Pollination may be severely affected by the decreasing size and increasing isolation of habitat patches. However, most studies that have considered the effects of these two variables on plant-pollinator interactions have been carried out in areas that have undergone anthropogenic fragmentation, and little is known about their effects in natural…[Read more]

The chest drainage unit described here was easily implemented in the clinic and clearly confirmed true air leakage in all patients with air leakage after lung surgery. It allowed safe and appropriate timing for chest tube removal with no need for reinsertion in a broad cohort of patients referred for thoracic surgery.

The chest drainage unit…[Read more]

Remarkably, the anti-inflammatory effects of ascorbate pretreatment in C. jejuni-infected mice were not restricted to the intestinal tract but could also be observed in extra-intestinal compartments including liver, kidneys and lungs. In conclusion, due to the potent anti-inflammatory effects observed in the clinical murine C. jejuni-infection…[Read more]

The genotypes did not interfere in the ability of Azospirillum to colonize the substrate, but the metabolites released by the less responsive one reduced the nitrogenase activity.Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most prevalent cancer worldwide, increasing the cost of healthcare services and with a high rate of morbidity. Its etiology…[Read more]

ority for the Phase 0 clinical study of the quantitative imaging of liver fibrosis. Human dosimetry calculations extrapolated from animal experiment indicated possibility of 3-4 PET examinations per year.

This research aimed to study whether necrostain-1 (Nec-1) could alleviate inflammatory injury induced by high glucose upon THP-1 derived…[Read more]