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 | Tracheal laceration during intubation of a double-lumen tube and intraoperative fiberoptic bronchoscopic... | Figure 3: The cuff of an internal diameter 7.0 mm endotracheal tube was modified during deflation to make a frill-like fold (arrows) at the proximal end.Bottom Line: To check the possibility of laceration of the proximal trachea, the double lumen tube was changed to an LMA for use as a conduit for fiberoptic bronchoscopic evaluation in the lateral position.A plain endotracheal tube with the cuff modified and collapsed was... | Kim J, Lim T, Bahk JH - Korean J Anesthesiol (2011) |
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 | A novel technique for retrieval of a drug-eluting stent after catheter break and stent loss. | Figure 3: A simple balloon technique using a 1.5Ć15 mm balloon distal to the unexpanded stent (Taxus 2.5Ć16 mm) failed to retrieve it and the stent was partially deployed (arrow, A). The underexpanded lost stent was completely deployed over the proximal LAD using a...Bottom Line: Break of a stent delivery catheter and subsequent stent loss (SL) has been a rare event in the drug-eluting stent (DES) era.We finally resolved this situation using a simple balloon technique for both the broken stent catheter inside of the guide catheter and... | Wani SP, Rha SW, Park JY, Poddar KL, Wang L, et al. - Korean Circ J (2010) |
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![Autoradiograms of thin layer cellulose chromatograms showing the products of metabolism of [14C]glycollate in leaf strips from wild type and T2 transgenic plants. The plants were grown in high CO2 for 35 days and were then transferred to ambient air for 3 days. Radioactivity was found in glycollate (1), ala (2), glycerate (3), gly (4), ser (5), sucrose (6), malate (7), glu (8) and asp (9) in the wild-type. There was a radioactive impurity (10) present in the sample of [14C]glycolate, probably monochloroacetate, that appeared in all of the chromatograms. Chromatograms were developed using n-propanol/0.880 sg ammonia solution/H2O (6:3:1) in the first dimension (vertical in the Figure) and twice with n-propylacetate/90% formic acid/H2O (11:5:3) in the second dimension.](/imgs/rescaled137/3252329_1472-6750-11-111-7.png) | An engineered pathway for glyoxylate metabolism in tobacco plants aimed to avoid the release of ammonia... | Figure 7: Autoradiograms of thin layer cellulose chromatograms showing the products of metabolism of [14C]glycollate in leaf strips from wild type and T2 transgenic plants. The plants were grown in high CO2 for 35 days and were then transferred to ambient air for 3 days....Bottom Line: The content of soluble amino acids including glycine and serine, was generally increased in the transgenic lines growing in air, when compared to the wild type.The content of soluble sugars, glucose, fructose and sucrose in the shoot was decreased in transgenic... | Carvalho Jde F, Madgwick PJ, Powers SJ, Keys AJ, et al. - BMC Biotechnol. (2011) |
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 | Evaluation of copolymers of N-isopropylacrylamide and 2-dimethyl(aminoethyl)methacrylate in nonviral... | f9-ijn-2-461: Transmission electron micrographs of adenovirus (top left), ND0/100HMW polymer-modified adenovirus at high and low resolution (top right and bottom plates, respectively).Bottom Line: The transduction efficiency of CNE-1 NPC cells by Type I Ad5 vectors improved with DMAEM content, but was independent of MW.The transduction efficiency of Type II Ad5 in C666-1 cells approximated the sum of expression levels of the PECs and Ad5 vectors individually.PDMAEM... | Moselhy J, Sarkar S, Chia MC, Mocanu JD, Taulier N, et al. - Int J Nanomedicine (2007) |
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 | Caenorhabditis elegans BAH-1 is a DUF23 protein expressed in seam cells and required for microbial biofilm... | pone-0006741-g001: bah-1 worms are resistant to biofilm attachment.(AāC) Wild-type C. elegans exposed to (A) E. coli, (B) Y. pestis, and (C) Y. pseudotuberculosis. (DāF) bah-1 worms exposed to (D) E. coli, (E) Y. pestis, and (F) Y. pseudotuberculosis.Bottom Line: The cuticle of Caenorhabditis elegans, a complex, multi-layered extracellular matrix, is a major interface between the animal and its environment.A C. elegans gene required for biofilm attachment, bah-1, encodes a protein containing the domain of unknown function... | Drace K, McLaughlin S, Darby C - PLoS ONE (2009) |
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 | Laparoscopic surgery in infants with intra-abdominal cysts: two case reports. | Figure 2: Through a minimal incision, the cyst was extracted while aspirating the contents using an aspirator.Bottom Line: Oral intake was commenced on postoperative day 2 in both patients.The cosmetic results following LAS were excellent.We conclude that LAS is suitable for the management of omental cystic lesions with torsion and ovarian cyst in nursing infants.An aspirator is... | Kuga T, Inoue T, Taniguchi S, Zempo N, Esato K - JSLS (2000 Jul-Sep) |
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 | Five questions about microsporidia. | ppat-1000489-g001: Light micrograph of Antonospora locustae with pressure-induced polar tube eversion.The scale bar is 10 um. (A) Many ungerminated spores (one example labeled U) and a few germinated spores, showing the residual spore wall (one example labeled G). (B) A germinated...Bottom Line: Not Available. | Keeling P - PLoS Pathog. (2009) |
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 | A novel role for MAPKAPK2 in morphogenesis during zebrafish development. | pgen-1000413-g007: Microinjection of DNp38a mRNA phenocopies bbp.WT embryos microinjected with 250 pg of DsRed2 mRNA (A) or DNp38a mRNA (B), which causes a bbp phenocopy.Bottom Line: We positionally cloned the maternal-effect bbp mutant gene and identified it as the zebrafish homolog of the serine-threonine kinase Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Activated Protein Kinase 2, or MAPKAPK2, which was not previously known to function in embryonic... | Holloway BA, Gomez de la Torre Canny S, Ye Y, et al. - PLoS Genet. (2009) |
