Comparison of Mesotherapy and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) in the Management of Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Unlabelled: Introduction-Aim: Chronic low back pain affects 80% of individuals at some point in their lives and has significant socioeconomic impacts. This study aims to compare the efficacy of mesotherapy with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in treating chronic low back pain.

Methods: A randomized bicentric study was conducted at the Military Hospital of Tunis and the Multidisciplinary Military Polyclinic of Mefeteh Saadallah between August 2023 and June 2024.

Detection of multiple myositis-specific antibodies: prevalence and clinical significance.

Background: The multipositivity of myositis-specific antibodies (MSAs) is uncommon. Our study aimed to assess the prevalence and the clinical relevance of multiple positive MSAs in routine practice.

Methods: A 10 year single-center retrospective study (2015-2024) was conducted reviewing all samples analyzed with the Dot Myositis EUROLINE (Euroimmun Germany).

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Introduction: Chronic low back pain is a public health problem in view of its functional repercussions and the functional rehabilitation is an integral part of its management.

Aim: To compare the evolution of muscle strentgh of spinal extensors and flexors in chronic low back pain patients after an isokinetic rehabilitation protocol and a conventional rehabilitation one.

Method: This was a prospective and comparative study carried out in the Physical Medicine Department of the Tunis Military Hospital over a period of 7 months.

Design and Synthesis of Novel -Benzylidene Derivatives of 3-Amino-4-imino-3,5-dihydro-4-chromeno[2,3-]pyrimidine under Microwave, ADME Predictions, Antitumoral Activities and Toxicity.

The synthesis of a series of new -benzylidene derivatives of 3-amino-4-imino-3,5-dihydro-4-chromeno[2,3-]pyrimidine bearing two points of molecular diversity is reported. These new compounds were synthesized in five steps including two steps under microwave dielectric heating. They were fully characterized using H and C NMR, FTIR and HRMS.

Cerebral palsy of the child in rehabilitation environment: epidemiologic and clinical profile and therapeutic modalities.

Introduction: Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture causing activity limitation.

Aim: To evaluate the epidemiological, clinical, and radiological profile of children with CP and to study the therapeutic modalities in daily clinical practice.

Method: This was a retrospective, descriptive study, carried out in a physical medicine and rehabilitation department, including all the patients referred with the diagnosis of cerebral palsy between January 2000 and December 2016.

Femoral tripod arteries: Surgical anatomic variants.

Aim: To describe the surgical anatomy of the femoral tripod arteries and their anatomical variants.

Materials And Methods: Patients who underwent vascular surgery by external arciform approach of the Scarpa between May 2022 and July 2022 were selected. The surgical anatomy was assessed by direct observation.

Synthesis and Characterization of TiO Nanotubes (TiO-NTs) with Ag Silver Nanoparticles (Ag-NPs): Photocatalytic Performance for Wastewater Treatment under Visible Light.

In this work, we present the influence of the decoration of TiO nanotubes (TiO-NTs) with Ag silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) on the photocatalysis of emerging pollutants such as the antibiotic diclofenac sodium. The Ag-NPs were loaded onto the TiO-NTs by the anodization of metallic titanium foils. Diclofenac sodium is an emerging pollutant target of the pharmaceutical industry because of its negative environmental impact (high toxicity and confirmed carcinogenicity).

Optimization of synergistic biosorption of oxytetracycline and cadmium from binary mixtures on reed-based beads: modeling study using Brouers-Sotolongo models.

The first aim of this study was to synthesize and characterize reed-based-beads (BBR), an enhanced adsorbent from Tunisian reed. The second purpose was to evaluate and optimize the BBR efficiency for the simultaneous removal of oxytetracycline (OTC) and cadmium (Cd(II)), using central composite design under response surface methodology. The third goal was to elucidate the biosorption mechanisms taking place.

Synthesis of novel biocomposite powder for simultaneous removal of hazardous ciprofloxacin and methylene blue: Central composite design, kinetic and isotherm studies using Brouers-Sotolongo family models.

