BACKGROUND Thoracic ultrasound may rapidly diagnose pneumothorax when radiographs are unobtainable; the accuracy is not known. METHODS We prospectively evaluated thoracic ultrasound detection of pneumothorax in patients at high suspicion of pneumothorax. The presence of "lung sliding" or "comet tail" artifacts were determined in patients by ultrasound before radiologic verification of pneumot...

Macrophytes in oxbow lakes represent an important substrate for the Coleoptera. Two oxbow lakes the Rio Paranapanema were studied and the other two Rio Mogi-Guaçu, in the State de São Paulo, Brasil. In this study, there is greater similarity between the communities of Coleoptera of lakes greater connectivity with the main river channel or the difference in the species of Salvinia collected in t...

The international initiative treat RA to target (T2T) [1] has been widely accepted throughout the world. Targeted therapy using pre-specified parameters in order to achieve remission demonstrates a big advantage over conventional treatment strategies and is being introduced into practice [2 4]. At the same time, many serious questions arise about the practical application of the T2T strategy [5...

AIM To explore the effect of miR-382 on esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in vitro and its possible molecular mechanism. METHODS Eca109 cells derived from human ESCC and Het-1A cells derived from human normal esophageal epithelium were used. Lentivirus-mediated miR-382 was overexpressed in Eca109 cells. The effect of miR-382 on cell proliferation was evaluated by MTT and colony format...

Redox imbalance plays an important role in the pathogenesis of CKD progression. Previously, we demonstrated that microRNA-382 (miR-382) contributed to TGF-β1-induced loss of epithelial polarity in human kidney epithelial cells, but its role in the development of renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis remains unknown. In this study, we found that with 7 days of unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) i...

The banana (Musa spp.) weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a major pest in East Africa causing yield losses of up to 14 metric tonnes per hectare annually. Laboratory and field experiments were conducted to determine whether the response of the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to its aggregation pheromone was influenced ...

Bronşiyolitis obliterans (BO)’lı çocuklarda segmental akciğer perfüzyon defektlerinin klinik önemi daha önce rapor edilmemiştir. Bu çalışmanın amacı; BO’lu çocuklarda akciğer perfüzyon defektlerinin klinik anlamının değerlendirilmesi ve izlem üzerine etkisinin açıklanmasıdır. Çalışmaya, yaşları 9-60 ay arasındaki (ortalama ± SD: 17.8 ± 13.4 ay) 38 BO’lu çocuk alındı. Tanı, altı haftadan uzun sü...

A thermoanalyical study of pure atenolol and a commercial tablets containinf the drug were carried out using thermogravimetric (TG) and differencial scanning calorimetry (DSC) techniques. Nonisothermal method was employed to determine kinetics data of decomposition process. In order to evaluate interaction observed in the commercial tablets, compatibility studies of drug and excipients (microcr...

Microbial lung infections are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in the hereditary metabolic disorder cystic fibrosis, yet the molecular mechanisms leading from the mutation of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) to lung infection are still unclear. Here, we show that ceramide age-dependently accumulates in the respiratory tract of uninfected Cftr-deficient mice o...