submitted by rechisib 20 minutes ago - Topic: Health
Sebaceous carcinoma (SC) is a rare adnexal tumor. Extra-ocular, facial SC is very uncommon and local metastases are an extreme rare finding. A respective case is presented and discussed together with the current literature.A tumor of the left ear of an 87-old male was primary excised together wit...
submitted by rechisib 20 minutes ago - Topic: Health
An evaluation and consideration of health status of patient prior to any surgical treatment forms an essential part of comprehensive health care. Apparently well but in fact medically compromised patients usually present with unacceptable possibility of complications; whereas adequate pretreatmen...
Substantial evidence indicates that predisposition to diseases can be acquired during early stages of development and interactions between environmental and genetic factors may be implicated in the onset of many pathological conditions. We have shown that perinatal exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) a...
submitted by odmerjaga 21 minutes ago - Topic: Agriculture
Sixty-three dogs with newly diagnosed lymphoma underwent complete staging and received the same chemotherapy. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was the leading histotype (44.4%), followed by peripheral T-cell lymphoma (20.6%). Indolent lymphomas accounted for 30.2% of cases. Most dogs with aggressive...
Vaspin (visceral adipose tissue-derived serine protease inhibitor) is a novel adipocytokine found in visceral white adipose tissues of obese type 2 diabetic rats. We have previously shown that vaspin has anti-inflammatory and anti-migratory effects in vascular smooth muscle cells. Methylglyoxal (...
submitted by mnasawetz 25 minutes ago - Topic: Health
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 registri...
submitted by mvonzannivild 25 minutes ago - Topic: Health
Angiogenesis plays a key role in bone formation and maintenance. Bone formation has been reported to initiate in the concavities rather than the convexities in a hydroxyapatite substratum and the implant threads of dental implants. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the number of the bl...
submitted by shohen76 27 minutes ago - Topic: Geography
A 30-day time course laboratory weathering experiment was conducted using rock samples collected from the West Fork of the Gallatin River watershed (WFW) in southwestern Montana, U.S.A. The goal of these experiments was to quantify the amount of labile nitrogen in rock samples collected from the ...
submitted by shohen76 27 minutes ago - Topic: Geography
The Chicxulub asteroid impact produced massive extinction in terrestrial environments most likely through an intense heat pulse and subsequent widespread fires. Aquatic environments were shielded from this heat and fire but nevertheless showed massive extinction in marine environments and, for re...
submitted by dlianawins 29 minutes ago - Topic: Health
To measure changes in hospital admission rates and total amounts paid for inpatient care over for the first 12 months after the introduction of a Diabetes Integrated Care Initiative (DICI)MethodPoisson regression models were used to compare the percentage change in hospital admissions, and tariff...
submitted by sotesh 29 minutes ago - Topic: Agriculture
Alfa leaves, rush stems, palm leaflets and date palm wood are important renewable raw materials available in Tunisia where they are commonly used in handcrafts (like basketwork and carpets for example). To add value to these plants by using them as a potential reinforcement in so called natural f...
submitted by sotesh 29 minutes ago - Topic: Agriculture
Swertia bimaculata Hook. F. Thomas. is an unexplored, less bitter species which is frequently mixed with Swertia chirayita as a substitute and adulterants. Continuous indiscriminate harvesting has enormously reduced its population strength in the natural habitat of Eastern Himalayas. The aim of t...
submitted by sotesh 29 minutes ago - Topic: Agriculture
The radical scavenging activity and the antibacterial properties of different solvent (hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol) extracts of Alpinia nigra seeds were investigated in the present study. All the extracts were used to assess their potential antioxidant activities using methods for scavengi...
submitted by sotesh 29 minutes ago - Topic: Agriculture
The chemical composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of essential oils isolated by hydrodistillation from the aerial parts of wild endemic Moroccan Thymus maroccanus at different developmental stages (vegetative, flowering and post-flowering) were evaluated. The yield of essential o...
submitted by sotesh 29 minutes ago - Topic: Agriculture
This study was carried out to determine the phytochemical contents as well as to compare the antioxidant activity of whole and ground seeds of three prickly pear varieties. Total phenolic compounds, flavonoids, carotenoids and ascorbic acid were quantified. Antioxidant activity was evaluated by v...
