BACKGROUND objectives of the study were i) to describe changes in depression in independently living people aged 57 or older with fall-related injuries, and ii) to examine the effect of incomplete recovery of physical functions on depression one year post-injury. METHOD prospective cohort-study, including a pre-injury baseline and post-injury assessments at 8 weeks, 5 months and one year. The...

Abstract Introduction For the first time, we comprehensively investigated effects of repeated exposures to baseline (BL), total sleep deprivation (TSD), and recovery (REC) phases at 2, 4, 8 months on cardiovascular (CV) measures. Methods We conducted a five-day experiment twice (at 2 4) in 4-month study (N=6 healthy adults; 3 females), similar three times 8) an 8-month (N=5 females). During the...

BACKGROUND Intrathecal morphine pre-conditioning attenuates cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury via activation of central opioid receptors. We hypothesized that intrathecal morphine also post-conditions the myocardium in the rat. METHODS Intrathecal morphine at 0.3 μg/kg (LMPC), 3 μg/kg (MMPC) or 30 μg/kg (HMPC) was administered for 5 min before 120-min reperfusion following 30-min ischemia. ...

the chemical composition of the essential oils of flower at the pre-flowering, full-flowering and post-flowering stage of a. annua was analyzed by gc and gc/ms and sixty-two components were identified. the main compounds in the pre-flowering oil were β-myrcene (37.71%), 1, 8-cineole (16.11%) and camphor (14.97%). the full-flowering oil contained predominantly caryophyllene (19.4%), germacrene d...

abstract: apexification with calcium hydroxide is associated with certain difficulties, such as longer treatment time, risk of tooth fracture and incomplete calcification of apical bridge. mineral trioxide aggregate (mta) is an alternative material that can be used for apexification of open apices due to its biocompatibility, non-mutagenicity, non-neurotoxicity, regenerative abilities, and good...

= Abstract =Percentages and ratios of peripheral blood T lymphocytes and T cell subsets were sequentially measured by monoclonal antibodies in 15 psoriatic patients treated with anthralin-UV radiation. Time sequence was divided into 1) pre 2) between 1 and 24 hours post 3) 4 or 5 days post 4) 8 days post 5) 11 or 12 days post treatment. There was no significant difference between the results ob...

Thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) develop as a result of dysregulated extracellular matrix remodeling mediated by several matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). Membrane type-1 MMP (MT1-MMP) is the prototypical member of a unique family of membrane-bound MMPs, possessing multiple substrates and functions. The present study tested the hypothesis that MT1-MMP expression, abundance, and activity would b...