comprise the wilms' tumor suppressor gene wt1, the orphan nuclear receptor sf-1 and the high mobility group family member sox9 (parker et al . 1999). After determination, the differentiation of the testis depends on the testis - determining factor sry (goodfellow an...
Therapeutic hypothermia instituted within 6 h of birth has been shown to improve neurodevelopmental outcomes in term newborns with moderate to severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (hie). The majority of infants who would benefit from cooling are born at centers that do not offer the therapy, and adding the time for t...
Approximately 20% of lumbar hernias are congenital in nature, while remainder are acquired . Congenital lumbar hernia (clh) is associated with a multitude of congenital anomalies involving various other organ systems of the body . Less than 50 cases of congenital lumbar hernia associated with other congenital anomalies...
Lymphoblastic lymphoma (lbl) is an aggressive form of non - hodgkin s lymphoma (nhl), comprising approximately 2% of all adult nhl cases . Lbl generally shows a high response rate to initial chemotherapy; however, relapse is common and overall survival is poor with treatment using conventional lymphoma regimens . Recen...
Malaria is a disease of global importance resulting in morbidity and mortality worldwide [1, 2]. Although, since 2000 a reduction in the mortality rate of about 25% has been globally observed, nearly half of the world's population is still living at risk of infection [1, 3] leading to more than 0.5 million deaths annua...
A 56-year - old male presented with chronic on and off pain in the left eye his systemic examination revealed multiple subcutaneous tumors in distal upper limbs and more than 6 caf - au - lait macules; but all were <15 mm in diameter . His vision was 20/30 in right eye and counting fingers at 3 feet in left eye . Appla...
The number of end - stage renal disease patients requiring renal replacement therapy is increasing worldwide . In japan peritoneal dialysis (pd) and hemodialysis (hd) are the two major dialysis modalities . The prognosis associated with these modalities is a clinically important issue and has been debated for a long ti...
Past research and/or salary support: national institute of mental health k23 nimh 5 k23 mh070897 - 02, role: pi; nih / ncrr 5 ul1 rr024982 - 02 packer (pi) role: pilot study pi; neuronetics grant - in - kind support for supplies and use of equipment; the defense academy for credibility assessment (formerly the departme...
If the amplitude of the cnv is related to the value of the temporal accumulator, variations in the cnv should be reflected in timing performance . (1999, experiment 1) observed a correlation between the reproduced duration and the cnv amplitude, a finding that has been interpreted as evidence in support of this hypothe...
Viruses are important causes of morbidity and mortality in elderly patients, and respiratory viral infections, particularly influenza, remain a significant cause of death in community - dwelling older adults . Influenza vaccination may have limited efficacy in this population, possibly due to age - associated declines ...
During 20042007, serum samples from 1,036 sheep and goats in turkey were serologically screened for infection with pestiviruses of small ruminants . Of these, 11 serum samples from 7 sheep herds gave positive or doubtful reactions in the csfv antibody specific elisa (herdchek, idexx) and were subjected to commonly used...
To report on a case that developed an atypical form of occult choroidal neovascularization (cnv) after successful macular hole surgery . Visual acuity change, color fundus photographs, fluorescein and indocyanine green angiograms, and optical coherence tomography results were compared throughout the follow - up duratio...
Two years previously, a mass involving the left thigh had been diagnosed after wide excision as multiple myeloma and the patient had undergone chemotherapy . After 6 months, the disappearance of serumal monoclonal protein and a free light chain in the urine indicated complete remission . Ugis demonstrated a luminal pro...
Incarcerated hernia frequently requires emergency surgery since it is associated with intestinal obstruction and ischemia . However, emergency surgery for intestinal obstruction has a high mortality and morbidity.1,2 recently, we were able to perform elective laparoscopic repair of a morgagni hernia causing obstructive...
Lymphomatoid granulomatosis (lg) is a systemic, epstein barr virus (ebv) associated, b cell lymphoproliferative disorder with angiocentric / angiodestructive pattern . Lg occurs more frequently in patients with immunosuppressive conditions (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, wiskott - aldrich syndrome, and post - tran...
Typically, a complex cascade of events follows cutaneous injury aiming to repair the skin in sequential and overlapping phases beginning with an acute inflammatory response, matrix degradation, and tissue remodeling which subsides to the formation of a mature tissue . Adverse wound healing can lead to excessive scar ti...
