The interface between skin and electrodes plays a major role in the accuracy efficiency of biopotential measurements. For reliable biosignal recording, stable low-impedance contact is required target tissue. Conventional wet (Ag/AgCl) are composed metal with skin-adhesive hydrogel. However, for long-term measurement, direct pre-gel electrode causes discomfort irritation, especially infants peop...

Anchote is a tuber crop indigenous to Ethiopia. Starch hydration properties and important gel characteristics which include: color, rheological (at 2, 4, 6, 8, 10% starch:water w/w) texture evolution w/w), during 0 192 h storage 4 °C), of anchote starches isolated from four cultivars (Desta 01, Desta 24, white red) were evaluated compared with potato cassava (PS CS). The lightness (L*) whitenes...

Background: One of the symptoms of mucositis caused by chemotherapy is pain. Mucositis management is initiated by assessment of oral hygiene and management of pain. Many uses have been mentioned for Satureja hortensis in traditional medicine. The study was carried out with the aim of determining the effect of Satureja hortensis extract mucoadhesive gel of 1% on severity of mucositis-induced pai...

topical drug dosage forms such as ointments and creams can be easily removed through wetting, movement and contact. the new bioadhesive formulations with enhanced local anesthetic effects are needed for topical administration. the adhesive capacity of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (hpmc) was determined by measuring the maximum detachment force and the adhesion work with an auto peeling tester. ...

oral malignant melanoma (omm) accounts for 5% of all oral malignancies. it is a rare aggressive neoplasm usually found on the hard palate and gingiva. the etiology is unknown, but tobacco and chronic irritation are suggested as probable causative factors. over 30% of the cases have been reported to arise from pre-existing pigmented lesions. a biopsy is required to establish the diagnosis and th...

Drug actions can be improved by new drug delivery system, such as mucoadhesive system. This system remains in close contact with the absorption tissue, the mucous membrane, releasing the drug at the action site leading to improvement in both local and systemic effects. There are many routes of mucoadhesive drug delivery system, oral route is the most ancient as well as preferred by patient bein...

The focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is implicated in integrin-mediated signal transduction pathways used in cell adhesion, cell motility, apoptosis, and anchorage-independent growth. Because cancer invasion and metastasis are thought to be associated with alterations in cellular adhesive and motile properties, we studied the expression of four focal adhesion proteins including FAK in matched sample...

Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of pretreatment with a neutral fluoride agent on shear bond strength (SBS) and microleakage of orthodontic brackets, and to investigate any significant relationship between SBS and microleakage. Methods: Forty intact premolars were selected and randomly divided into 2 groups. Group 1 served as the control, while group 2 underwent treatment w...