Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Neonatal Pathology, Puericulture Institute and Neonatal Section, AOU and University of Cagliari, Italy; JPNIM’s Editor-in-Chief Department of Laboratory Medicine, IRCCS University-Hospital San Martino-IST National Institute for Cancer Research, Genoa, Italy Division of Pathology, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy Department of...

introduction: the aim of this study was to evaluate the retreatability of root canals obturated with gutta-percha (gp) and three different endodontic sealers [iroot sp (bioceramic sealer), mta fillapex (mta-based sealer) and ah-26 (epoxy resin-based sealer)] using the protaper universal retreatment (ptr) system. methods and materials: forty extracted single-rooted human teeth were prepared with...

background: corn silk (cs) is widely used in iranian traditional medicine and feijoa sellowiana(fs) is a native plant widespread in the southern parts of iran. the aim of the present study was to assess renal protective activities of cs and fs against dosage induced injury by ecstasy (mdma) using insitu rat renal perfusion (irrp) system.methods: hydro-alcoholic extract of cs and fs (10, 20, 40 ...

background: prepubertal varicocele has the most devastating effects on the testes. oxidative stress is the major cause leading to infertility in varicocele. the antioxidant properties of flaxseed (fs) treatment in some oxidative diseases have been reported. objective: this study aimed to evaluate the antioxidant effect of fs in prepubertal rats with experimental varicocele. materials and method...

Biomaterials have evolved over the past three decades and are relatively specialized, highly biocompatible, but low-strength dental materials. Bioactive materials can interact with living tissues or systems. The newly emerging bioactive category of has expanded clinical uses in restorative dentistry endodontics. Examples Calcium Silicate containing Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (Portland cement); ...

In this paper, we report our experience researching with very young children (age 3 to 5 years old) in a series of evaluation study in one local nursery in the UK. A new evaluation tool, named the Fun Semantic Differential Scale (FSDS) has been developed and tested with the nursery children to understand how they respond to it. We report on our experience of using these scales to evaluate the f...

Intensifying winter wheat ( Triticum aestivum)–grain sorghum [ Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]–fallow (W–GS–FL) crop rotation with annual forages can increase productivity and resource use efficiency. The objective of this research was to quantify the impact increasing intensity by growing in a traditional W–GS–FL on cropping system productivity, water use, precipitation efficiency, net income. st...