Objective. To assess the in vivo hemostatic effect of Ankaferd Blood Stopper (ABS). Study Design. An experimental study of an animal anterior epistaxis model. Setting. A tertiary care university hospital. Subjects and Methods. Wistar rats were randomized into 4 groups of 7 each: group 1, control, no pretreatment, irrigated with saline; group 2, no pretreatment, irrigated with ABS; group 3, cont...

In this paper, we 1. The scaled ABS class. ABS methods have been introduced by Abaffy, Broyden and Spedicato (1984), in a paper where the solution of linear algebraic equations was considered via the so called ABS unscaled or basic class. That class was later generalized to the so called scaled ABS class and then applied also to the solution of linear least squares, nonlinear algebraic equation...

Phosphocholine (PC) is the immunodominant epitope found on the surface of Streptococcus pneumoniae (SPn). T15-idiotype Abs, whose heavy (H) chain variable region is encoded by the V1 gene, are dominant in the anti-PC response in adult mice and protect mice from lethal pneumococcal infection. The ability of anti-PC Abs using H chains other than the V1 H chain to protect against pneumococcal infe...

The 4-1BB receptor acts as a costimulator in CD8(+) T cell activation. Agonistic stimulation through this molecule by treatment with anti-4-1BB Abs has been demonstrated to inhibit various experimentally induced diseases in animals. However, the effect of anti-4-1BB Abs on experimental allergic diseases has not been reported. We investigated the effect of anti-4-1BB Abs on the development and p...

AIMS The patho-physiology of apical ballooning syndrome (ABS) has not been clearly defined. The aim of this study was to determine whether patients with a history of ABS are more likely to develop left ventricular (LV) mid-cavity or outflow tract obstruction, or have a greater regional LV contractile response to an adrenergic stimulus compared with normal controls. METHODS AND RESULTS Twenty ...

Abstract A novel ammonium salt type polymeric antistatic agent (PDSH) was synthesized from methacrylatoethyl trimethyl chloride, styrene, and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate via radical polymerization. Antistatic poly(acrylonitrile- co -butadiene- -styrene) (ABS)/PDSH composites were prepared by blending PDSH with ABS resin. The results showed that the surface resistivity of ABS/PDSH addition decre...

The recent 28th Annual ABS East Conference at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach attracted roughly 4,500 attendees. conference started on Monday, October 17, 2022, and ran through Wednesday, 19. Key themes included higher interest rates, inflation, prospect of a recession 2023, stagnating home prices, transition from LIBOR to SOFR, NAIC initiatives, student debt relief, ESG issues. overall mood w...

Platelet factor 4 (PF4) and heparin (H) form PF4/H complexes, the target of the immune reaction in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). HIT seems to be a secondary immune response as anti-PF4/H-IgG antibodies occur as early as day 4 of heparin treatment. This study investigated whether prevalent infections such as periodontitis may induce the PF4/H immune response as: (1) natural anti-PF4/H ...