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"the cyst was unilocular , contained watery fluid , did not communicate with the adjacent intestinal lumen ( fig . the patient was a 41-week - gestational - age infant girl with a birth weight of 3300 g. after an uneventful pregnancy , the patient was delivered spontaneously and healthy until this episode . at 35 d... | duplications of the alimentary tract are very rare . a one - month - old female presented with symptoms of anorexia , vomiting and continuous watery diarrhea . the plain abdominal radiograph showed thickened intestinal wall and signs of small bowel obstruction . the fevers , vomiting , and continuous wartery diarrhea p... |
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"this review will focus on corneal - based surgical strategies to treat presbyopia and in particular how these methods have been or may be used in pseudophakic patients . to improve uncorrected near vision in presbyopia , the two major techniques to alter the cornea generally utilize either an intracorneal inlay de... | purpose . the purpose of this review is to provide a summary of laser refractive surgery and corneal inlay approaches to treat presbyopia in patients after cataract surgery . summary . the presbyopic population is growing rapidly along with increasing demands for spectacle independence . this review will focus on the c... |
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", there have been seven reported cases of retroperitoneal ed cyst in the english literature . the small intestine is the most common location ; retroperitoneum is an extremely rare site . in general , enteric duplications ( eds ) are uncommon anomalies that can occur at any point of the gastrointestinal tract . di... | retroperitoneum is a very uncommon site of enteric duplication ( ed ) . we report a new case of retroperitoneal ed cyst suspected in utero . prenatal ultrasound showed an abdominal cystic mass . noncommunicating retroperitoneal ed cyst measuring 70 mm 30 mm was resected . histopathologic examination confirmed the diag... |
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"bicondylar hoffa fracture involving both the femoral condyles is a rare injury and has anecdotally been reported in the literature [ table 1].234567 most reported cases of bicondylar hoffa fracture have two separate fracture lines and the two condyles are separated from each other . we describe a rare case of conj... | conjoint bicondylar hoffa fracture is an extremely rare injury . only one case has been reported previously in the pediatric age group . we describe this injury in a 17-year - old male who presented following a fall with direct impact on his semiflexed right knee . plain radiographs were inadequate to define the exact ... |
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"the surgical guide is essential to establish a logical continuity among diagnosis , prosthetic planning , and surgical phase . , neither buccolingual width nor angulation can be properly visualized on the most traditional radiographs . in the following case report , an innovative simplified method without radiatio... | the primary factor that determines the success of implant is the amount of available bone in the edentulous site . diagnostic imaging and techniques help to develop and implement a cohesive and comprehensive treatment plan according to the available bone . in the following case report an innovative simplified method ( ... |
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"the use of ergotamines causing ischemia of peripheral vessels has been reported , particularly in patients with peripheral vascular disease . ischemic bowel induced by ergotamines is a much rarer event , with few documented cases in the literature . while colitis is always on the differential diagnosis of hospital... | a 48-year - old woman with a history of chronic migraines , initially admitted for inpatient management of intractable migraine headaches , developed new onset abdominal pain , hypotension , and diarrhea on hospital day number ten . in our institution 's headache unit , patients are treated by a multidisciplinary appro... |
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"we analyzed all 140 mrsa isolates we obtained during a previous study ( 2 ) and 50 other isolates selected from our collection of nosocomial mrsa isolates obtained in 2003 . the correlation between sccmec element typing and mlst in this study corresponds to findings of previous reports ( 6,1214 ) . enright et al .... | to determine the predominant staphylococcal cassette chromosome ( scc ) mec element in methicillin - resistant staphylococcus aureus , we typed 190 isolates from a hospital in taiwan . we found a shift from type iv to type iii sccmec element during 19922003 , perhaps caused by selective pressure from indiscriminate use... |
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"acute embolic limb ischemia is an urgent clinical condition in which sudden decrease or worsening in limb perfusion causes a potential threat to extremity viability and to life . thorough removal of all occlusive emboli in the arterial tree results in the best outcomes ; hence , some authors favored arteriography ... | acute limb ischemia can be potentially harmful to the limb and life threatening . renal failure is a possible outcome associated with release of products of ischemic limb reperfusion . some authors reported the benefit of performing angiography after embolectomy , even though iodine contrast is also nephrotoxic . we re... |
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"here we report a case of emphysematous gastritis , diagnosed by computed tomography ( ct ) and confirmed by histopathologic findings associated with invasive gastric mucormycosis that showed angioinvasion , necrosis , ultimately disseminated to the colon and liver , and was fatal despite medical and surgical treat... | emphysematous gastritis is a rare form of phlegmonous gastritis , characterized by air in the wall of the stomach due to invasion by gas - forming microorganisms . the most commonly involved microorganisms are streptococci , escherichia coli , pseudomonas aeruginosa , clostrodium perfrigens and staphylococcus aureus . ... |
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"nevertheless , the major purpose of the present work is to highlight the novelties in regard to human infection and the disease that can help the general physician from both endemic and non - endemic countries in their medical practice . however , much of the epidemiology and its contribution to morbidity of entam... | in accordance with the 1997 documents of the world health organization ( who ) , amoebiasis is defined as the infection by the protozoan parasite entamoeba histolytica with or without clinical manifestations . the only known natural host of e. histolytica is the human with the large intestine as major target organ . th... |
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"engaging in high levels of physical activity is a key strategy for successful maintenance of weight loss . in the current study , we examined the relationship between physical activity variety , defined as the number of different types of self - reported moderate - to - vigorous activities performed in one week , ... | given the importance of physical activity ( pa ) for weight control , identifying strategies to achieve higher pa levels is imperative . we hypothesized that performing a greater variety of self - reported moderate - to - vigorous activities ( mvpas ) would relate to higher objectively measured mvpa minutes in two grou... |
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"recently \n we reported on an analysis of the infrared spectrum of \n c2f4 . by observation \n of many combination and difference bands , including many from two c - containing isotopologues , and by comparison with mp2 and \n density - functional calculations , all 12 fundamentals could be assigned , \n although ... | compared to ethylene and its nonfluorinated
derivatives , c2f4 is peculiar in many reactions . it very easily
adds to radicals and prefers formation of four - membered rings over
diels alder reactions . this has been rationalized by the preference
of fluorine for carbon sp3 hybridization , which is possible
