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Ankylosing spondylitis (as) is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease that affects especially males in the second and third decades of life, with a prevalence of 0.50.9% . The main clinical symptom is inflammatory back pain typically occurring at night and morning stiffness improving after exercise . The pain, stiffn... |
Episiotomy is performed with a pudendal block during second stage of labor to expand the opening of the vagina which improves maternal and neonatal outcomes.it is one of the most common medical procedures performed on women in iran, which have been reported 88.3% at ommolbanin hospital of mashhad, in 2006 . Also khajav... |
Baseline samples from two studies of depression and distress among adult type 2 diabetic patients were included . Study 1, our primary sample, used baseline data from the distress and depression in diabetes study (3d study), a noninterventional, three - wave, 18-month study of the prevalence and persistence of dd and d... |
This is a prospective cohort study of patients admitted to a specialized geriatric icu at the liuhuaqiao hospital in guangzhou, china . Founded in 1933, it grew out of the general hospital of guangzhou military command . Since 2009, it has been open to the general public, and named liuhuaqiao, meaning flowing flowers b... |
Chronic renal failure is a progressive deterioration of renal function impairment which leads to interference with the metabolism of body water and electrolytes . Two - three percent of the current world's population is suffering from chronic renal failure and every year the rate increases twice . The standard recommen... |
Cholesterol, l - a - pa, stearylamine (sa), lactoperoxidase, monensin, 2,5-diphenyl oxazole, 1,4-bis[2-(5-phenyl oxazole)] benzene, guar gum, penicillin - g (potassium salt), streptomycin sulphate, 2.5% trypsin in hbss (hank s balanced salt solution) and hepes ((4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid) were ... |
Systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) is an autoimmune, chronic inflammatory disorder affecting the connective tissue of multiple organ systems . It occurs on the background of disturbances of environmental, hormonal, and genetic factors . No single clinical, laboratory, neuropsychological, and imaging test can be used to... |
Moreover, in chemical ionization mass spectrometry (cims), humidity is involved in the complex processes taking place at and after chemical ionization . From a practical point of view, humidity in cims is relevant for quantification . Several general concepts are understood, such as the influence of protonated higher w... |
Medical records were retrospectively reviewed for cats with nasal lymphoma treated with radiation therapy at the rakuno gakuen university veterinary teaching hospital . The 30 cats included in this study were treated between april 2004 and december 2011 . All cats had biopsies taken under general anesthesia and were di... |
Cytokines are an intriguing group of soluble protein mediators with a large number of described actions but short biological range . These molecules are produced by a variety of cells, including monocytes, macrophages, lymphocytes, and endothelial cells . Such proteins include the pro - inflammatory cytokines interleuk... |
A 47-year - old man was admitted with the chief complaint of persistent high fever and transient loss of consciousness . Although his general condition improved after intravenous acyclovir administration, the patient presented with visual loss in both eyes 4 days after admission . Visual acuity in his right eye was 20/... |
Sarcoidosis is a systemic disorder of unknown etiologycharacterized by widespread development of noncaseating epithelioid cell granulomas in more than one organ system . A review of the literature suggests that the relationship between sarcoidosis and malignancy is controversial; however, new onset sarcoidosis has been... |
Starting in 2000, pegylated interferon- (peg - ifn) has been the treatment of choice for chronic hepatitis c virus (hcv) infections ., we report for the first time a patient who experienced a relapse of vogt - koyanagi - harada (vkh) disease during treatment with peg - ifn and ribavirin therapy for hcv infection . A 60... |
An enormous change has taken place in ocular health issues, however, there are various problems facing ophthalmic public health worldwide . In the previous years, the world health organization and the international agency for the prevention of blindness in partnership launched the global initiative to eradicate avoidab... |
The extracellular matrix (ecm) is an insoluble supra - structure comprised of a variety of matrix components including fibronectin, glycosaminoglycans, chrondronectin, osteonectin, collagens, laminin, proteoglycans, and growth factors [16]. The ecm provides the scaffold for cell attachment which is necessary for severa... |
In this study, we analyzed 12 species of aquatic heteroptera belonging to five families: belostomatidae (belostoma anurum and belostoma micantulum), gelastocoridae (gelastocoris angulatus and gelastocoris flavus flavus), gerridae (rheumatobates crassifemur crassifemur), notonectidae (buenoa amnigenus, buenoa unguis, ma... |
