METHODS: Thirty Caucasian females (40–65 years) with moderate to severe, bilateral wrinkles in the lower face were treated with HA fillers (20mg/ mL with XpresHAn TechnologyTM) and followed 4 weeks post-optimal correction. Subjective, dynamic assessments evaluated preversus postexpressions in motion (2D videos), using a series of standardized expressions. Facial dynamics were objectively evalua...

Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) and a number of case-control studies have suggested that several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs7837328, rs7014346, rs6983267, rs10505477 on CASC8 gene and rs4939827, rs4464148, rs12953717 on SMAD7 gene are significantly correlated with the susceptibility to colorectal cancer (CRC). For the sake of clarifying the association, a meta-analysis wa...

The article considers the development of concept Caucasian peoples in works Leo Tolstoy: from depiction Highlanders as natural, somewhat idealized types ("Cossacks") to affirmation their universal human nature ("Caucasian prisoner") and return novel type a person whose fate most important features Russian life late XIX century were reflected. (“Hadji Murad”).

OBJECTIVE African Americans currently bear the greatest burden of morbidity and mortality due to smoking, and exposure to pro-tobacco media messages predicts smoking. This study compared the concentration (proportion of media messages that are for tobacco) and density (pro-tobacco media messages per person) of pro-tobacco media messages between African American and Caucasian markets. METHODS ...

Folliculogenesis requires communication between granulosa cells and oocytes, mediated by connexin-based gap junctions. Connexin 37 (Cx37)-deficient female mice are infertile. The present study assessed Cx37 deficiency in patients with primary ovarian insufficiency (POI). A candidate gene study was performed in patients and controls from the National Genotyping Center (Evry, France) including 58...

Although Polynesians are affected by idiopathic club foot deformity more commor than other racial groups, epidemiological surveys performed in Auckland and Glasgow showed: other significant difference in their pattern of presentation compared with Caucasians. Distinctio in sex ratio and maternal age, reported previously between groups of index cases with and withou family history of the conditi...