After examining Japanese material of Ptomaphagus Hellwig from various collections, a new species is described, Ptomaphagus (s. str.) piccoloi sp. n., and a new subjective synonym proposed, Ptomaphagus (s. str.) kuntzeni Sokolowski, 1957 = Ptomaphagus (s. str.) amamianus Nakane, 1963, syn. n., in this paper. Relevant morphological characters of examined species of Ptomaphagus are illustrated wit...

Two new species of the genus Lesteva Latreille, 1792 are described from southeastern China: L. (s. str.) hajeki sp. n. from Jiangxi province (Jinggang Shan Mts.) and L. (inc. sed.) ruzickai sp. n. from Guangdong province (Nanling Mts.). L. (s. str.) elegantula Rougemont, 2000 and L. (s. str.) flavopunctata Rougemont, 2000 are recorded for Jiangxi province for the first time.

BACKGROUND Ependymoma is the most common glial tumor of the adult spinal cord. Current consensus recommends surgical resection with gross total resection (GTR) whenever possible. We performed a comprehensive review of the literature to evaluate whether adjuvant radiotherapy after subtotal resection (STR) has any benefit. METHODS A PubMed search was performed to identify adult patients with sp...

RÉKA GYERGYAY 1, BÉLA KOVÁCS 2, DANA CRISTINA BRATU3*, MELINDA SZÉKELY 4, MÓNIKA KOVÁCS 5, SILVIA-IZABELLA POP5*, ELÕD NAGY 2 1University of Medicine and Pharmacy Tîrgu-Mures, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Department of Pedodontics, 38 Gheorghe Marinescu Str., 540139, Tîrgu-Mures, Romania. 2University of Medicine and Pharmacy Tîrgu-Mures, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemi...

LIANA AMINOV1, MARIA VATAMAN1, MADALINA MOCANU 3, CRISTINA ELENA IANCU4, ANISIA IULIANA ALEXA5, DANA CRISTIANA MAXIM2*, LAURA ELISABETA CHECHERITA1* 1 University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Gr. T. Popa” Iasi, Department of Odontology-Periodontology and Fixed Prosthesis, 16 Universitatii Str., 700115, Iasi, Romania 2 University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Gr. T. Popa” Iasi, Department of Surgical Sc...

The class C G protein-coupled sweet taste receptor (STR) is responsible for the perception of sweet-tasting molecules. Considered an obligate heterodimer, it consists 1 2 and 3 subunits. Interest in STR has steadily grown, especially since its discovery extraoral tissues hints at a metabolic role receptor. It now known that many pharmacologically exploitable binding sites exist across extracell...

ALEXANDRINA MUNTEAN1*, ANCA MESAROS2, DANA FESTILA3, MARIOARA MOLDOVAN4, MICHAELA MESAROS1 1 University of Medicine and Pharmacy, I. Hatieganu Cluj Napoca, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Paediatric Dentistry Department, 8 Victor Babes Str., 400012, Cluj Napoca, Romania 2 University of Medicine and Pharmacy, I.Hatieganu Cluj Napoca, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Dental Propaedeutic and Aesthetics Dep...