Purpose: To explore the anti-hepatoma effect of Gan-Ai-Xiao Decoction (GAXD), a folk remedy. Methods: High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to identify the major chemical components of GAXD ethanol extract (EE). The cytotoxic effect of GAXD EE against HepG2 cells was measured by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay. Flow cytometry and Western blot were used to study the eff...

Objective: To investigate the potential dosimetric benefits of four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) compared to three-dimensional CT (3DCT) in the planning of radiotherapy for external-beam partial breast irradiation (EB-PBI). Methods: Three-DCT and 4DCT scan sets were acquired for 20 patients who underwent EB-PBI. For each patient a conventional 3D conformal plan (3D-CRT) was generated ...

background: despite a general consensus regarding the impacts of early excision and grafting (ee and g) of burned hand on the reducing of treatment cost and hospital stay, there are some controversial issues about its eff ect on the outcome of hand function.th is study conducted to compare the results of the ee and g and delayed skin grafting in deep hand burns regarding the hand functional out...

Tilmicosin (TLM) is an important antibiotic in veterinary medicine with low bioavailability and safety. This study aimed to formulate and evaluate physicochemical properties, storage stability after lyophilization and antibacterial activity of three TLM-loaded lipid nanoparticles (TLM-LNPs) including solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs), nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) and lipid-core nanocapsu...

This study examines consumer-generated advertising (CGA) impacts on consumer attitudes, and behaviors for interacting with YouTube features and passing along electronic word-of-mouth. An online experiment with 175 subjects was conducted with a 2x2x2 factorial design. Participants viewed a video advertisement on YouTube, framed as either a consumer-generated or firm-generated advertisement, to d...

Rationale: Burnout has been reported by graduate healthcare students during several phases of preprofessional education. The purpose this study was to explore changes in levels Doctor Physical Therapy (DPT) student burnout and grit before after clinical Additional aims included exploring how might differ based on gender over time what relationships exist between population. Methods: All enrolle...

This study was conducted to determine the effect of nonfiber carbohydrates (NFC) and crude protein (CP) present in formula feed on rumen fermentation characteristics growth performance weaned Hanwoo calves. Forty calves were randomly assigned four dietary groups based NFC CP levels as follows: high (HN) at 38%-42%, low (LN) 33%-36%, (HP) 25%-26%, (LP) 23%-24%. These categorized HN-HP, HN-LP, LN...

BACKGROUND/AIMS An enriched environment (EE) ameliorates learning and memory impairments induced by chronic cerebral hypoperfusion, and the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) signaling pathway exerts both beneficial and deleterious effects on the nervous system during the progression of ischemia. METHODS The present study investigated whether p38 MAPK participates in the process ...

Controversies still exist with the use of Everolimus-Eluting Stents (EES) compared to other Drug-Eluting Stents (DES) in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). Therefore, in order to solve this issue, we aim to compare the 1-year adverse clinical outcomes between EES and non-EE DES with a larger number of patients with T2DM.Medline, EMBASE, PubMed databases, as well as the Cochrane libr...