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"the objective of our study was to examine the relationships between intracranial radiographic abnormalities and preimplantation developmental assessment ( including head circumference ) with postimplant audiometric and language outcomes in children with symptomatic congenital cmv who have undergone cochlear implan... | objective . to examine the association of intracranial radiographic abnormalities and developmental measures with outcomes in children with congenital symptomatic cytomegalovirus ( cmv ) and cochlear implants ( ci ) . design / methods . it was a retrospective review of 15 children implanted from 2004 to 2010 . preimpla... |
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". there have been significant achievements regarding to the millennium development goals ( mdgs ) as a global development target . numerous important issues have been raised by united nation ( un ) , which are poverty and hunger elimination , improving health and education , sustainable cities , combating climate ... | the world will enter the postmillennium development goals 2015 era . the achievements of the millennium development goals ( mdgs ) as a global development target need to be evaluated . a sustainable new reasonable target is important for neglected tropical diseases ( ntd ) elimination in indonesia . this review describ... |
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"the study specifically \n examined obese women who had less muscle mass than men and whose heavy weights were likely \n to increase the burden on their lower limb muscles and joints during walking . accordingly , this study aimed to investigate the effect of the use of a trekking pole on \n muscle and cartilage da... | [ purpose ] this study investigated the effect of the use of trekking poles on muscle and
cartilage damage and fatigue during downhill walking in obese women . [ subjects and
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"periampullary diverticula ( pad ) refer to extraluminal outpouchings of duodenal mucosa that develop within the radius of 2 to 3 cm from the ampulla of vater ( 1 ) . recently , the authors experienced an unusual case of abdominal pain and obstructive jaundice due to extrinsic compression of mid common bile d... | duodenal diverticula are detected in up to 27% of patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal tract evaluation with periampullary diverticula ( pad ) being the most common type . although pad usually do not cause symptoms , it can serve as a source of obstructive jaundice even when choledocholithiasis or tumor is not pr... |
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"nonetheless , there can be considerable variation of body weight status within a given group of centenarians , though to our knowledge the extent to which this may be associated with potential differences in dietary intake patterns or selected health conditions has not been explored . thus , the objectives of th... | associations between body mass index ( bmi ) and dietary patterns and health conditions were explored in a population - based multiethnic sample of centenarians from northern georgia . bmi 20 and 25 was prevalent in 30.9% and 25.3% of study participants , respectively . in a series of logistic regression analyses con... |
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"all data in exposome - explorer was acquired from a careful review and analysis of nearly 500 peer - reviewed publications , with a particular focus on dietary and pollution exposures . these newly emerging trends in exposure science , combined with the growing volume of comprehensive exposure data being published... | exposome - explorer ( http://exposome-explorer.iarc.fr ) is the first database dedicated to biomarkers of exposure to environmental risk factors . it contains detailed information on the nature of biomarkers , their concentrations in various human biospecimens , the study population where measured and the analytical te... |
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"this paper concentrates on protein glycosylation in a. fumigatus , which will be discussed with respect to the enzymatic pathways involved and their functional importance . furthermore , the utility of a. fumigatus as a model for glycosylation during development of multicellular eukaryotes will be outlined . there... | glycosylation is a conserved posttranslational modification that is found in all eukaryotes , which helps generate proteins with multiple functions . our knowledge of glycosylation mainly comes from the investigation of the yeast saccharomyces cerevisiae and mammalian cells . however , during the last decade , glycosyl... |
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"in patients with hf , increased raas contributes to the pathogenesis , and ace inhibitors reduce the activity of the raas by inhibiting the production of angiotensin ii . subsequently , the assessment of treatment with lisinopril and survival study5 investigated whether ace inhibitors had favourable effects on the... | abstractheart failure is a major public issue , and dilated cardiomyopathy ( dcm ) is one of the common etiologies of heart failure . dcm is generally progressive , and some patients with dcm need heart transplant despite optimal medical and mechanical therapy . current guidelines recommend inhibitors of renin angiote... |
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"these populations were identified from 4 major linguistic groups namely , austro - asiatic ( aa ) , tibeto - burman ( tb ) , indo - european ( ie ) and dravidian(dr ) spanning 6 geographical regions of habitat ( n , north ; ne , north - east ; w , west ; e , east ; s , south ; c , central ) and different ethnic gr... | the indian genome variation consortium ( igvc ) project , an initiative of the council for scientific and industrial research , has been the first large - scale comprehensive study of the indian population . one of the major aims of the project is to study and catalog the variations in nearly thousand candidate genes r... |
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"additionally , th1 , th2 , th17 , and cd4cd25foxp3 tregs differentiation were detected in pbmc cultures exposed to gal-9 . herein , we investigate serum gal-9 levels in chinese patients with cad , and the severity of coronary arteries stenosis was evaluated by gensini score . furthermore , ifn- , il-4 , il-17 , tg... | background . recently , several studies suggest that galectin-9 ( gal-9 ) might play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases . however , the exact role of gal-9 in atherosclerosis remains to be elucidated . methods . serum gal-9 , high - sensitivity c - reactive protein ( hs - crp ) , interferon- ( if... |
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"therefore , it is very important to select the appropriate drugs and dosage to achieve those objectives . it can be challenging to obtain the deep sedation level required to prevent the patient 's movement while maintaining respiratory and hemodynamic stability . the success of sedation for mri has typically been ... | objective . to determine the efficacy and safety of high dose dexmedetomidine as a sole sedative agent for mri . we report our institution 's experience . design . a retrospective institutional review of dexmedetomidine usage for pediatric mri over 5.5 years . protocol included a dexmedetomidine bolus of 2 g / kg intr... |
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"we have studied the tyrosine - tyrosinase reaction in terms of melanin formation and ros scavenging ability of melanin . in a battery of studies , we found radical formation through the enzyme reaction , and discuss the formation mechanism in this paper . for instance , it was reported that tyrosinase - dependent ... | alleviated melanin formation in the skin through inhibition of tyrosine - tyrosinase reaction is one of the major targets of cosmetics for whitening ability . since melanin has a pivotal role for photoprotection , there are pros and cons of inhibition of melanin formation . this study applying electron spin resonance (... |
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"we describe our experience regarding a large - bowel obstruction caused by phytobezoar in a patient with a transplanted kidney . bezoars are masses formed by the condensation of debris or stomach contents in the gastrointestinal tract . there are four major types of bezoars : a trichobezoar consists of hair , a ph... | bezoars are masses formed by the concretion of stomach contents or debris within the gastrointestinal tract . bezoars are rare and account for only 0.44% of all cases of gastrointestinal obstruction and mainly occur in the stomach or small intestine . intestinal obstruction caused by colonic bezoars is extremely rare .... |
