BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Periprosthetic aortic regurgitation (PPR) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) remains an important issue associated with impaired long-term outcomes. The current randomised study aims to evaluate potential differences between the balloon-expandable Edwards SAPIEN-3 and the self-expanding Medtronic CoreValve system with the main focus on post-TAVI PPR b...

In this work, four water-soluble polythiophene derivatives (PT, PT-DDA, PT-ADA, and PT-ADA-PPR) with different pendant moieties were synthesized via oxidative copolymerization by FeCl3. By increasing the hydrophobic ability of side chain moieties, there is a gradually blue shift for the maximum absorption wavelength and red shift for the maximum emission wavelength, a reducing trend for fluores...

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is an acute viral disease of small ruminants. The disease was first reported in Tanzania in 2008 when it was confined to the Northern Zone districts bordering Kenya. The present study was carried out to confirm the presence of PPR virus (PPRV) in Tanzania and to establish their phylogenetic relationships. Samples (oculonasal swabs, tissues and whole blood) were ...

The RNA editing occurring in plant organellar genomes mainly involves the change of cytidine to uridine. This process involves a deamination reaction, with cytidine deaminase as the catalyst. Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins with a C-terminal DYW domain are reportedly associated with cytidine deamination, similar to members of the deaminase superfamily. PPR genes are involved in many cel...

BACKGROUND Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), also known as Goat Plague, occurs in goats, sheep and related species. It is caused by a morbillivirus in the family Paramyxoviridae. In Bangladesh PPR is endemic and it causes serious economic losses. Pathology of PPR has been reported in different goat and sheep breeds from natural and experimental infections. Field results are better indicators of...

In Rinderpest and Peste des Petits Ruminants: Virus Plagues of Large and Small Ruminants, Tom Barrett (now deseased), of the Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Surrey, UK, and his co-editors have subtly presented the main developments in the quest to conquer these diseases. The instructive text, which touches on the key dynamics of both deadly diseases, incorporates considerable...

Introduction: Traditional treatment for papulopustular rosacea (PPR) has been challenged due to systemic side effects or frequent relapses, which necessitates new treatments. Preliminary evidence showed that conventional photodynamic therapy (c-PDT) is an efficient in treating PPR, but the pain and severe hyperpigmentation are urgent need of improvement, while use daylight (DL-PDT) AHA 30% chem...

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is an acute and highly contagious fatal disease of small ruminants mainly affecting sheep and goats, and camels. PPR is endemic disease in many developing and tropical countries including Pakistan, and vaccine is currently the only means of disease control. However, lack of established infrastructures and high temperature, maintaining cold chain for effective de...

1 Objectives: Researchers have identified that pre-performance routines improve performance 2 under pressure, yet have not investigated the effects of post-performance routines. Thus, the 3 purpose of the current study was to examine whether the type of performance routine training 4 could improve tenpin bowling accuracy and in-game performance. 5 Design: A mixed-method design was adopted, wher...

A cytopathic variant of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) strain PPR emerged after passage of wild-type virus on an interleukin-2-independent cell line. The virus, termed FIV-PPRglial, displayed a phenotype markedly different from the parental virus, including the ability to productively infect previously refractory cell lines, induction of large syncytia, and accelerated kinetic properties. ...