BACKGROUND This study aimed to compare the imaging quality, apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values, and application values between reduced field-of-view diffusion-weighted imaging (rFOV DWI) and single-shot echo-planar-imaging diffusion-weighted imaging (SS-EPI DWI) of breast tissue. PATIENTS AND METHODS For 87 cases (75 with normal breast tissue, 12 with mammary cancer), breasts were sc...

The left ventricle (LV) of mammals with Situs Solitus (SS, normal organ arrangement) displays hardly any interindividual variation in myofiber pattern and experimentally determined torsion. SS LV myofiber pattern has been suggested to result from adaptive myofiber reorientation, in turn leading to efficient pump and myofiber function. Limited data from the Situs Inversus Totalis (SIT, a complet...

let $g$ be a finite group‎. ‎a subgroup‎ ‎$h$ of $g$ is called an $mathcal h $ -subgroup in‎ ‎$g$ if $n_g (h)cap h^gleq h$ for all $gin‎ ‎g$. a subgroup $h$ of $g$ is called a weakly‎ $mathcal h^ast $-subgroup in $g$ if there exists a‎ ‎subgroup $k$ of $g$ such that $g=hk$ and $hcap‎ ‎k$ is an $mathcal h$-subgroup in $g$. we‎ ‎investigate the structure of the finite group $g$ under the‎ ‎assump...

The Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rat is a new model of diabetes mellitus and in this study we have characterized the diabetic and growth hormone (GH) secretory status of male GK rats at 6 and 16 weeks of age. We have also investigated the role of endogenous somatostatin (SS) and cholinergic manipulation on the GH responses to GH-releasing hormone (GHRH). GK rats were non-obese with significant fasting hy...

Schizophrenic groups rated low (reactive), intermediate, and high (process) on the Elgin Prognostic Scale and a group of normal Ss discriminated between matched and unmatched pairs of nonsense syllables under varying rates of input. Continuous PGR measures were recorded as the Ss responded to the syllable pairs. Stimulus overload (defined as the extent to which the Ss were unable to respond app...

Spermatocytic seminoma (SS) is a rare testicular neoplasm that occurs predominantly in older men. In this study, we aimed to shed light on the histogenesis of SS by investigating the developmental expression of protein markers that identify distinct subpopulations of human spermatogonia in the normal adult testis. We analysed the expression pattern of OCT2, SSX2-4, and SAGE1 in 36 SS cases and ...

Introduction: Mental stress is one of the most important causes of the gastric ulcer. On the other hand, flavonoids such as quercetin show protective effects. The aim of this study was to investigate possible protective effect of quercetin on water restraint stress-induced ulcer in rats. Methods: Adult male Wistar rats were divided into seven groups each containing eight animals. The first g...

ABSTRACT Epidemics of aster yellows in lettuce in Ohio are caused by at least seven distinct phytoplasma strains in the aster yellows (AY) group. Five of the strains are newly reported: AY-BW, AY-WB, AY-BD3, AY-SS, and AY-SG. All seven strains were characterized based on symptoms in aster and lettuce, and by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Strain AY-BD2 (formerly 'Bolt') causes yellowing and l...

OBJECTIVES To assess medical care and costs of the 3 highest prevalence lumbar disorders-non-specific low back pain (nLBP), intervertebral disc disorder (IDD) and spinal stenosis (SS)-from national billing data to provide basic information for standards of appropriate management. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of National Health Insurance National Patient Sample data provided by the Korean Hea...

Let G be a finite group, and let F be a formation of finite group. We say that a subgroup H of G is p F -normal in G if there exists a normal subgroup T of G such that HT is a permutable Hall subgroup of G and G G H H T H / ) ( is contained in the F-hypercenter ) / ( G F H G Z of G H G / . In this note, we get some results about the p F -normal subgroups and then use them to study the structure...