A new method was introduced for frothing characterization of flotation frothers. Method uses water recovery to develop a new frothability index named water recovery index (WRI). New index was determined for some commercial frothers and results were compared with dynamic frothability index (DFI). Results showed that water recovery index values follow the order of A-65 13016 s/mol > DF-250 6292.4...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the survival impact and prognostic factors of pulmonary metastasectomy in patients with pulmonary metastasis from head and neck cancer. METHODS A retrospective study of 69 patients was analyzed. Twenty-four patients (35%) underwent pulmonary metastasectomy, and the remaining 45 patients (65%) were treated with chemotherapy or best supportiv...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the acceleration of digitization and consideration digital financial inclusion as a means to minimize negative economic consequences increase resilience households SMEs. purpose this article was assess impact on by constructing calculating an integral index (DFI) based Global Findex Database indicators. approach DFI two sub-indices that characterized passive par...

Objectives. To evaluate the sperm chromatin dispersion in men with infertility using first Russian kit. Methods. The study was conducted between July and August 2022. Study participants were 492 male volunteers aged 23 to 59 years which semen samples examined by GEMSTANDART–HaloSperm L&Q kit so-called Halo test. outcomes as a percentage DNA Fragmentation Index (DFI), %. results of test eval...

Squamous cell carcinomas of sparsely haired skin are relatively common tumors in cats, and these tumors likely exhibit a rapid growth rate. Thus, we evaluated response and duration of response in relation to the Ki67 proliferative reactivity in such tumors. Seventeen cats with confirmed squamous cell carcinomas and treated with an accelerated, hypofractionated electron beam radiation protocol w...

OBJECTIVE Breast cancer metastasis to the lung is common. The resection of lung metastases in patients with breast cancer has been controversial. Here, we present a very rare case of pulmonary and mediastinal lymph node metastases in a patient with breast cancer who had a disease-free interval (DFI) of more than 33 years. METHODS An involved lobectomy and systematic mediastinal lymph node dis...

PURPOSE Colorectal cancer patients with liver-confined metastases are classified as stage IV, but their prognoses can differ from metastases at other sites. In this study, we suggest a novel method for risk stratification using clinically effective factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data on 566 consecutive patients with colorectal liver metastasis (CLM) between 1989 and 2010 were analyzed. This a...

Objective: Colon/rectum cancer often presents with intrapulmonary metastases. Surgical resection can be performed in a selected group of patients. In this study, the search for possible prognostic factors of patients with primary colon/rectum cancer and lung metastases was performed. Methods: Medical records of 110 patients operated on pulmonary metastases of primary colon/rectum cancer were re...

Introduction: The amount of expression of BAX and BCL-2 genes in infertile men’s sperm as well as its association with sperm parameters and DNA fragmentation index is an issue which has not been studied yet. In this research, it is assumed that up-regulation of BAX and downregulation of BCL-2 are directly associated with sperm DNA fragmentation. Methods: After obtaining semen samples from the ...

BACKGROUND Molecular mechanisms responsible for carcinogenesis in upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UUTUC) are not yet clear. This study aimed to examine and correlate the subcellular localization of activin A, maspin, and the androgen receptor (AR) with demographic characteristics, pathological grade, and stage of UUTUC in a Taiwanese population, and to investigate the regulatory mecha...