OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to investigate the role that psychopathological dimensions as overt aggression and impulsivity play in determining suicide risk in benign chronic pain patients (CPPs). Furthermore we investigated the possible protective/risk factors which promote these negative feelings, analyzing the relationship between CPPs and their caregivers. METHODS We enrolle...

BACKGROUND Despite its high prevalence, little is known about the aetiology and maintenance of Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CPPS). CPPS is is considered to be a multi-causal syndrome with discomfort and pain in the pelvis. Recent literature suggests that psychosocial factors are important for understanding CPPS. For example, CPPS has been associated with deficits in mentalization and bonding e...

Chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) is the most prevalent form of prostatitis. It is characterized by pelvic pain, voiding symptoms, and ejaculatory symptoms in the absence of bacterial infection. This can be a difficult condition to treat. Many etiologies for CPPS have been proposed including immunologic, neurologic, endocrine, and psychological factors. This article examines a potentially cor...

This study proposed a facile method to detect metalloporphyrin-based coordination polymer particles (Z-CPPs) in aqueous solution by modified surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The SERS-active particles are photodeposited on the surface of Z-CPPs, offering an enhanced Raman signal for the trace detection of Z-CPPs.

This paper presents a perceptual organization based method for detecting Vessel Junctions (VJs) from retinal images. A retinal image is first segmented into edge traces which contain vessel boundaries. Each trace is divided into generic curve segments (GCSs) at curve partitioning points (CPPs). CPPs are the places on a trace from where the continuity of GCSs was broken according to perceptual o...

Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) provide promising tools for the cellular delivery of molecular cargos ranging in size from small molecules and peptides to proteins and quantum dots. CPPs are typically cationic and/or amphipathic sequences that are unstructured or alpha-helical. We expand the repertoire of cell-penetrating motifs by designing encodable CPPs possessing type-II polyproline (PPII)...

[6]-, [8]-, [10]-, and [12]cycloparaphenylenes (CPPs), the smallest even-numbered carbon nanohoops synthesized to date, are probed by Raman spectroscopy. For the highly symmetric even [n]CPPs, group theory predicts that there are 133 Raman-active modes in total for n ≥ 8, 73 for [6]CPP, and 100 for [4]CPP. The Raman-active modes of these even-numbered CPPs are identified by comparing experiment...

Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) has significant variability in its presentation. In this study, we present 2 novel cases of prostatitis in which "buzz" is described as the primary pain symptom. These cases describe patients with the primary complaint of "cell phone-like buzzing" within the perineum, with accompanying urinary symptoms consistent with prostatitis. CP/CP...

To date, the heterogeneous pathophysiology of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) and bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) has not been fully elucidated. Thus, it is difficult to make a full comparison between CP/CPPS and male BPS/IC. Controversy and confusion surrounding the terminologies and classifications of CP/CPPS and BPS/IC complicates the issue. CP...

To enhance the penetration of P53 into tumor cells by fusion it with the cell penetrating peptide 9R. The fusion gene of 9R-p53 was cloned into the expression vector. The fusion protein, CPPs-P53, was expressed and purified. We detected the rate of cell growth inhibition and apoptosis by MTT and Annexin-V-FITC/PI double stained method respectively for measuring its effect on tumor cells. CPPs-P...