The competition of hydrophobic molecules for the cyclodextrin (CD) cavity is well known and reported in the literature. However, it is not so trivial, how inorganic salts, small cations and anions may affect the inclusion complex formation, and thereby the functional properties of CDs. This topic is recently of particular interest for formulators since there are several granted patents and publ...

The advent of deep enteroscopy (DE) has dramatically changed diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to small bowel diseases. Unlike capsule endoscopy, which is unable to obtain biopsies or treat a disease, DE techniques have diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities. Double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) was introduced in 2001, and single-balloon enteroscopy (SBE) and spiral enteroscopy (SE) were subse...

Obese individuals have an increased risk of developing depression. This study aimed to determine whether the "Senobi" breathing exercise (SBE), a stretching-breathing exercise that we have established, could relieve depression, especially in obese women. Forty premenopausal women, aged 40 to 49 years, participated in the present study. Twenty were healthy, and the other 20 were obese (body mass...

We previously demonstrated that simulation-based education (SBE) improved temporary hemodialysis catheter (THDC) insertion skills by nephrology fellows. SBE, featuring deliberate practice and rigorous achievement standards, was a powerful method to enhance THDC insertion skills in nephrology fellows. However, experts have called for further research to evaluate skill transfer from the simulated...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The amount of metabolic acidosis measured through the standard base excess (SBE) has been shown to be an outcome marker and its improvement has been associated with better survival. We studied the mechanism of standard base excess variation in the first three days of intensive care unit (ICU) stay through the evaluation of independent variables of physico-chemical appr...

OBJECTIVES The exact role of atrial natriutetic peptide (ANP) in the pathogenesis of edema in nephrotic syndrome (NS) has not been fully elucidated. We aimed to investigate the possible contribution of ANP to edema formation in NS. METHODS We subjected 18 nephrotic subjects and 20 healthy volunteers to supine bicycle exercise (SBE), a maneuver that seemed to increase venous return and to enha...

BACKGROUND Crohn's disease (CD) frequently involves the small bowel. Actually, the diagnosis of CD is made by ileocolonoscopy (IC) and small bowel enteroclysis (SBE), while trans-abdominal bowel sonography (BS) and Tc-99m-HMPAO leukocyte scintigraphy (LS) are only partially used in spite of their minimal invasiveness. AIM to compare the diagnostic accuracy of these procedures for the diagnosi...

The slightly water-soluble flavonoid quercetin (QUE) and its inclusion with either beta-cyclodextrin (betaCD), hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin (HP-betaCD) or sulfobutyl ether-beta-cyclodextrin (SBE-betaCD) were investigated. The stoichiometric ratios and stability constants describing the extent of formation of the complexes have been determined by phase-solubility measurements; in all cases ty...

Refining of edible and cosmetic oil consists various steps which include bleaching process. Bleaching is an important step as it removes colour pigments resulting in improvement taste appearance. In this work, activated bentonite marula shells were used to refine crude oil. Fresh was using H2SO4 whilst both KOH. Vacuum performed the shells. Fresh, activated, spent bentonites analysed X-ray Diff...