BACKGROUND Open splenectomy and devascularization are effective treatments for cirrhotic patients with severe thrombocytopenia and variceal bleeding. However, it remains controversial whether laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) and devascularization (LSD) can be indicated and beneficial in these patients. OBJECTIVES A systematic review of the efficacy and safety of LS and LSD for patients with live...

We used the quantitative receptor autoradiographic method with a radioligand of [ 125I ]lysergic acid diethylamide ([125I]LSD) to quantitate platelet serotonin (5-HT)2A receptors in affective disorders. Specific binding of [125I]LSD to human platelet pellet sections was saturable, and of high affinity and single. Both ketanserin and spiperone, 5-HT2A selective ligands, inhibited [125I]LSD bindi...

Psychedelic drugs such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) were used extensively in psychiatry in the past and their therapeutic potential is beginning to be re-examined today. Psychedelic psychotherapy typically involves a patient lying with their eyes-closed during peak drug effects, while listening to music and being supervised by trained psychotherapists. In this context, music is considere...

Future wireless communication systems will demand high data rates for delivery of data like multimedia content. The use of MIMO systems with multiple transmit and receive antennas enables the introduction of space-time coding to improve link reliablity and spatial multiplexing to increase spectral efficiency. Recently a class of codes was proposed in [14] which makes it possible to combine spac...

We previously reported the autoradiographic localization of specific, high-affinity binding sites for R-(-)-4-[125I]-2,5-dimethoxyphenylisopropylamine (125I-DOI), a new psychotomimetic radioligand, in the rat brain (McKenna et al., 1987). DOI and its 4-brominated and 4-alkylated congeners (DOB, DOM and DOET) are potent hallucinogenic agents in humans. [3H]DOB has recently been characterized as ...

INTRODUCTION Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is an acute viral disease of cattle that is currently emerging in the Middle East region and poses a serious threat to Europe and the rest of the world. The objective of this study was to describe hematological and serum biochemical findings associated with natural clinical infection of LSD in cattle. METHODOLOGY A total of 129 animals clinically infected...

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a generalized skin disease which is an infectious, eruptive, occasionally fatal disease of cattle caused by a virus associated with the Neethling poxvirus in the genus Capri poxvirus of the family Poxviridae. LSD was first described in Zambia and occurs in other most African countries and sporadically in the Middle East region. Mechanical vector insects might play a ...

Objectives To compare susceptibility of five different stent platforms with longitudinal stent deformation (LSD) using a clinically relevant bench testing model simulating both short and long malapposed lengths. Background Recent data suggest that design modifications to the Promus Element stent which led to the Promus Premier stent has reduced susceptibility to LSD. However, susceptibility t...

In the standard interpretation of spin-density functional theory, a self-consistent Kohn-Sham calculation within the local spin density (LSD) or generalized gradient approximation (GGA) leads to a prediction of the total energy E, total electron density n(r) =n~(r)+n ~(r), and spin magnetization density m(r)=n~(r) —n~(r). This interpretation encounters a serious symmetry dilemma" for H2, Cr2, a...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical application of strips containing 10% Tetracycline (TC) in periodontal disease. In this double blind study, placebo strips, which did not contain TC, were also prepared. Ninety-two sites in 46 cases with greater than a 4 mm periodontal pocket were randomly assigned to experimental and control study groups. The following clinical parameters a...