A 6-year - old girl 102 cm tall and weighing 17 kg, with chronic intestinal pseudo - obstruction was scheduled for multivisceral organ transplantation . Four - years earlier, she visited a hospital for abdominal distention and was diagnosed with gastric volvulus and congenital megacolon, for which she underwent gastrop... |
Myofibroblasts were first described in healing skin wounds, where it was hypothesized that they were responsible for the phenomenon of wound contraction.1 since then, cells morphologically similar to myofibroblasts have been described in many tissues, predominantly in pathological states where their sustained presence ... |
Fibrosing colonopathy (fc) is a rare entity associated with cystic fibrosis (cf). Until now, case report on an adult with cf who developed persistent abdominal pain due to a non - passable stricture in the right transverse colon . Initially we treated the patient with prednisolone pulse therapy and additive antibiotic ... |
Neuroferritinopathy is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the deposition of iron and ferritin in the brain and a decreased level of serum ferritin . Seven different pathogenic mutations of the ferritin light chain gene have been identified [17]. These mutations are predicted to affect the... |
The mouse hypothalamic cell line n29/4 was cultured as previously described (24). Min6 cells (obtained with permission from jun - ichi miyazaki, osaka university) were used between passages 24 and 30 and grown in dulbecco's modified eagle's medium containing 25 mm glucose and supplemented with 12.5% heat - inactivated ... |
Alzheimer s disease (ad) is a progressive neurodegeneration and a complex multifactorial disorder among the elderly . The pathological features of ad are the loss of neurons in conjunction with the presence of oxidative stress, axonal dystrophy, senile plaques, and neurofibrillary tangles . Because of its polygenic nat... |
High blood pressure is estimated to affect more than one in three adults aged 25 and over, or about 1 billion people worldwide.1 this means that nearly 30% of our patients are suffering from hypertension . Various drugs are currently used to treat hypertension, but the effects of these drugs on other age - related prob... |
In a modern lifestyle people are chronically exposed to elevated amounts of lipids and nutrients, potentially leading to tissue dysfunction and disease . The adipose tissue is highly involved in the development of metabolic disorders such as cardiovascular disease (cvd) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2 dm). It is the b... |
Ever since its origins in 1988 in the usa and france, laparoscopic cholecystectomy has fast become the gold standard for operative gall bladder removal . Studies have shown that laparoscopic cholecystectomy, as compared to the previous method of open cholecystectomy, has advantages in terms of lower mortality, lesser c... |
Afferent loop obstruction is a potentially life - threatening complication of billroth ii gastrectomy or roux - en - y hepaticojejunostomy (ryhj). Afferent loop syndrome caused by an enterolith is rare.1 formation of the enterolith is presumed to be related to hypomotility or stasis of the bowel that is altered anatomi... |
Sarcomas arising in abdomen and pelvis constitute 2530% of all soft tissue sarcomas (sts), of which retroperitoneal sarcomas account for 15%, and intra - abdominal sarcomas account for 1015%; <5% of sarcomas appear as primary abdominal wall tumors . The most commonly encountered histologic subtypes of retroperitoneal s... |
Total daily energy expenditure is the sum of the thermic effect of feeding, the energy expended during physical activity, and resting energy expenditure (ree). Ree represents the largest (i.e., 6075%) component of total daily energy expenditure . Subsequently, increases in ree can influence daily energy utilization and... |
Srus manifests as rectal bleeding, mucoid discharge, straining, altered bowel habits, incontinence, tenesmus, rectal prolapse, and a sensation of incomplete defecation.1,2 the endoscopic findings of srus show variable patterns, including hyperemic mucosa, ulceration, and polypoid lesions.3 because of variable clinical ... |
Vascular dementia (vad) is the impairment of memory and cognitive functioning resulting from cerebrovascular disease (cvd) such as infarcts and leukoaraiosis . Although vad is considered to be the second most common cause of cognitive impairment after alzheimer's disease (ad) in the elderly, controversy remains concern... |
Extrahepatic biliary duct duplication, also commonly called duplicated common bile duct (dcbd), is exceptionally rare and mostly turn to be unexpected finding during surgery exposing surgeons to unusual surprises leading to iatrogenic bile duct injuries (bdi). This anomaly has been reported to be associated with multip... |
Firstly, a child's eye continues to grow during the initial years of life and early childhood . Refractive elements of the eye undergo radical changes; axial elongation and changes in corneal curvature are major factors influencing refractive changes in early childhood . For instance average corneal curvature flattens ... |
Insects exhibit symbiotic relationships with bacteria and they provide several benefits to their host . Essential insect symbionts offer a desirable target for the control of insect pests that rely upon them . The complete elimination of endosymbionts using antibiotics reduces the lifespan of the insect and suppresses ... |
