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BACKGROUND: Angiogenetic factors play an important role in the formation of new blood vessels involved in the growth and metastatic spread of solid tumors, but there is limited information regarding the clinical significance of serum bFGF levels in gastric cancer patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Serum bFGF concentratio…

Invited for the cover of this issue is the group of Pascal Van Der Voort at the University of Ghent and colleagues at Technische Universität Berlin. The image depicts the covalent triazine frameworks reported in the manuscript for the sorption of COand also in metal-free catalysis. Read the full text…

India is becoming one of the hubs of clinical research. Commensurate with these advances, the government funding for biomedical research in thrust areas is also increasing. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Department of Science and Technology (DST) are some of the govern…

In a previous paper (Nie et al. in JHEP 1311:087, arXiv:1309.2204 [hep-th], 2013), we presented a holographic s [Formula: see text] p superconductor model with a scalar triplet charged under an SU(2) gauge field in the bulk. We also study the competition and coexistence of the s-wave and p-wave orders in the…

OBJECTIVE: We describe a working software technology that enables educators to incorporate their expertise and teaching style into highly interactive and Socratic educational material for distribution on the world wide web. MATERIALS/METHODS: A graphically oriented interactive authoring system was developed to enable…

We report a rare case of a patient with late onset of Chiari I malformation with associated syringomyelia that was successfully treated with foramen magnum decompression. Our patient is presenting initially with vertigo and gradual weakening of the left-hand gross motor ability, gradual hypesthesia. Magnetic resonance…

In the present case, ultrasound examination ruled out the presence of hematosalpinx or other gynecological tumors. This was of great importance to the surgical intervention, especially for avoiding laparotomy. Dilatation of the vagina and uterus, due to imperforate hymen with retrograde menstruation should be considere…

Telemedicine (other than costly long distance telephone and facsimile messages) in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) started approximately 4 years ago with the establishment of Internet access in the State of Yap. A local access, for medical use only, via already established trunk lines maintained by Continental…

Many authors have reported on the use of the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) to match concepts in free text. Unmatched search strings may be due to misspellings, concepts not in the UMLS, or searches for words not expected to be in the UMLS (e.g., names of people or places). We mapped search strings from a full-…

UNLABELLED: The aim of this study is presentation of 3 cases reconstructive surgery of the skull base after craniocerebral injury. INJURIES AND METHODS: Extensive injuries of the skull base result in communication with paranasal cavities. DIAGNOSTICS: The most serious part of the operation is the isolation of the liq…

BACKGROUND: The exact definition of natural history is important in ulcerative colitis for both clinicians and patients, because it may play a role in the development of treatment strategies for physicians and in the future prospect for patients. In this study, we review the clinical evolution of patients with ulcerati…

With academic internationalisation at full speed, English is increasingly used as a medium of instruction in higher education. The question arises of whether unbalanced bilinguals remember study materials in a non-native language (L2) as well as in a first language (L1). In previous studies, we found a disadvantage for…

We would like to add to the "mysteriousness", our observations from the application of "identical" BP6 cells either intraperitoneally or subcutaneously. In connection with the concept that tumor development is not only a portrayal of cells proliferation, we could presume that different "environment" will result in stru…

We study the phase behaviour of hard spheres confined between two parallel hard plates using extensive computer simulations. We determine the full equilibrium phase diagram for arbitrary densities and plate separations from one to five hard-sphere diameters using free energy calculations. We find a first-order fluid-so…

Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma (FDCS) is a rare tumor, derived from antigen-presenting cells that normally form meshworks in lymphoid follicles. FDCS in general recapitulate the immunophenotypic profile of follicular dendritic cells (FDCs). This tumor affects mainly the lymph nodes, but may arise at a variety of ext…

UNLABELLED: Aim of the study was to evaluate the results of the patients with "congenital pseudartrosis of tibia" treated by vascularized fibular graft transferred from the contralateral calf. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The cohort consist of four patients (2 boys and 2 girls) aged 5.75 y (range 4-8 years) in the time of th…

Because of repeated claims that A-DNA cannot exist without aggregation or condensation, the state of DNA restriction fragments with 84-859 bp has been analyzed in aqueous solutions upon reduction of the water activity. Rotational diffusion times τ (d) measured by electric dichroism at different water activit…

Spontaneous remission of simple renal cyst or complex renal cyst Bosniak III or IV class is a rare phenomenon. Our report describes a spontaneous partial regression of complex renal cyst Bosniak IV during the observation of complex cystic renal masses. A 66 year old male high risk patient (ASA score 3-4) refused all su…

INTRODUCTION: Cases of venous thrombosis associated with celiac disease have been rarely published. We report a case of celiac disease associated with deep venous thrombosis in the left leg. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A 44-year-old man was admitted to the hospital due to diarrhea, which was present for three months. The di…

BACKGROUND: Early and excessive alcohol use is a significant threat to healthy development. Evidence supports the effectiveness of electronic alcohol interventions for young drinkers. However, effects are typically small and studies targeting under 18-year-olds are scarce. This trial is the first to evaluate the effect…