Fitzpatrick

A 48 year old woman was referred by her general practitioner to an oral and maxillofacial surgeon because of an asymptomatic, slow growing intra-oral tumor since three years. There were no sensory and motor symptoms. A well-defined tumor of 5 cm in diameter was located in the right cheek between the zygomaticus arch and the labial commissure. The…[Read more]

Kappa for interobserver agreement in the visual assessments was 0.74. Sensitivity was 92% and specificity 93% of the visual assessment, 77% and 93%, respectively, of the semi-quantified analyses, and by combining the two types of analyses sensitivity was 100% and specificity was 93% for the distinction between frozen shoulders and subacromial…[Read more]

Due to the limited number of organ donors, 3D printing of organs is a promising technique. Tissue engineering is increasingly using xenogeneic material for this purpose. This study was aimed at assessing the safety of decellularized porcine pancreas, together with the analysis of the risk of an undesirable immune response. We tested eight variants…[Read more]

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The formation of regional strategic alliances continues to be a well-evidenced response to a varying array of market forces that are challenging the ability of healthcare institutions to realize their missions. Organizations that serve rural communities especially feel pressure to initiate the formation of these collaborative…[Read more]

The overall results reveal that the detailed properties of transmembrane helices depend upon the precise locations of interfacial histidine residues.The need for research in the field of transport psychology in Bulgaria has become more tangible in recent years, due to both the increased public intolerance to aggressive driving and the very high…[Read more]