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disorder characterized by airway hyper - responsiveness, reversible airway obstruction, and airway remodeling . It is commonly thought that asthma is a multi - factorial disease resulting from complex interactions between genetic predisposition and environmental factors . Studies... |
One of the adverse events associated with serotonergic agents is serotonin syndrome (ss). The development of ss can be caused not only by an overdose of serotonergic agents but also through an interaction with other drugs (1,2). It is has been reported that more than 85% of physicians are not aware of ss (3). We encoun... |
Wegener s granulomatosis (wg), first described by friedrich wegener in stuttgart in 1936, is multi - system disease characterized by a necrotizing granulomatous arteritis of the upper and lower respiratory tract and a necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis . Vasculitis may also affect other organs such as the eyes, ... |
Oral cancer is the eleventh most prevalent cancer worldwide . Oral cancers in australia account for approximately 2 - 3% of all cancers and approximately 1% of all cancer deaths, with an increasing incidence over the past decades . The most common oral cancer is oral squamous cell carcinoma (oscc), which makes up 90% o... |
The who regional committee of the western pacific about a new bmi for asians defined 23 kg / m or higher bmi as overweight, and 25 kg / m or higher as obesity1 . It is associated with increased body fat, bmi, and waist measurements, which adversely affect the activities in daily living and physical activities2 . Also t... |
Diabetic nephropathy (dn) is one of the most serious microvascular complications of diabetes, which is the leading cause of end - stage renal disease . Previous studies have reported that podocytes are highly differentiated, insulin - dependent glomerular epithelial cells contributing to glomerular filtration barrier .... |
Critical illness may occur at any time of life, having permanent effects not only on one?s health but on other aspects of life, including spiritual, social, and familiar issues . Despite this, mortality is still the most frequently assessed outcome in critically ill patients and is routinely used as the primary end - p... |
The bacterial plaque has been implicated as the primary etiologic factor in inflammatory periodontal disease, but recently, several studies have focused on the role of the immune system in the evolution of the periodontal disease, indicating that bacterial antigens trigger an immunopathologic reaction and that the susc... |
Blindness is one of the most prevalent disabilities worldwide which is known as one of the most severe health conditions affecting individuals, families and communities . According to the latest world health organization (who) estimates in 2010, approximately 39 million people in the world were blind . As revealed in t... |
A ti: sapphire laser at 830 nm (80 mhz, ~140 fs pulse width, chameleon, coherent, ca) pumped an optical parametric oscillator (opo, ape, coherent, ca), providing a 1064 nm output with ~260 fs pulse width . The 1064 nm beam the pump beam was modulated by an acousto - optic modulator (aom, gooch & housego, ca) at ~7 mhz ... |
To describe the work - up and treatment of rare ectopic acromegaly caused by a biopsy - proven somatotroph pituitary adenoma located within the bony intersphenoid septum of a patient with empty sella syndrome (ess). We report the presentation, clinical course, diagnostic work - up, and lesion localization and treatment... |
The isolation and study of reactive intermediates provides a wealth of insights into the mechanism and stereochemical course of synthetically useful reactions . Of course, many intermediates are not amenable to isolation because of their instability, reactivity or other complicating factors . In these cases, the synthe... |
End - stage renal disease (esrd) is associated with higher incidence of pulmonary arterial hypertension (pah), leading to increased chances of mortality, morbidity and early rejection in patients slated for renal transplantation . The prevalence of pah among the patients receiving long - term haemodialysis (hd) ranges ... |
A significant number of patients with diabetes remain poorly controlled, mainly as a result of poor diet compliance . The important choices that affect blood glucose control in people with diabetes are made by themselves, and not by their physicians or other medical professionals . People with diabetes are advised to a... |
By the age of 80 years, humans generally lose 3040% of their skeletal muscle fibers, particularly type ii fibers . The decline in muscle mass and strength with age is well documented.2, 3 in general, the muscle mass of 6070-year - olds decreases to 7080% of that of younger people (<60 years old).4, 5 the main features ... |
Liver cirrhosis (lc) is a major, life - threatening health problem worldwide . Lc results from liver injuries of numerous different etiologies, causing hepatocyte damage, hepatic inflammation, and fibrogenesis . Lc is histologically characterized by increased deposition in and altered composition of the extracellular m... |
