introduction: pulmonary involvement is the most common cause of mortality and disability in patients with systemic sclerosis and it significantly affects the quality of life in these patients. therefore, early diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary involvement seems necessary in patients with ssc. in this study, we aimed to assess the health-related quality of life (hrqol) in patients with sclero...

Abstract Bartonella henselae is the causative agent of cat scratch disease (CSD). In this study, we aimed to investigate clinical data patients with suspicion CSD and delineate current epidemiological features. A total 785 suspected were included in study. B. IgM antibody was determined by indirect fluorescent (IFA) test using a commercial kit (Euroimmun, Germany). Sex, age, pre-diagnosis anima...

The European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) is an economically important fish native to the Mediterranean and Northern Atlantic. Its complex life cycle involves many migrations through temperature gradients that affect the energetic demands of swimming. Previous studies have shown large intraspecific variation in swimming performance and temperature tolerance, which could include deleterious a...

Schrödinger Cat State Atomic Interferometer with Heisenberg-Limited Sensitivity and Detection of Collective States

An interim evaluation study was conducted to understand the implementation of the Tier 1 Program of Project P.A.T.H.S. (Positive Adolescent Training through Holistic Social Programmes) in the 2008/09 school year. One hundred and twenty-eight schools were randomly selected to provide information on the implementation details of the program via interviews, telephone interviews and self-completed ...

Early efforts in physiological research in the United States were produced by lone investigators working in laboratories funded by their own medical practices. In Europe, however, Claude Bernard and Carl Ludwig produced a new model of scientific research laboratories funded by the state that sought to develop the pursuit of biomedical research as an occupation. American physicians such as Henry...

the objective of this study was to assess the etiology, diagnosis, treatment methods, surgical findings, postoperative results and necropsy findings of seventeencases of thoracic traumaby evaluating medical records. a car accident, falling down, stabbing and bites were identified asthe causes of trauma. diagnosed pathologies in the cases included pneumothorax, hemothorax, pulmonary contusion, l...

twenty patients, a family, their neighbors, and friends; with lesions suspicious of ringworm infection, were referred to us within a period of 80 days. the source of infection was found to be 3 persian cats (a mother and two kittens) living with the family. the cats had multiple lesions around their nose and on abdomen which reveales the prevalence of cutaneous fungi both on direct microscopic ...