Since the last meeting of the American Heart Association, a great deal of media attention has been focused on low-carbohydrate–high-protein diets (LC-HP) and their potential impact on the practice of cardiology. It has been suggested that these diets, which were introduced originally as weight-loss regimens, also have a significantly beneficial effect on a variety of cardiovascular risk factors...

Several electrochemical deposition parameters affect grain orientations, which in turn, affect coating quality and coating performance. An enhanced x-ray pole figure technique has been applied to study grain distribution anisotropy in electrolytic high contraction and low contraction chromium. Temperature and current density are the most important factors controlling grain orientation. Producti...

The effects of exogenous proteolytic enzyme (EPE) on intake, digestibility, ruminal fermentation, and lactational performance were determined using 8 lactating Holstein cows in a double 4 x4 Latin square experiment with a 2 x2 factorial arrangement of treatments. Diets based on barley silage and alfalfa hay as the forage sources were formulated to maintain different forage to concentrate ratios...

Due to the complexity of proteomes, developing methods of sample fractionation, separation, concentration, and detection have become urgent to the identification of large numbers of proteins, as well as the acquisition of those proteins in low abundance. In this work, liquid isoelectric focusing (LIEF) combined with 2D-LC-MS/MS was applied to the proteome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This yield...

Background and Objectives: CO2 insuflation constitutes the commonest means of creating the pneumoperitoneum (PP), but it is attributed to many post-laparoscopic cholecystecomy adverse effects including pain triggering. The aim of this trial was to evaluate the efficacy of low-pressure CO2 PP during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in reducing the incidence of postoperative pain. Methods: A dou...

PURPOSE Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is one of the most commonly performed surgeries in the world today. However, there is no consensus regarding whether LC can be performed in patients with acute cholecystitis while on antithrombotic therapy. The objective of our study was to describe postoperative outcomes of patients who underwent emergent LC without interruption to antithrombotic thera...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the standard treatment for gallbladder diseases. Intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) can reduce biliary complications of LC; however, with the emergence of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), IOC nowadays is faced with unprecedented challenge. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether preoperative MRCP can safely replace IO...

HYPOTHESIS Patients with mild gallstone pancreatitis may undergo an early laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) within 48 hours of hospital admission without awaiting the normalization of pancreatic and liver enzyme levels. This may decrease the hospital stay without increasing morbidity or mortality and may minimize the unnecessary use of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. DESIGN A re...