The neural - cadherin (cdh2) gene encodes the n - cadherin protein, a member of the cadherin gene family that mediates cell adhesion, differentiation, embryogenesis, and invasion1 . It has been described in a number of organs1,2 and malignancies derived from these3,4,5 . Although the distribution of n - cadherin in the... |
Supraclavicular brachial plexus block is a common regional anesthetic technique used to provide anesthesia and analgesia for upper extremity surgery at our institution . -2 adrenoreceptor agonists have been the focus of interest for their sedative, analgesic, and perioperative sympatholytic and cardiovascular stabilizi... |
This article describes the curation workflow for xenbase (www.xenbase.org) (1,2) and was presented as part of the biocreative workshop 2012 track ii . Xenbase is a large - scale model organism database (mod) and community resource for researchers working with the frog species, xenopus tropicalis and xenopus laevis . It... |
Neuropathic pain is an umbrella term that has recently been redefined by the international association for the study of pain as pain caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory system,1 thereby encompassing a number of diverse conditions and body sites . Although largely underappreciated, the vulva is a particul... |
Although the basic structure of the spindle is similar in all cell types of higher eukaryotes, spindle assembly can occur through different pathways . In most animal somatic cells, spindle formation is mediated by a pair of microtubule (mt) * organizing centers, called the centrosomes . During prophase, the separating ... |
A 61-year - old male patient presented to our institution with a complaint of pain in the right knee that had aggravated for the last three days . On the same knee, he underwent posterior cruciate ligament (pcl) reconstruction surgery due to trauma seven years prior and tka due to rheumatoid arthritis four years previo... |
Severe coronary artery calcifications (cacs) present an ongoing treatment challenge despite the advent of various technologies for plaque debulking and reducing atherosclerotic burden prior to stent implantation . The diamondback 360 coronary orbital atherectomy (oa) system (cardiovascular systems inc ., st . Paul, mn,... |
Isolated subcutaneous preadipocytes from lean (bmi <25) and obese (bmi> 30) subjects (zen - bio, research triangle park, nc) were plated on t-75 cell culture flasks and cultured at 37c and 5% co2 in dulbecco's modified eagle's medium (dmem)/nutrient mix f-12 medium (1:1, v / v) supplemented with 10u / ml p / s, fbs 10%... |
Patients were recruited as part of the cdc emerging infections program s unex study and met all project inclusion criteria, including absence of important preexisting medical conditions, development of an illness with defined features suggestive of infectious etiology, severity leading to admission to an intensive care... |
This work was supported by the national 863 project (no: 2002aa302608), from the ministry of science and technology, china. |
Eating disorders have been defined as characterized by persistence disturbance of eating or eating - related behavior that results in the altered consumption or absorption of food and that significantly impairs health or psychosocial functioning.1 the last version of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental diso... |
A recent survey from the centers for disease control and prevention indicates that diabetes affects 25.8 million people in the united states which is 8.3% of the u.s . Most diabetic patients will ultimately develop kidney failure, hypertension, and/or suffer stroke . In addition, about two - thirds of diabetic patients... |
The nature of the effects of higher - order corneal aberrations on lower - order corneal astigmatism has until now been poorly understood . If the corneal astigmatism differed from the manifest astigmatism, it was usually diagnosed as lenticular astigmatism through a process of exclusion . Some authors have also perfor... |
D - myo - inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (ip3rs) are ca channels located on the endoplasmic reticulum . Ip3 [ins(1,4,5)p3, 1] is a second messenger produced by the action of phospholipase c on phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate in response to various extracellular signals . Ip3 binds to its receptor and open... |
Anti - mllerian hormone (amh), also known as mller inhibiting factor or mller inhibiting substance, is a glycoprotein formed from two identical subunits, each with a molecular weight of 72 kda . The hormone is part of the growth factor family, which includes 35 different peptide structures, including inhibin, activin, ... |
Yoga is emerging as an important modifying factor for health and behavior to achieve better physical and mental well - being . The practice of asanas improves the muscle strength, mind - body coordination, and balance . Further, it improves the blood flow, tissue perfusion and oxygenation, and enhancing functions at ce... |
Fungal peritonitis (fp) is a rare but potentially fatal complication of chronic peritoneal dialysis (pd), associated with high morbidity and mortality ranging between 20% and 30% . Fp accounts for 1 - 15% of all peritonitis episodes . In those who survived peritonitis, the inflammatory process often causes irreversible... |
