Introduction: Investigations in rodents as well as in vitro experiments have suggested an anabolic influence of specific collagen peptides (SCP) on bone formation and bone mineral density (BMD). The goal of the study was to investigate the effect of 12-month daily oral administration of 5 g SCP vs. placebo (CG: control group) on BMD in postmenopausal women with primary, age-related reduction in...

Use of efficiency measures as a proxy for performance to test the market structureconduct-performance (SCP) hypothesis is explored. Utilizing Battese and Coelli specification, we estimate stochastic frontier production function and SCP equations with output and efficiency measures as endogenous variables. An empirical application to U.S. trucking carries over the period 1994-2003 with emphasis ...

INTRODUCTION Factor (F) XI supports both normal human hemostasis and pathological thrombosis. Activated FXI (FXIa) promotes thrombin generation by enzymatic activation of FXI, FIX, FX, and FV, and inactivation of alpha tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPIα), in vitro. Some of these reactions are now known to be enhanced by short-chain polyphosphates (SCP) derived from activated platelets. Thes...

This Article focuses on the Situational Crime Prevention (SCP) approach in criminology, which expands the crime reduction role well beyond the justice system. SCP sees criminal law in a more restrictive sense, as only part of the anticrime effort in governance. We examine the " general " and " specific " responses to crime problems in the SCP approach. Our review demonstrates that the most seri...

Cerebellar manipulations have been used successfully in some intractable epileptic patients, however, their intrinsic mechanisms are not fully understood. To further clarify the cerebellar participation in epilepsy, we stimulated 10 rats with 100 Hz, 20 microA at the superior cerebellar peduncle (SCP) during amygdaloid kindling. Results were compared to 10 rats with an electrode placed at the S...

Aim Cyst-like lesions in the mandible rarely develop into malignancies, and reported incidence is between 0.3% 2%. The present study describes a rare case of primary intraosseous squamous cell carcinoma arising from an odontogenic cyst. Materials Methods An 80-year-old male was referred to Trieste University Maggiore Hospital (Trieste, Italy), with acute pain left retromolar area. initial exami...

Objective In the 8th Edition TNM Classification for Head and Neck Cancer, classification carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) changed in addition to oropharyngeal carcinomas. The current considers extranodal extension (ENE), determination p16 (surrogate marker human papillomavirus), detection Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). aim this study was investigate influence new on prognosis p16-positive p16-nega...

Anthropometric Mobility During Childhood While childhood obesity has become a significant public health concern over the last few decades, knowledge concerning the origins of or persistence in childhood anthropometric measures is incomplete. Here, we utilize several nonparametric measures of mobility to assess the evolution of weight, height, and body mass index during early childhood. We find ...