•Seeding point errors are common in SITA-Faster, causing low test reliability.•Seeding result worse visual field global index results.•Seeding can be identified early the for retesting.•A flowchart perimetrists to identify these is provided. PurposeWe sought determine impact of seeding (SPEs) as a source reliability perimetry and develop strategy mitigate this error test.DesignCross-sectional s...

W artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań procesu odwadniania masy wydobywczej zawierającej bursztyn, za pomocą wibroklasyfikatora. Opisano cechy schematu technologicznego wydobywania bursztynu w odniesieniu do punktów zaopatrzenia wodę. Badano stan równowagi cieczy komorze wibroklasyfikatora różnych warunkach zwilżalności sita: ciecz niezwilżająca włókien sita; płyn zwilżający włókna cienka warstw...

During the initial stages of symbiosis with the host plant Medicago sativa, Sinorhizobium meliloti must overcome an oxidative burst produced by the plant in order for proper symbiotic development to continue. While identifying mutants defective in symbiosis and oxidative stress defense, we isolated a mutant with a transposon insertion mutation of sitA, which encodes the periplasmic binding prot...

PURPOSE To compare intersubject variability and normal limits of threshold values between the new Swedish interactive test algorithm short wavelength automated perimetry (SITA SWAP) and the older Full Threshold SWAP programs (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA). METHODS Normal reduction of differential light sensitivity with age, age-corrected thresholds, intersubject variability, and normal limi...

BACKGROUND Gut microbiota is now known to control glucose metabolism. Previous studies have shown that probiotics and prebiotics may improve glucose metabolism, but their effects have not been studied in combination with drug therapy. The aim of this study was to investigate whether probiotics and prebiotics combined with drug therapy affect diabetic outcomes. METHODS Two different study desi...

PURPOSE To evaluate the influence on examination time and test quality of the recently introduced SITA strategies of the Humphrey Field Analyzer. METHODS The sample consisted of 41 subjects (19 normal subjects and 22 glaucoma patients), all experienced in automated perimetry, ranging in age from 24 to 83 years. One eye of each patient was examined with the HC30-2 program using the FASTPAC (FP...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare retinal sensitivities in normal individuals obtained using the Swedish Interactive Threshold Algorithm Standard (SITA-S) on the Humphrey field analyzer with those obtained using the Dynamic strategy on the Octopus. METHODS Prior to visual field examinations, the background luminance, stimulus size, and exposure time with the Octopus 101 were...

AIM The study compared the duration of maintenance of treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) using dual therapy with either metformin and sitagliptin (M-Sita) or metformin and a sulphonylurea (M-SU). MATERIALS AND METHODS This observational study included adult patients with T2D who had responded inadequately to metformin monotherapy and therefore had started de-novo treatment with ...

BACKGROUND To investigate the clinical results of sitagliptin (SITA) and the characteristics of the treatment failure group or of low responders to SITA. METHODS A retrospective study of type 2 diabetic patients reviewed 99 cases, including 12 treatment failure cases, who stopped SITA because of worsening patients' condition, and 87 cases, who continued treatment over five visits (total 9.9±1...

OBJECTIVES TO COMPARE CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND HEALTH CARE COSTS ACROSS THREE COHORTS OF UNCONTROLLED DIABETIC PATIENTS WHO INITIATED TREATMENT WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: sulphonylureas (SU), thiazolidinediones (TZD) or sitagliptin (SITA). MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective study based on a linkage between administrative and laboratory databases maintained by three Italian local ...