Postoperative acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) was a well-known abdominal complication of general surgery [1-3], but in orthopedic surgery only sporadic case reports could be retrieved [4-7]. Postoperative AAC was unrelated to the biliary tract, which was characterized by gallbladder inflammation without evidence of calculi or sludge [8]. Once postoperative AAC occurs, the disease progresse...

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the ability of BMP-2-immobilized polycaprolactone (PCL) fibers modified using the γ-ray irradiation technique to induce the osteogenic differentiation of MG-63 cells. Poly acrylic acid (AAc) was grafted onto the PCL fibers by the γ-ray irradiation technique. BMP-2 was then subsequently immobilized onto the AAc-PCL fibers (BMP-2/AAc-PCL). PCL and surf...

BACKGROUND Invasive apocrine adenocarcinoma (AAC) of breast is a rare histopathological subtype of breast carcinomas. We aim to investigate the different characteristics and prognostic outcomes between AAC and invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) of breast cancer. RESULTS AAC patients presented with older ages, more aggressive behaviors, lower ER and PR proportions, higher HER2 amplification rates...

BACKGROUND Molecular hydrogen has been shown to have antioxidant effect and have been used to prevent oxidative stress-related diseases. The goal of this study was to explore if hydrogen-rich saline (HRS) plays a cardioprotective effect on abdominal aortic constriction (AAC) induced cardiac hypertrophy in rats. 60adult Sprague-Dawley rats received surgically the AAC for 6-week. After the surger...

Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) policy suffers from a lack of large scale quantitative evidence on the demographics of users and diversity of devices. The 2013 Domesday Dataset was created to aid formation of AAC policy at the national level. The dataset records purchases of AAC technology by the UK’s National Health Service between 2006 and 2012; giving information for each item o...

Intrinsic chromosomal acetyltransferases involved in aminoglycoside resistance have been identified in a number of bacteria. In Providencia stuartii, a chromosomal acetyltransferase (AAC(2')-Ia) has been characterized in detail. In addition to the ability to acetylate aminoglycosides, the AAC(2')-Ia enzyme has at least one physiological function, which is the acetylation of peptidoglycan. This ...

The UCLA Neptune Laboratory CO2 laser system has been recently upgraded to produce 3ps multi-terawatt 10μm laser pulses. The laser energy is distributed over several 3ps pulses separated by 18ps. These temporally structured pulses are applied for laser driven ion acceleration in an H2 gas jet at a measured plasma density of 2x1019cm−3. Protons in excess of 20MeV have been observed in the forwar...

Recent reports suggest that cardiovascular (CV) events are associated with vascular calcification (VC) on plain radiographs. Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) recommends that lateral abdominal radiography can be used to detect the presence or absence of VC [1]. A previous report showed that an abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) score of Z7 on lateral abdominal radiography was w...

The objective of this study was to investigate the genetic basis of high level aminoglycoside resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from Beijing, China. 173 A. baumannii clinical isolates from hospitals in Beijing from 2006 to 2009 were first subjected to high level aminoglycoside resistance (HLAR, MIC to gentamicin and amikacin>512 µg/mL) phenotype selection by broth microdil...