BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Lesions of vascular bifurcation and their treatment outcomes have been evaluated by anatomical and physiological methods, such as intravascular ultrasound and fractional flow reserve (FFR). However, local changes in flow dynamics in lesions of bifurcation have not been well evaluated. This study aimed at evaluating changes in the local flow patterns of bifurcation lesi...

PURPOSE Kissing stent reconstruction is a widely used technique for the management of aortoiliac occlusive disease involving the aortic bifurcation or proximal common iliac arteries. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of self-expandable kissing stents in the aortic bifurcation. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed medical records of the patients treated with a kissing stent re...

A heat exchange mechanism in the head of kissing bugs helps to prevent stress and regulate their temperature while they feed on warm blood.

In dynamic force spectroscopy, a (bio-)molecular complex is subjected to a steadily increasing force until the chemical bond breaks. Repeating the same experiment many times results in a broad distribution of rupture forces, whose quantitative interpretation represents a formidable theoretical challenge. In this study we address the situation that more than a single molecular bond is involved i...

Premarital sexual behavior is related to urges with the opposite sex or same that carried out before existence of a legal marriage bond. WHO states in developing countries 21 million adolescent girls aged 15-19 years experience pregnancy each year and 49% pregnancies are unwanted. The IDHS (2017) adolescents 15-24 holding hands: Women 64% Men 75%, Kissing lips: 30% 50%, Hugging: 17% 33%, likes ...

وردت عبارة (عليه أكثر المحقّقين) في مصنّفات ابن مالك الأندلسيّ من مره, وقد صرّح موضع هم هؤلاء المحقّقين؟ وهم: (ابن خروف, وابن طاهر, والشّلوبين), ذكر اثنين آخرين آخر (الأخفش, والسيرافيّ) يعرّفهم بقوله: المحقّقين العارفين بكتاب سيبويه, أو الكوفيّين, أصحاب سيبويه؛ لذلك جاء هذا البحث لبيان مذهب وهؤلاء ومعرفة آراءهم.

BACKGROUND Health behaviors play a major role in the prevention of the most common oral diseases. To investigate health behaviors related to the potential transmission of oral bacteria from mother to child using novel multiple correspondence analysis (MCA). METHODS Mothers (n = 313) with children under three years attending two municipal child health clinics in Finland completed a self-admini...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE SACE is performed for complex aneurysms. There are several configurations of stent placement for bifurcation aneurysms. We investigated hemodynamics among 8 different configurations of stent placement, which may relate to the recanalization rate. MATERIALS AND METHODS We created a silicone block model of a patient-specific asymmetric bifurcation aneurysm. Enterprise clo...