Creating order and complexity through self - assembly of simple molecular building blocks is an important area of contemporary science . Yet, it is the external control over the molecular order that brings about technological disruptions, as well exemplified by the success of liquid crystals in display industry . Liqui...
Multiple sclerosis (ms) is a chronic, autoimmune disease of the central nervous system characterized by demyelination of nerve cells with resultant scarring known as plaques . It mostly occurs between the ages 20 and 40 and has more prevalence in female than male . In iran, fatigue is the most prevalent and disabling s...
Bruxism is defined as diurnal or nocturnal parafunctional jaw muscle activity that is characterized by clenching, bracing, gnashing, and grinding of teeth . Parafunctions play an important role in oral and general health [2, 3]. Muscle pain, headaches, tooth wear, temporomandibular joint disorders, and even tooth loss ...
The pulp and paper industry is modifying its pulping, bleaching, and effluent treatment technologies to reduce the environmental impact of mill effluents . Prebleaching of kraft pulps with xylanases lowers chlorine charges, which reduce chloroorganic discharges [13]. Tremblay and archibald reported the delignification ...
The development of hepatic portal venous gas (hpvg) is rare but clinically important radiographic finding (1, 2). It has been reported to have an association with numerous abdominal conditions, including inflammatory bowel diseases, bowel obstruction, and bowel necrosis (2). Recently hpvg was also reported as a rare co...
Conjugated linoleic acid (cla) is a fatty acid mixture of positional geometric isomers of octadecadienoic acid (linoleic acid 18: 2n-6) with a conjugated double - bond system (1). Different isomers of cla have varied biological functions, such as reducing carcinogenesis, decreasing adipose mass, and modulating immune f...
Adhesion to dentin may be achieved either following an etch - and - rinse or a self - etch approach . Self - etch approach has been claimed to be user - friendlier and less technique - sensitive . Another important clinical benefit of self - etch adhesives is the absence of, or at least lower incidence of postoperative...
Primary amyloid light - chain (al) amyloidosis is a rare form of plasma cell dyscrasia characterized by tissue deposits commonly made of monoclonal immunoglobulin light chain . Involvement of the heart, kidney, liver, and autonomic nervous systems is responsible for the poor prognosis of al amyloidosis . Patients survi...
Lymphomatoid granulomatosis (lyg) is a rare epstein - barr virus (ebv)-associated b - cell lymphoproliferative disorder that has similar characteristics as lymphomatous and granulomatous diseases . The disease is pathologically classified as a large angiocentric and angiodestructive b - cell lymphoma that consists of s...
. However, symptoms may arise due to occasional obstruction or perforation (1). These objects and long, narrow, or pointed foreign bodies are associated with a high risk of impaction and perforation of the bowel walls (2, 3). The ingestion of foreign bodies may also lead to penetrating injuries with complicating absces...
Basal cell carcinoma (bcc) is a slow growing malignant cutaneous tumor that is locally aggressive but it rarely metastasizes . Histopathological examination of the excision biopsy has been the mainstay for diagnosis . Fine needle aspiration cytology (fnac) has been recently employed as a simple alternative tool in diag...
In recent years, the world has rapidly entered into an aging society . Neglected diseases and illnesses have been continuously detected as our society is aging . Like the condition that progresses very slowly in an elderly woman at an old age of over 90, a number of problems may arise in treatment and decision - making...
In general consideration of cervicofacial skeleton, the hyoid bone tends to be overlooked or is given scant attention . However, it is associated with several important functions of the human body such as deglutition, phonation, and respiration . Orthodontic myofunctional therapy has the potential to affect the hyoid b...
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is a major public health problem in many countries . However, there are many topical and systematic treatments for cl . At present, pentavalent antimonials are still the first drug of choice for the treatment of cl (1). Systemic administration of pentavalent antimonials has been associated ...
Metaplastic breast cancer is a rare entity, with an incidence of less than 0.1 - 0.5% of all breast malignancies . Neurofibromatosis type 1 (nf1) is an autosomal dominant multisystem disorder affecting 1 in 3500 people . It is associated with multiple neoplasms such as optic gliomas and peripheral nerve sheath tumors, ...
