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The application of cationic liposomes as vaccine delivery systems and adjuvants has been investigated extensively over the last few decades. However, cationic liposomes are, in general, not sufficiently immunostimulatory, which is why the combination of liposomes with immunostimulating ligands has arisen as a strategy…

First-year college students were surveyed by telephone to determine their current level of tobacco use and find out what advice they had previously received from physicians regarding tobacco products. Current tobacco use reported in this 1st-year population was 19% in men and 17% in women. Although 99.6% of the student…

Four generations of a family are described in which 7 of 8 affected members suffered from prolonged dystonic seizures; the eighth member's attacks were those of paroxysmal choreoathetosis. The attacks lasted up to 4 hours, were precipitated by alcohol, emotion, or fatigue, and responded poorly to phenytoin and barbitur…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the advantage of single posterolateral approach for exposing the fragments of lateral malleolus and posterior malleolus in treating bimalleolar and trimalleolar fractures. METHODS: Between January 2013 and June 2015, 47 patients with ankle fractures were treated. Of 47 cases, 16 were male and 31…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the incidence and means of elderly suicide in Brazil. METHOD: Epidemiologic, cross-sectional, quantitative, and retrospective study. The data were obtained in a platform maintained by the Ministry of Health and analyzed. The mortality rate was calculated and means and percentages regarding the em…

Rituximab is a monoclonal antibody that targets CD20, a B-lymphocyte antigen; that leads to a decline in the B-cell counts for at least a year. The patients who have received rituximab treatment in the previous 5 years with the diagnosis of pemphigus group of diseases at Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty were que…

In this paper, the monthly average of NCEP(National Center for Environmental Prediction)reanalysis data (2.5°×2.5°),the sounding data, and conventional observation data in Beijing (54511 station) were used to analyze the atmospheric pollution diffusion conditions in Beijing in recent 35 years. The main c…

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the success of the combined tubularized island flap (Duckett technique) and Thiersch-Duplay techniques in one-stage correction of proximal hypospadias. METHODS: Thirty-four patients underwent surgical treatment for penoscrotal hypospadias in the last 9 years. Combined tubularized island flap (D…

OBJECTIVE: We question the need for packing of the ear canal after ear surgery. For several years, it had not been the first author's standard practice to use post-operative ear packing. During this period, few problems or complications had been encountered. SETTING: Tertiary referral, academic, paediatric hospital.…

INTRODUCTION: The aim of the study was to describe the spread of HIV among young people below 25 years of age in Denmark and further to estimate the risk of acquiring HIV in heterosexuals in Denmark by means of a simple model. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Data from the mandatory national HIV surveillance were analysed. The r…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the major features of sexual behavior in men from Mexico City, such as the number of sexual partners, history of sexually transmitted disease (STD) and beliefs on AIDS. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A transversal epidemiologic study was conducted in 1995 based on multistage sampling with conglomerates.…

The aim of the study was to seek knowledge of psychological and psychosocial aspects of coping with late effects of polio. Sixty-three polio survivors, 43 women and 20 men (mean age 55.3 years) 3-5 years ago former inpatients at the Post-Polio Program at Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, participated in the study. In ad…

With the purpose of determining antibodies prevalence against Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus in the population of Puertos de Altagracia and Sabaneta de Palmas of Miranda county, Zulia State, Venezuela, 199 subjects were studied: 57 from Puertos de Altagracia and 142 from Sabaneta de Palmas. They were classified i…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the mid-term effectiveness of arthroscopic Bankart repair for recurrent anterior shoulder dislocation. METHODS: The clinical data of 107 patients with recurrent anterior shoulder dislocation who met the inclusion criteria between January 2017 and June 2021 was retrospectively analyzed, and al…

PURPOSE: To assess retrospectively the course, the rate of bilateralness, prognosis, visual acuity with contact lenses, and corneal changes of a cohort with keratoconus. METHODS: Patients applying to Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Contact Lens Division during the period 1975-2005 with the d…

Data are presented on 434 patients treated at the Gynecologic Radiotherapy Department of the University of Vienna for invasive primary carcinoma of the vagina between 1952 and 1984; data on 110 patients treated in the last few years are more detailed. In stage I, 5-year survival was 76.7%; in stage II, 44.5%; in stage…

Congenital melanocytic nevi are pigmented birthmarks, some of which have a considerable size. In some cases, not only the skin but also the brain or spinal cord are affected. Many aspects about how to manage this disease have been reconsidered and partly changed over the last 20 years. This article summarizes…

The current review describes the recent progress in the chemistry and biology of the benzhydryl amines where the central carbon atom is directly attached to the nitrogen atom of one ring and which have published in the last five years (2015-2019). Both metal and metal-free racemic and asymmetric synthetic approaches al…

The results of research on the consequences of cryoconservation of fungi indicating the stability of their morphology are reviewed, and a number of facts indicating the changes in the properties of the fungus and the mutagenicity of cryopreservation are presented. The investigations of the last ten years confirm the Ro…

In the last few years, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease has received renewed interest from the ENT specialists. The symptomatology can vary on account of the differences between the gastro-oesophageal reflux and the laryngo-pharyngeal reflux as far as concerns both symptomatology and clinical-pathogenic aspects. The s…