epidermolysis bullosa (eb) is a group of rare inherited skin and mucous membrane disorders in which blister formation may arise spontaneously or following a minor friction. various patterns of inheritance are explicated for the disease. the disease has a profound effect on oral mucosa and may result in high prevalence of dental caries. general anesthesia is sometimes the only choice for dental ...

OBJECTIVES To compare the target volume coverage and doses to organs at risks (OARs) using three techniques that simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) in whole-breast irradiation (WBI) after breast-conserving surgery, including intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), IMRT plus an electron boost (IMRT-EB), and volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT). METHODS A total of 10 patients with ear...

Folate receptor (FR) has proven to be a valuable target for chemotherapy using folic acid (FA) conjugates. However, FA-conjugated chemotherapeutics still have low therapeutic efficacy accompanied with side effects, resulting from complications such as short circulation half-life, limited tumor delivery, as well as high kidney accumulation. Herein, we present a novel FA-conjugated paclitaxel (PT...

Internal forces such as managers with strategic intelligence and staff with entrepreneurial behaviour have forced organizations to constantly monitor their surrounding environment in order to create an awareness of opportunities and threats to allow them to survive in the competitive environment. Therefore, the main purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between strategic ...

Early blight (EB) is one of the dreadful diseases of tomato caused by several species of Alternaria including Alternaria linariae (which includes A. solani and A. tomatophila), as well as A. alternata. In some instances, annual economic yield losses due to EB have been estimated at 79%. Alternaria are known only to reproduce asexually, but a highly-virulent isolate has the potential to overcome...

BACKGROUND Epistemological beliefs (EB) are an individual's cognitions about knowledge and knowing. In several non-medical domains, EB have been found to contribute to the way individuals reason when faced with ill-structured problems (i.e. problems with no clear-cut, right or wrong solutions). Such problems are very common in medical practice. Determining whether EB are also influential in rea...

Photophysical processes of ethidium bromide (EB) in homogeneous solutions, micelles, and reverse micelles have been investigated. In acetonitrile, the fluorescence intensity and lifetime of EB are 6.3 ( 0.3 times those in water and 1.25 ( 0.1 times those in acetone. This is attributed to the weaker hydrogen-bond acceptor property of acetonitrile, compared to water and acetone. Addition of water...

P1. Simonsen EB, Dyhre-Poulsen P. Amplitude of the soleus H reflex during walking and running. Journal of Physiology 1999;515:929-939. P2. Simonsen EB, Dyhre-Poulsen P, Alkjaer T, Aagaard P, Magnusson SP. Inter-individual differences in H reflex modulation during normal walking. Experimental Brain Research, 2002;142(1):108-115. P3. Simonsen EB, Dyhre-Poulsen P. Test-retest reliability of the so...

PURPOSE We evaluated the delivery efficiency of intravenously injected large molecular agents, before and after disruption of the blood-brain barrier (BBB-D), induced by focused ultrasound (FUS) using various acoustic parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS Male Sprague-Dawley rats were injected intravenously with Evans blue (EB) before or after BBB-D induction by pulsed FUS. We used a 1.0 MHz puls...