PURPOSE To evaluate ophthalmologists' opinion of, and use of, micronutritional dietary supplements 10 years after publication of the first Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) study. METHODS Participation was solicited from 4,000 European ophthalmologists. Responding physicians were screened, and those treating at least 40 patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) per month and pr...

Factor H (FH) is the major plasma regulator of the central complement protein C3b in the alternative pathway of complement activation. The elucidation of the FH interactions with five major ligands (below) is complicated by their weak μM dissociation constants K(D) and FH multivalency. We present the first survey of all the K(D) values for the major FH-ligand interactions and critically review ...

from 1996 to 2002, fifty three patients with major beta-thalassemia received allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell trans plantation (pbsct). median age was 6 years .twenty two were class i, 17 class ii and 14 class iii. all of the donors were hla-identical. conditioning regimen for class i and ii patients consisted of cyclophosphamide (cy) 50 mg/kg/day for 4 days + busulfan (bu) 3.5 mg/kg for 4...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to test the possible orthopedic effects of cervical headgear on the cranial base and maxilla. STUDY DESIGN a sample consisting of 79 subjects with skeletal class II malocclusion was divided into two groups. The experimental group was made up of 41 patients all treated with cervical headgear. The control group included a total of 38 non-treated patients. Eac...

Tuberculosis of the parotid gland is an uncommon disease. In this study, we present primary parotid tuberculosis in two siblings. Two female siblings, of 16 and 14 years of age, presented with unilateral masses in the parotid region. Acid-fast bacilli were found in the aspiration fluid of the lesion. After the tuberculosis treatment, the patients were doing well. In this study, we discussed cli...

Abstract We know from election studies which demographic characteristics best predict vote choice, but we far less about how citizens perceive their similarity to one another in terms of these characteristics. Previous research suggests that such perceptions may be crucial for the politicization social identities and emergence political identities. I present results a novel measurement strategy...

in this study, the effects of particle size distribution improvement and dense packing techniques on the 28- and 90-day compressive strengths of class g oil well cement have been investigated. it was observed that limited improvements in the particle size distribution of cement (regarding industrial possibilities) cannot result in a significant increase in 28- and 90-day compressive strengths. ...