Yearly Archives: 2016
Visual side-effects in radiation treatment of meningioma
Meningioma is one of the most prevalent tumors in the brain. This kind of tumor arises from the natural layers covering the brain; so it is expected to see this tumor in different locations of brain. There
Fish gills help understand human lung disease
Persistent inflammation of the lung leads to fibrosis, a serious and poorly understood disease that causes scarring of the lungs. A poor prognosis of only approximately 3 years survival after diagnosis demonstrates the lack of understanding of
From complex questionnaire and interviewing data to intelligent Bayesian Network models
Medical data is very often badly structured, incomplete and inconsistent. This limits our ability to generate useful models for prediction and decision support if we rely purely on machine learning techniques. That means we need to exploit expert
Who is that person? Exploring how the brain organizes information about identity
How do we recognize someone? People can be recognized from many different cues — their face, their walk, their voice, their name, and so on. The sensory or cognitive operations that process these different cues are located
Understanding how enzyme injection for Dupuytren’s disease works
The fascia of the hand is a thin layer of connective tissue that wraps around the muscles, tendons, and neurovascular constitutions in the palm of the hand, providing structural support and integrity. The palmar and digital fascia
Multiple injuries (polytrauma) result in skeletal muscle wasting and insulin resistance
Polytrauma is a combination of injuries that occur over a short period of time (simultaneously or within minutes of each other). These injuries can include burn, fracture, hemorrhage, trauma to the extremities, or penetrating trauma to the
Solar radiation reduces endurance exercise performance in a hot environment
Environmental conditions have a large influence on the development of fatigue during physical activity and exercise . High ambient temperature reduces endurance exercise performance compared with moderate and low ambient temperature . Moreover , in a hot
Select the right atom to adjust atomic motions in transition metal dichalcogenides
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs) are materials made from sheets of transition metal cations (Mo, W etc.) sandwiched between two sheets of chalcogen atoms (S, Se, Te); such atomic sandwiches are held together by weak forces (e.g. van
Hybrid 2d-nanomaterials in electrochemical immunosensing of clinical biomarkers
A key to develop nanodevices with high performance for biosensors applications is to explore advanced functional nanomaterials . Among these materials , 2D – based nanohybrids clearly stand out in the field of electrochemical immunosensors for clinical
Child fussy eating and body composition
Fussy (or “picky”) eating behaviour is common in childhood and a source of concern for parents. Fussy eaters are characterised by their consistent rejection of certain foods – particularly vegetables – often resulting in a restricted dietary
Typical vine or international taste: wine consumers’ dilemma between beliefs and preferences
Although typicality is important to increase the added value of wine products, several winegrowers have started to make wine using blends with higher percentages of non-typical vines. The aim is to produce wine with a more international
The heart’s own acetylcholine important in health and disease
Tissues and organs of our body are under the control of active chemical compounds. Hormons are released from endocrine glands and reach the targets with blood. Transmitters are released from the endings of nerve fibers. If the
Treatment strategy of transcatheter closure in the combination of atrial septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus
Atrial septal defect ( ASD ) and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) are common congenital heart diseases, and transcatheter closure of each of the isolated defect is now widely accepted as an alternative to surgical closure. However, the
The real life of crab louse
Pubic louse, also known as “crab” louse due to its form, is smaller than the head louse. It can lead to an infestation of the pubis (generally sexually transmitted), and sometimes of the eyelashes, or the body
Nutritional therapy may slow down cirrhosis
One in 400 citizens of western industrialized countries suffers from chronic liver disease or its end-stage, liver cirrhosis. The only definite cure for this is a liver transplant, but the scarcity of organs and required immunosuppression render
Why seeds produced by a plant are not the same?
Offspring of any organism, if they are not clones, differ from each other. Seeds produced by a mother plant are no exception, and they vary in size, color and shape. Usually, these differences are minor and represent
Fluorescent carbon dots integrated hydrogels for lung cancer therapy
Cancer is considered as one of the leading cause of death worldwide. Due to the ever changing lifestyle of the modern society, the incidence of cancer is on the rise. Lung cancer is the most frequently diagnosed
The olfactory system may extract sensory information by summating signals from multiple receptors
We interpret the world around us by means of individual sensory nervous systems, vision, hearing, touch, taste, smell, and balance/movement. These systems transduce the physical world into neural information in the brain through multi-step processes. Generally, one
Nanoscintillators: magic internal light sources to assist radiotherapy
Photosensitizers are molecules that are able to produce cytotoxic species that include singlet oxygen, a particular form of oxygen that is strongly oxidizing, when they are illuminated by visible or NIR light. Because of this property, they
Theophylline, a drug to treat asthma increases risk of fracture and causes vitamin D deficiency
Incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) of which asthma is the commonest manifestation is growing by leaps and bounds in two most populous countries, India and China due to rapid growth of industrialization and associated rise
