Comparing condylar height/width in patients with and without posterior crossbites.

Background: The purpose of this research was to determine the presence of asymmetry of the mandibular condyle in children aged between 7 and 9 years, with a unilateral posterior crossbite, and compare it with a sample of patients without malocclusion.

Material And Methods: The right and left condylar height and width of 401 orthopantomography of children with and without crossbite were measured.

Results: When comparing the height and width of the mandibular condyle in the sample with posterior crossbite we observed that the height and width were almost the same in both condyles.

Could the Adoptive Transfer of Memory Lymphocytes be an Alternative Treatment for Infections?

We evaluated the efficacy of the adoptive transfer of memory B, CD4+, and CD8+ T lymphocytes compared with sulbactam and tigecycline in an experimental murine pneumonia model by two multidrug-resistant strains, colistin-susceptible AbCS01 and colistin-resistant AbCR17. Pharmacodynamically optimized antimicrobial dosages were administered for 72 h, and intravenous administration of 2 × 10 of each of the memory cells in a single dose 30 min post-infection. Bacterial lung and blood counts and mortality rates were analyzed.

Mitomycin C as an Anti-Persister Strategy against Toxicity and Synergy Studies.

The combination of several therapeutic strategies is often seen as a good way to decrease resistance rates, since bacteria can more easily overcome single-drug treatments than multi-drug ones. This strategy is especially attractive when several targets and subpopulations are affected, as it is the case of persister cells, a subpopulation of bacteria able to transiently survive antibiotic exposures. This work aims to evaluate the potential of a repurposed anticancer drug, mitomycin C, combined with the lytic phage vB_KpnM-VAC13 in vitro and its safety in an in vivo murine model against two clinical isolates of this pathogen, one of them exhibiting an imipenem-persister phenotype.

May Measurement Month 2021: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Paraguay.

The aim of this study was to highlight the importance of measuring blood pressure (BP) to identify new, known, and treated individuals with hypertension and to raise awareness in the general population about the importance of good BP control. In Paraguay, 3663 individuals aged ≥18 years of both sexes were recruited from May to November 2021 as part of the May Measurement Month (MMM) campaign, which was initiated by the International Society of Hypertension in 2017. Volunteers of 18 regional health teams applied the questionnaire provided by the MMM 2021 organization throughout the country.

Efficient Self-Condensation of Cyclohexanone into Biojet Fuel Precursors over Sulfonic Acid-Modified Silicas: Insights on the Effect of Pore Size and Structure.

Mesoporous silica materials with different pore structures and sizes have been used for supporting aryl sulfonic acid catalytic sites via a postsynthetic grafting approach. The synthesized materials have been evaluated in the solventless acid-catalyzed self-condensation of cyclohexanone (CHO) to obtain the corresponding C adducts. These compounds display great potential as oxygenated fuel precursors as they can be transformed into jet fuel range alkanes in a subsequent hydrodeoxygenation process.