BACKGROUND In this study the level of IL-23 and IL-27 produced by macrophages derived from peripheral blood mononuclear cell culture collected from patients with healing or non-healing form of cutaneous leishmaniasis lesion were compared before and after treatment with live Leishmania to explore whether IL-23 or IL-27 plays any role in healing process of cutaneous lesions induced by L. major. ...

It is an unfortunate fact of academic life that there is a sharp divide between science and philosophy, with scientists often being openly dismissive of philosophy, and philosophers being equally contemptuous of the naiveté of scientists when it comes to the philosophical underpinnings of their own discipline. In this paper I explore the possibility of reducing the distance between the two side...

Assuming that, given the processes of technology diffusion, adolescent behavior forecasts future consumption of digital information, it would seem pertinent to study the characteristics of teenager technology use. This research asks: What are the key patterns regarding the use of technology platforms by teenagers? Is technology usage among teenagers shaped by schools' disparate teaching philoso...

Today we examine the zig-zag product introduced by Reingold, Vadhan, and Wigder­ son [2] and Capalbo, Reingold, Vadhan, and Wigderson [1]. The product leads to a remarkable constructioon of expander graphs needed in the Spiser-Spielman code. In addition, their works introduce a probabilistic viewpoint of expansion. In previous liter­ ature, the spectral techniques are used to analyze the expans...

Collecting chemical data for site characterization and remediation at former manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites can be time consuming and costly, with sufficient data acquired at only a few sites. In response, EPRI has developed chemical analysis methods for utility use in generating data quickly and cost-effectively. This report presents results from a laboratory demonstration of sample prepar...

This edition of Hazard examines horse related injury in the VISS database, the Victorian Coroner’s Facilitation System and the Victorian Inpatient Minimum Dataset. The analysis is undertaken in two sections, with the first assessing injuries occurring during horse riding, the second, injuries sustained during other horse related activities. Prevention strategies are a major focus. The article u...

Hysteroscopic complications are infrequent. Major complications include: 1. Uterine perforation that is the most common complication of operative hysteroscopy (0.8 - 1.6 %). The perforation rate is less during diagnostic hysteroscopy. 2. Bowel or bladder injury which is rare, but may occur in association with uterine perforation or as a result of use of electrical current. 3. Cervical laceratio...