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"i , the cluster including the javanese jkt-6423 strain ; ii , the cluster specific to the jkt-6969 and jkt-7043 strains ; iii , the cluster including chinese bavs ; iv , the cluster including the vietnamese 02vn018b strain ; v , the cluster including the vietnamese 02vn180b strain . mosquito collection sites in vi... | we isolated and characterized a banna virus from mosquitoes in vietnam ; 5 strains were isolated from field - caught mosquitoes at various locations ; banna virus was previously isolated from encephalitis patients in yunnan , china , in 1987 . together , these findings suggest widespread distribution of this virus thro... |
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"this study was undertaken with the purpose to determine if patients with schizophrenia on clozapine monotherapy have higher fasting levels of agrp compared with healthy control . in order to provide more accurate measurements , this is the first study to investigate such combination of these parameters in subjects... | aim : agouti - related peptide ( agrp ) is one of the hypothalamic hormones that works by increasing appetite and decreasing metabolism , thus leading to weight gain . the aim of the study was to find out if agrp level in subjects with schizophrenia on clozapine monotherapy is higher compared with healthy controls . me... |
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"a commonly used approach is to identify the phenotype - associated recurrent mutations in the study group . due to the data size burden of ngs output , profiling the mutations associated with a certain phenotype or prognosis in a study group by a researcher who does not have a bioinformatics background or faciliti... | next - generation sequencing ( ngs ) is widely used to identify the causative mutations underlying diverse human diseases , including cancers , which can be useful for discovering the diagnostic and therapeutic targets . currently , a number of single - nucleotide variant ( snv)-calling algorithms are available ; howev... |
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"lv systolic and diastolic dysfunction in type 2 diabetes and arterial stiffness might partially be due to underlying factors , like overweight , hypertension , insulin resistance , or previous cardiovascular events ( 19 ) . linear regression analyses , adjusted for age and sex , were performed to assess associatio... | objectiveto investigate relative contributions of glucose status and arterial stiffness to markers of left ventricular ( lv ) systolic and diastolic dysfunction after 8 years of follow-up.research design and methodsin the population - based prospective hoorn study , 394 individuals with preserved lv systolic and diasto... |
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"primitive neuroectodermal tumor ( pnet ) , a highly aggressive tumor of the kidney is a rare malignancy with only few cases being reported in literature . we report in this paper , a case of primary renal pnet in a young male . boys and men are more likely to suffer rpnet ( renal pnet ) , and the sex ratio ( male ... | primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the kidney is a rare entity . very few cases of primary renal pnet have been reported to date . most literature about rpnet is isolated case reports . we report a case of rpnet in a 39-year - old male with a pre - operative diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma with renal vein thrombosis ... |
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"we conducted a study to identify the facilitators and barriers to linkage to hiv care among the fsws who tested positive in order to design appropriate hiv interventions for this key population group . although the program has over 200 fsws enrolled in hiv care , some of the fsws who tested hiv positive did not en... | introduction . while four in ten female sex workers ( fsws ) in sub - saharan africa are infected with hiv , only a small proportion is enrolled in hiv care . we explored facilitators and barriers to linkage to hiv care among fsws receiving hiv testing services at a community - based organization in periurban uganda . ... |
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"this report depicts a patient with thalamic alexia with features of deep alexia ( or paralexia ) , the latter which has not been described after review of the english based literature . analagous to semantic paraphasias , semantic paralexias constitute the substitution of content related words during reading . unl... | alexia may be divided into different subtypes , with semantic paralexia being particularly rare . a 57 year old woman with a discreet left thalamic stroke and semantic paralexia is described . language evalution with the boston diagnostic aphasia battery confirmed the semantic paralexia ( deep alexia ) . multimodality ... |
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"thus , the purpose of this study has been to evaluate the current use of pvr classifications in papers dealing with clinical practice and therapy as an indirect measure of the degree of usefulness of existing classifications . therefore , a review of both the classification and the pathogenesis of pvr appears to b... | purpose . to evaluate the current and suitable use of current proliferative vitreoretinopathy ( pvr ) classifications in clinical publications related to treatment . methods . a pubmed search was undertaken using the term proliferative vitreoretinopathy therapy . outcome parameters were the reported pvr classificatio... |
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"the number of total joint arthroplasties ( tjas ) performed has increased steadily in recent years , with projected numbers for the coming years rising further . consequently according to recent data , peri - prosthetic joint infection ( pji ) incidence constitutes between approximately 0.3% and 1.7% of all total ... | total joint arthroplasty ( tja ) is one of the most common orthopaedic procedures . nevertheless , several complications can lead to implant failure.peri-prosthetic joint infections ( pji ) certainly represent a significant challenge in tja , constituting a major cause of prosthetic revision . the surgeon may have an i... |
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"\n the use of sodium hypochlorite as toilet detergent is related to a red - brown urine discolouration in patients taking mesalamine.it seems that the red - brown discolouration relates to a harmless reaction.polymerisation of mesalamine and/or metabolites could be a theoretical mechanism of this discolouration . ... | a 38-year - old male and a 36-year - old female experienced red - brown urine discolouration after 2 and 3 days , respectively , during the use of mesalamine for inflammatory bowel disease . both patients mentioned that the urine discoloured after contact with sodium hypochlorite detergent in toilet water . mesalamine... |
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"the purpose of this study was to determine whether lbi will alter the integrity of the tjs of arpe-19 cells in culture . diabetic retinopathy ( dr ) is a leading cause of visual impairment and blindness in developed countries . the decrease in vision is due to diabetic macular edema ( dme ) and proliferative diabe... | aim . we investigated whether lecithin - bound iodine ( lbi ) can protect the integrity of tight junctions of retinal pigment epithelial cells from hypoxia . method . cultured human retinal pigment epithelial ( arpe-19 ) cells were pretreated with lbi . to mimic hypoxic conditions , cells were incubated with cocl2 . we... |
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"a 21-year - old caucasian woman presented to an outside facility with altered mental status after being found lethargic by family . on arrival to the emergency department , plasma glucose was 20 mg / dl . importance of compliance with the treatment and follow - up with an endocrinologist was emphasized . she was s... | backgroundhypoglycemia occurs frequently in patients both in the inpatient and outpatient settings . while most hypoglycemia unrelated to diabetes treatment results from excessive endogenous insulin action , rare cases involve functional and congenital mutations in glycolytic enzymes of insulin regulation.casea 21-year... |
