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In an attempt to investigate the effect of tissue plasminogen activator in the resolution of intracerebral haematoma an experimental model of intracerebral haematoma was designed in the cat. A total of 24 adult cats were studied. Intracerebral hematomas were provoked by stereotaxically injecting 0.2 ml of dotted human blood into the left frontal lobe. Control animals received 0.2 ml of normal s...

Through alternative splicing (AS) processes, eukaryotic genes can generate a variety of transcription isoforms that lower the expression levels normal transcripts or result in diversity genes’ activities. Then, AS plays significant role control plant development and stress tolerance. In this study, we analyzed Populus tomentosa Carr. TC1521’s episodes response to high temperatures. The samples ...

Tetrahydrocurcumin (THC), the hydrogenated and stable form of curcumin, exhibits physiological and pharmacological activities similar to curcumin. A protocol has been developed for the synthesis of novel conjugates of THC with alanine (2a), isoleucine (2b), proline (2c), valine (2d), phenylalanine (2e), glycine (2f) and leucine (2g) in high yields (43-82%). All the derivatives of THC exhibited ...

Plasmonic bowtie antennas made of doped silicon can operate as plasmonic resonators at terahertz (THz) frequencies and provide large field enhancement close to their gap. We demonstrate both experimentally and theoretically that the field confinement close to the surface of the antenna enables the detection of ultrathin (100 nm) inorganic films, about 3750 times thinner than the free space wave...

BACKGROUND The authors present their experience with the treatment of cholecystocholedocholithiasis. METHODS From August 1995 to August 2005, we treated 3750 patients with symptomatic gallbladder stones, and 12.7% of these patients also had a choledocholithiasis. This percentage with reference to the literature is certainly due to intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) performed routinely. Duri...