We examined the effect of distraction rate on blood vessel growth in intramembraneous ossification after vertical distraction osteogenesis in the human mandible. Six patients (aged 60 ± 9 years) with a severely atrophic mandible underwent bone augmentation with distraction osteogenesis. Two distraction rates (0.5 and 1 mm/day) were compared and for each group three patients were analyzed. Vascu...

Congenital syphilis still represents a significant public health problem worldwide, and particularly in developing countries. Despite years of research on different clinical and immunological features, many physiopathological aspects still lacks of knowledge, one of them the role of immune response against Treponema pallidum by infected mothers on the birth outcomes, e.g. birthweight. In this s...

A3 Note that each of the sets {1}, {2}, . . . , {n} has the desired property. Moreover, for each set S with integer average m that does not contain m, S ∪ {m} also has average m, while for each set T of more than one element with integer average m that contains m, T \{m} also has average m. Thus the subsets other than {1}, {2}, . . . , {n} can be grouped in pairs, so Tn −n is even. A4 (partly d...

BACKGROUND The life expectancy of the average American with diabetes has increased, but the quality of health and functioning during those extra years are unknown. We aimed to investigate the net effect of recent trends in diabetes incidence, disability, and mortality on the average age of disability onset and the number of healthy and disabled years lived by adults with and without diabetes in...

Abstract Introduction Chronic insomnia (CI) often co-occurs with depression and anxiety, treatment may positively impact mood. This ongoing study collected real-world data on changes in insomnia, depression, anxiety symptoms among adults CI treated a prescription digital therapeutic (PDT) delivering cognitive-behavioral therapy for (CBT-I; Somryst ® , previously SHUTi). Methods prospective, sin...

Aim - an analysis of levels steroid hormones in heart cell mitochondria at the stages B16/F10 melanoma development combination with chronic neurogenic pain male and female C57BL/6 mice. The study included mice (n=336). Experimental groups were: intact animals (♂ n=21; ♀ n=21); controls n=21) a model (CNP); comparison group n=63; n=63) melanomas (B16/ F10); main (CNP+B16/F10) transplanted 3 week...