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"alternatively , the stop - bang questionnaire developed by chung et al . has been widely used as a sensitive screening tool for osa . obstructive sleep apnea ( osa ) is a common public health problem worldwide and it has been shown to be associated with an increased incidence of cardiovascular complications such a... | obstructive sleep apnea ( osa ) is a common public health issue . if left untreated , osa may cause a large health economic burden from cardiovascular complications particularly stroke . the diagnosis of osa can be made by polysomnography , but its availability is limited in the developing countries in asia . stop - ba... |
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"this work reports on a patient with metastatic tnbc enrolled in this phase ii study of nab - paclitaxel , bevacizumab , and gemcitabine who experienced a long - term complete remission lasting just under 2 years and a pfs from diagnosis of nearly 3 years . a phase ii study examined the combination of nab - paclita... | this is a case study of a 52-year - old female patient diagnosed in june 2007 with primary metastatic invasive ductal carcinoma of the left breast and synchronous metastases in the bone , lymph nodes , and lung . biopsy results of the tumor tissue were negative for the estrogen receptor , progesterone receptor , and hu... |
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"in humans , type i interferons are encoded by ~16 genes and individual genes encoding , , and . their gene products are highly structurally related and all bind to a single receptor ( ifnar ) consisting of heterodimeric r1 and r2 subunits . although there is no evidence for direct recruitment of stat2 to the i... | stat2 is unique among the stat family of transcription factors in that its activation is driven predominantly by only two classes of cell surface receptors : type i and iii interferon receptors . as such , stat2 plays a critical role in host defenses against viral infections . viruses have evolved to target stat2 by ei... |
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"we report the current guidelines concerning the management of the axilla after slnb and review the different aspects arising from recent studies on the role of micrometastases and itc clusters in sln on decision making . this has arisen because of better understanding of breast cancer behaviour and improved effica... | sentinel lymph node biopsy ( slnb ) is a safe and accurate minimally invasive method for detecting axillary lymph node ( aln ) involvement in the clinically negative axilla thereby reducing morbidity in patients who avoid unnecessary axillary lymph node dissection ( alnd ) . although current guidelines recommend comple... |
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"as the first step to make a strategic plan is identifying the needs , the main purpose of this study is to assess the wellbeing services of the staff working in tums first to see if they are satisfactory enough or they need to be changed , and second , to help decision - makers develop services that are essential... | background : reviewing the human resources management literature shows an absence of attention given to the employee 's benefits . taking a look at functions of the tehran university of medical sciences wellbeing services system , it uncovers a gap between employees real needs and what is delivered to meet their needs ... |
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"bilateral luxatio erecta represents an extremely rare condition , and just a few cases were reported in medical literature . because of a high incidence of related complications such as neurovascular damages early recognition and treatment of this type of dislocation is required by physicians . in this article we ... | luxatio erecta is an uncommon form of glenohumeral dislocation . cases of bilateral inferior shoulder dislocation ( luxatio erecta ) are very rare , and only ten cases have been described in literature . we describe a case of a woman with bilateral luxatio erecta of the shoulders treated with close reduction , immobili... |
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"we report here a patient who complained of chills , fever and right upper quadrant abdominal discomfort . a biloma is a rare abnormal accumulation of intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile caused by traumatic or spontaneous rupture of the biliary tree1 , 2 ) . it is most commonly caused by surgery , percutaneous transh... | a " biloma " is a loculated collection of bile located outside of the biliary tree . it can be caused by traumatic , iatrogenic or spontaneous rupture of the biliary tree . prior reports have documented an association of biloma with abdominal trauma , surgery and other primary causes , but spontaneous bile leakage has ... |
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"the public health costs attributed to unintended births in a single year cost taxpayers $ 11.1 billion ( 2006).6 furthermore , previous studies have reported that ups are more likely to result in preterm births and low - birth - weight babies , which would increase health costs for neonatal care and costs associat... | backgroundunintended pregnancy ( up ) is an unmet medical need with consequences worldwide . we evaluate the costs of up based on pregnancies in brazil from for the year 2010.methodsthe consequences of up were evaluated using decision analysis based on pregnancy rates and outcomes as miscarriage , induced abortion , an... |
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"pmds is a rare form of male pseudo - hermaphroditism characterized by the presence of mullerian duct structures in an otherwise phenotypically , as well as genotypically , normal man . we report the case of a 70 year old man with unilateral cryptorchidism on the right side and left obstructed inguinal hernia conta... | introductionpersistent mullerian duct syndrome is a rare form of male pseudo - hermaphroditism characterized by the presence of mullerian duct structures in an otherwise phenotypically , as well as genotypically , normal man ; only a few cases have been reported in the worldwide literature . a great variety of organs h... |
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"spider nevi are usually < 2 cm in diameter and rarely grow to assume large size more than 2 cm . we hereby report a case of very large spider nevus in a patient with hepatitis c virus ( hcv ) related liver cirrhosis . spider nevus ( also known as spider angioma or vascular spider ) is a common benign vascular anom... | spider nevi are benign vascular lesions mostly seen in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis . mostly , these are seen in the superior vena cava distribution and are small with pinhead size central vessel . giant spider nevus is rarely seen and hence this report . |
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"we performed sympathetic nerve reconstruction surgery using intercostal nerve in 19 patients with severe compensatory hyperhidrosis after endoscopic thoracic sympathetic surgery and evaluated the results of the procedure . since kux performed endoscopic thoracic sympathetic surgery ( 3 ) , it has been popular duri... | we performed sympathetic nerve reconstruction using intercostal nerve in patients with severe compensatory hyperhidrosis after sympathetic surgery for primary hyperhidrosis , and analyzed the surgical results . from february 2004 to august 2007 , sympathetic nerve reconstruction using intercostal nerve was performed in... |
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"therefore , to compare the long - term safety and efficacy between laparoscopic surgery and laparotomy in patients with high - risk ec , we conducted a retrospective analysis based on our decade of clinical data using propensity score matching ( psm ) in this research . willis et al have published an article about... | abstractthe aim of this study was to compare the long - term safety and efficacy of laparoscopic surgery and laparotomy for high - risk endometrial cancer ( ec).a retrospective analysis based on our decade of clinical data of patients with high - risk ec who were comprehensively surgically staged by laparotomy or lapar... |
