An experiemental study was performed to evaluate the effect of combined anti-inflammatory and antioxidant theraphy on ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat ovary. Also the results of combined theraphy is aimed to compared with monotherapy. Fifty-four female Wistar rats were randomly divided into 9 equal groups (n=6). In Sham group right ovaries of the rats were sampled without generating ischemia ...

UNLABELLED In this case report, we present a 70 year old female patient who had recieved Leech therapy (hirudotherapy) on her leg without informing referring physician. In dynamic bone scintigraphy there was increased perfusion and hyperemia in her left ankle and leg, also in late static images moderate increased uptake was seen in soft tissue region and at the fracture site of ankle. We learne...

We present a model for the interaction dynamics of lymphocytes-tumor cells population. This model reproduces all known states for the tumor. Futherly, we develop it taking into account periodical immunotheraphy treatment with cytokines alone. A detailed analysis for the evolution of tumor cells as a function of frecuency and theraphy burden applied for the periodical treatment is carried out. C...

Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET/CT) is a new generation modality which gives both functional and morphological information along with CT component performing anatomical imaging, in which positron emitting radioisotopes are used with the aim of functional imaging. PET/CT has been used in the staging and re-staging of lung cancer and also in the evaluation of solitary pulmon...

1 Mehmet Mesut Sonmez1, Figen Yilmaz2, Yunus Oc1, Ramazan E. Erturer3, Mustafa F. Seckin4, Bekir Eray Kilinc5, Irfan Ozturk6 1Department of Orthopaedics, Hamidiye Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, 2Department of Physical Theraphy, Hamidiye Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, 3Department of Orthopaedics, Istanbul Liy Hospital, İstanbul, 4Department of Orthop...

Over the past 50 years, hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) therapy has been used in a wide variety of medical conditions; this theraphy causes an increase in oxygen tension in blood and tissues. In the treatment of malignant gliomas, HBO therapy is used for the radiosensitization of cells in combination with radiotherapy (RT). Further, HBO therapy is applied for the treatment and prevention of radiat...

Automatic assessment of articulation and prosody is an important aid for speech theraphy and language education. In this paper, we focus on speech theraphy for hearing-impairment and propose methods for automatic articulation and prosody scoring. The pronunciation problems of the hearing-impaired are briefly discussed. Three methods are developed for automatic pronunciation scoring for the hear...