In order to elucidate the mechanism of enhancement heat transfer in polymer composites, this work, we investigated two types polymer-carbon filler composites. This investigation was made using scanning thermal microscopy (SThM) with Wollaston microprobe operated active mode as a function carbon weight fraction within matrix. Samples consist high-density polyethylene (HDPE) filled 50 µm expanded...

BACKGROUND Bulimia and anorexia nervosa are the main diagnostic categories of eating disorders, affecting up to 1.5% of people in the USA at any one time. Both conditions are associated with physical (eg, reduced body mass index, percentage of body fat) and psychosocial (eg, depression, anxiety, quality of life) impairments, as well as high risk of death. Anorexia nervosa is specifically charac...

Ethylene glycol (EG) and methanol poisoning can cause life-threatening complications. Toxicity of EG and methanol is related to the production of toxic metabolites by the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), which can lead to metabolic acidosis, renal failure (in EG poisoning), blindness (in methanol poisoning) and death. Therapy consists of general supportive care (e.g. intravenous fluids, corr...

OBJECTIVE To provide athletic trainers, health care professionals, and all those responsible for the care of athletes with clinical recommendations for preventing and managing sport-related dental and oral injuries. BACKGROUND Participation in competitive sports continues to grow at both the interscholastic and intercollegiate levels. Therefore, exposure to, and the incidence of athletic-rela...

Asoutlinedby theBora article and commentary included in this issue of Schizophrenia Bulletin, the field has seen an increasing emphasis on the importance of cognition in understanding psychosis over the past 20 years. There is ample evidence that a large percentage of individuals with schizophrenia suffer from impairments in a range of cognitive domains, eg, Reichenberg et al, and growing evide...

Background: The aim of the study was to compare the effects of two different concentrations of cryoprotectants by Cryotop vitrification on survival and Heat shock protein 72 (Hspa1a) expression of two-cell mouse embryos. Materials and Methods: Different cryoprotectants’ concentrations of the combination of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and ethylene glycol (EG) were used and compared with each other...