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 | Polyurethane/fluor-hydroxyapatite nanocomposite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Part I: morphological,... | f3-ijn-6-093: Bright field TEM image of FHA nanoparticles.Abbreviations: FHA, fluor-hydroxyapatite; TEM, transmission electron microscopy.Bottom Line: Nano fluor-hydroxyapatite (nFHA) was successfully synthesized by sol-gel method.The result obtained in this research revealed that the porosity and pore average size decreased and compressive modulus increased with nFHA percentage.Considering morphological,... | Asefnejad A, Behnamghader A, Khorasani MT, et al. - Int J Nanomedicine (2011) |
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 | Ductal recanalization and stenting for late presenters with TGA intact ventricular septum. | Figure 4: Aortic root angiogram in left anterior oblique view showing flowing ductus and the fractured stentBottom Line: The ductal stent was removed during arterial switch surgery.The procedure was successful in 5/6 patients.Ductal stenting resulted in left ventricular preparedness within 7-14 days.Four patients underwent successful uneventful arterial switch surgery. | Kothari SS, Ramakrishnan S, Senguttuvan NB, et al. - Ann Pediatr Cardiol (2011) |
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 | Metaphase FISH on a chip: miniaturized microfluidic device for fluorescence in situ hybridization. | f3-sensors-10-09831: The splashing device fabricated with two layers of PMMA. The glass slide with tape stencil is inserted into the sliding chamber in the lower PMMA and the top PMMA plate has a centre open chamber for fixative evaporation and two inlets for glacial water and...Bottom Line: This work also introduces a novel splashing device for preparing metaphase spreads on a microscope glass slide, followed by a rapid adhesive tape-based bonding protocol leading to rapid fabrication of the microFISH device.The microFISH device allows for an... | Vedarethinam I, Shah P, Dimaki M, Tumer Z, et al. - Sensors (Basel) (2010) |
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 | Rumpel-Leede phenomenon associated with noninvasive blood pressure monitoring -A case report-. | Figure 1: View of petechiae rash located on the left upper arm distal to the blood pressure cuff.Bottom Line: The first most likely cause is vascular fragility in microangiopathy as a result of DM and chronic steroid use.The second is the increased venous pressure during cycling of the blood pressure cuff in a hypertensive state.Anesthesiologists need to be aware that... | Jeon YS, Kim YS, Lee JA, Seo KH, In JH - Korean J Anesthesiol (2010) |
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 | Drug-eluting stent as an option for intractable in-stent coronary restenosis. | Figure 5: On follow-up coronary angiogram performed one week after stenting, the stent in the left anterior descending artery was patent without narrowing of the ostium of left circumflex and distal left main artery.Bottom Line: At the second ISR, he was treated with brachytherapy, and at the third ISR, he was treated with POBA and one more BMS distal to the previously implanted stent.At the forth, only POBA was performed, and finally, at the fifth ISR, a sirolimus-eluting stent was... | Hachinohe D, Jeong MH, Kim MC, Cho KH, Ahmed K, et al. - Korean Circ J (2011) |
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 | Expression of HSP70 and Its Relation with Other Cytokines in Human Middle Ear Effusion. | Figure 1: Our middle ear effusion collection system (Park's MEE collection system). This system, which was designed as part of the current study, consists of a 1 mL tuberculin syringe, an 18-23 gauge blunt spinal needle and an intravenous catheter. The backside of the...Bottom Line: The clinical characteristics of the OME patients and the MEE status were analyzed.HSP70 was expressed in all the types of MEE.The HSP70 level was correlated with the levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and interleukin (IL)-1beta in the effusions.The... | Park SN, Park KH, Choi HG, Shin JH, Lee DH, et al. - Clin Exp Otorhinolaryngol (2010) |
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 | Pathway-specific utilization of synaptic zinc in the macaque ventral visual cortical areas. | fig4: Two fields of Zn+ neurons, retrogradely labeled by an injection in area V4 (case 286, Fig. 3). (A) Zn+ neurons in layer 6 of the annectant gyrus (area V3A; see Fig. 3, sections 81 and 90). (B) Higher magnification, from arrow in (A). (C) Zn+ neurons in layer...Bottom Line: The Zn+ neurons had a broader laminar distribution, similar to results from standard retrograde tracers.These results indicate considerable pathway and laminar specificity as to which cortical neurons use synaptic zinc.Given the hypothesized roles of synaptic... | Ichinohe N, Matsushita A, Ohta K, Rockland KS - Cereb. Cortex (2010) |
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 | Anti-tumor effects of brucine immuno-nanoparticles on hepatocellular carcinoma. | f11-ijn-7-369: The number of cells migrating through the filter pores from the underside of the filter after brucine immuno-nanoparticles were applied at various concentrations to liver cancer cells for 72 hours (200Ć magnification). As the drug concentration increased,...Bottom Line: The targeting, and growth, invasion, and metastasis inhibitory effects of this treatment on liver cancer SMMC-7721 cells were tested.BIN were of uniform size with an average particle size of 249 ± 77 nm and zeta potential of -18.7 ± 4.19 mV.Complete uptake... | Qin JM, Yin PH, Li Q, Sa ZQ, Sheng X, Yang L, et al. - Int J Nanomedicine (2012) |
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