Category Archives: Research
Pancolonic varices and portal venous overload
Colonic arterio-venous malformation, although a rare disease, merits to be known as possible cause of severe lower digestive haemorrhage, which often constitutes the first clinical symptom. Colonoscopy usually represents the first diagnostic tool, demonstrating grossly enlarged vessels
Germ cell testicular cancer incidence
Testicular cancer is not your normal malignancy. A few cancers occur in children, while most occur in older people. However, hardly any occur specifically in young adults. Testicular cancer is one. Incidence rises rapidly in the teen
Barley meiosis: The importance of sticking together
The process of crop improvement is based on promoting the exchange of genetic material by making crosses between two complementary parent plants followed by identifying progenies that perform better than the original parents. The genetic exchange occurs
Stress and pain – subgroups, mechanisms and treatment outcomes
Chronic pain affects 100 million US adults and with costs exceeding $500 billion per year. Fibromyalgia (FM) is a prevalent chronic pain disorder characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, anxiety and depression, and problems with memory and concentration.
The community-based management of child malnutrition in Zambia
Acute malnutrition (wasting) remains a major global public concern and a public health priority in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially in countries where high prevalence of HIV/AIDS infection and food insecurity coexist. There are two forms of acute malnutrition:
Serum sialic acid level in buffaloes naturally infected with Theileria annulata
Tropical theileriosis, caused by Theileriaannulata, is the most economically important disease of domestic buffaloes and causing major losses in livestock production in tropical and subtropical regions. Sialic acids (SA), a family of over 40 neuraminic acid derivatives,
An oblique approach to the lumbar spine: what we know so far
As people get older, lower back and leg pain is a common and often debilitating problem, preventing simple tasks including walking. Unfortunately it is unavoidable because of simple wear-and-tear of the discs and joints that make up
Non-invasive brain stimulation: how reliably can we change your mind?
Non-invasive brain stimulation is becoming increasingly popular within scientific research. This is because it has the ability to painlessly influence targeted regions of the brain, without the side effects associated with many medications. At first glance, the
Activation tagged mutant resource of rice – a gold mine for agronomic applications
Insertional mutagenesis is a technology in which a segment of DNA, about which the investigator has complete information for its tracking, is introduced into the plant genome. These known DNA fragments can be elements such as transposons
The clockwork behind depression
Globally, an estimated 350 million people of all ages suffer from depression and the number is increasing. Currently, we don’t know exactly what causes depression. However, what we do know is that depression and the circadian rhythm
A new way to trace evolutionary history by pairwise alignment only
Genomes and genes change during evolution leading to the observed biodiversity in many colors and shades. This genealogical (phylogenetic) relationship is recorded in DNA and can be reconstructed by molecular phylogenetics and expressed in a tree with
Developing strategies for engineering efficient biocatalysts for the industrial production of chiral compounds
The market of chiral pharmaceuticals and of other fine chemicals for the fragrance and plant-protecting industries is a global multi-billion dollar business which is steadily growing. In general, only one of the enantiomers, the (R) or the
Examination of pigments and materials used by the Romanian painter Nicolae Grigorescu
Data on natural or artificial pigments, main components of a painter’s palette, are significant when offering information on the understanding of an artist’s technique. Under the influence of the surrounding conditions or due to the interactions between
Could a sick heart be treated with additional energy substance?
The heart is a muscle organ that by means of blood pumping provides continuously changing requirements in oxygen, energetic and building material to the tissues and organs. The heart in a couple of minutes could augment the
Targeting invasive fungi with the silver-bullet peptide
The incidence of resistance to antibiotics from infections is rising with new therapies and strategies required. One recent approach has been to combine antimicrobial silver and antibiotics such as vancomycin to combat infections. However, since antibiotics and
The most popular smartphone diet apps not required to be the most usable and effective apps
According to WHO global estimates, in 2014, about 13% of the world’s adult population (11% of men and 15% of women) was obese, while 39% of adults aged 18 years and older (38% of men and 40%
A novel and quick method to study the drug resistance in reverse transcriptase (RT) of HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus, was discovered independently by Luc Montagnier and Robert Gallo in 1983. As per the WHO report of 2015, globally, around 40 million people are infected with this virus. HIV is an
What do African new settlers in New Zealand ‘know’ about HIV?
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the differences between objective and operational knowledges of HIV transmission, that is, between what people say they know, and what they put into practice in their lives. We are
Fullerene-containing networks via light induced crosslinking
During the last years, fullerenes have been widely studied in the field of optoelectronic materials due to their interesting electrical properties. Fullerene, also known as Buckminster fullerene, is a pure carbon molecule composed of 60 atoms of
Suicide prevention or business scam?
Suicide is a significant public health issue and is a leading cause of death globally. For each person who dies by suicide, numerous family members, friends and members of the wider community are affected. Effective interventions that
