Biosurfactant are surface active compounds produced by microorganisms. These molecules reduce surface tension between aqueous solutions and hydrocarbon mixtures. Hundred hydrocarbon saturated soil samples were collected from thirty different areas in Chennai, TamilNadu, India. Seventy two bacterial strains were isolated and cultured by enriching carbon (Glycerol) source. Each culture medium was...

One of the keys to understanding scholastic success is to determine the neural processes involved in school performance. The present study is the first to use a whole-brain connectivity approach to explore whether functional connectivity of resting state brain networks is associated with scholastic performance in seventy-four 7- to 9-year-old children. We demonstrate that children with higher s...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Obesity is a major public health problem worldwide. Little is known about the prevalence and impact of headache disorders in obese patients. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of primary headaches in obese patients and controls. METHOD Seventy-four consecutive obese patients from the obesity surgery service were studied, and compared to controls ...

Eighty four patients requiring treatment with Gentamycin were selected from Otorhinolaryngology outpatient and those admitted to the hospital. Patients suffering from hepatic or renal disorders, pregnant women and children were excluded from the study. Seventy three were administered gentamycin 40 mg BD intramuscularly for 7-10 days and in 11 the drug was applied topically as ear drops for 6-12...

BACKGROUND Epidemiologic data of Herpes Zoster (HZ) disease in Spain are scarce. The objective of this study was to assess the epidemiology of HZ in the Valencian Community (Spain), using outpatient and hospital electronic health databases. METHODS Data from 2007 to 2010 was collected from computerized health databases of a population of around 5 million inhabitants. Diagnoses were recorded b...

BACKGROUND Although exact histological characterization of soft-tissue tumors is essential for determining the appropriate therapy, the quality of the histological assessment is often limited by the size of the tissue samples. Incisional biopsy and core needle biopsy have been the most effective techniques for obtaining tissue samples from soft-tissue tumors. This study was performed to investi...

I N 1927 H. J. MULLER (1890-1967) published in Science a paper entitled “Artificial Transmutation of the Gene.” It reported the first experimental production of mutations and opened a new era in genetics. The title is curious. Why transmutation rather than mutation? The answer emerges from another paper (MULLER 1928a), written in 1926. After reviewing the repeated failure of efforts by many wor...

one hundred and seventy four ghezel and 130 mehraban weaned male lambs were utilized to study the effect of on post weaning growth on slaughter weight and carcass traits. the lambs in each breed were randomly assigned to predetermined slaughter weight groups of 30, 40 or 50 kg and were so far fattened as to reach their assigned slaughter weights. the average post weaning daily gain was estimate...

Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) gonadotropin-releasing analogues (GnRH-a) as pretreatments for hysteroscopic transcervical resection myoma (TCRM) type 2 submucosal fibroids greater than 4 centimeters in diameter.Materials methods Seventy-nine patients were assigned into two groups according patient preference: 42 HIFU 37 GnRHa. TCRM was p...

The use of oral prednisolone (2 mg/kg) to treat children admitted to hospital with acute asthma was assessed in a placebo controlled study. Children were further randomised to receive either 0.15 mg/kg salbutamol every 30 minutes for the first three hours of admission, or 5 mg salbutamol every one to four hours as needed. Treatment was double blind and the assessor was unaware of the nebuliser ...