Jan 16, 2018

Annals of Obesity & Disorders

Obesity and Underweight Diagnoses during Pregnancy using Two Standards

Abstract: This observational study compared two maternal weight gain standards in their predictive capacity of low Birth Weight (BW), low Birth Length (BL) and macrosomic births. Those standards were the Rosso-Mardones (RM) chart and...


Jan 16, 2018

Advance Research in Textile Engineering

A Brief Review on Plasma Treatment of Textile Materials

Abstract: The textile industry is searching for innovative production techniques to improve the product quality, as well as society requires new finishing techniques working in environmental respect. These techniques show distinct advantages,...


Jan 15, 2018

Journal of Dentistry & Oral Disorders

Roles of EphrinB2 and EphB4 in Alveolar Bone under Initial Compressive Mechanical Stress of Dental Implant Replacement

Abstract: The communication between ephrin/Eph families was recently shown to be involved in cell differentiation under mechanical stress. To understand the roles of EphrinB2 and EphB4 in osteoblast cells and alveolar bone under initial...


Jan 15, 2018

Annals of Surgery and Perioperative Care

Spirituality in Medicine/Surgery: Time for a New Awareness?

Abstract: As physicians/surgeons, we cannot "understand" (on a metaphysical level) why people suffer or die. Despite our advanced training in modern technological advances on the frontiers of...


Jan 15, 2018

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - International

Benefits of Physical Activity in Weight Reduction - Therapeutic Approaches from a Metabolic and Energetic Point of View: A Systematic Review

Abstract: Overweight adults mostly show not only an abnormal body composition, but a decreased muscular and metabolic fitness which might be responsible for associated risk factors and mechanisms provoking cardiovascular and...


Jan 15, 2018

Austin Journal of Nephrology and Hypertension

What we do and do not know about Women and Kidney Diseases; Questions Unanswered and Answers Unquestioned: Reflection on World Kidney Day and International Woman's Day

Abstract: Chronic Kidney Disease affects approximately 10% of the world's adult population: it is within the top 20 causes of death worldwide, and its impact on patients and their families can be devastating...


Jan 15, 2018

Austin Pharmacology & Pharmaceutics

Infrared Photo Dissociation Spectroscopy and Infrared Correlation Table Spectroscopy Comparative Study on Malignant and Benign Human Cancer Cells and Tissues under Synchrotron Radiation with the Passage of Time

Abstract: In the current study, we have experimentally and comparatively investigated and compared malignant human cancer cells and tissues before and after irradiating of synchrotron radiation using infrared...


Jan 12, 2018

Journal of Family Medicine

An Infant with Erythema Multiform: A Case Report

Abstract: Erythema Multiform (EM) is a rare disease in infancy. We present an infant with EM who was first considered to have immunodeficiency or a serious infectious disease because of the strange appearance of the cutaneous lesions...


Jan 12, 2018

Clinics in Oncology Research

Immunohistochemical Diagnostic Approach in Neoplastic Pathology of Mesothelium

Abstract: Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a highly aggressive tumor originating from the mesothelial cells lining the serosal cavities; therefore, the most common locations of this tumor include the...


Jan 12, 2018

Austin Journal of Dentistry

Diagnosis and Management of Lower Labial Mucosa Ulcer in a Hypotonic Infant

Abstract: We describe a 28-month-old girl with congenital cerebral palsy, uncontrolled epilepsy, failure to thrive, breathing difficulties and secondary diabetes mellitus due to a ketogenic diet. She was brought to our clinic by her parents with the...


Jan 11, 2018

Austin Journal of Otolaryngology

Malignant External Otitis with Facial Nerve Paralysis

Abstract: Malignant External Otitis (MOE) is a severe infection of the external auditory canal and the skull base that is often seen in elderly diabetic patients with a high mortality and morbidity rate: in more than 98% of cases the causative pathogen is P. aeruginosa...


Jan 11, 2018

Austin Journal of Anatomy

Ameliorative Effect of Dark Chocolate on Brain and Heart of Chronic Restraint Stressed Male Albino Rats

Abstract: Objective: The aim was to investigate for the first time, the ameliorative effect of Dark Chocolate (DC) against oxidative stress and apoptosis in heart and brain frontal cortex of rats subjected to Chronic Restraint Stress (CRS)...