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Intermittent energy restriction (IER) has become the subject of considerable scientific interest as a potential dietary approach for weight-loss and improving cardiometabolic health. This approach involves intermittent periods of total or partial energy restriction (ER) alternated with non-restricted intake, and has been studied in rodent…

Wealth or poverty assessments are very important parts of the economic theory. The paper describes basic known approaches and points out its advantages and drawbacks. The Utilitarism presents a social welfare function, the Neoclassical Economy developed cardinalist criterions, and the New Welfare Economics suggested ordinalist…

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of the type of clasp assembly used in tooth-implant-supported partial over-dentures on the supporting structures of the abutment and the implant. Fourteen partially edentulous male patients, mandibular Kennedy class II, were selected with #21 or #28 as…

We report the case of a 60-year-old man undergone an aortic valve replacement with a Smeloff-Cutter prosthesis 40 years ago. The patient underwent a redo aortic valve and ascending aorta replacement for ascending aorta aneurysm that intraoperatively appeared as a chronic Type A aortic dissection.…

Passenger lymphocyte syndrome develops after non-identical solid transplantations and may cause acute hemolytic anemia. A standard treatment for such patients is not known. We have reported 2 cases of hemolytic anemia developed during the early postoperative period after liver transplantation and our therapeutic approach. Both…

Differential drying curves at constant temperature provide a means of assessing the relative diffusivity of water in porous solids such as mineral and lignocellulosic biomass materials. Determination of the critical extent of drying (xc) at which there is a kinetic transition from constant drying rate…

Extrapancreatic somatostatinomas are uncommon neuroendocrine tumours. Information related to its long-term prognosis is scarce. The prognosis of patients with advanced somatostatinoma is expected to be poor, but some tumours show low malignant potential and long-term survival rates have been described, even in the presence of…

Little is known about the early response of bone metabolism to hyperglycemia, or transient hyperglycemia, caused by poor compliance with treatment or inadequate control of diabetes in patients with type 1 diabetes. There are no studies comparing early diabetes-related alterations in endochondral ossification with those…

Concha bullosa (CB) is the pneumatization of intranasal turbinates. It is most commonly seen in the middle turbinate. The formation mechanism of CB is not fully elucidated so far. It is well known that allergic rhinitis (AR) affects the mucosa of intranasal structures and eventually…

The objective of this article is to determine the prevalence of PHACES syndrome (Posterior fossa malformations, Hemangiomas, Arterial anomalies, Cardiac defects, Eye anomalies, Supra-umbilical raphe and/or Sternal pit) in patients with obstructive aortic arch pathology (OAAP) in order to achieve more insight in the possible…