BACKGROUND Middle ear disease (otitis media) is common and frequently severe in Australian Aboriginal children. There have not been any recent large-scale surveys using clear definitions and a standardised middle ear assessment. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of middle ear disease (otitis media) in a high-risk population of young Aboriginal children from remote communities...

nitrogen and phosphorus are two of the essential nutrients that promote plants' growth and yield. deficiency of these nutrients in soil is usually compensated through application of chemical fertilizers. chemical fertilizers on the other hand have detrimental effects on environment in addition to decreasing quality of agricultural products. the present study was conducted to evaluate the e...

recent developments in medicine have given us a better insight into a group of disorders known as autoimmune diseases. in particular, advances have occurred in our understanding of the autoimmune inner ear disease (aied). in this article, the authors review the different postulated theories in the pathogenesis of this disease. the clinical presentation, the available para-clinical diagnostic to...

Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) is an uncommon condition belongs to the group of ANCA-associated necrotizing vasculitides. It characterized by granulomatosis upper and lower respiratory system coexisting glomerulonephritis. Its signs symptoms are largely varied due a wide spectrum involvement sites. In present case report, we describe 26-year-old female presented our centre history bilat...

Allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) remains a major skin disease in many countries, necessitating the discovery of novel and effective anti-ACD agents. In this study, we investigated the preventive effects of Achyranthis radix extract (AcRE) on trimellitic anhydride (TMA)-induced dermatitis and the potential mechanism of action involved. Oral administration of AcRE and prednisolone (PS) significa...

A three-dimensional finite-element (FE) model of a human dry skull was devised for simulation of human bone-conduction (BC) hearing. Although a dry skull is a simplification of the real complex human skull, such model is valuable for understanding basic BC hearing processes. For validation of the model, the mechanical point impedance of the skull as well as the acceleration of the ipsilateral a...

BACKGROUND Better delivery systems are needed for routinely used vaccines, to improve vaccine uptake. Many vaccines contain alum or alum based adjuvants. Here we investigate a novel dry-coated densely-packed micro-projection array skin patch (Nanopatch™) as an alternate delivery system to intramuscular injection for delivering an alum adjuvanted human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (Gardasil®) co...

abstract in order to study of magnetic field and nanosilver effects on fodder maize in comparison to micronutrients fertilizers, an experiment was conducted at research farm of razavi research and technology institute in the year 2007. this experiment was done with 7 treatments based on randomized complete block design with four replications. treatments were including (t1) magnetic field and si...

in order to investigate the effect of zinc element application on growth and some morphophysiological of maize (single cross 704) an experiment was conducted during 2010 at greenhouse. experimented design was complete randomize factorial with four replications. treatments of experiment were soil salinity (4, 8 ds.m-1 and 0 as a control) and different zinc concentration including 0, 10 and 20 mg...

Introduction  Acquired atresia of the external auditory canal is characterized by the formation of fibrous tissue in the medial part. The causes include chronic otitis externa, perforated chronic otitis media, postoperative or idiopathic healing problems. Acquired atresia presents with hearing loss and can be associated with otorrhea. Objective  We analyzed the results of surgery after six mont...