atopic dermatitis (ad) is a common chronically relapsing skin disease associated with abnormal cytokine production, and activation of t-helper 2 cells. the aim if this study was to determine whether cytokine gene polymorphisms might influence the development of ad. single nucleotide polymorphisms in the genes for i-l1alpha, il-1beta, il-1r, il-2, il-4, il-6, il-10, il-12, tgf beta, tnf and ifng...

byzantine iconography, due to the theoretical content ruling on it, has provided a close and fundamental link with christian theology and the resolutions ruling on it, especially the most fundamental ones, namely incarnation of word in the form of picture. however, this artistic form has been able to show a good reflection of many aspects of the social life and even the popular beliefs of its s...

BACKGROUND: Bone marrow transplantation is a well-established lifesaving treatment procedure for many patients with various diseases, such as blood cell cancers (leukemia), some severe hematological diseases (aplastic anemia) and rare well immune deficiency disorders. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem (HSCT) represents potentially curative therapy hematologic disorders even the only (e.g., myelodys...

Background: In 1924, the Department of Ethnology under leadership Polish ethnologist, Professor Adam Fischer was established at Lviv University. The department to specialize in Slavic issues. Thus, since founding unit, Slav-ic ethnography has been one main topics A. Fischer’s courses. However, until early 1930s, these disciplines were concluded areas culture. began implement another concept lec...

Culture is not new to the study of migration. It has lurked beneath the surface for some time, occasionally protruding openly into the discussion, usually under some pseudonym. The authors bring culture into the open. They are concerned with how culture manifests itself in the migration process for three groups of actors: the migrants, those remaining in the sending areas, and people already li...

Culture is not new to the study of migration. It has lurked beneath the surface for some time, occasionally protruding openly into the discussion, usually under some pseudonym. The authors bring culture into the open. They are concerned with how culture manifests itself in the migration process for three groups of actors: the migrants, those remaining in the sending areas, and people already li...