Actomyosin contraction provides the force - driving contraction, membrane blebbing and apoptotic body formation during programmed cell death.apoptotic cells display cell surface markers that facilitate recognition and uptake by phagocytic cells.impaired apoptotic cell clearance may contribute to inflammation and autoim... |
Tuberculous meningitis (tbm) is among the most fatal forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (eptb) accounting for 7080% of all neurological tb cases [24]. The development of tbm infection occurs with infection of meninges with tuberculous bacilli, resulting in formation of tuberculous lesions (rich foci). Although tuberc... |
Duplications leading to functional disomy of chromosome xq28 are associated with a distinct clinical phenotype in males, characterized by severe mental retardation, infantile hypotonia, progressive neurologic impairment, recurrent infections, bladder dysfunction, and absent speech (see and for reviews). This combinatio... |
Total knee arthroplasty (tka) is a surgery that improves patient mobility and quality of life, but causes severe postoperative pain during the first 2472 hours.1 adequate postoperative pain control promotes patient ambulation and physiotherapy,2 leading to early recovery, fewer complications (ie, deep - vein thrombosis... |
Pancreatic tuberculosis (tb) is a rare condition affecting those from endemic areas as well as those with immunocompromise.1 within the past decade, there has been an increase in the number of cases reported within the united states.2345 we report a case of pancreatic tb in a young female that initially presented as a ... |
The recent boom in genome - wide association (gwa) studies has resulted in a vast expansion of our knowledge of common variants influencing human diseases . So far, 1,888 single nucleotide polymorphism (snp) associations have been reported, 1,435 of which are unique to the snp . They account for only 36 publications, r... |
Microorganisms are responsible for development of many diseases, which directly or indirectly affect reproductive performance in various animal species . Knowledge of the microflora of animal skin and mucous membranes is essential for better understanding of pathological processes ., in cows, these include candida albi... |
Azoxymethane (aom) and its metabolic precursor, 1, 2-dimethylhydrazine (dmh), are commonly used carcinogens to study the molecular mechanisms of colon carcinogenesis in rodents . They are preferred model carcinogens because they induce tumors preferentially in the distal colon of rodents and because the tumors have pat... |
Neonatal respiratory failure is a serious clinical problem[13] associated with high morbidity, mortality, and cost[46]. The major risk factor is low birth weight[7, 8], which is more prevalent among the poor, and the uninsured[912]. The standard method of management for respiratory failure is supportive care with mecha... |
The present study was carried out on 150 professional mbbs students of tertiary care hospital . Students were briefed about the purpose of the study and informed written consent was obtained . A pretest was conducted by giving 10 questions of general awareness and 15 questions regarding pharmacotherapy of hiv / aids . ... |
Pulmonary surfactant is a lipoprotein complex composed of lipids (90%) and proteins (10%), secreted by the alveolar type ii pneumocytes, that reduces the surface tension of fluids that coat alveoli, maintaining the stability of alveolar structures . Surfactant proteins include surfactant protein a (spa), b (spb), c (sp... |
Most case reports are of ingestion of sharp objects that can be retrieved by indirect laryngoscopy or flexible endoscopy in the majority of cases . Foreign bodies have been found to migrate to the pancreas from the gastrointestinal (gi) tract . Presentation varies widely from a 45-year - old man who was asymptomatic by... |
In 2011 in cambodia, environmental samples were collected from 4 lpms each week for 7 weeks, including during the khmer new year festival (figure 1). Two of the markets were in phnom penh, the capital city: orussey market (m1) and chamkar doung market (m2), which also served as an overnight resting place and a place to... |
We used commercial single - layer graphene samples (ted pella inc ., redding / ca 21712 - 5 pelco) grown with chemical vapor deposition and deposited on sinx transmission electron microscopy grids with a regular pattern of holes with an approximate diameter of 2.5 m . Fully and partially sputtered areas were written on... |
Worldwide, colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in men and the third most common cancer in women . Each year more than 1 million new diagnoses are made and more than 500,000 die of the disease (1). Similarly, in korea, colorectal cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality . The majority of colorec... |
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal malignant diseases of the gastrointestinal system and curative resection in pancreatic cancer is essential for long - term survival . With the advance of surgical techniques and perioperative management, conventional pancreatectomy, such as distal pancreatectomy or pancreatic... |
Small organic osmolytes are molecules that virtually all organisms use to counter cellular stresses . Many of these molecules are known to have a profound impact on biological macromolecules and are thus of broad research interest . A debate has been going on for decades about the mechanism of the action of individual ... |
