AIM Mouth rinses containing enzymes are designed for patients suffering from xerostomia. The objective of the present in situ study was to investigate the efficacy of these rinses for targeted accumulation and immobilisation of protective enzymes in the acquired pellicle. METHODS A number of six healthy subjects carried bovine enamel slabs fixed on individual upper jaw splints for pellicle fo...

A descriptive analysis was made in terms of the related radiation induced acute and late mucositis and xerostomia along with survival and tumor control rates (significance level at 0.016, bonferroni correction), for irradiation in head and neck carcinomas with either 2D Radiation Therapy (2DRT) and 3D conformal (3DCRT) or Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT). The mean score of grade > I...

BACKGROUND Emergency admissions may account for over 50% of surgical admissions. The impact on service provision and implications for training are difficult to quantify. We performed a cohort study to analyse these workload patterns. METHODS Data on emergency room (ER) surgical admissions over six months was collected including patient demographics, referral sources, diagnosis, operation and ...

The IUN As from rapidly growing tissues, particularly from neoplasia, often exhibit queuine deficiency. In order to check whether different kinds of ovarian tumors display queuine deficiencies we have analyzed tRNA samples from 16 ovarian malignancies. The tRNAs from histologically normal myometrium (4 samples) and myoma (6 samples) were taken as healthy tissue and benign tumor references. Queu...

The aim of this study was to investigate the use renewable energy in agriculture and environmental sustainability. Data obtained with a face survey from 120 farmers whom selected randomly districts Hatay province. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test used analyze whether numerical variables fit normal distribution or not. Kruskal-Wallis for nonparametric data. found be significant Kruskal- Wallis were inter...

C. E. WALLIS "FATHER" OF LONDON'S SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE CHARLES EDWARD WALLIS was born in Lambeth on 25 March 1869, son of Fanny and Augustus Wallis; his father was an insurance clerk.' Wallis was educated at Bedford Grammar School and King's College Hospital, which was then sited in Portugal Street near the Strand.2 It was there that he gained the conjoint medical diploma in 1894. Following on...

This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the association between medication adherence and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in 120 hypertensive patients. Personal Information Form, SF-36 Quality of Life Scale (SF-36 QoL) and Medication Adherence Self-Efficacy Scale (MASES) were used for data collection. Data were analyzed with SPSS program using percentage, mean value, standard deviati...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of enzyme replacement therapy for Gaucher Disease on clinical and laboratory parameters after two, five and ten years of treatment. METHODS Data were collected from patient records and analyzed using BioEstat software (version 5.0). Student's t-test, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Wilcoxon test and Kruskal-Wallis test were used for statistical analysis. Hepatom...

introduction: the antimicrobial efficacy of root canal irrigant plays an important role in increasing the success of root canal treatment (rct). the aim of the present experimental study was to compare the antimicrobial activity of triphala (a plant-derived solution) with 0.5, 1, 2.5 and 5% concentrations of sodium hypochlorite (naocl), against enterococcus faecalis ( e. faecalis ). methods and...

OBJECTIVES Tissue processing for years is carried out by the conventional method, which is a time-consuming technique resulting in 1-day delay in diagnosis. However, in this area of modernization and managed care, rapid diagnosis is increasingly desirable to fulfill the needs of clinicians. The objective of the present study was to compare and determine the positive impact on turnaround times o...