BACKGROUND Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) are increasingly investigated for their clinical utility in dogs. Fetal bovine serum (FBS) is a common culture supplement used for canine MSC expansion. However, FBS content is variable, its clinical use carries risk of an immune response, and its cost is increasing due to global demand. Platelet lysate (PL) has proven to be a suitable alternative to F...

Human dental pulp stem cells (hDPSCs), selected from the stromal-vascular fraction of dental pulp, are ecto-mesenchymal stem cells deriving from neural crests, successfully used in human bone tissue engineering. For their use in human therapy GMP procedures are required. For instance, the use of fetal bovine serum (FBS) is strongly discouraged in clinical practice due to its high risk of prions...

The cut-off criterion of serum levels of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) >6.5% as an alternative to fasting blood sugar (FBS) >7.0 mmol/L for diagnosis of diabetes mellitus still requires rigorous studies on diverse populations before its safe implementation. We conducted a regression analysis on 75 diabetic patients (40 males and 35 females) for testing the association between FBS and HbA1c and po...

BACKGROUND We examined fertility-specific distress (FSD) and general distress by type of fertility barrier (FB). METHODS In a random sample telephone survey, 580 US women reported their fertility intentions and histories. Six groups of women were identified: (i) no FBs, (ii) infertile with intent, (iii) infertile without intent, (iv) other fertility problems, (v) miscarriages and (vi) situati...

We show that oversampled filter banks FBs) offer more design freedom and less noise sensitivity t 6 an critically sampled FBs. We provide a parameterization of all synthesis FBs satisfyin perfect reconstruction for a given oversampled analysis FE, and we derive bounds and expressions for the variance of the reconstruction error due to noisy subband signals. Finally, we introduce noise shaping i...

abstract objective: diabetes mellitus is the most common metabolic disease. one of the most common problems in diabetic patients is atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease which is induced by hyperlipidemia. impaired lipid metabolism resulting from uncontrolled hyperglycemia has been implicated in cardiovascular complications in diabetic patients. also, glycated hemoglobin (hba1c) has been regar...

Background: Foreign body (FB) ingestion by children is a common problem worldwide. Management may include endoscopic removal. This paper describes the clinical findings, sites and types of FBs, and outcomes in children who underwent endoscopic management of ingested FBs at our institution. The published literature regarding the management of FB ingestion in children is also reviewed. Methods: W...

The supplementation of culture medium with fetal bovine serum (FBS, also referred to as "fetal calf serum") is still common practice in cell culture applications. Due to a number of disadvantages in terms of quality and reproducibility of in vitro data, animal welfare concerns, and in light of recent cases of fraudulent marketing, the search for alternatives and the development of serum-free me...

BACKGROUND Diabetes is associated with increased cardiovascular disease, mortality and morbidity. OBJECTIVES The present study aimed at assessing fasting blood sugar (FBS) in elementary school students in Birjand, 2012. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional and descriptive study was done on 1530 elementary school students who had been selected through multiple cluster sampling. FBS of ...