This study aimed to investigate accuracy in different sectional planes of the TMA Grand Master (3DHISTECH) Workstation various soft tissue samples collected from Wistar rats. A total 108 animals were sacrificed and 963 specimens 12 soft-tissue types. 3307 cores punched transferred into 40 recipient blocks. Digital image analysis was performed. Core loss showed a significant correlation with typ...

The DNA forensic community always strives towards improvements in aspects such as sensitivity, robustness, and efficacy balanced with cost efficiency. Therefore our laboratory decided to study the feasibility of PCR amplification volume reduction using DNA entrapped in FTA™ Classic Card and to bring cost savings to the laboratory. There were a few concerns the laboratory needed to address. Firs...

BACKGROUND In this study, the relationship between patency of saphenous vein (SV) graft and different sizes of aorta wall punches was investigated during the follow-up period after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. We also evaluated the other possible factors affecting SV graft patency. METHODS This study consisted of 266 consecutive and symptomatic patients with postoperative angiography...

Same-day turnaround of pathology specimens is desirable in this era of managed care, and rapid microwave tissue processing produces histologic features of a quality equivalent to overnight processing. We studied whether microwave-assisted rapid tissue processing adversely affects the quality of immunohistochemical staining. We selected 30 specimens (20 neoplastic and 10 nonneoplastic) from our ...

Introduction Since the late 1950s and early 60’s, conventional calcium hydrogen phosphate has been widely used as the excipient for direct compression tabletting. However, the fi rst generation of calcium phosphates were hard and rough pillar-like crystals with crystal water, which often caused abrasiveness of punches and dies in tabletting. In addition, the crystal water could possibly be rele...

Consumption of contaminated Great Lakes fish by pregnant women is associated with decreased birth weight and deficits in cognitive function in their infants and children. These fish contain many known and suspected anthropogenic neurotoxicants, making it difficult to determine which contaminant(s) are responsible for the observed deficits. We have undertaken a series of experiments to determine...

The article for the first time considers results of analysis competitive activity ISKA kickboxers in discipline K-1. Quantitative and qualitative indicators technical tactical actions attack defense are revealed. In terms efficiency, kicks knees exceed corresponding rates punches. Protective by moving used much less than protections hands, legs torso

While regeneration occurs in a number of taxonomic groups across the Metazoa, there are very few reports of regeneration in mammals, which generally respond to wounding with fibrotic scarring rather than regeneration. A recent report described skin shedding, skin regeneration and extensive ear punch closure in two rodent species, Acomys kempi and Acomys percivali. We examined these striking res...

Multipole expansions depend on the coordinate system, so that coefficients of multipole moments can be set equal to zero by an appropriate choice of coordinates. Therefore, it is meaningless to say that a physical system has a nonvanishing quadrupole moment, say, without specifying which coordinate system is used. (Except if this moment is the lowest non-vanishing one.) This result is demonstra...

We review Maxwell’s multipole vectors, and elucidate some of their mathematical properties, with emphasis on the application of this tool to the cosmic microwave background (CMB). In particular, for a completely random function on the sphere (corresponding to the statistically isotropic Gaussian model of the CMB), we derive the full probability density function of the multipole vectors. This fu...