RESULTS: Mean follow-up was 14.2 7.8 months. Preoperative uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) was counting fi ngers in all patients. Mean fi nal logMAR (Snellen equivalent) UDVA and corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) were 0.15(20/28) 0.13 and 0.11(20/26) 0.10, respectively. The improvements in UDVA and CDVA were statistically signifi cant (P .0001 and P .002, respectively). All patie...

Natural killer (NK) cell responses in primates are regulated in part through interactions between two highly polymorphic molecules, the killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) on NK cells and their major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I ligands on target cells. We previously reported that the binding of a common MHC class I molecule in the rhesus macaque, Mamu-A1*002, to the in...

Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs include the traditional drugs and more selective COX-2 inhibitors. Traditional nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use is hampered by their gastrotoxicity, while COX-2-inhibitors increase the cardiovascular risk. The search of safer substances for managing inflammatory conditions is updated, a challenge wherein dual COX/5-LOX inhibitors have a place. This revi...

BACKGROUND: The treatment of Osteoarthritis (OA) is addressed to pain alleviation and functional status improvement. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAIDs), widely prescribed for OA, have been show to produce gastrointestinal (non selective) and cardiovascular (ciclooxygenase– 2 inhibitors) adverse effects. Then, the search for new substances is justified. D-002 is a mixture of higher al...

The effects of heat-transfer modes on acrylamide (AA), AA precursors, and the main quality characteristics biscuits were investigated. Biscuits baked in ventilated mode (V), with forced air convection, static (S), based only conduction, at 175 °C for 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 min. Both types promoted an increase levels during baking. However, V heat was distributed more evenly compared to S one, causi...

Metal oxide semiconductor material has great potential to act as window layer in p–n heterojunction solar cell thin film owing low production cost and significant properties photovoltaic mechanism. In this work, n-TiO2/ZnO bilayer was effectively constructed by means of sol-gel spin coating technique an effort diminish the electron-hole recombination rate from single-layered film. Annealing tim...

Abstract Light curves feature many kinds of variability, including instrumental systematics, intrinsic stellar variability such as pulsations, and flux changes caused by transiting exoplanets or eclipsing binary stars. Detrending is a key pre-planet-search data processing step that aims to remove not due transits. This release note describes improvements the Quick-Look Pipeline's detrending alg...

OBJECTIVE To study the effects of a total parenteral nutrition solution changing branch-chain amino acid concentrations and/or nitrogen supply on protein metabolism, length of stay, and mortality rate; and to evaluate the unique metabolic status of sepsis that leads to a search for specific total parenteral nutrition formulas. DESIGN Prospective, randomized, and multicenter study. SETTING I...