Traditional ways to preserve cream involve processing it into butter, butter oil, or frozen storage. These technologies do not the unique functionality of with respect whipping butter. In this work, microwave vacuum drying (MVD) was investigated as a method manufacture dehydrated cream. Dehydrated microstructure, color, and free fat were evaluated using scanning electron microscopy, colorimetry...

OBJECTIVE Microvascular decompression (MVD) for hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a safe and effective treatment with favorable outcomes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence of delayed cranirve ( VI, VII, and VIII ) palsy following MVD and its clinical courses. METHODS Between January 1998 and December 2009, 1354 patients underwent MVD for HFS at our institution. Of them, 100 pati...

INTRODUCTION Angiogenesis is a complex event mediated by angiogenic factors released from cancer cells and immune cells. It has been reported to be associated with progression, aggressiveness and metastases of various malignant tumors including oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Similarly, mast cells have also been reported to play a role in tumor progression and metastases by promoting angio...

Angiogenesis and proliferation as measured by microvessel density (MVD) and proliferation index (PI) are essential correlates of malignancy. The aim of our study was to evaluate difference between these values in AML and ALL and also to study the modulation in these parameters following achievement of remission in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Differences between adult and adolescent cases of a...

Key Points: • PSVA/MVD syndrome is a complex polygenic trait causing hepatic portal hypoperfusion. PSVA and MVD usually cannot be distinguished by liver biopsy alone. • PSVA associates with historical & clinicopathologic features lacking in MVD: low RBC MCV, cholesterol, BUN, creatinine, urine SG, and ammonium biurate crystalluria and uroliths • PSVA associates with low Protein C activity (100%...

OBJECTIVE To describe the food intake of Japanese-Brazilians with and without macrovascular disease (MVD). METHODS MVD was defined, for 1,165 Japanese-Brazilians, by scores attributed to the health historical, electrocardiogram and ankle-brachial index values. The usual dietary intake was determined using a food frequency questionnaire. RESULTS The MVD prevalence was of 3.2%, being similar ...

Abstract Background Patients with multivessel disease (MVD) are at increased risk of recurrent cardiovascular (CV) events in the early period after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) compared to patients without MVD, possibly due atherosclerotic burden. Moreover, many have additional factors such as older age, peripheral artery (PAD), prior AMI or diabetes that could further increase events. Rea...

BACKGROUND Evaluation of the MVD (modified Chalkley method) in a series of 79 cases of GISTs diagnosed by the Pathology Service at the HCPA (Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre) from January 1993 to December 2009. METHODS Seventy nine cases of GISTs were submitted to immunohistochemical analysis for CD31, an endothelial marker, to analyze MVD. Hot spots were identified for each case, and the...

INTRODUCTION Systemic atherosclerosis can result in both coronary artery disease (CAD) and carotid artery disease. Recently it has been shown that patients with CAD have a higher incidence of microembolization during carotid artery stenting (CAS), and it has been hypothesized that they could be at higher risk in this intervention. MATERIAL AND METHODS We retrospectively evaluated an instituti...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Quantifying MVA rather than MVD provides better correlation with survival in HGG. This is attributed to a specific "glomeruloid" vascular pattern, which is better characterized by vessel area than number. Despite its prognostic value, MVA quantification is laborious and clinically impractical. The DSC-MR imaging measure of rCBV offers the advantages of speed and convenien...