nigella sativa (n. sativa) is a spice plant which has been traditionally used for culinary and medicinal purposes. different therapeutic properties including the beneficial effects on asthma and dyspnea, digestive and gynecology disorders have been described for the seeds of n. sativa. there is evidence of the relaxant effects of this plant and some of its constituents on different types of smo...

fecal microbiota transplant (fmt) research trials are growing in diverse intestinal and extraintestinal conditions that are thought to be either caused or correlated with gut microbiota dysbiosis. although, the mechanism by which the microbiota results in disease initiation or progression is not fully understood, it is speculated that restoring the symbiosis by fmt could have therapeutic benefits.

conclusion superselective tae for lgi bleeding has a high success and low complication rate. there are no statistical correlations between the clinical success rate and several variables, including embolic material, embolization site, and anticoagulant or antiplatelet medication. patients and methods fifty-two patients who underwent superselective tae for lgi bleeding between 2003 and 2011 were...

discussion splenic artery aneurysm is a very uncommon cause of page kidney and to our knowledge, it was the first case of its kind ever reported in the literature. introduction the page kidney is a rare phenomenon that refers to hypertension resulting from any external compression of a kidney by a hematoma, tumor, lymphocele, or urinoma. the activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone syste...

background: psoriasis is a common chronic and relapsing skin disease with unknown etiology being observed at any age and any gender, having a 1. 5-3% prevalence rate among the general population. psoriatic lesions consist of pruritic and scaling papules, residing on an erythematous base, which are more commonly found on the scalp, extensor surfaces, palms and soles, and the nails. the conventio...

We present three-dimensional models of accretion disks in U Gem like systems and calculate their Doppler tomograms. The tomograms are based on two different assumptions concerning the origin of line emission from the disk. The assumption of lines originating due to irradiation of the surface layer of the disk by the central source leads to a better agreement with observations. We argue that ful...

Introduction The Protection from HIV: Targeted Intervention Strategies conference was held at the Whistler Conference Center in Canada, from March 20th to 25th, this year. It was part of the meeting season in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Keystone Symposia. Two hundred and seven researchers from all continents were present at the meeting. Current topics in viral pathogenesis, thera...