The issue of supplying safe food on a global scale is a complicated task. With the advances in expectations from consumers to have a variety of food products from around the world available in their immediate area, the focus on how to meet this demand and do so safely challenges not only the delivery systems used for food transport, but the knowledge base of food safety experts and governmental...

The scientific field study of wildlife often requires vigilant observation of detailed animal behavior over extended periods. In remote and inhospitable locations, observation can be an arduous, expensive, and dangerous experience for field scientists. We are developing a new class of networked teleoperated robotic “observatories” that allows “citizen scientists” and professional scientists to ...

The issue of supplying safe food on a global scale is a complicated task. With the advances in expectations from consumers to have a variety of food products from around the world available in their immediate area, the focus on how to meet this demand and do so safely challenges not only the delivery systems used for food transport, but the knowledge base of food safety experts and governmental...

conclusions increased serum levels of interleukins 6 and 8 as a predictive marker might be associated with unfavorable clinical outcome in patients with severe tbi. results comparing the serum levels of interleukins in two groups with favorable and unfavorable clinical outcomes showed that the mean serum levels of interleukins 6 and 8 in group with favorable outcome was 85.2 ± 51.6 and 52.2 ± 3...

Relevance . Today, due to the emergence of new and improvement existing methods laboratory diagnostics, more attention researchers is directed study composition properties oral fluid a person with history somatic diseases. Aim To microelement patients chronic cerebral ischemia compare obtained data clinical parameters. Materials methods. The paper presents results 26 ischemia. In course an obje...

the optimal fractionation schedule for radiotherapy of head and neck cancer has been controversial. the objective of this randomized trial was to test the efficacy of hyperfractionation vs. standard fractionation. patients with squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck organs were randomly assigned to receive radiotherapy delivered with a) standard fractionation at 2 gy/fraction/day, 5 days/week...

granular cell tumor is a rare benign neoplasm most commonly appears in the head and neck region, especially in the tongue, cheek mucosa, and palate. occurrence in limbs is even rarer. these tumors account for approximately 0.5% of all soft tissue tumors. granular cell tumor can also affect other organs including skin, breast, and lungs. local recurrence and metastasis is potentially higher in m...

we conducted a study to evaluate efficacy and safety of dimeticone 4%, a lotion with no conventional insecticide activity, to cure lice infection and to prevent spread of infestation/reinfestation by prophylaxis of classmates.the study is carried out between april 2008 and june 2008 in petranova international institute in rome. a total of 131 children, aged 3 to 13 years (median age: 7 years) w...