In connection with the transition to a market economy, industrial industry inherited from Soviet economy was almost completely dismantled. 1990-1994, compared era, production of products decreased fivefold and number jobs fourfold (National Statistical Service Georgia, 1995). Industrial became uncompetitive in both domestic foreign markets. The machines, devices, tools, electric vehicles, light...

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is very commonly a cause of acute watery diarrhea in infants and young children in Bangladesh (2). Although organisms of this type are known to be spread through food and water contaminated by feces, limited information is available on climatic factors or the presence of ETEC in surface waters (ponds, rivers, and lakes) that are used for drinking, washing...

Patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) are at high venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk (affecting between 1.5 and 37%) with up to 50% affecting the cerebral veins. Thrombosis is a potentially avoidable source of morbidity and mortality in ALL patients, particularly during the early phases of chemotherapy. Prevention and treatment of thrombosis with antithrombotic drugs may be complicat...

T herapies targeting the androgen receptor (AR) axis have constituted the Holy Grail in the management of advanced prostate cancer for seven decades. These hormonal therapies have traditionally taken two main forms: those that suppress gonadal androgen synthesis (e.g., the gonadotropin releasing hormone agonists/antagonists, such as leuprolide), and those that inhibit the AR directly (e.g., the...

Circulating serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels reflect the net contribution of food and supplement intake as well as skin production through sun exposure, and are widely accepted as the standard to assess for individual adequacy or insufficiency. Recent work has demonstrated the pleiotropic effects of vitamin D on cellular differentiation, proliferation, apoptosis and angiogenesis. Vita...

Open AccessJournal of UrologyAdult Urology1 Mar 2021Epidemiology and O-Serotypes Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Disease in Patients Undergoing Transrectal Ultrasound Prostate Biopsy: A Prospective Multicenter StudyThis article is commented on by the following:Editorial Comment Steven Rosenberg, Marc Bonten, Wouter Haazen, Bart Spiessens, Darren Abbanat, Oscar Go, Florian Wagenlehne...