The introduction of national mammographic screening programmes and the increasing use of digital mammography and mri have dramatically changed the clinical presentation of dcis . Prior to this, dcis made up a small proportion of all breast malignancy and was only diagnosed in patients presenting with a palpable mass, p...
Many recent studies have focused on cell therapies, scaffold based and cell based, for cardiovascular diseases primarily because these pathologies still rank among the top ten leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide . Annually, thousands of people die due to myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, ...
Hereditary sensory neuropathies (hsn) are clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorders of autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive inheritance characterized by axonal atrophy and degeneration, predominantly affecting the sensory neurons [13]. Hallmark features of the dominantly inherited variant subclassified as...
Understanding and correct analysis of the optical properties of the natural dentition such as color and translucency and the differences between the natural teeth and restorative materials are very important in accurate and consistent shade selection and the proper use of restorative materials in order to achieve clini...
Human breast cancer represents a group of highly heterogeneous lesions, consisting of about 20 morphologically distinct subtypes 1,2 . Breast cancers also have highly variable molecular and immunohistochemical signatures, and could be roughly divided into 5-categories based on expression of estrogen receptor (er), prog...
Medical errors (mes) and adverse drug reactions (adr) still persist as important factors for outpatient and in - patient treatments . Additional awareness of patient safety has been established since 1999, when the institute of medicine issued its report to err is human: building a safer health system . The statement w...
The global annual incidence of primary malignant central nervous system (cns) tumors is around 37 per million for male and 26 per million for female [1, 2], with gliomas constituting the majority . In the past several years, it has been well established that quite a few clinical and histopathological parameters are hel...
Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for severe obesity often resulting in excess weight loss of 5080% [1, 2] and improved psychological wellbeing and health - related quality of life (hrqol) [35]. In addition, particularly, roux en - y gastric bypass (rygb) has been shown to lead to remission of type 2 di...
Wegener's granulomatosis is an uncommon systemic disease characterized by necrotizing vasculitis of small blood vessels with granuloma formation . Central nervous system manifestations of wg include cranial neuritis, mononeuritis multiplex, cerebral vasculitis, and meningeal involvement . Subdural hematoma as a manifes...
Many infectious diseases have been known to be treated with herbal remedies throughout the history of mankind . There is a continuous and urgent need to discover new antimicrobial compounds with diverse chemical structures and novel mechanisms of action for new and reemerging infectious diseases . Medicinal plants are ...
Many different types of alloys are available in the dental market, which can be used for prosthetic applications . The most important factors affecting the choice of these alloys are mechanical properties, workability, biocompatibility and resistance to corrosion.1 some metallic elements are completely safe in the elem...
During april 2008december 2009 in shandong province, 613 blood samples were obtained from hybrid wild boars that had not been vaccinated against prrsv (table). The herd check prrs commercial elisa kit (idexx laboratories, norcross, ga, usa) was used for serologic analysis; 167 (27.2%) of 613 samples were seropositive f...
There are various types of bags such as shoulder bags and backpacks, and various styles of carrying a bag . People use these different types of bags to carry the things they require in their daily lives . While carrying a bag and walking, the body is subjected to physical stress owing to the weight of the bag, and the ...
Radiation retinopathy is a chronic and progressive retinal microangiopathy that can occur even years after radiation treatment for cancer . Radiation retinopathy has been reported secondary to treatment of intraocular tumors, such as uveal melanoma, retinoblastoma, as well as cephalic, nasopharyngeal, orbital, and para...
The utilization of multiple pharmacologic agents is an essential component of modern day anesthetic practice . While there have been numerous advancements in recent years in both analgesic and amnestic medications available for an anesthesiologist to use in clinical practice, the cadre of neuromuscular blocking agents ...
Gastrointestinal ischemia arises due to a sudden reduction in intestinal blood flow, and it most commonly occurs due to mesenteric thrombosis, vasculitis and torsion of the intestine . In occlusive conditions, the collateral circuit of the intestine is occluded, which can be seen due to traumas, surgery on aorta or pel...
Recent research suggests that there is a symbiotic relationship between the non - self' microbiota and self' immune system, and both should be considered as one in the superorganism theory . The microbiota has been shown to have profound effects in the development of gut - associated lymphoid tissue, the differentiatio...
