Endoscopic and video-endoscopic visual acuity and color discrimination were investigated using a standard disk for testing visual acuity and a color discrimination test. A 1-chip-CCD-Camera (CCC) or 3-chip-CCD-Camera plus digital image processing (digivideo) on the endoscope and a 15 inch high resolution video monitor were used. Color discrimination was investigated by comparing the ability to ...

This study assessed the effects of Coprinus comatus cap (CCC) on adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and the effects of CCC on the development of diet-induced obesity in rats. Here, we showed that the CCC has an inhibitory effect on the adipocyte differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells, resulting in a significant decrease in lipid accumulation through the downregulation of several adipocyte specific-tran...

epithelial ovarian cancer (eoc) consists of four major subtypes: clear cell carcinoma (ccc), endometrioid adenocarcinoma (ea), mucinous adenocarcinoma (Ma) and serous adenocarcinoma (Sa). relative to the other subtypes, the prognosis of ccc is poor due to a high recurrence rate and chemotherapy resistance, but ccc-specific biomarkers have yet to be identified. With the aim of identifying diagno...

Clear cell carcinomas (CCC) is one of the rarest forms of endometrial carcinoma. In one series of 852 consecutive endometrial carcinomas managed at a single academic center, only 3 (0.35%) were considered to be CCC (1). Although CCC is rare, it features frequently in the differential diagnosis of endometrial neoplasms, primarily because one of the morphologic features of CCC the presence of cle...

AIM Coronary collateral circulation (CCC) is crucial during an acute ischemic attack. Evidences showed that omentin-1 exhibited remarkable antiatherogenic effects and ischemia-induced revascularization. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between plasma omentin-1 levels and CCC in patients with ≥90% angiography-proven coronary occlusion. METHODS 142 patients with ≥90% lu...

Adherens junctions play key roles in mediating cell-cell contacts during tissue development. In Caenorhabditis elegans embryos, the cadherin-catenin complex (CCC), composed of the classical cadherin HMR-1 and members of three catenin families, HMP-1, HMP-2 and JAC-1, is necessary for normal blastomere adhesion, gastrulation, ventral enclosure of the epidermis and embryo elongation. Disruption o...

The current study reports comparing the postoperative mechanical properties of the anterior capsule between femtosecond laser capsulotomy (FLC) and continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC) of variable size and shape in porcine eyes. All CCCs were created using capsule forceps. Irregular or eccentric CCCs were also created to simulate real cataract surgery. For FLC, capsulotomies 5.3 mm in dia...

In this paper, we introduce a new notion of conditional converge cast (CCC), such that we append the conditional property to converge cast. Additionally, we generalize the three primitives with conditional property, conditional oblivious transfer (COT), conditional oblivious cast (COC), and CCC. CCC is a three-party protocol which involves two senders S0 and S1 and a receiver R. S0 owns a secre...

Coronary collateral circulation (CCC), an alternative blood supply for ischemic myocardium, improves survival rates among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). However, there remains a lack of biomarkers to discriminate between patients with poor or good CCC. In this study, we aimed to observe the relationship between plasma microRNA-146a (miR-146a) levels and the coronary collateral cir...

PURPOSE The study explores international trends in law on compulsory commitment to care of substance misusers (CCC), and two subtypes - civil CCC and CCC within criminal justice legislation - as well as maximum length and amount of applications of such care. METHOD The time period covers more than 25 years, and a total of 104 countries and territories. The study is based on available data in ...