Some authors regard gambling as an addiction. Detailed psychiatric examination revealed obsessive-compulsive syndrome in this patient. He was treated systematically with individual psychotherapy and sertraline from low doses up to the maximal dose (i.e. about 200 mg daily). A complete remission of the obsessive-compulsive syndrome was achieved. A number of indirect proofs demonstrate a signific...

Introduction: Bacteria have at least one sigma factor (σ-factor) that transcribes the genes required for cell viability. Usually, transcription of σ-factors occurs and changes in response to a variety of environmental stresses. Expression of σ-factors is one of the strategies which is used in response to different stress conditions. This study was aimed to evaluate the effects...