Adenomatoidodontogenic tumor (aot) is a slow growing lesion, constituting only 2.2% to 7.1% of all odontogenic tumors and 0.1% of jaw tumors, with a predilection for the anterior maxilla of young females in the second decade of life [14]. Patients are usually referred to dentists with complaints of impacted teeth withi...
A total of 23 neuropathic diabetic foot patients participated (17 men, 6 women). Mean age was 59.1 (sd 12.6) years, and mean bmi was 33.0 (8.7) kg / m . Mean duration of diabetes was 13.8 (10.1) years, and mean hba1c level was 7.3 (1.1) percent . A total of 18 patients had a history of plantar foot ulceration, which in...
Mycoplasma hominis usually colonizes the lower urogenital tract and can cause pyelonephritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, chorioamnionitis, rupture of fetal membranes, preterm labor, postpartum fever, postabortal fever, and neonatal infection.19 this organism is a marker for sexual activity, as demonstrated by its hig...
The traditional approach to disorders consequent to brain injury centers on the description of concrete symptoms that be shown to correlate significantly with injuries to particular brain regions . This approach began with the pioneering works of broca and wernicke, and has continued in much contemporary work in neurop...
Although applying the pesticides in rice has increased grain production, their use has raised serious concern . Beside the high cost of the pesticides, the use of pesticides may contaminate the products, as well as posing a serious danger to human health (1). Carbamates, or urethanes, are a group of organic compounds s...
Bone metastases are especially prevalent in patients with prostate, breast, or lung primaries [24] and are of great concern to both physicians and patients as they can result in complications such as pathologic fractures, hypercalcemia, and spinal cord compression [2,57]. One of the most common symptoms of bone metasta...
Oxaliplatin, a platinum - based chemotherapeutic agent, is effective for the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer.15 unlike other platinum derivatives, oxaliplatin does not cause significant renal impairment or ototoxicity . The dose - limiting toxicity of oxaliplatin is related to peripheral nerve function and the ...
In living organisms, communication between individual cells and between cells and the environment plays essential roles in various cellular processes including growth, differentiation, migration, and apoptosis.1 these cellular processes are mediated in large part by signaling pathways triggered by interactions between ...
Interpreting the clinical significance of genomic information depends on broad access to dna sequence variants and clinical information about those tested . Some proprietary genetic test providers have developed privately controlled databases containing information essential to interpreting the results of their tests ....
Diabetic foot syndrome is one of the most common complications of diabetes . Alongside neuropathy and ischemia this syndrome includes infections within the soft tissues and bony structures of the foot (as a consequence of neurogenic and vascular abnormalities) and a less frequent complication neuropathic osteoarthropat...
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (aaa) is a life - threatening disease when rupture occurs . Elective open surgical repair (osr) has been the optimal therapy to prevent aaa rupture . However, after the first introduction by parodi et al . (1), endovascular aneurysm repair (evar) has increased dramatically and is the most popu...
Mite demodex is an ectoparasite infesting the areas of face rich in pilo - sebaceous units and less commonly other seborrheic sites like upper and medial region of chest and back are also involved . Majority of the patients are immune - compromised though immunocompetent are not spared, nevertheless atypical presention...
Pyrethrums are organic, environment - friendly insecticides having a knock down effect on a variety of insects . Pyrethrin and pyrethroids have quick action against insects, low toxicity, repellent properties, and virtually no insect immunity . The very low potential for toxicity in human being is due to its rapid meta...
Przyjcie na oddzia intensywnej opieki (oit) bywa poprzedzone wydarzeniami, ktre mog prowadzi do trwaych ubytkw neurologicznych . Ocena stenia biaka s100 w osoczu moe by klinicznie uyteczna w przewidywaniu, jaki bdzie stan neurologiczny pacjenta po nagym zatrzymaniu krenia (nzk). Nie wiadomo, czy wyniki te mona odnie do...
Given the ongoing incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection, thanks to the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy (art), especially its well - known subclass of protease inhibitors (pis) that are coming up every day, hiv - infected patients are going to live longer than ever before . In addition to the...
Clostridium perfringens (c. perfringens) is a ubiquitous bacterium broadly distributed in environment . It also presents as a normal intestinal flora of humans and domestic animals . C. perfringens is an arsenal producing a wide range of bacterial toxins, of which genes encoding 17 distinct toxins have been identified ...
