Bone Metabolism in Men who Live with HIV Aged 50 years and Over: Impact of Infection Duration.

Background: Early diagnosis and effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) lead to similar life expectancy in people living with HIV (PLWH) compared to the general population. This population faces problems such as decreased bone mineral density (BMD) and increased fracture risk. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of osteoporosis in men aged 50 years and over who were PLWH and to determine risk factors and changes in bone metabolism with bone turnover markers.

Preoperative Role of Superb Microvascular Imaging and Shear-Wave Elastography for Prediction of Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients With Breast Cancer.

This study aims to evaluate the role of shearwave elastography (SWE) and superb microvascular imaging (SMI) for preoperative prediction of axillary lymph node metastasis (ALNM) in patients with breast cancer. In a cohort of 214 women with breast cancer, B-Mode ultrasonography (US), SMIvascular-index (SMIvi), and SWE (E-mean, E-ratio) values were recorded before tru-cut biopsy. Axillary fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) and sentinel lymph node sampling results were collected.

The Role of Superb Microvascular Imaging and Shearwave Elastography in the Evaluation of Intraductal Papilloma-Like Lesions.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of quantitative values obtained by superb microvascular imaging (SMI) and shearwave elastography (SWE) in the prediction of malignancy in intraductal papilloma-like lesions (IDPL).

Methods: In the study, 61 patients between the ages of 14 to 73 years (mean age 44) diagnosed with IDPL on ultrasound (US) examination between the years 2020 and 2021 were included. The B-Mode US findings (shape, margins, size, echo pattern, and accompanying ductal dilatation), SMI vascular index (SMIvi), E-mean, and SWE-ratio values were recorded.

Crystal structure of 2-ethyl-4-methyl-1-(2-oxido-3,4-dioxo-cyclo-but-1-en-1-yl)-1H-imidazol-3-ium.

In the title inner salt molecule, C10H10N2O3, the four-membered cyclobutene ring is twisted by 7.1 (2)° with respect to the five-membered imidazole ring. The crystal packing exhibits an R 2 (2)(9) hydrogen-bonding ring motif through N-H⋯O and C-H⋯O inter-actions.

3-Phenylpyridinium hydrogen squarate: experimental and computational study of a nonlinear optical material.

The detailed investigation of an organic nonlinear optical (NLO) squarate salt of 3-phenylpyridinium hydrogen squarate (1), C11H10N+·C4HO4(-), was reported in this study. The XRD data indicates that the crystal structure of the title compound is in the triclinic P-1 space group. In the asymmetric unit, the 3-phenylpyridine molecule is protonated by one hydrogen atom donation of squaric acid molecule, forming the salt (1).

Synthesis, structural and electrochemical properties of nickel(II) sulfamethazine complex with diethylenetriamine ligand.

In this study, [Ni(dien)2]⋅smz2⋅(Hsmz: sulfamethazine and dien: diethylenetriamine) complex has been synthesized and its crystal structure has been determined by X-ray diffraction technique. The title complex crystallizes in orthorhombic system with space group Pbnb [a=8.556(5), b=16.

Structural, spectroscopic, magnetic and electrochemical studies of monomer N-substituted-sulfanilamide copper (II) complex with 2,2'-bipyridine.

A novel copper (II) complex of sulfamethazine (4-amino-N-[4,6-dimethyl-2-pyrimidinyl] benzene sulfonamide, Hsmz) ([Cu(smz)2bipy]⋅0.8H2O; bipy: 2,2'-bipyridine) has been synthesized and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, EPR, IR, UV-vis and electrochemical methods. The single crystal X-ray analysis indicated that the compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c with Z=4.

Structural, spectroscopic and voltammetric studies of bis(acetazolamido)bis(aquo)bis(nicotinamide)copper(II).

Polymeric copper(II) complex, [Cu(Hacm)(2)(na)(2)(H(2)O)(2)] [H(2)acm; acetazolamide, na; nicotinamide] was synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic (IR; infrared spectroscopy, EPR; electron paramagnetic resonance), structural (XRD) and voltammetric structural (CV) methods. The copper(II) compound crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1¯, Z=1, with the unit-cell dimensions: a=7.672 (5)Å, b=8.