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"syringomyelia is the development of a fluid - filled cavity within the spinal cord . despite different etiologies that cause syringomyelia the term does not imply the absence of a cause but just the absence of a cause that can be detected using standard diagnostic methods . we present our experience in the manage... | in a certain group of patients with syringomyelia , even with the advent of sophisticated magnetic resonance imaging ( mri ) , no associated abnormality or cerebrospinal fluid ( csf ) block is easily identified . this type of syringomyelia is often termed idiopathic . current literature has less than 10 reports of arac... |
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"the goal of this study was firstly to assess the validity of rhpth treatment in a cohort of postmenopausal women with severe osteoporosis ; secondly , to evaluate the improvement in qol and pain symptoms after several months of rhpth therapy . a follow - up qualeffo-41 questionnaire was used to quantify the patien... | summarybackgroundwe studied the use of teriparatide in postmenopausal women with severe osteoporosis.material/methodstwo groups ( a and b ) of patients affected by severe osteoporosis ( t - score 2.5 at bone mineral density were analyzed and 2 vertebral fractures on radiograph).group a was treated for 18 months with 20... |
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"the tte revealed that the device was not in the defect and it had embolized to the pulmonary artery . the defect was closed through a right femoral route with a 30 mm asd occluder after balloon sizing with tte . in the cineangiography and tte a 22 years old female patient was admitted to our outpatient clinic with... | an atrial septal defect is the most common type of congenital heart disease among adults . surgical repair or percutaneous closure of the defect is the treatment options . even though percutaneous closure seems to be less risky than surgical repair , it may result in fatal complications like device embolism , cardiac p... |
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"the present study investigated the expression of selected immunological lineage - specific markers and selected vesicle - related markers on five major leukocyte subpopulations , namely , cd4 t cells , cd8 t cells , nk cells , b cells , and monocytes . the expression was determined for leukocytes present in freshl... | extracellular vesicles ( evs ) have a demonstrated involvement in modulating the immune system . it has been proposed that evs could be used as biomarkers for detection of inflammatory and immunological disorders . consequently , it is of great interest to investigate evs in more detail with focus on immunological mark... |
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"in march 2014 , an unprecedented \n outbreak of ebola virus disease \n ( evd ) began in western africa that as of july 2015 is ongoing and \n has claimed more than 11000 lives . , \n we have conducted an initial evaluation of ebola virus persistence \n within wastewater to address uncertainty and inform ongoing ri... | in the wake of the ongoing 2014/2015
ebola virus outbreak , significant
questions regarding the appropriate handling of ebola virus - contaminated
liquid waste remain , including the persistence of ebola virus in wastewater . to address these uncertainties , we evaluated the persistence of ebola
virus spiked in... |
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"the final objective is an additional increase in the radiation dose within the tumour volume together with maximum protection of the adjacent normal lung parenchyma . respiratory tumour motion is a big challenge for radiotherapy , especially for high precision techniques . these developments also include online im... | novel technology has made dynamic magnetic resonance imaging ( mri ) of lung motion and lung tumour mobility during continuous respiration feasible . this might be beneficial for planning of radiotherapy of lung tumours , especially when using high precision techniques . this paper describes the recent developments to ... |
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"a 21-month - old male patient , 75 cm in height and 10 kg in weight , experienced tricuspid valve regurgitation ( tvr ) and was scheduled to undergo tricuspid valve plasty . the tvr was discovered in a follow - up test 1 year after he had undergone ventricular septal defect repair surgery . before tricuspid valve ... | visual loss occurring after pediatric cardiac surgery employing cardiopulmonary bypass ( cpb ) is relatively rare but the risk is substantial . compromised cerebral perfusion due to a cpb related micro - embolization and inflammatory vascular changes as well as reduced oxygen carrying capacity in hemodilution and hypot... |
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"rostami et al . have reported that the rescue chances of the babies who have received preventive nasal continuous positive airflow pressure ( ncpap ) are three times higher than the other babies . considering that an analytical and comprehensive study has not been done about the role of neonatal risk factors and t... | background : a newborn is highly fragile whose death can be caused by embryonic , intrapartum , and postpartum factors . identifying the causes of death is the first step to be taken in order to decrease the death rate . the present study was aimed at finding out how neonatal factors and therapeutic actions affect deat... |
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"lung cancer remains the leading type of cancer worldwide and in latin america [ 1 , 2 ] . recent findings indicate that inflammation plays a key role in tumor progression and survival across several cancer types . this is the rationale for further research into other molecular and cellular factors of the immune sy... | inflammation is a component of the tumor microenvironment and represents the 7th hallmark of cancer . chronic inflammation plays a critical role in tumorigenesis . tumor infiltrating inflammatory cells mediate processes associated with progression , immune suppression , promotion of neoangiogenesis and lymphangiogenesi... |
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"we investigated to evaluate whether biochemical response using serial plasma cga is reliable in concordance with the tumor response based on response evaluation criteria in solid tumors ( recist ) criteria in gep - nets irrespective of chemotherapeutic agents . chromogranin a ( cga ) , a glycoprotein contained in ... | purposechromogranin a ( cga ) has been considered to be valuable not only in the diagnosis but also in monitoring the disease response to treatment . however , only a few studies have been published on this issue . we purposed to evaluate whether biochemical response using plasma cga level is reliable in concordance wi... |
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"however , we hypothesized that the specific types of scc might differ between mci and vamci , due to the differing pathologies of these two disorders . differences in functional impairment between individuals with mci and those with vamci , which may be overlooked by objective cognitive testing , may be predicted ... | objective . vascular mild cognitive impairment ( vamci ) is differentiated from mild cognitive impairment ( mci ) by the presence of vascular events such as stroke or small vessel disease . typically , mci and vamci patients present with subjective complaints regarding cognition ; however , little is known about the sp... |
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"evolution of amoxicillin - clavulanic acid nonsusceptibility of escherichia coli from blood isolates , spain , 20032006 . evolution of consumption of outpatient penicillin/-lactamase inhibitors ( world health organization code j01cr02 ) , spain , 20002006 . after amc , the most used -lactam antimicrobial agents in... | to determine the evolution and trends of amoxicillin clavulanic acid resistance among escherichia coli isolates in spain , we tested 9,090 blood isolates from 42 spanish hospitals and compared resistance with trends in outpatient consumption . these isolates were collected by spanish hospitals that participated in the... |
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"a 51-year - old caucasian female was referred to our institution because of an abnormal nodule detected in her right lung . she received 4 cycles of chemotherapy for the sigmoid adenocarcinoma before she was referred to us for excision of what was believed to be a single metastatic nodule . although the radiologic... | solitary fibrous tumor is a rare spindle cell mesenchymal tumor entity , with either benign or malignant behavior that can not be accurately predicted by histological findings . an intrapulmonary site of origin is even rarer . we report a case of a 51-year - old woman in whom an abnormal nodule in the lower right lung ... |
