OBJECTIVES To study and compare the effectiveness of p16(INK4a) staining and specific human papillomavirus (HPV) subtypes as a prognostic marker in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 1 (CIN1; low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions). METHODS Sixty-four cervical samples diagnosed as CIN1 and stained with p16(INK4a), with HPV status assessed by polymerase chain reaction-direct sequenci...

BACKGROUND Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is one of the most devastating cerebrovascular disorders. We report on the diagnostic value of three-dimensional (3-D) maximum intensity projection (MIP) reconstruction of T2*-weighted magnetic resonance images (MRI), processed using graphical user interface-based software, to aid in the accurate grading of endovascular-perforation-induced SAH in a mouse...

INTRODUCTION There is a lack of data relating the macroscopic appearance of cartilage to its ultrasound properties. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate degenerated cartilage and healthy-looking cartilage using an ultrasound system. METHODS Ultrasound properties--signal intensity (a measure of superficial cartilage integrity), echo duration (a parameter related to the surface irre...

OBJECTIVES It is recommended that fissure sealants should be placed within four years after eruption. Due to considerable variations in the eruption times of molar teeth, this recommendation is of limited value from a public health perspective. This study, therefore, sought to provide empirical support for a public health fissure sealant placement timeframe protocol. METHODS The first and sec...

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Research Article| June 01 2023 Seven Curses Michael Boyce Gillespie is an associate professor in the Department of Cinema Studies at New York University. His research interests include black visual and expressive culture, film theory, historiography, popular music, contemporary art. He author Film Blackness: American Idea Black (Duke University Press, 2016) co-editor with Lisa Uddin One Shot, a...

PURPOSE We aimed to report our preliminary results of subcarinal ventilation-assisted Y-shaped stent insertion under local anesthesia for patients with complex lower tracheal-carinal-main bronchial complex stenosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seven consecutive patients with lower tracheal-carinal-main bronchial complex stenosis underwent Y-shaped stent insertion under local anesthesia. During the ...

Twenty cases (fourteen males, six females, mean age 66.0) with locally advanced (T2-4 N0, M0, n = 9) or metastatic (N2-3 or M1, n = 11) urothelial cancer were treated sequentially with methotrexate (MTX) and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), Doxorubicin (ADM), and cisplatin (CDDP) since August, 1988. Primary tumors were in the bladder in fifteen patients and in the renal pelvis or ureter in five cases. Hi...