This study was conducted to assess the association between risk of fall and relating factors in osteoporosis patients at National Geriatrics Hospital. is a cross-sectional on 141 osteoporotic aged ≥ 60 years old examined or treated Geriatric Data were collected by using designed tools including characteristics these patients. We entered data Redcap used SPSS version 22.0 for analysis. The mean ...

The heightened belief that others intend to harm you (paranoia) is often accompanied by social withdrawal, avoidance and isolation. We investigated whether paranoia related betrayal aversion: the tendency avoid potential caused other people over above an equivalent a non-social mechanism. Across three large-N (Ntotal = 2433) pre-registered online studies, we employed game theoretic paradigm whe...

Possible human infection with simian virus 40 (SV40) has been of great concern ever since SV40 was discovered in polio vaccines. Human populations are SV40-seropositive, but because of serological cross-reactivity between SV40 and the human polyomaviruses BK virus (BKV) and JC virus (JCV), it is debatable whether these antibodies are specific. An SV40-specific serological assay was established,...

The objective of this study was to examine the prion protein gene locus (PRNP) in Chios sheep. PRNP is linked with scrapie resistance in small ruminants. Here, its impact on milk production (test-day and total lactation yield) and reproduction (age at first lambing, conception rate at first service, and prolificacy) was assessed. Genotyping at codons 136, 154 and 171 (classical scrapie) and 141...

OBJECTIVE The present study was aimed at investigating bone involvement secondary to rotator cuff calcific tendonitis at ultrasonography. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective study of a case series. The authors reviewed shoulder ultrasonography reports of 141 patients diagnosed with rotator cuff calcific tendonitis, collected from the computer-based data records of their institution over a fou...