PURPOSE To compare the anterior lens capsulotomy edge tear strength created by manual continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC), femtosecond laser capsulotomy (FSLC), and a new automated precision pulse capsulotomy (PPC) device. DESIGN A 3-arm study in paired human cadaver eyes. PARTICIPANTS A total of 44 eye specimens from 22 donors in the United States. METHODS Capsulotomy was performe...

OBJECTIVE In this study we used national data to determine changes in the prevalence of hospital admissions for medically complex children over a 15-year period. PATIENTS AND METHODS Data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, a component of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, was analyzed in 3-year increments from 1991 to 2005 to determine national trends in rates of hospitalization ...

to evaluate the growth regulatory effect of chlormequat chloride (ccc) under drought stress conditions on three barley cultivars, a field study was conducted under badjgah agro climatic conditions (altitude 1810 m, longitude 52° 46´, and latitude 29° 50´) during 2003-2004 growing season. a randomized complete block based split- split plot of four replications was employed with two moisture leve...

BACKGROUND It has long been appreciated that different subtypes (serous, clear cell, endometrioid and mucinous) of epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC) have distinct pathogenetic pathways. However, clinical management, especially chemotherapeutic regimens, for EOC patients is not subtype specific. Ovarian clear cell carcinoma (CCC) is a rare histological subtype of EOC, which exhibits high rates ...

Submitted: Apr 9, 2004; Revised: Jul 19, 2004; Accepted: Jul 19, 2004 Address for correspondence: Robert Diasio, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1824 6th Ave S, Wallace Tumor Institute, Room 620, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-3300 Fax: 205-975-5650; e-mail: [email protected]...

CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS: Robin Alvares, PhD, CCCSLP; Marnee Brick, MSc, S-LP; Kelly J. Brown, MA; Michael F. Campbell, MS, MBA, CCC-SLP; Charles H. Carlin, PhD, CCC-SLP; Emily L. Carlin, MA, CCC-SLP; Gabriella Constantinescu, PhD, BSpPath (Hons); Sena Crutchley, MS, CCC-SLP; Dimity Dornan, AM, Associate Professor UQ, HonDUniv USQ, BSpThy, FSPAA, CpSp, LSLS Cert AVT; Anne M. Fleming, MA; Rodney Gab...

Several clinical trials to establish standard treatment modality for ovarian cancers included a high abundance of patients with serous histologic tumors, which were quite sensitive to platinum-based chemotherapy. On the other hand, ovarian tumor with rare histologic subtypes such as clear cell or mucinous tumors have been recognized to show chemo-resistant phenotype, leading to poorer prognosis...

The classic cadherin-catenin complex (CCC) mediates cell-cell adhesion in metazoans. Although substantial insights have been gained by studying the CCC in vertebrate tissue culture, analyzing requirements for and regulation of the CCC in vertebrates remains challenging. is a Caenorhabditis elegans powerful system for connecting the molecular details of CCC function with functional requirements ...

INTRODUCTION Sufficient coronary collateral circulation (CCC) protects myocardial tissue against ischemia in patients with coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO). Vitamin D is a steroid hormone which has been related to increased prevalence of hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, heart failure, peripheral artery disease, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction and cardiovascular m...