Ocimum gratissimum L. or clove basil, belongs to the Lamiaceae family, has various desirable uses and applications. Beyond its aromatic, seasoning, and medicinal applications, this plant also has antimicrobial activity. This study was aimed at assessing the antifungal activity, yield, and composition of the essential oil (EO) of O. gratissimum. The species was cultivated in garden beds with dys...

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an uncommon but potentially devastating complication of anticoagulation with unfractionated heparin (UFH) or lowmolecular-weight heparin (LMWH). Our objective was to determine and compare the incidences of HIT in surgical and medical patients receiving thromboprophylaxis with either UFH or LMWH. All relevant studies identified in the MEDLINE database (1...

Bahan Zircaloy-4 telah digunakan sebagai bahan kelongsong elemen bakar reaktor nuklir tipe <em>pressurized water reactor</em>, PWR. Kelongsong Zr-4 tersebut menghadapi kondisi temperatur dan tekanan tinggi, iradiasi neutron, penyerapan gas (hidrogen, oksigen). Pada suhu paduan mudah mengalami oksidasi kecepatan meningkat pada 800-1200°C. Upaya untuk meningkatkan ketahanan adalah pel...

Abstract Objective Dry needling is a treatment technique used by clinicians to relieve symptoms in patients with tension-type headache (TTH), cervicogenic (CGH), or migraine. This systematic review’s main objective was assess the effectiveness of dry on pain intensity and related disability TTH, CGH, Methods Medline/PubMed, Scopus, Embase, PEDro, Web Science, Ovid, Allied Complementary Medicine...

UNLABELLED Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a heterogeneous condition and therapeutic strategies vary in different JIA types. The routinely accepted practice to start with Sulphasalazine (SS) as the first line treatment in patients with HLA B27 positive JIA proves to be ineffective in a large proportion of children. OBJECTIVE to investigate HLA B27 positive JIA patients clinical charact...

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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to obtain a view of family medicine research by analyzing PubMed citations from 1960-2003. METHOD Family practice (FP) citations in PubMed from 1960 to 2003 were downloaded in MEDLINE format. This was written into relation database using 'PubMed Grabber/Analyzer' software developed at University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Search Query Language (SQL) and online...

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