BACKGROUND Several studies demonstrated that bilirubin, a potent endogenous antioxidant, is a strong protective factor for many diabetic complications such as nephropathy, retinopathy, neuropathy, and vasculopathy. The purpose of this study was to assess the association between serum bilirubin levels and diabetic foot (DF) in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). MATERIAL AND M...

Objectives: To evaluate whether an antenatal and immediate postpartum Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale score are predictive of future postpartum depression and observe the correlation in-between the scores and associated risk factors. Methods: Study Design A survey recruiting 345 women from March 2015 to February 2016 using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale for same group of individuals:...

In this paper, we report low temperature curable (around 200～250℃), Dk (2.7) and Df (0.007) negative tone type photo-definable polyimides. Those materials, which were in states of liquid or B-stage sheet, able to be patterned by photolithography process. Our novel polyimides showed excellent dielectric mechanical properties, good results on reliability tests. developed kept enough insulating pe...

This study aims to develop a standard scale by making the validity and reliability of globalization survey developed for education faculties in sample sports sciences. A total 878 people, including 81 academicians, 336 physical teachers, 118 trainers, 343 sciences students, who were reached simple random method, participated study. The data was collected at 3 different times, Exploratory Factor...

The present study aims to determine the potential of Bali cattle ovaries as sources oocytes for in vitro embryo production based on different ovarian reproductive statuses. were grouped into 4 categories: with no corpus luteum and dominant follicles (CL-DF-), those (CL+DF-), without but (CL-DF+), follicle (CL+DF+). collected via slicing technique grades (a, b, c, d). oocyte’s maturation was per...

Dibenzofuran (DF) is one of the dioxin carbon skeletal compounds used as a model to study the microbial degradation of dioxins. This study analyzed the transcriptional regulation of the DF dioxygenase genes dfdA1 to dfdA4 in the DF-utilizing actinomycetes Rhodococcus sp. strain YK2 and Terrabacter sp. strain YK3. An open reading frame designated dfdR was detected downstream of the dfdC genes. T...

Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus popularly referred to as craveiro is considered as a calming agent in different local preparations. The present study attempted to examine antidepressant-like effect of dichloromethane fraction (DF) and role of monoamine oxidase (MAO), tryptophan, and tyrosine hydroxylase. Based on the research focus, tail suspension (TS), forced swimming (FS), and open field (OF) tes...

Dermatofibroma (DF) is a common benign cutaneous tumor with many variants based on alterations in the morphology and composition of its diverse elements. One very infrequent type is sclerotic fibroma-like DF (SF-DF). We report 7 new cases of SF-DF. In addition, their main clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features were compared with 14 unselected common DFs and with 3 sclerotic fibrom...

High weight and obesity represent risk factors for numerous diseases. Correlations between body mass index (BMI) and carious lesions have also been described. In the present study, a possible association between caries prevalence and high weight ranges were examined in 2071 primary school pupils (51.8 % girls, 48.2 % boys), aged 6 to 10 years. A dental examination including the assessment of ca...