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Heat-shock proteins are commonly considered to be an intracellular molecular chaperone which performs multitude of functions like cytoprotective and cellular housekeeping function…

An emerging word in biomedical research nowadays is the “translational research”. Basically, “translating” current knowledge from basic science to approaches for treating human dis…

In the present work an attempt has been made to synthesize and characterize polyvinyl alcohol: polyvinyl carbazole (90:10) blend based nanocomposite polymer electrolyte dispersed w…

Transverse vaginal septum is the result of faulty canalization of the embryonic vagina. We describe a very rare of perforate transverse vaginal septum was diagnosed during second …

Energy security has become a hot issue since the oil crisis in 1970s, much attention has been paid to the problem how to mitigate the effects of a disruption or shortage to the oil…

In 2008 and 2010, felsic drift pumice was collected from a total of 40 beaches around the main island of New Caledonia, Southwest Pacific. This island is enclosed by a barrier reef…

<p>Kimura disease (KD) is a benign, rare, and chronic inflammatory disorder with an angiolymphatic proliferation of unknown etiology involving subcutaneous tissues, affecting…

The chemical industry, such as the production of polymers, fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals, represent one of the biggest economic worldwide. This chemical industry usually produ…

<p>Actinic keratosis (AK) is a common dermatological disorder on sun-exposed skin. Its premalignant condition is widely known; therefore both treatment and protection from su…

In recent years, new scenarios for experimenting telerehabilitation services have been opening thanks to the diffusion of the new technologies. The revolution brought about by the …

Purpose: The Charlson Comorbidity Score has been demonstrated to predict mortality in prostate cancer patients. Our novel objective was to compare the 10-year observed mortality wi…

Through the lens of the Affordable Care Act, this phenomenological study qualitatively examined barriers to care for persons living with HIV (PLWH). Study participants (n=6) were P…

<p>Objectives: To examine the association of public health delivery systems (PHDS) joint production and maternal and child health services (MCH). Methods: We used a longitudi…

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes serious hepatic manifestations viz. chronic liver cirrhosis, necrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Globally 3% of the population is highly affected …

The incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is increasing at a massive pace globally. It results possibly from a genetic susceptibility and exposure to an environmental trigge…

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are a highly variable spectrum of behaviorally defined neuro-developmental conditions. The involvement of cell signaling pathways such as MAPK (mit…

The human respiratory system is usually our “gold standard” when we compare other species’ respiratory systems. However, human lungs happen to be very inefficient compared to…

Female reproductive tract is composed of ovarium, oviduct, cervix and uterus. Development and function of reproductive tract is dispensable for maintenance and achievement of repro…

In the 19th century, researchers first realized that metabolism can be viewed as a network of connected biochemical reactions. Apparently, enzymes catalyze these reactions, acceler…

Purpose: Propofol is clinically used for anesthesia and sedation. It remains unclear whether propofol induces human neutrophil apoptosis. We sought to determine the effect of prop…

Plant viral-based expression system offers an alternative tool for the expression of various target proteins via stable transformation or transient expression in plants. In transie…

We represent a case of asymptomatic isolated chronic ascending aortic dissection that lasted for fifteen years in which a patient was only followed up with medical therapy that sav…

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is an uncommon disease which can involve all layers of the gastrointestinal tract anywhere from the esophagus to colon. Clinical features depend upon t…

Oil production and Drilling of an oil field formation is the only convenient way to transfer the oil from the reservoir to the well head surficial facilities. According to the vari…

Purpose: There is no gold standard to diagnose lactose malabsorption. The hydrogen breath test is the most widely used, but many methodological points need to be standardized. Our …

Objective: In this study we aimed to investigate the value of hyaluronic acid levels, a non-invasive biochemical marker for the evaluation of liver fibrosis in patients with chroni…

<p style="text-align: justify;">Health workers like nurses have the responsibility to provide health services to patients. By doing so, nurses are expected to contr…

The Lagrangian separation distance between the endpoints of simulated and observed drifter trajectories is often used to assess the performance of numerical particle trajectory mod…

This work evaluates the aminolevulic acid (ALA)-induced Protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) synthesis and the PPIX transference from the tumor cells to the whole blood cells. Human prostate t…