We report the unique case of a patient with brachiocephalic deep venous thrombosis (dvt) and persistent foramen ovale (pfo) who developed ischemic stroke in the absence of other risk factors for stroke . This may suggest the need for more detailed search for the embolic source in selected cases . A large percentage of ...
Recently, several cases of splenic cyst with high serum levels of carbohydrate antigen 19 - 9 (ca 19 - 9), cancer antigen 125 (ca 125) and carcinoembryonic antigen (cea) have been reported . It has been suggested that the cysts are produced by the inner epithelium of the cyst . Splenic cysts are mostly asymptomatic but...
Since guinto, et al . Reported a case of spontaneous regression of a herniated lumbar disc in 1984, this phenomenon in lumbar discs has been well documented and discussed [2 - 4]. However, there have been fewer reports of spontaneous regression of cervical disc herniation (cdh) [5 - 7], especially ones confirmed by mag...
Because coronary heart diseases often manifest as abnormalities of the ventricular geometry and wall kinematics, noninvasive cine medical imaging techniques are of significant clinical value, such as magnetic resonance imaging (mri), to provide shape and motion information of the myocardium (). In the past three decade...
Accidents can take place in a wide variety of environments and settings; however, the home, which people regard as the safest place, is the most likely location . Home accidents comprise 35% of all unintentional injuries in childhood, and the majority of victims are toddlers and pre - school children . Televisions (tv)...
Antireflection (ar) technology plays an important role in the fabrication of high - efficiency solar cells by increasing light coupling into the active region of devices . Generally, a relatively low - light reflectivity can be obtained for crystalline silicon solar cells by combining surface texturization with sixny -...
Scientific collaboration often necessitates sharing data with researchers outside the organization that collects and maintains the data . Sharing microdata records of individual information on a relatively small number of subjects carries a risk of disclosure (determining the identity of one or more individuals) and, i...
We report a case of a healthy 22-year - old man who underwent an arthroscopic right acl reconstruction with hamstring grafts in january 2010, 6 months after his initial injury . The graft was fixed with an endobutton (smith & nephew, andover, ma, usa) for the femoral side, and a biosure bioabsorbable screw (smith & nep...
They have poor communication with the normal lymph systems and therefore collect lymph. [15] the most common location in the mouth is the dorsum of tongue, followed by lips, buccal mucosa, soft palate, and floor of the mouth . These tumors typically present in children younger than 2 years and in a significant number o...
The rate of endometriosis is estimated to be approximately 1015% in women of reproductive age and 2550% in infertile women . Several mechanisms for the association of endometriosis with infertility have been proposed, including altered pelvic anatomy, impaired ovarian function, distorted microenvironment, altered endom...
In the early 1970s, this picture of thymic selection was still being colored in . Immunologists were unaware that the antigens recognized by t cells were peptides bound to mhc molecules . And tcrs themselves peter doherty laid out the nobel prize winning rules of what is now known as self - mhc restriction in 1973 . Th...
Coomb's positive hemolytic anemia is a very rare cause of anemia associated with tb and only few case reports have been published . The case presented here had tuberculosis lymphadenitis associated coomb's positive hemolytic anemia which resolved on treatment with anti tuberculous treatment . A 19-year - old girl prese...
The incidence rate ranges from 4.5 to 20% after pneumonectomy and is 0.5% after lobectomy . The risk of developing a bronchopleural fistula is greater when surgery is performed for a malignancy and even more when radiation or chemotherapy is given [1, 2, 3]. Until now there are no established guidelines, nor is there a...
There has been a recent surge in interest in the eastern philosophies for mental health care . For instance, successful amalgamation of zen's principles with cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt) in the form of dialectical behavioral therapy (dbt), as well as the psychotherapeutic application of mindfulness is on the rise...
Central diabetes insipidus (cdi) results from deficiency synthesis, release of arginine vasopressin (avp), or both . Polyuria and polydipsia are important clues to the diagnosis; nonetheless, approximately 40% of the patients have symptoms other than polyuria and polydipsia at presentation . Infants may have fever, vom...