Diabetic patients with or without cardiovascular disease, have a decreased heart rate variability (hrv) related to increased mortality risk [13] hrv is a measure of the imbalance between sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic activity, and its decrease is a sign of dominance of sympathetic activity . Decreased hrv h... |
Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix, that comprises approximately 25% of the surgical emergency admissions and 40% of the total laparotomy emergencies . The standard treatment for acute appendicitis is the surgical removal of the appendix called appendectomy this may be done by an open incision in the abdom... |
The neuro - cardio - facial - cutaneous syndromes consist of neurofibromatosis type 1, noonan, leopard, costello and cardio - facio - cutaneous (cfc) syndromes . Psychomotor retardation, congenital heart diseases (chd), facial abnormalities, short stature, skin problems and cancer predisposition are common findings in ... |
Colon diverticulosis is a frequent condition in adults in western countries and several patients experience clinical symptoms even when diverticulosis is not complicated by diverticulitis . Udd symptoms pathogenesis remains unknown, but alterations in the diet and gut microbiota may be involved and could be responsible... |
Thyroid carcinoma is the most common endocrine neoplasm and is increasing worldwide (in the usa, 8.7 per 100,000 people) [14]. Papillary thyroid carcinomas (ptcs) accounted for 74% of all thyroid carcinomas in 1973 and 87% in 2003 . In this period, its incidence (including that of the follicular variant of ptc) increas... |
3 mm 3 mm wedges were prepared from single crystal copper with a (100) orientation (mateck gmbh, juelich, germany), using mechanical and electrochemical polishing . The subsequent experimental procedure is shown in fig . 1: a 5 m thick and 200 m long lamella was machined out of the single crystal wedge using an fib mic... |
To describe a patient with behet's disease and anterior uveitis, which was not cured by local and systemic corticosteroid treatments, who underwent trabeculotomy one week after infliximab administration . Neither ocular inflammatory attacks nor infectious complications were found in the operated eye of the patient duri... |
Cardio ankle vascular index (cavi), an indicator of the overall stiffness of the artery from the origin of the aorta to the ankle, is elevated in patients who have coronary risk factors . Both organic and functional factors are thought to be associated with arterial stiffness assessed by cavi, and the latter can be imp... |
Extracellular electron transfer for respiration of insoluble oxide minerals by microbes is important for the biogeochemical cycling of metals, biotechnology, and bioremediation and may represent the earliest form of respiration on earth (1). In natural environments, microorganisms catalyze the breakdown of organic matt... |
Many approaches have been used to prepare oral formulations of poorly water - soluble drugs to improve oral bioavailability.13 among them, solid dispersion (sd), in which the drug molecule is dispersed in a polymeric matrix, has been shown to improve the aqueous solubility and oral absorption of drugs.4,5 sd produces t... |
Pollution of natural waters with waste water arising from various industries has become a serious problem globally . Textile industries are large industrial consumers of waters as well as producers of wastewaters with the increased demand for textile products leading to increase in the generation of textile wastewater,... |
Zinc is an essential element for all cells, as it is used as a cofactor for many enzymes and transcription factors that mediate key cellular processes, such as protection against oxidative stress, deoxyribonucleic acid (dna) repair, dna replication, proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis . The total zinc content ... |
Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by destruction of tooth - supporting tissues . The red - complex bacteria including, porphyromonas gingivalis, tannerella forsythia and treponema denticola were shown to have the closest association with the severity of periodontitis [2, 3] besides this grou... |
Many processes in nature and technology involve polymer - decorated surfaces in liquid media, and therefore understanding of interactions between such surfaces is important from both academic and technological points of view . Dense grafting of polymer chains to a surface leads to the extension of these polymers due to... |
B and t lymphocytes form the adaptive arm of the immune system in jawed vertebrates and can specifically respond to an astounding number of foreign antigens . This property depends largely on a series of site - specific dna rearrangement events between separate v, d, and j gene segments at antigen receptor (ar)-encodin... |
Head and neck cancers have a global annual incidence of about 560,000 new cases, and cause approximately 300,000 deaths per year throughout the world.1 while radical surgery is the most important treatment among the comprehensive therapies for head and neck cancers, radiotherapy has been extensively used as primary the... |
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