PURPOSE The aetiology of adult onset epilepsy remains unascertained in a significant proportion of patients. Antibodies directed against neuronal antigens have been suggested to have a potential pathogenic role in some cases of epilepsy. We describe a series of patients with adult onset epilepsy in whom antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD Abs) have been identified. METHODS All pati...

OBJECTIVES The management of patients receiving oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT) undergoing minor oral surgeries is controversial. This study was designed to evaluate the correlation between International Normalized Ratio (INR) values and the sufficiency of two different local hemostatic measures in controlling postextraction bleeding in anticoagulated patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hund...

BACKGROUND/AIM This study investigated the antioxidant and antimutagenic properties of Ankaferd blood stopper (ABS), a plant-based topical hemostatic agent used in Turkey to treat external hemorrhages and bleeding during dental surgery. While previous studies have examined the antimicrobial, antiinflammatory, and anticarcinogenic properties of ABS, to our knowledge, this is the first study to r...

Alternaria brown spot (ABS) is a disease caused by the fungus A. alternata f. sp. citri, which results in lesions on fruits, leaves, and branches of several mandarin varieties their hybrids. Due to high cost fungicide application, alternative methods for controlling ABS need be studied. Therefore, this study aimed evaluate use essential oils (EOs) from different mitigate effects ABS. The inhibi...

Fused filament fabrication (FFF) is a common additive manufacturing method for polymers that has been widely adopted due to its low cost and ease of use. However, FFF remains limited in high performance applications the weak mechanical properties welds between printed fibers, including parts manufactured from acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). This study uses atomic force microscopy (AFM) o...

The presented article deals with the determination of selected mechanical properties additive ma-terials used for 3D printing (PETG, PLA, ABS, ABS +, PLA ESD, ASA, PC / ABS). Due to fact that has exploded over recent years and manufacturing become popular in some industries, quality input materials their is extremely im-portant. We printer Original Prusa MK3 prepare samples testing. Individual ...

The aim of this work is to investigate the performance variability post-industrial (PIR) and post-consumer recycled (PCR) polycarbonate acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (PC-ABS). In addition, necessary testing methodology for understanding polymer variation in polymers are established. thermal expansion behaviour all tested material were found be similar FT-IR revealed no conclusive evidence oxi...