This study was undertaken to compare cost-effectiveness of three drug regimes for treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Myanmar. The alternative regimens in this study were chloroquine (CQ), sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) and mefloquine (MFQ) along with their therapeutic efficacy in Myanmar. The study was performed by modeling a clinical decision tree based on a hypothetical 1,000 a...

INTRODUCTION Prolactinoma is the most frequent functioning pituitary adenoma. Most commonly occurs as microprolactinoma (less than 1cm in size), which may be cured with medical therapy, but few long-term studies are available about optimal duration of treatment with dopamine agonists to ensure cure after drug discontinuation and its withdrawal without recurrence are do not report consistent res...

This study evaluated the rate of polymerization (R(p)) and degree of conversion (DC) of Panavia F when self- or dual-activated, and the influence of either using or not using a primer containing co-initiators (ED Primer) mixed with the material. The conversion reaction was monitored using real-time infrared spectroscopy with an attenuated total reflectance device. The cement was mixed, put onto...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of time delay and duration of photo-activation on subsurface microhardness of a dual-cured resin composite. MATERIAL AND METHODS A commercially available dual-cured core build-up resin composite (Rebilda DC) was filled in cavities (diameter: 4.0 mm; height: 6.0 mm) of polystyrene molds and light-cured for 20 or 60 s either immediately after the filling p...

Rapid and efficient methods for the determination of cured tuberculosis (TB) are lacking. A total of 85 differentially expressed serum proteins were identified by iTRAQ labeling coupled with two-dimensional liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (2D LC-MS/MS) analysis (fold change >1.50 or <0.60, P < 0.05). We validated albumin (ALB), Rho GDP-dissociation inhibitor 2 (ARHGDIB), compleme...

This work shows that radio-frequency (RF) fields can simultaneously align carbon nanotubes (CNTs) dispersed in a resin and induce Joule heating to cure the resin. The timescales of alignment curing using RF are numerically computed compared at different field strengths order determine temperature where happens before matrix crosslinks. Composites experimentally fabricated desired target optical...

An important wood species in the furniture and parquet industry today is “doussie” wood. In this study, effects of artificial weathering on ultraviolet-cured varnish (3 coats 5 coats) applied to doussie (Afzelia africana) were investigated. The samples UV system cured varnishes exposed aging for 252 h 504 via an UV-A 340 nm lamp. coated specimens fluorescent lamp a QUV accelerated tester h. sur...

During the cementation of ceramic veneers the polymerization of resin cements may be jeopardized if the ceramics attenuate the irradiance of the light-curing device. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different types and thicknesses of ceramic veneers on the degree of conversion of a light-cured resin-based cement (RelyX Veneer). The cement was light-cured after interposing cer...

Th is study examined downer dairy cows with concurrent fatty liver of diff erent degrees and evaluated the haematological values, the relationship and joint occurrence of fatty liver severity and haematology and compared the haematological values in the downer animals that fi nally died or cured. Blood and liver biopsy samples were obtained from 36 Holstein downer cows shortly aft er they becam...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Leprosy involves both the skin and peripheral nervous system. Leprosy patients display an increased incidence of xerosis and altered sensory thresholds, which persist in previously active skin sites. We assessed here whether alterations in stratum corneum (SC) function persist in cured leprosy, and the relationship of epidermal functional abnormalities to each clinical...