Background and Aim: Despite the advances in maxillofacial surgery, impaired bone healing remains a concern for surgical teams. Effects of sildenafil and pentoxifylline on healing of bone fractures have not been well investigated. This study aimed to assess the effects of sildenafil and pentoxifylline phosphodiesterase inhibitors on healing of mandibular fractures in rats. Materials and Methods...

Six species of cyclopoid copepods in New Orleans were tested for biological control of Aedes albopictus larvae in discarded tires. Six to 8 weeks after introduction, Diacyclops navus, Acanthocyclops vernalis, Mesocyclops ruttneri and Mesocyclops edax reduced the number of Ae. albopictus larvae by 83, 90, 95 and 96%, respectively. Macrocyclops albidus and Mesocyclops longisetus were the most eff...

tumor cells are dependent on angiogenesis to obtain oxygen and nutrients and also development of their new vascular network. vegf as an important stimulator of angiogenesis and endostatin as an inhibitor play a fundamental role in this process. this study was designed to investigate the effect of six weeks of resistance training on tumor tissue vegf andendostatin in mice with breast cancer. for...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different metabolizable protein levels in diet during the peri parturition on performance and blood parameters of afshari ewes and lambs. thirty two once lambing ewes in the last six weeks of pregnancy and the first six weeks of lactation with diets before and after parturition containing rates of nrc recommended and 20% higher one as low ...

strawberry (fragaria × ananassa duchesne) is produced on 3500 ha in iran. during surveys on strawberry root and crown rot disease (february-april 2007), a fungus resemble macrophomina was isolated from crowns and roots of collapsed and dying strawberry plants which were collected from golestan, mazandaran and kordestan provinces of iran. to study rate of growth and cultural characteristic of is...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy of physiotherapy compared with a wait and see approach or corticosteroid injections over 52 weeks in tennis elbow. DESIGN Single blind randomised controlled trial. SETTING Community setting, Brisbane, Australia. PARTICIPANTS 198 participants aged 18 to 65 years with a clinical diagnosis of tennis elbow of a minimum six weeks' duration, who had not rec...

OBJECTIVES Evaluation of the efficacy of a soft toothbrush with tapered-tip bristles (Test Toothbrush) and an ADA reference soft toothbrush (ADA Toothbrush) on established gingivitis and supragingival plaque over a 12-week period. METHODS This randomized, single-center, examiner-blind, two-cell, parallel clinical research study assessed plaque removal by the comparison of pre- to- post-brushi...