Objective(s): Breast cancer is a fatal disease and the leading cause of mortality in women. Radiofrequency hyperthermia is an approach to the treatment of cancer cells through increasing their temperature. The present study aimed to investigate breast tumor ablation via radiofrequency hyperthermia in the presence and non-presence states of magnetite nanoparticles and assess the effects of magne...

The objectives of this study were to develop composite films using various gelatin sources with corn oil (CO) incorporation (55.18%) and to investigate the mechanical and physical properties of these films as potential packaging films. There were increases (p < 0.05) in the tensile strength (TS) and puncture strength (PS) of films when the concentration of gelatin increased. The mechanical prop...

Information on the preparation and properties of starch/gelatin blend microparticles with and without crosslinking for drug delivery is presented. The blend microparticles were prepared by the water-in-oil emulsion solvent diffusion method. Glutaraldehyde and methylene blue were used as the crosslinker and the water-soluble drug model, respectively. The blend microparticles were characterized b...

23 The rheological and functional properties of gelatin from the skin of bigeye 24 snapper (Priacanthus hamrur) fish were assessed. The protein content of dried gelatin 25 was 94.6% and moisture content was 4.2 %. The amino acid profile of gelatin revealed 26 high proportion of glycine and imino acids. The bloom strength of solidified gelatin was 27 108 g. The average molecular weight of fish s...

Rambutan is a popular fruit widely cultivated in South East Asia. Rambutan seed is a by-product in canned fruit industry. The seed is rich in oil content. Rambutan seed oil contained high level of unsaturated fatty acids which are highly susceptible to microbiological, chemical and biochemical deteriorations. Oil microencapsulation is a popular method to prevent the change of oil quality during...

It is usually difficult for a beginner to understand precisely and quickly the three-dimensional (3D) construction of gastric lesions in a gastric X-ray examination with barium meal. In this study, a training-use stomach phantom was developed using the stomach segment to provide beginners with an understanding of 3D stomach construction. The hook-shaped phantom (the shape of the stomach when a ...

The aim of present study was to prepare nanometer sized particles of gelatin via water-in-oil microemulsion system for drug and gene delivery applications. In this study, cross-linked gelatin nanoparticles encapsulating a fluorescent marker molecule fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran (FITC-Dex, Mol. Wt. 19.3kDa) have been prepared, characterized and their influence on human fibroblasts has been...

A system to integrate microwave imaging with optical colonoscopy is presented. The overarching goal improve the prevention and early diagnosis of one main health economic burdens an increasingly aging population, i.e., colorectal cancer. For a colonoscopy, gold standard for cancer diagnosis, 22% polyps are not detected, risk after negative can be up 7.9%. To remedy this, able generate alarm whe...

BACKGROUND Bile duct injuries after transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) have been reported; however, the exact pathogenic mechanisms and clinical implications of the injuries remain to be clarified. STUDY A total of 950 consecutive patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were studied. Among them, 807 were treated with TACE and the remaining 143 were treated with transarterial chemoinf...

Ever since their inception, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), the American Thyroid Association (ATA), and the Endo-Society ultrasound courses use turkey breasts as a media for demonstrating ultrasoundguided thyroid fine-needle aspiration (FNA). Animal tissue is used in other subspecialties for breast biopsy training (1,2). Currently, there is no cost-efficient neck m...