Objectives: Since 2018, the workload in central sterilization services department (CSSD) has intensified as surgeries have increased. The extended operative time among complicated surgical cases also led to shortages of resterilized instruments. One factor influencing these was inadequate CSSD staff during high periods. We developed a strategy improve availability sought reduce wasted and effec...

We describe a Slot Grammar (SG) parser for Arabic, ASG, and new features of SG designed to accommodate Arabic as well as the European languages for which SGs have been built. We focus on the integration of BAMA with ASG, and on a new, expressive SG grammar formalism, SGF, and illustrate how SGF is used to advantage in ASG.

We understand a lot about fiber bundle F → E → B, when F is a vector space and the structure group is a linear group. We can compute their cohomology completely. However, if we consider other bundles, such as bundles with fiber F a manifold, where the structure group is the diffeomorphism group, we know nearly nothing at all. In this article, we discuss surface bundles, which is the first step ...

It has recently been shown that the neurological mutant mouse staggerer (sg) harbors a deletion within the Rora gene that encodes the orphan nuclear receptor RORa. This deletion removes an exon encoding part of the ligand binding domain of the putative receptor, generating an RORa truncated protein (RORa). It is unknown whether sg acts as a null or highly hypomorphic allele. To address this que...

While anticancer properties of Simarouba glauca (SG, commonly known as Paradise tree) are well documented in ancient literature, the underlying mechanisms leading to cancer cell death begin to emerge very recently. The leaves of SG have been used as potential source of anticancer agents in traditional medicine. Recently attempts have been made to isolate anticancer agents from the leaves of SG ...

Greenwood's frequency-position function for the organ of Corti (OC) is commonly used to estimate represented frequencies for cochlear implant (CI) electrodes, both in temporal bone studies and in imaging studies of living CI recipients. However, many contemporary CIs position stimulating electrodes near the modiolus, directly targeting the spiral ganglion (SG) cells within Rosenthal's canal. At...

Although it is one of the most distinctive and earliest recognized features in the spinal cord, the substantia gelatinosa (SG) remains among the most enigmatic of central nervous system regions. The present neuroanatomical studies employed transganglionic transport of horseradish peroxidase conjugates of choleragenoid (B-HRP) and the B4 isolectin of Bandeiraea simplicifolia (IB4-HRP) on opposit...

BACKGROUND The study evaluated and compared the eating habits and lifestyle of patients with moderate to severe obesity who have undergone Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) and Sleeve Gastrectomy (SG). METHODS Food frequency (FF), food habits (FH), physical activity and life style (PA) as well as smoking habits (SH) were analyzed in 50 RYGB (25 M; aged: 24-64) and 50 SG patients (25 M; aged: 22...

OBJECTIVE To investigate firstly the relationship between semenogelin I (Sg I) expression and seminal vesiculitis. Seminal vesiculitis is one of the most common diseases in male urogenital system. However, the cause and the pathogenesis of seminal vesiculitis remain unknown. Sg I, mainly synthesized and secreted by seminal vesicle, is abundant in human seminal plasma and has antibacterial activ...

The oral multikinase inhibitor sorafenib undergoes extensive UGT1A9-mediated formation of sorafenib-β-D-glucuronide (SG). Using transporter-deficient mouse models, it was previously established that SG can be extruded into bile by ABCC2 or follow a liver-to-blood shuttling loop via ABCC3-mediated efflux into the systemic circulation, and subsequent uptake in neighboring hepatocytes by OATP1B-ty...