[
"hence , the present study is aimed to synthesize agnps from a. digitata fruit pulp extract , characterize and to know the potentiality of agnps against different microbial pathogens . synthesis of metal nanoparticles with the help of plant extracts is an emerging field of nanotechnology , due to their novel proper... | aim : in the present study , we report a cost - effective , eco - friendly , and an efficient alternative method for large scale production of silver nanoparticles ( agnps ) from adansonia digitata fruit pulp extract . the study mainly focused on the synthesis , characterization , and antimicrobial properties of agnps.... |
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", we report an unusual case of renal malakoplakia involving the perirenal space and extending to the descending colon in a 65-year - old korean woman with secondary adrenal insufficiency and diabetes mellitus . malakoplakia is a rare chronic inflammatory disease that occurs most commonly in the genitourinary tract... | malakoplakia is an uncommon but distinctive type of chronic granulomatous inflammation that occurs most commonly in the genitourinary tract , especially the urinary bladder . most patients have associated conditions characterized by some degree of immunosuppression , as seen in solid - organ transplants , autoimmune di... |
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"the objective of this study is to investigate and compare the functional role of ghrelin on the regulation of energy balance in children with cyanotic and acyanotic congenital heart disease and the association of ghrelin with tnf- , il-6 , that were not entirely confirmed in literature by now . although \n nutriti... | background / aim . ghrelin has effects on nutrient intake and growth . the cause of growth retardation in congenital heart disease is multifactorial . the aim of the present study is to investigate the ghrelin in congenital heart disease and the association of ghrelin with tnf- and il-6 . materials and methods . we mea... |
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", this study was carried out to ascertain the prevalence of rotavirus , adenovirus , and norovirus infection in young children with diarrhea in two primary health centers in edo state , nigeria . the reason(s ) attributed to this may be as a result of the poor health care system in the country where important heal... | enteric viruses have been shown to be responsible for diarrhea among children during their early childhood . this study was carried out to determine the prevalence of rotavirus , adenovirus , and norovirus infection in young children with diarrhea in two primary health centers in edo state , nigeria . a total of 223 st... |
[
"alpha ( )2-adrenoceptor agonists have been used as adjuvant to anesthetic agents in peri - operative period for its several beneficial actions . these drugs improve hemodynamic stability during endotracheal intubation and surgical stress by its central sympatholytic action , and thus reduce anesthetic and opioids ... | background : dexmedetomidine , a 2 agonist as an adjuvant in general anesthesia , has anesthetic and analgesic - sparing property.aims:to evaluate the effect of continuous infusion of dexmedetomidine alone , without use of opioids , on requirement of sevoflurane during general anesthesia with continuous monitoring of d... |
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"we demonstrated that nucleosome redistributions are widespread , transient , and dna - directed , . these results demonstrate that while nucleosomal positioning remains relatively constant between chromosomes at each timepoint , nucleosomal occupancy changes in a chromosome specific manner . these two chromo... | in the eukaryotic nucleus , dna is packaged into chromatin . the fundamental subunit of chromatin is the nucleosome , dna is wrapped 1.6 times around a histone octamer core . nuclear processes in eukaryotes are impacted by whether regulatory dna is occupied by nucleosomes . we used microarrays to measure nucleosome occ... |
[
"primary pleuropulmonary synovial sarcoma ( ppss ) is a rare soft tissue malignancy representing only 0.1% - 0.5% of all primary lung malignancies . we report a case of ppss that eventually metastasized to the heart in a 17-year - old female . the frequency of cardiac metastasis from soft tissue sarcomas ranges fro... | primary pleuropulmonary synovial sarcomas are rare soft tissue malignancies ; combined metastatic involvement of the heart is extremely rare . in this case report , a 17-year - old female presented with a history of chest pain . chest radiographs revealed a round mass in the left upper hemithorax , and computed tomogra... |
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"",
"the work is self - sponsored by the first author who conceptualized and designed and wrote the manuscript . the second author assisted in the surgery provided some literature review and made necessary correction which lead to the final manuscript .",
"the ethical committee of first choice specialist hospit... | highlightsremoval of an entrapped penile ring where possible should be done in a simple non - invasive way.milking the oedematous penis through the thick metallic ring in a slippery field complemented by levering with a blunt end paediatric bone lever , was the technique used to remove the ring.the ring was extricated ... |
[
"a number of skin disorders have been described in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( aids ) . among them , secondary infections are common , but their incidence has decreased considerably following the introduction of combined therapies targeted to the human immunodeficiency virus ( hiv ) . some cl... | during the past decade or so , the incidence of syphilis has increased in most parts of the world . in some urban regions , a coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus is disclosed in nearly 50% of the cases . owing to the polymorphism of the lesions , the clinical diagnosis may be puzzling . the homing patterns an... |
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"finally , this epidemiological field study is also eventually intended to be used to organise a network of highly specialised cares . according to the first epidemiological study carried out in france , in association with ( i ) the results of the literature review that defined the list of hadrontherapy indication... | context . hadrontherapy is an innovative form of radiotherapy using beams of protons or carbon ions able to destroy some radio - resistant tumours . because these tumours are highly specific amongst all cancerous tumours , it is impossible to determine the incidence of these diseases from surveillance registries . goal... |
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"the aim of the present article was to review the barriers to achieving optimal blood glucose control in asian patients with type 2 diabetes who have declining renal function and to discuss the treatment modalities that might be appropriate for the management of these special patient populations . , the impact of ... | abstractit is well recognised that asia is at the epicenter of the global type 2 diabetes epidemic . driven by socioeconomic changes involving industrialization , urbanization and adoption of western lifestyles , the unprecedented increases in the prevalence of diabetes are particularly evident in southeast asia . the... |
[
"the pcr has shown very promising results for early and rapid diagnosis of the disease due to its detection limit of one to 10 bacilli in various clinical specimens.6 the present study was undertaken to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of different laboratory diagnostic modalities along with the role of pc... | background : the diagnosis of pott 's disease is mostly based on clinicoradiological observations substantiated by the bacterial culture , staining and histopathology . since , no single technique is enough to conclude pott 's disease in diagnosis , the present study was undertaken to correlate the clinicoradiological ... |
[