Retroperitoneal fibrosis (rpf) is a rare disease with an unclear etiology and is characterized by chronic nonspecific inflammation of the retroperitoneum . The hallmark of this disease and its main complication is ureteral entrapment, which is often silent and progressive, . Several studies have noted that patients wit...
The dutch healthcare inspectorate is in search for a better insight into how to measure the quality of integrated care . The central purpose of this study was to identify indicators that provide insight into the performance of the chain as a whole, by means of a clinical logic model . The extent to which such requireme...
In patients with type 2 diabetes, glycaemic control typically deteriorates over time due to the progressive nature of the disease, and a significant proportion of patients with type 2 diabetes will require exogenous insulin therapy to reach glycaemic goals 1,2 . Once - daily basal insulin is the most convenient strateg...
A critical need within the biochemical and biomedical research sector is the identification of low - abundance biomarkers that are predictive of early - stage disease or that correlate with therapeutic outcome or toxicity. (1) while the interest in the potential and value of biomarkers has never been greater, the resea...
Most of the procedures are performed under sedation and/or analgesia due to the discomfort or pain, and adequate sedation may improve the quality of colonoscopy . Sedation for endoscopy can be classified into minimal, moderate, and deep sedation, depending on the different types of procedures, and moderate sedation lev...
Over the past 20 years, erythropoiesis stimulating agents (esas) have been a mainstay in anemia treatment in chronic kidney disease (ckd) and end - stage renal disease (esrd) patients . Although anemia treatment improves survival in this population, correction of hemoglobin (hb) to a normal range using esas did not dem...
Non - melanomatous skin cancer (nmsc) is the single most common cancer in the us with an incidence of 2 - 3 million cases per year . Nmsc is comprised of basal cell carcinoma (bcc) and squamous cell carcinoma (scc), and also includes merkel cell carcinoma (mcc) and adnexal tumors . While surgical excision is the standa...
Human respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) is one of the most important infectious agents causing acute lower respiratory tract illness, such as bronchiolitis and pneumonia, in infants and young children [1, 2]. Viral rna generated during rsv replication is recognized by host pattern recognition molecules, such as toll - ...
Clinical pharmacologists play an important role in the development of these skills by teaching clinical pharmacology and therapeutics (cp&t) to undergraduate medical students . Although the approaches to teaching cp&t have undergone many changes over the last decennia, it is essential that the actual teaching of cp&t c...
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (hsct) is the treatment of choice for many hematological malignancies and primary immunodeficiencies . Gvhd, the life - threatening and frequent complication of allogeneic hsct (1), is due to mature donor t cells present in the transplant . However, removal of these t ...
Each year 300 million to 3 billion people are infected and more than 600,000 die, making malaria the most important vector - borne disease in the world . Of the five parasites that infect humans (p. falciparum, p. vivax, p. malariae, p. ovale, and p. knowlesi), p. falciparum causes the most severe disease and the most ...
Pmds were obtained from lister et al ., generated from bisulfite sequencing in fibroblast cells . Dnam data and hypomethylation block regions were obtained from hansen et al .. affymetrix hgu133plus2 expression data was obtained from the gene expression barcode project . Idat files for 17 normal colon and 34 colon tumo...
During the last decades, there have been great advancements in the field of preventive medicine . Research has demonstrated that nutrition plays a crucial role in the prevention of chronic diseases . It proposes to consider food not only vital to survive, but also a mean for mental and physical well - being, contributi...
Service quality is an important element in growth, success and survival of any given organization, assuming the importance of a principle for predicting future developments of the organization (1). Considering the ongoing globalization process, health care rendering systems development as well as the increase in people...
Obesity is linked to many deleterious health consequences, including insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes (t2d) and the metabolic syndrome, a group of metabolic risk factors predisposing to t2d, and cardiovascular disease . Low - grade, chronic inflammation is considered as one of the most important mechanisms explainin...
Clubroot caused by the obligate soil - borne parasite plasmodiophora brassicae is considered the most important soil - borne disease of brassica crops, such as broccoli, cabbage, canola and others (dixon 2014; donald and porter 2009; donald and porter 2014). Primary phases that occur in the root hair and secondary phas...
All procedures followed the nih guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals, and were approved by the columbia university or national institute of dental and craniofacial research animal care and use committees . T2r32-sapphire mice are transgenics engineered to express the blue shifted gfp - derivative, sapp...