Sub-Doppler excitation spectroscopy in a collimated cold supersonic beam of 5% NO seeded in argon has been performed with a spectral resolution down to 10 MHz for four vibronic bands within the perturbed B ?X A system of NO . The rotational temperature of about 15 K achieved by adiabatic cooling allows the separation of closely lying vibronic bands which overlap in absorption spectra ...

Background: The actions of plant antimicrobial peptides (PAP) against intracellular pathogens are poorly known. It has been reported that wheat puroindolines show antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus epidermidis endocyted by macrophages. In this work, we evaluated the intracellular antimicrobial activity of PAP γ-thionin and thionin Thi2.1 produced by bovine endothelial cells against i...

A 24-year-old man presented with a recurrent epithelioid angiomyolipoma (EAML) [ 1 ] . Five months earlier, the patient had undergone a right radical nephrectomy with removal of a 24-cm EAML that ruptured during surgery. At the time of presentation, there was a 20-cm tumor with evidence of intratumoral hemorrhage (Fig. 8.1 ), and the patient’s hemoglobin was 3.8 g/dL. After transfusion, arteria...

Methods 24 children aged between 4 and 13 who achieved tolerance to milk after CM immunotherapy were included. Specific IgE to cow’s caseine, sIgE to whole goat’s milk and sIgE to whole sheep’s milk at baseline and at 24 months follow up were analised (CAP-Phadia). The patientes were classified in two groups: high risk (17 patients) and low risk (7 patients) based on the premedication need, num...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the routine use of nasal packing after cosmetic and functional nasal surgery. METHODS Prospective collection from 2005 to 2006 at King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Riyadh for 54 patients post-septorhinoplasty with and without submucous diathermy or lateralization of inferior turbinate were evaluated for efficacy and complications of nasal packing which kept for diffe...