Over the past decades, extensive efforts have been made to use biomass-based-materials for wastewater-treatment. The first purpose of this study was to develop and characterize regenerated-reed/reed-charcoal (RR-ChR), an enhanced biosorbent from Tunisian-reed (Phragmites-australis). The second aim was to assess and optimize the RR-ChR use for the removal of binary ciprofloxacin antibiotic (CIP) and methylene blue dye (MB), using Central Composite Design under Response Surface methodology.

[Nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux. About a pH metric series].

Background: Nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux has been shown to be associated with the more severe forms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), particularly with extraesophageal manifestations as well as complications of mucosal damage.

Aim: To determine the frequency of nocturnal gastro esophageal reflux disease on 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring in patients with digestives or extra-digestives symptoms and to evaluate the clinical and pHmetric characteristics of nocturnal reflux in these patients.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective study based on results of 24- hour esophageal pH monitoring during a 11-year period in patients with or without digestive symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease.

[Surgical management of entero-vesical fistulas in Crohn's disease].

Background: Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine that can cause an attack by contiguity of the urinary tract. Although the shape is common and fistulizing 35% of all patients with CD, entero-urinary fistulas are rare and only seen in 2-8% of patients. aim: To report the frequency of occurrence of this complication among the group of surgical forms of CD.

Bis(2-meth-oxy-anilinium) hexa-bromido-stannate(IV) dihydrate.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, (C7H10NO)2[SnBr6]·2H2O, contains one cation, one half-dianion and one lattice water mol-ecule. The [SnBr6](2-) dianion, located on an inversion center, exhibits a highly distorted octa-hedral coordination environment, with Sn-Br bond lengths ranging from 2.2426 (9) to 3.

Diagnosis and management of refractory celiac disease: a systematic review.

Background: Refractory celiac disease is defined by persisting malabsorptive symptoms in spite of a strict gluten free diet for at least 6 to 12 months. Alternatives to gluten free diet seem to be still controversial.

Aim: To describe the clinical and epidemiologic aspects of refractory celiac disease, and to identify therapeutic options in this condition.

The risk of polyomavirus-associated graft nephropathy is increased by a combined suppression of CD8 and CD4 cell-dependent immune effects.

Polyomavirus-associated graft nephropathy (PAN) has emerged as a significant risk factor for kidney graft loss. We analyzed intracellular cytokine responses for possible protective versus permissive immunologic effects on BK-virus replication. One hundred five renal transplant patients included in a prospective single-center study were randomized to receive cyclosporine mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) (CM: n = 31), tacrolimus (Tac)/MMF (TM: n = 32) or Tac/MMF with conversion to everolimus (TErl; n = 32).

Ethyl-enedi-ammonium chloride thio-cyanate.

In the ethyl-enedi-ammonium dication of the title salt, C2H10N2 (2+)·Cl(-)·SCN(-), the N-C-C-N torsion angle is 72.09 (12)°. In the crystal, an extensive three-dimensional hydrogen-bonding network, formed by N-H⋯Cl and N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds, holds all the ions together.

Prognostic factors in Crohn's disease: a systematic review.

Background: The natural history of Crohn's disease is associated with several factors that affect the prognostic of the patients.

Aims: To determine the most prognostic factors in Crohn's disease, based on a systematic review.

Methods: Literature review.

2-Meth-oxy-anilinium trichlorido-stannate(II).

The title compound, (C7H10NO)[SnCl3], is a new compound with non-linear optical (NLO) properties. The structure is pseudocentrosymmetric; the absence of an inversion centre was proved by the Kurtz and Perry method showing a significant second harmonic generation (SHG) signal about ten times lower than that from potassium dihydrogenphosphate. The crystal structure exhibits alternating organic and inorganic layers parallel to the ab plane, which are stabilized by inter-molecular N-H⋯Cl inter-actions.

Magnetism: the driving force of order in CoPt, a first-principles study.

CoPt equiatomic alloy orders according to the tetragonal L1(0) structure which favors strong magnetic anisotropy. Conversely, magnetism can influence the chemical ordering. We present here ab initio calculations of the stability of the L1(0) and L1(2) structures of Co-Pt alloys in their paramagnetic and ferromagnetic states.