AIM To analyze the optical quality after implantation of toric intraocular lens with optical quality analysis system. METHODS Fifty-two eyes of forty-four patients with regular corneal astigmatism of at least 1.00 D underwent implantation of AcrySof toric intraocular lens, including T3 group 19 eyes, T4 group 18 eyes, T5 group 10 eyes, T6 group 5 eyes. Main outcomes evaluated at 3mo of follow...

Oncolytic viruses (OVs) comprise an emerging cancer therapeutic modality whose activity involves both direct tumor cell lysis and the induction of immunogenic cell death (ICD). Cellular proteins released from the OV-lysed tumor cells, known as damage-associated molecular patterns and tumor-associated antigens, activate dendritic cells and elicit adaptive antitumor immunity. Interaction with the...

We propose a mechanism of intravalley spin-flip scattering in spin-valley coupled two dimensional systems by transferring momentum light into exciton center mass using optical vortex (OV) beams. By varying the dispersion topological charge OV beam, we demonstrate unique approach to control intra-valley rate excitons. From our photoluminescence measurements, that W-based TMDs can be tuned extern...

We report F U SE far-UV spectroscopy of the prototypical dwarf starburst galaxy NGC 1705. These data allow us for the first time to directly probe the coronal-phase (T = few ×10 5 K) gas that may dominate the radiative cooling of the supernova-heated ISM and thereby determine the dynamical evolution of the starburst-driven outflows in dwarf galaxies. We detect a broad (∼100 km s −1 FWHM) and bl...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Cirrhotic patients frequently undergo screening endoscopy for the presence of oesophageal varices (OV). In the future, this social and medical burden will increase due to the greater number of patients with chronic liver disease and their improved survival. In this study, our aims were (1) to identify clinical, biochemical, and ultrasonographic parameters which might non-inv...

Overnight exposure of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium to sublethal amounts of Origanum vulgare essential oil (OV) and carvacrol (CAR) did not result in direct and cross-bacterial protection. Cells subcultured with increasing amounts of OV or CAR survived up to the MIC of either compound, revealing few significant changes in bacterial susceptibility.

Objective To study the effectiveness of public health interventions in preventing Opisthorchis viverrini (OV) re-infection high-prevalence areas Thailand. Methods 68 people from Sisaket, province with second-highest prevalence Thailand, who tested positive for OV eggs faeces and took praziquantel before start study, participated. 34 participants were allocated to experimental group, which recei...

BACKGROUND The human liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini, is designated as a group 1 carcinogen, and is the major risk factor for cholangiocarcinoma in endemic countries throughout Southeast Asia. Proteins in the excretory-secretory products and tegumental surface membranes of the fluke have been proposed to play pivotal roles in parasite survival in the host, and subsequent pathogenesis. These...

Objective—To evaluate the eVects of acute and chronic stimulation in the anteromedial part of the globus pallidus internus (GPi) on the symptoms of patients with Parkinson’s disease. Methods—Six patients with severe Parkinson’s disease (Hoehn and Yahr stage 4–5 in “oV” drug condition) with motor fluctuations and levodopa induced dyskinesia (LID) were operated on. Chronic electrodes were implant...

PURPOSE Natural killer T (NKT) cells are important mediators of antitumor immune responses. We have previously shown that ovarian cancers shed the ganglioside GD3, which inhibits NKT-cell activation. Ovarian cancers also secrete high levels of VEGF. In this study, we sought to test the hypothesis that VEGF production by ovarian cancers suppresses NKT-cell-mediated antitumor responses. EXPERIM...