BACKGROUND Prenatal tongue development may affect oral-craniofacial structures, but this muscular organ has rarely been investigated. METHODS In order to document the physiology of prenatal tongue growth, we histologically examined the facial and cranial base structures of 56 embryos and 106 fetuses. RESULTS In Streeter's stages 13-14 (fertilization age [FA], 28 to 32 days), the tongue prot...

The link between off-target anticholinergic effects of medications and acute cognitive impairment in older adults requires urgent investigation. We aimed to determine whether a relevant in vitro model may aid the identification of anticholinergic responses to drugs and the prediction of anticholinergic risk during polypharmacy. In this preliminary study we employed a co-culture of human-derived...

BACKGROUND Our study aim was to compare allogeneic cancellous bone (ACB) and synthetic or highly-processed xenogeneic bone substitutes (SBS) in the treatment of skeletal defects in orthopedic surgery. METHODS 232 patients treated for bony lesions with ACB (n = 116) or SBS (n = 116) within a 10-year time period were included in this case-control study. Furthermore, both materials were seeded w...

BACKGROUND The tobacco withdrawal syndrome indicates the development of neurophysiologic dependence. Clinical evidence indicates that neurophysiologic dependence develops through a set sequence of symptom presentation that can be assessed with a new 3-item survey measure of wanting, craving, and needing tobacco, the Level of Physical Dependence (PD). This study sought to determine if advancing ...

The spaceborne double-pulse integrated-path differential absorption (IPDA) light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system was found to be helpful in observing atmospheric CO2 understanding the carbon cycle. airborne experiments of a scale prototype China’s planned IPDA LIDAR implemented 2019. A problem with data inversion caused by detector module nonlinearity found. Through many experiments, ampli...

Abstract The fifth-generation (5G) systems have to deal with massive deployment of machine-type-communication (MTC) devices. System overload may occur during a random access procedure under limited number preamble resources and physical uplink shared channel especially when there exist MTC devices in cell. In order resolve the system (caused by deployment), 3GPP proposed adopted group paging (G...

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Here, we report the draft genome sequence of the type strain of Acinetobacter dijkshoorniae, a novel human pathogen within the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii (ACB) complex. Strain JVAP01T has an estimated genome size of 3.9 Mb, exhibits a 38.8% G+C content, and carries a plasmid with the blaNDM-1 carbapenemase gene.

4-Hydroxyacetophenone monooxygenase from Pseudomonas fluorescens ACB was employed in the presence of a weak anion exchange resin to perform dynamic kinetic resolutions of racemic benzyl ketones with high conversions and good optical purities. Different parameters that affect to the efficiency of the enzymatic Baeyer-Villiger oxidation and racemisation were analyzed in order to optimize the acti...

In this study, a new type of rotary dryer filled with inert alumina ceramic bead (ACB) fillers was introduced to treat the industrial wastewater, e.g., high-salt wastewater and landfill leachate. Numerical simulations based on Discrete Element Method (DEM) motion trajectory ACB in were conducted, parameters flight structure, rotational speed, filling degree dynamic behavior optimized. Under var...