Terminalia catappa (Talisay) Leaves for Preliminary Surface Water Treatment: An Eco-Friendly Approachs

Bryan MN

At present, in order to decrease the hazards of using inorganic coagulants for preliminary water treatment, researchers have been studying the possibility of using new methods a..Посмотреть больше»

Regulation of Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor (PEDF), an Insulin Resistance-Inducing Adipocytokine, in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes

Daisuke Ito, Kouichi Inukai, Takashi Sumita, Hiraku Ono, Shigehiro Katayama and Takuya Awata

Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF), secreted by adipocytes, was recently demonstrated to reduce insulin sensitivity and to possibly cause insulin resistance in obesity. I..Посмотреть больше»

Risk Assessment Models for the Development of Complications in Maltese Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Sarah Baldacchino, Liberato Camilleri, Stephen Fava, Anthony Serracino-Inglott and Lilian M Azzopardi

Introduction: With the IDF Diabetes Atlas 2006 predicting a Type 2 diabetes incidence rate of 11.6% among the Maltese population by 2025, treatment differentiation between high ..Посмотреть больше»

Increased Abdominal Adiposity Exacerbates Ex-Vivo Cardiac Reperfusion Injury through Augmented Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress

Damien Vitiello, Evangelia Mourmoura, Karine Couturier, Patrick Faure, Herve Dubouchaud, Corinne Malpuech-Brugere, Kasra Azarnoush and Luc Demaison

Compared to the lean Lou/C rat, the Wistar rat develops increased

body weight

and abdominal adiposity (IAA). The aim of this study was to compare the functio..Посмотреть больше»

Computerized Tomography Scan with a Valsalva Maneuver for the Diagnosis of Denervative Abdominal Wall Hernia

Xin Fan ,Wen-hao Tang *

Background: Flank or abdominal hernia after open renal surgery is rare. The mechanisms of this pathology involve wound dehiscence a..Посмотреть больше»

Genetic Variant of the C-reactive Protein Gene and Prevalence of Peripheral Arterial Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Stavroula Papaoikonomou, Dimitris Tousoulis2, Nicholas Tentolouris, Nikolaos Papageorgiou, Antigoni Miliou, Emmanuel Androulakis, Charalambos Antoniades and Christodoulos Stefanadis

Objective: Diabetes mellitus is strongly associated with inflammatory procedures, obesity and macrovascular complications, while genetic factors are involved in..Посмотреть больше»