Long-term submandibular duct obstruction is thought to cause irreversible atrophy and dysfunction of the submandibular gland. As an atrophic gland may be induced clinically by chronic or recurrent infection, it is generally removed surgically. However, the regenerative capacity of atrophic submandibular glands after long-term obstruction is not completely understood. We studied the regenerative...

The kallikrein from pig submandibular glands was highly purified, with an overall yield of 31%. Affinity chromatography on bovine basic pancreatic trypsin inhibitor linked to Sepharose 4B was an especially effective step in the purification procedure, giving a purification factor of 80. The enzyme is a single-chain molecule, occurring, as does pig urinary kallikrein, as a major B-form of appare...

Social connections in the community ("social capital") represent an important source of resilience in the aftermath of major disasters. However, little is known about how residential relocation due to housing destruction affects survivors' social capital. We examined changes in social capital among survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. People who lost their homes were r...

PRESENTATION a 94-year-old woman with dementia was admitted to an acute geriatric ward with increasing confusion and falls. On two occasions she developed submandibular masses. Faeces were aspirated from her mouth and a diagnosis made of recurrent submandibular sialadenitis secondary to coprophagia. OUTCOME the submandibular mass settled with antibiotics and oral care. Coprophagia was not obs...

A 15-year-old boy presented with swelling in the submandibular region. X-ray of the swollen part showed faint radio opaque shadow. A provisional diagnosis of sialadenitis with sialolithiasis was made. Excised mass was reported histopathologically as plexiform neurofibroma of submandibular salivary gland.Plexiform neurofibroma of the salivary gland is a rare benign tumor often present in the par...

Emergency medical services (EMS) generally deal with two real-time decisions: ambulance dispatching and relocation. Dispatching consists in selecting which ambulance to send to an emergency call, while relocation consists in determining how to modify the location of available ambulances throughout the day in response to changes in the state of the system. Although they have been mostly consider...

A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of short-term relocation and male exposure on receptivity rate, kindling rate and total born per litter in lactating does under an artificial insemination (AI) programme. Thirty-two, 2-month-old New Zealand White rabbits were randomly allocated to one of four treatments: (1) relocation and male exposure; (2) relocation without male exposure; (3) no r...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Data on antipsychotic use were collected in two Canadian long-term care (LTC) facilities. During the one-year study, residents in one facility were relocated to a new facility, allowing examination of the changes in antipsychotic use associated with relocation. METHOD A comparative descriptive design was used. Pharmacy and chart data on antipsychotic use were gathered for ...

= Abstract = To elucidate the divergent expression of tissue markers for myoepithelial cells (MECs) of submandibular glands. fetal submandibular glands (n 1(0). adult submandibular glands (n 10) and pleomorphic adenoma (n 20) are examined for cytokeratin 14(CK-14), vimentin, and a-smooth muscle actin(-SMA) by double immunohistochemical methods. In addition fetal submandibular glands (n 20) and ...