BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Portal hypertension (PH) is a clinical sequelae of liver cirrhosis, and bleeding from esophageal varices (EV) is a serious complication of PH with significant morbidity and mortality. The aims of this study were to assess the ability of 2D multislice breath-hold susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) to detect Gamna-Gandy bodies (GGBs) in the spleens of patients with PH and...

Ginkgolides (GG), containing ginkgolide A (GA), ginkgolide B (GB) and ginkgolide C (GC), are mainly prescribed for ischemic stroke and cerebral infarction. However, the ginkgolides can hardly pass the blood-brain barrier (BBB) into the brain. The purpose of this study was to prepare borneol-modified ginkgolides liposomes (GGB-LPs) to study whether borneol could enhance the transport of ginkgoli...

Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) mutants lacking a functional ERA1 gene, which encodes the beta-subunit of protein farnesyltransferase (PFT), exhibit pleiotropic effects that establish roles for protein prenylation in abscisic acid (ABA) signaling and meristem development. Here, we report the effects of T-DNA insertion mutations in the Arabidopsis GGB gene, which encodes the beta-subunit of p...

GGB from spleen and cardiac myxoma can be detected on image studies, mainly using magnetic resonance. They are seen as small nodules of decreased signal intensity.[4] Virtual colonography with either computed tomography or magnetic resonance is being used for the evaluation of colorectal polyps so it is interesting to transmit to radiologists the possibility of finding GGB in these lesions.[5] ...

Since February 1, 1980, 515 morbidly obese patients have undergone the Greenville gastric bypass (GGB) operation. Of these, 212 (41.2%) were euglycemic, 288 (55.9%) were either diabetic or had glucose intolerance, and 15 (2.9%) were unable to complete the evaluation. After the operation, only 30 (5.8%) patients remained diabetic (and 20 of these improved), 457 (88.7%) became and have remained e...

BACKGROUND The Golden Gate Bridge (GGB) is a well-known "suicide magnet" and the site of approximately 30 suicides per year. Recently, a suicide barrier was approved to prevent further suicides. AIMS To estimate the cost-effectiveness of the proposed suicide barrier, we compared the proposed costs of the barrier over a 20-year period ($51.6 million) to estimated reductions in mortality. MET...

This paper focuses on the mapping of alteration minerals and linear structures associated with gold mineralization in Giyani Greenstone Belt (GGB). Spectral Information Divergence (SID) Linear Unmixing (LSU) classification algorithms were applied to ASTER data using image extracted endmember spectra which match spectral profiles predominant (biotite calcite) related GGB. Directional convolution...

The General Growth Balance (GGB) and Synthetic Extinct Generations (SEG) methods have been widely used to evaluate the coverage of registered deaths in developing countries. However, relatively little is known about how the methods behave in the presence of different data errors. This paper applies the methods (both singly and in combination) using non-stable populations of known mortality to w...

The present case report discussed the management of a 62-year-old female patient with medically refractory trigeminal neuralgia percutaneous CT-guided gasserion ganglion block (CT-GGB). Using Hartel anterior approach, we successfully performed CT-GGB precise positioning 22G LP needle tip in medial aspect foramen ovale at base skull as was witnessed clinically by sharp pain along affected areas ...