Few therapeutic alternatives to prednisone are available for severe, corticosteroid-resistant asthma. Injectable triamcinolone acetonide (TA) has been used in this type of asthma, although its use is controversial. TA shows considerable efficacy when compared with prednisone according to nearly all studies, although the majority do not provide a high level of evidence. The use of TA has been qu...

Research efforts investigating the potential of natural compounds in the fight against cancer are growing. Tannic acid (TA) belongs to the class of hydrolysable tannins and is found in numerous plants and foods. TA is a potent collagen cross-linking agent; the purpose of this study was to generate TA-cross-linked beads and assess the effects on breast cancer cell growth. Collagen beads were sta...

The nucleosynthesis of nature’s rarest isotope Ta depends sensitively on the temperature of the astrophysical environment because of depopulation of the long-living isomeric state via intermediate states to the short-living ground state by thermal photons. Reaction rates for this transition have been measured in the laboratory. These ground state rates understimate the stellar rates dramaticall...

Elastin-associated degeneration and calcification are potential causes of long-term failure of glutaraldehyde (Glut) fixed tissue bioprostheses used in cardiovascular surgery. This vulnerability may be attributed to the inability of Glut to cross-link and adequately protect vascular elastin from enzymatic attack. Tannic acid (TA), a poly galloyl glucose (Glc), is compatible with Glut fixation, ...

PURPOSE To investigate whether triamcinolone acetonide (TA) affects the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and pigment epithelial derived factor (PEDF) in human retinal pigment epithelium (ARPE19) and human umbilical vein endothelial (HUVE) cells. Study the time course of the effects of TA on VEGF and PEDF expressions in cultured cells. METHODS ARPE19 and HUVE cells were ...

Aim: To examine the outcome of a triamcinolone acetonide (TA) assisted pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for refractory uveitis. Methods: Six patients suffering from proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) with refractory uveitis underwent a TA assisted PPV. The patients consisted of one with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease, one with acute retinal necrosis, one with Behçet’s disease, and three with sarcoi...

Academic support services (e.g., teaching assistantship services, enrichment activities) can be beneficial and at times crucial, for the success of low income, first generation, underrepresented, motivated students with gaps in their academic preparation. In this paper, we describe the establishment and growth of a teaching assistantship (TA) program in the Computer Science and Information Tech...

OBJECTIVES To assess the accuracy of a new noninvasive temporal artery (TA) thermometer in infants; to compare the accuracy of the TA thermometer with that of a tympanic thermometer, using rectal thermometry as the criterion standard; and to compare the tolerability of the TA thermometer with that of the tympanic and rectal thermometers. DESIGN Prospective evaluation of the accuracy of TA and...