LLE Review, Volume 98 73 Introduction Stimulated brillouin scattering (SBS) is the decay of an incident (pump) light wave into a frequency-downshifted (Stokes) light wave and an ion-acoustic (sound) wave.1 It is important in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments because it scatters laser light away from the target, which reduces the laser energy that is available to drive the compressio...

Background & Aims: Duo to clinical use of antibiotics, pseudomonas aeruginosa strains with multiple drugs resistance have significantly increased throughout the world. Betalactamase production is one of the Mechanisms involved in resistance to pseudomonas aeruginosa resulting in many problems in the treatment of infections caused by this bacterium. The aim of this study was molecular analysis o...

In order to identify a quick and reliable technique for accurate diagnosis of malaria, study of the efficiency of the tests such as Parahit total (HRPII & aldolase Ag), Advantage mal card (parasite specific LDH), and modified QBC was done in comparison with conventional blood smear microscopy. One hundred patients infected with P. vivax and 101 infected with P. falciparum were included in this ...

Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) is a specific and an actively secreted product of small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) cells. Based on this observation, we attempted to develop a new approach for early detection of SCLC and for monitoring therapeutic response in SCLC patients. Recombinant human ProGRP(31-98), a region common to three types of human ProGRP molecules, was synthesized, and a convenien...

Background: Alexithymia as a cluster of cognitive and affective deficits has been studied for its ability to predict a variety of psychological disorders. Given its clinical importance, various self-report questionnaires have been developed to measure alexithymia. The aim of this study was to determine the psychometric characteristics of Persian version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (FTAS...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to evaluate the accuracy of routine clinical examination (per vaginam, PV) combined with transvaginal sonography (TVS) for presurgical, non-invasive diagnosis of endometriosis. METHODS Two-hundred women with symptoms suggestive of endometriosis were prospectively assessed by PV and TVS prior to laparoscopy and radical resection of disease and histol...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of sentinel lymph node biopsy and that of four-node sampling for predicting other nodal status in breast cancer. METHODS 206 patients with operable breast cancer were enrolled. The identification of sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) was carried out in 110 patients using a gamma probe after injection of radioactive tin colloids. Four palpa...