", the pongo - das server ( ) provides topology annotation for the all - alpha membrane proteins of the human genome . automatic topology annotation for membrane proteins has been included among the efforts of the biosapiens european network of excellence ( ) with the specific aim of taking into consideration diffe... | the annotation efforts of the biosapiens european network of excellence have generated several distributed annotation systems ( das ) with the aim of integrating bioinformatics resources and annotating metazoan genomes ( ) . in this context , the pongo das server ( ) provides the annotation on predictive basis for the ... |
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"we describe here a patient who developed hepatosplenomegaly and pancytopenia at 2 years of age but achieved automatic recovery . the epstein barr virus ( ebv ) infects b cells . in most cases , ebv - positive patients develop a severe form of infectious mononucleosis which typically manifests with fever , tonsill... | hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis ( hlh ) is one of the complications of epstein - barr virus ( ebv ) infection . although the patients who have developed hlh following ebv have normal immune system , there are a few patients with ebv - induced immune deficiency who develop hlh as well . here , we describe the case of... |
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"we used data from the hoorn study , a population - based cohort study on glucose metabolism and other cardiovascular risk factors in a general caucasian population , which has been described in detail previously ( 12 ) . in brief participants without representative urine samples available ( n = 45 ) and/or who did... | objectivemicroalbuminuria is associated with cardiovascular mortality , particularly among individuals with type 2 diabetes , but the mechanisms underlying this association are not completely understood . microalbuminuria is known to be associated with cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction ( c - ad ) , and c - ad in tur... |
[
"the objective of this study was to determine the effects of explanatory variables on the survival of cervical cancer patients using parametric regression model . in some cases , furthermore , the suitability of the weibull model can be easily assessed using a log - cumulative hazard plot . in this study , parametr... | abstractbackgroundcervical cancer is the third most common cancer among women in malaysia . the objective of this study was to estimate the effect of explanatory variables on survival time of cervical cancer patients receiving treatment at a hospital in malaysia.methodsin this retrospective record review study , cervic... |
[
"according to the european society of endodontology ( 1994 ) , the assessment of endodontic treatment requires clinical as well as radiological follow - ups at regular intervals . the radiographic evidence of success is the presence of a normal periodontal ligament space around the root . if radiographs reveal that... | objectives : to investigate the quality of root fillings and coronal restorations and their association with periapical status in an adult turkish subpopulation.methods:a total of 400 subjects were examined . panoramic radiographs of all participants and additional periapical radiographs of affected teeth were processe... |
[
"we hypothesized that the potential effect of neighborhood sep may most likely occur by way of sociocultural processes , and therefore would have significant positive associations with general cognitive ability and with crystallized cognitive domains , including vocabulary . neighborhood sep was hypothesized to hav... | low neighborhood - level socioeconomic status has been associated with poorer health , reduced physical activity , increased psychological stress , and less neighborhood - based social support . these outcomes are correlates of late life cognition , but few studies have specifically investigated the neighborhood as a u... |
[
"this article will not significantly address the sociology of psychostimulant abuse , which involves diverse events ranging from the use of amphetamines by japanese soldiers in world war ii , to the formulation of crack as a less expensive version of cocaine in the united states , to the introduction of prescriptio... | although the pharmacology of amphetamine - like psychostimulants at dopamine transporters is well understood , addiction to this class of drugs has proven difficult to deal with . the reason for this disconnection is that while the molecular mechanism of amphetamine action is critical to reinforce drug use , it is only... |
[
"the roots of zapoteca portricensis is a common remedy in the treatment gastrointestinal disorders used by tradomedical practitioners in eastern nigeria .",
"this study was aimed at evaluating the possible antiulcer activity of the root of this plant in experimental rats .",
"different groups of albino rats of ... | background : the roots of zapoteca portricensis is a common remedy in the treatment gastrointestinal disorders used by tradomedical practitioners in eastern nigeria.aim:this study was aimed at evaluating the possible antiulcer activity of the root of this plant in experimental rats.methods:a methanolic root extract was... |
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"the online version of this article ( doi:10.1007/s10815 - 012 - 9815-x ) contains supplementary material , which is available to authorized users .",
"the development of assisted reproductive technology ( art ) has recently enabled the direct observation of human oocytes , revealing various mysterious phenomena ... | purposeto analyze the fertilization process related to polyspermy block in human oocytes using an in vitro culturing system for time - lapse cinematography.methodswe had 122 oocytes donated for this study from couples that provided informed consent . we recorded human oocytes at 2,000 to 2,800 frames every 10 s during... |
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"one anterior segment from each pair received recombinant human stc-1 at concentrations of 5 , 50 , or 500 ng / ml ( dissolved in h2o ) , while the fellow eye received vehicle and served as the control . treatments were daily in one eye for 7 consecutive days with 5 l of latanoprost - free acid ( 100 m dissolved in... | purposeto identify downstream signaling molecules through which intraocular pressure ( iop ) is lowered following treatment with the prostaglandin analog latanoprost.methodstotal rna and protein isolated from primary human schlemm 's canal cells ( n = 3 ) treated with latanoprost ( free acid ; 100 nm ) were processed f... |
[
"= 10 v , and the conductance versus position provides a measure of local accumulation or depletion of carriers in the device . the silicon ( si ) nanowires were synthesized at 450460 c using silane ( sih4 ) as the silicon reactant source , hydrogen ( h2 ) as the carrier gas , and phosphine ( ph3 , 1,000 p.p.m . in... | the ability to control and modulate the composition14 , doping1,35 , crystal structure68 and morphology9,10 of semiconductor nanowires during the synthesis process has allowed researchers to explore various applications of nanowires1115 . however , despite advances in nanowire synthesis , progress towards the ab initio... |
[
", we describe a case where a patient with a posterior fossa arachnoid cyst complained of visual field defect , visual disturbance , and mild headache ; no ataxia and unsteady gait were reported . arachnoid cysts are benign , non - neoplastic and extra - axial lesions ; most of them are clinically silent and unchan... | posterior fossa is a site next to the middle fossa where arachnoid cyst frequently occurs . generally , most arachnoid cysts are asymptomatic and are found incidentally in most cases . although arachnoid cysts are benign and asymptomatic lesions , patients with posterior fossa arachnoid cysts often complain of headache... |
[
"we performed a closed reduction with a percutaneous leverage technique and internal fixation method with k - wires to treat angulated radial neck fractures in children . these techniques include closed reduction , percutaneous pin reduction , intramedullary pin reduction with elastic stable intramedullary nailing ... | abstractpediatric radial neck fractures are uncommon . severely displaced and angulated fractures usually require treatment . our goals for treatment are to avoid incision , reduce the fracture adequately with no reduction loss , and achieve good postoperative function . we aimed to observe the clinical outcomes of clo... |
[
