Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of conditions that affect the gastrointestinal system. IBD consists of autoimmune diseases that attack the GI mucosa, resulting in inflammation of the gut wall. For this discussion, we will be focusing on ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD). The main differences between the two are that ulcerative colitis mainly involves the large intesti...

Immobilisation causes denervation-like changes in the motor endplates, decreases the content of IGF-I, and increases the number of IGF-I receptors in the spinal cord. In the rat we investigated whether similar changes occur after a fracture of the midshaft of the femur which had been treated by intramedullary fixation with adequate or undersized pins. A more pronounced reduction in muscle wet w...

We propose a semantically grounded theory of session types which relies on intersection and union types. We argue that intersection and union types are natural candidates for modeling branching points in session types and we show that the resulting theory overcomes some important defects of related behavioral theories. In particular, intersections and unions provide a native solution to the pro...

evidence acquisition initially, we studied two different types of canon and separated all herbs used in the treatment of headache. next, all plants were classified according to the method of prescription. then, we pick out all the plants which were nasally utilized in the treatment of headache and divided them based on the method of administration. in order to find scientific names of herbs, we...

atrial fibrillation is the most prevalent permanent arrhythmia. it may be associated with other cardiac pathologies which need surgical treatment. various types of surgery including the traditional cut-sew operations and operations using different energy sources are currently in use. in comparison with medical treatment, surgery is safe, effective, and has reliable results.

today, expert systems are widely applied in medicine for prognosis, diagnosis, checkup, and treatment of various kinds of diseases. a comprehensive system for the checkup and treatment of different types of diabetes is still lacking. this paper reports development of such a system, its validation, and its utility in facilitating medical decision-making and supporting self-care.

background: chronic non-specific low back pain is a common disorder that often has no clear mechanism. exercise therapy is an effective and safe method for treatment of chronic musculoskeletal disorders such as back pain. pilate’s and williams’ exercises are two types of distinct exercises used for the treatment of back pain, but there is no evidence for the advantage of these two exercises in ...

epilepsy as one of the most common neurological disorders affects more than 50 million people worldwide with a higher prevalence rate in low-income countries. excessive electrical discharges in neurons following neural cell damage or loss cause recurrent seizures. one of the most common and difficult to treat types of epilepsy is temporal lobe epilepsy (tle) which results from hippocampal scler...