There is increasing evidence that dietary saturated fatty acids (SAFA) have not only an indirect atherogenic effect due to increasing LDL-cholesterol concentration but also a direct effect by activating the inflammation process. This review summarizes several recent publications in this field. The effect of SAFA on the inflammation process mediated by Toll-like receptor 4/NF-kappaB pathway has ...

Background Psychological factors influence quality of life, disease perception, engagement and adherence to treatment in patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). While anxiety and/or depression have been often documented JIA, alexithymia has seldom investigated. Objectives 1.To investigate the frequency psychic symptoms JIA at a single tertiary care center, including depressive, alexi...

İhvan-ı Safa’nın varlık anlayışını irdelediğimiz bu makalede araştırmanın konusu Risalelerde genişçe yer alan varlığın oluş halini belirlemeye çalışmaktır. İhvan konusunu Risalelerin tamamında dağınık halde ele alırken, problemini özel bir başlıkla, “Oluş ve Bozuluş” adı altında daha derli toplu incelemiştir. Safa felsefesinde teorisini merkeze alarak oluşum süreçlerini düşünce temellendirmeler...

BACKGROUND Canine ventral atlantoaxial (AA) stabilization is most commonly performed in very small dogs and is technically challenging due to extremely narrow bone corridors. Multiple implantation sites have been suggested but detailed anatomical studies investigating these sites are lacking and therefore current surgical guidelines are based upon approximate anatomical landmarks. In order to s...

2. Nusrin S, Khan GY, Bhuiyan NA, Ansaruzzaman M, Hossain MA, Safa A, et al. Diverse CTX phages among toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 strains isolated between 1994 and 2002 in an area where cholera is endemic in Bangladesh. J Clin Microbiol. 2004;42:5854–6. DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5854-5856.2004 3. Nair GB, Faruque SM, Bhuiyan A, Kamruzzman M, Siddique AK, Sack DA. New variants of Vibrio c...

The use of dietary pattern specifically fatty acids intake should prove to be an informative and powerful means to augment our understanding of the role of diet in chronic disease particularly CHD. Cross sectional study was implemented to describe the nutrients intake specifically fatty acids intake of 4 (four) ethnic groups in Indonesia, such as Minangkabau, Sundanese, Javanese and Buginese. T...