background: functional appliances such as bionator have been used to treat class ii malocclusion. the purpose of this study was to compare the skeletal, dental and soft tissue effects of bionator appliances with multi-p (a newly developed appliance) in the treatment of class ii malocclusion. subjects and methods: 45 class ii children were chosen and randomly assigned to either the bionator or m...

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate atrial humoral function and renal function after pacemaker implantation due to atrioventricular conduction disturbances. We analyzed blood atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) concentration and basic parameters of renal function within 1 month of implantation of VVI and DDD pacemakers. We evaluated correlations between blood ANP values and basic ren...

OBJECTIVE Aim of this study was to identify whether docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) has a vital antidepressant by hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA axis) or not. METHODS Mice were divided into 2 groups: control group and DHA dietary group. DHA dietary group was treated with DHA dietary everyday for consecutive 50 days. The forced swimming test and tail suspension test were conducted. Hypoth...

Objective: To evaluate the effect of Yogic practices on Anxiety and Depression level in incomplete Spinal cord injured patients. Methods: This was a randomised control study. The study was conducted in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, C.S.M.M.U., Lucknow. A total of 60 patients were interviewed using a pre-tested semistructured schedule between 16 to 60 years of age, diag...

Changes in the skin that occur in the elderly may put them at increased risk for altered percutaneous penetration from pharmacotherapy along with potential adverse effects. Skin factors that may have a role in age-related percutaneous penetration include blood flow, pH, skin thickness, hair and pore density, and the content and structure of proteins, glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), water, and lipids...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different periods of ovary preservation at 25-30 °C for 5, 6, 7, 9, 12 and 24 h on recovery rate and oocyte categories of dromedary camel oocytes. Camel ovaries were collected from El-Bassatein slaughterhouse, Cairo. The collected ovaries were placed immediately after slaughtering into thermos in saline solution (0.9% NaCl) supplemented with a...

Corrugator supercilii muscle activity is considered an objective measure of valence because it increases in response to negatively valenced facial expressions (angry) and decreases to positive expressions (happy). The authors sought to determine if corrugator activity could be used as an objective measure of positivity-negativity bias. The authors recorded corrugator responses as participants r...