New biomimetic micro- and nano-CsU-based fibrous scaffolds electrospun from solution containing high purity-medical grade chitosan (CsU) of fungus origin (CsU1, Mv ~174,000 CsU2, 205,000, degree deacetylation (DDA) ~65%) polyethylene oxide (PEO, ~ 900,000), in the presence given amounts Triton X-100 (from 0.01 to 0.5 wt%) as surfactant were fabricated. We demonstrate that by carefully selecting...

BACKGROUND Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) in childhood is infrequent, and information about the disease in children is limited. We attempted to investigate its etiologic factors, natural course, and predictors of prognosis. METHODS All children aged ≤ 18 years followed for CSU during an 8-year period were analyzed retrospectively, and the final outcomes were queried via a telephone inter...

It is with great sadness that I share you the death of Dr. Boris Carl Kondratieff (30 April 1954 to 14 August 2022) (Fig. 1). was a 35 year employee Colorado State University (CSU). He served as Director C. P. Gillette Museum Arthropod Diversity, collection nearly 3.5 million specimens, most which were amassed after his hire in 1986. taught many courses at CSU and they always filled capacity. a...

INTRODUCTION Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is a common and hard to treat condition associated with a substantial negative impact on patients' quality of life (QoL). Clinical studies have shown that rupatadine is effective and safe in the treatment of CSU, but data from routine clinical care are scarce. Therefore, we assessed the effectiveness and tolerability of rupatadine in established ...

In spite of being an old disease and apparently easy to diagnose, chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is still perceived as an uncontrollable and difficult to manage disease. The perception of the patient is that his/her condition is not well understood and that is suffering from a disorder with hidden causes that doctors are not able to tackle. Sometimes patients go through a number of clinici...

Four strains of Bordetella bronchiseptica (CSU-P-1, 64-C-0406, 1120-A-83-013, and B205BT) with defined virulence for neonatal swine were examined, and an attempt was made to correlate the presence of certain in vitro phenotypic characteristics with the ability of a particular B. bronchiseptica strain to produce turbinate and lung lesions in piglets. All of the strains except CSU-P-1 colonized t...

Transposons are often regulated by their hosts, and as a result, there are transposons with several mutations within their host organisms. To gain insight into the patterns of the variations, nucleotide substitutions and indels of transposons were analysed in Chilo suppressalis Walker. The CsuPLE1.1 is a member of the piggyBac-like element (PLE) family, which belongs to the DNA transposons, and...

AIMS   The optimal method for diagnostic collection of urine in children is unclear. National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence recommend specimens taken by clean catch urine (CCU) for identification of urinary tract infection (UTI). We investigated contamination rates for CCU, suprapubic aspiration (SPA), catheter specimen urine (CSU) and bag specimen urine (BSU) collections. METHO...

Plantain (Musa paradisiaca) starch,  prepared as crosslinked starch-urea (CSU), was utilized in the formulation of matrix tablets ambroxol hydrochloride. CSU synthesized by gelatinization plantain starch urea, with calcium chloride. Native and were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), chemical material properties. Ambroxol hydrochloride prepared CSU, ...