REPORTS of blindness produced by snake-bite are extremely rare. In one case described recently by Davenport and Budden (1953) bilateral secondary optic atrophy developed; the patient received Antivenine serum on the day of the bite and the changes in the eyes first appeared 6 days later. Jaksch (1897) mentions cases in which snake-bite led to amaurosis, but gives no detailed descriptions or oph...

Nowadays, molecular data analyses for biodiversity studies often require advanced bioinformatics skills, preventing many life scientists from analyzing their own data autonomously. BITE R package provides complete and user-friendly functions to handle SNP data and third-party software results (i.e. Admixture, TreeMix), facilitating their visualization, interpretation and use. Furthermore, BITE ...

Health professionals must be attentive to any and all signs of child maltreatment. Bite marks are one of several visual expressions of active child abuse. The efforts of forensic odontologists, in conjunction with recent technical advancements in bite mark analysis, support the uniqueness of the human dentition and have contributed to the conviction of numerous child abusers. Through recognitio...

A 39-year-old pet shop employee who sustained a bite from one of his store's rats developed fever and arthritis. Streptobacillus moniliformis was cultured from the patient's blood, confirming a diagnosis of rat-bite fever. Treatment with standard antibiotics was successful. Although rat-bite fever is commonly considered a zoonosis transmitted by wild or laboratory rats, our case emphasizes that...

PURPOSE Study was conducted to determine and assess the effect of different type of denture adhesives on the incisal bite force of complete denture wearers until the dislodgement of upper denture, using pressure transducer. MATERIALS AND METHODS 30 patients out of 100 were included in the study. Based on the Kapur's method of scoring denture retention and stability, these patients were divide...

Snake-bite is a life-threatening medical emergency & major public health problem throughout the World, especially in tropical countries like India. The annual death rate due to snake bite in India is estimated to be 4.1 per 1,00,000 population while in Maharashtra, it is 3.0 per 1,00,000 population. The objective of this study is to observe the management of snake bite and their outcome in cent...

ABSTRACT The focus of this thesis was to study an action that humans perform regularly, namely, to hold a morsel between the teeth and split it into smaller pieces. Three different issues related to this biting behavior were addressed: (1) the effect of reduced periodontal tissues on food holding and splitting behavior; (2) the behavioral consequences of performing different bite tasks with dif...

Bacterial infection of the brain is relatively rare in dogs and cats. A cat at approximately three months of age was admitted to the clinic with a history of dog bite seven days before admission. On clinical presentation, the cat was unconscious and in lateral recumbency. One hour after admission, the cat developed severe apnoea and asystole. Cardiorespiratory resuscitation was unsuccessful and...

OBJECTIVE This prospective clinical study aims to determine the differences between two treatment modalities for anterior open bite in growing patients. The treatment modalities involved the use of magnetic bite-blocks (MBBs) or rapid molar intruders (RMIs) applied with posterior bite-blocks. METHODS Fifteen consecutive patients with a mean age of 11.2 (standard deviation [SD] = 1.6) years an...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with the prevalence of anterior open bite among five-year-old Brazilian children. METHODS A cross-sectional study was undertaken using data from the National Survey of Oral Health (SB Brazil 2010). The outcome variable was anterior open bite classified as present or absent. The independent variables were classified by indiv...