STUDY DESIGN Biomechanical, cadaveric study. OBJECTIVE To compare the fixation strength of a novel S1 pedicle screw insertion technique in a revision setting to a standard S1 pedicle screw and an L5 pedicle screw. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Fusions to the sacrum remain a difficult clinical challenge. Very few salvage techniques exist when a nonunion occurs. METHODS The biomechanical integ...

The objective of this study was to study ear biometric for identification purpose among young adults in Malaysia. A total of 148 subjects (74 males and 74 females) ranging in age from 18 to 25 years were taken from Campus Kuala Lumpur of National University of Malaysia (UKMKKL). A total of twelve biometrics based on Iannarelli’s method as well as ear length and ear width were used as measuremen...

background and objectives: sarcopenia is explained as the loss of muscle strength and muscle mass with aging‚ and is one of the major risk factors for metabolic diseases. cross-sectional studies demonstrate that vitamin d is associated with sarcopenia in both men and women. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of vitamin d supplement consumption on muscle strength, muscle functio...

BACKGROUND Interferon has been widely used in the treatment of genital warts for its immunomodulatory, antiproliferative and antiviral properties. Currently, no evidence that interferon improves the complete response rate or reduces the recurrence rate of genital warts has been generally provided. The aim of this review is to assess, from randomized control trials (RCTs), the efficacy and safet...

gender ratio between cases and controls was unequal, albeit non-significantly so, this could not account for the marked differences observed in IQ scores. On the one hand, the difference between the two groups was around one standard deviation, which is much more than the commonly observed difference of 0 to 1 points between genders (Hedges & Nowell, 1995). This was the case both for verbal (di...

the aim of this study was to determine the effect of age on fiber characteristics of one-humped female camels of semnan province. 50 grams of wool samples from the left midside area were randomly collected from 28 camels of three different age groups: young, adult and old and fibre characteristics were measured. statistical model used for this research was completely randomized design (crd). an...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to examine the relationship between expression of mammal target of rapamycin (mTOR) and phosphorylation of mTOR (p-mTOR) protein in the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathways in gastrointestinal stromal tumors and relatiuonships with clinical factors. METHODS Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of the associated proteins mTOR, p-mTOR, and phosphorylatio...

The relationship between epilepsy, epileptiform discharges, cognitive, language and behavioral symptoms is not clearly understood. Since difficulties with socialization and maladaptive behaviors are found in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), we inquired whether epileptiform activity and seizures are associated with adverse behavioral manifestations in this population. We reviewed ou...

To investigate the value and role of serum interleukin-35 lymphocyte/monocyte ratio for prognostic assessment sepsis cases is main objective study. 78 patients sera was collected from October 2019 to 2021 in our intensive care unit were classified as survival (n=45) death (n=33) groups based on their prognosis. In addition, 50 normal healthy subjects also enrolled control. Then, contents differ...