"the knowledge regarding symptoms , transmission , and prevention has been shown to be greater among the urban population in pakistan 's punjab province compared to the rural population . tuberculosis in the united states has declined in the twentieth century , and several factors such as improved nutrition status ... | the world is becoming more urban every day , and the process has been ongoing since the industrial revolution in the 18th century . the united nations now estimates that 3.9 billion people live in urban centres . the rapid influx of residents is however not universal and the developed countries are already urban , but ... |
[
"we focused on using markers for detecting cell death in neurons , loss of myelin and loss of neurofilaments in axons , and , activation of astrocytes and microglia / macrophages . in order to better understand the unique cellular and dti imaging alterations associated with secondary wallerian degeneration relative... | ischemically damaged brain can be accompanied by secondary degeneration of associated axonal connections e.g. wallerian degeneration . diffusion tensor imaging ( dti ) is widely used to investigate axonal injury but the cellular correlates of many of the degenerative changes remain speculative . we investigated the rel... |
[
"although not much literature is available on the aspect of how family stress has influenced the productivity of the indian workforce , the author is of the opinion that absenteeism , alcoholism , gambling , heavy debts among employees are a reflection of bruised familial systems . india 's policies on family and c... | the article presents the premises for the need to develop a relationship - focused family life education program for young adult employees . the article explores the changing trends in the indian family unit and their impact on the workforce . the author also presents the findings from interviews with family - interven... |
[
"although small renal leiomyomas can be found in about 5% of autopsy specimens , clinical incidence of these lesions is much lower . in this report , we discuss the first case of simultaneous occurrence of a multilocular cystic rcc and a leiomyoma in the same kidney . macroscopically , renal cell carcinomas ( rccs ... | we present an unusual case of concurrent occurrence of a multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma and a leiomyoma in the same kidney of a patient with no evident clinical symptoms . a 38-year - old man was found incidentally to have a cystic right renal mass on computed tomography . laparoscopic radical nephrectomy was... |
[
"confidence levels for individual branches of the resulting tree were assessed using the bootstrap test in which 1,000 replicate trees were generated from resampled data . plasmid dnas were extracted using the dna hybrid - qtm plasmid mini dna isolation kit ( geneall , seoul , korea ) . cultured mycelia , filtere... | ganoderma lucidum has a long history of use as a traditional medicine in asian countries . however , the taxonomy of ganoderma species remains controversial , since they were initially classified on the basis of their morphological characteristics . recently , it was proposed that g. lucidum from china be renamed as g.... |
[
"therefore , this comparative study analyzed rates of postoperative infection , rejection , long - term survival , and relapse of hepatitis b in hepatitis b carriers receiving slkt at the organ transplant center of the shanghai first people s hospital . however , few studies have reported the effectiveness of slkt ... | backgroundthe number and survival rate of simultaneous liver - kidney transplant ( slkt ) recipients have increased dramatically since 2002 . however , the long - term effectiveness of slkt in patients with hepatitis b is unknown.material/methodsforty-six patients who visited the organ transplant center of the shanghai... |
[
"we have taken advantage of this unusual feature to characterize the dinoflagellate plastid transcriptome , and find that our analysis fully supports a highly reduced plastid genome for the peridinin - containing dinoflagellates . furthermore , the evolutionary ancestor of the peridinin - containing plastids is sug... | dinoflagellate plastid genes are believed to be encoded on small generally unigenic plasmid - like minicircles . the minicircle gene complement has reached saturation with an incomplete set of plastid genes ( 18 ) compared with typical functional plastids ( 60200 ) . while some of the missing plastid genes have recentl... |
[
"several prospective , randomized , controlled clinical trials regarding cervical artificial disc replacement ( c - adr ) have been published . however , the number of c - adr patients with long - term follow - up for more than 4 years is still sparse . the purpose of this systematic review is to provide a summary ... | study design : systematic review.clinical question : does single - level unconstrained , semiconstrained , or fully constrained cervical artificial disc replacement ( c - adr ) improve health outcomes compared with single - level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion ( acdf ) in the long - term?methods : a systema... |
[
"gupta et al . used spirogyra species for removal of cu(ii ) with the maximum adsorption capacity of 133.3 mg g. use of adsorbents like mg pellets has also been reported for co(ii ) removal from water and the adsorption capacity has been found to be 15.8 mg g. the aim of this work is to study the best condi... | wastewater treatment of some heavy metals was carried out by synthetic zeolite p1 , which was prepared by alkaline hydrothermal treatment of the pumice . both of the pumice raw materials and synthetic zeolite were investigated for their chemical phase composition , physical properties , and microstructure . the adsorpt... |
[
", we evaluated remote ( pulmonary ) changes in lox expression and activity in response to surgery and their contribution to tumor cell seeding and metastasis . surgical resection of tumors is a common therapeutic procedure , especially for early - stage localized , and potentially curative , disease . it has been ... | summarysurgery remains the most successful curative treatment for cancer . however , some patients with early - stage disease who undergo surgery eventually succumb to distant metastasis . here , we show that in response to surgery , the lungs become more vulnerable to metastasis due to extracellular matrix remodeling ... |
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"ohrqol is highly subjective and has to be assessed within the framework of patients conditions , sociocultural environments and own experiences and states of mind : because ohrqol is related to daily life and is unique to each individual , even patients with severe conditions can report having good quality of life... | objectivesoral health - related quality of life ( ohrqol ) can be considered as the scientific expression of that part of a person s well - being that is affected by his / her oral health . the aim of this paper was to evaluate how to use the data available in the field of research to make a link between ohrqol and den... |
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"rats were divided into 4 equal groups and injected physiological saline ( twice daily subcutaneously in morning and evening ; group i ) , morphine sulfate ( 10 mg / kg twice daily subcutaneously ; group ii ) , fosaprepitant ( 30 mg / kg once by intraperitoneal route ; group iii ) , and finally , the last group was... | objectives : opioids such as morphine form the cornerstone in the treatment of moderate to severe pain . however , opioids also produce serious side effects such as tolerance . fosaprepitant is a substance p ( sp ) receptor antagonist , which is used for treating chemotherapy - induced nausea and vomiting . sp is an im... |
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"importantly , uio-66-[fefe](dcbdt)(co)6 was found to be a highly active hydrogen production catalyst \n in photochemical arrays with [ ru(bpy)3 ] as \n a photosensitizer and ascorbate as an electron donor . the catalytic \n performance of the mof exceeds that of an analogous homogeneous reference \n system . x - r... | a molecular
proton reduction catalyst [ fefe](dcbdt)(co)6 ( 1 , dcbdt = 1,4-dicarboxylbenzene-2,3-dithiolate ) with
structural similarities to [ fefe]-hydrogenase active sites has been
incorporated into a highly robust zr(iv)-based metal organic
framework ( mof ) by postsynthetic exchange ( pse ) . the pse pro... |
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