Relationship between dental and basal arch forms in mandibular anterior crowding.

Introduction: Positive correlations between the mandibular dental and basal arch forms in patients with minimum crowding have been observed; however, the relationship in orthodontic patients with mandibular anterior crowding (MnAC) remains unclear. Therefore, we evaluated this relationship in patients with MnAC requiring premolar extraction.

Methods: Thirty women with normal occlusion (mean age, 20.

An Introspective Approach to Nursing Intimate Partner Violence Victims in Japan.

Background And Aims: The number of intimate partner violence (IPV) cases has been increasing in Japan since the 1990s. Many victims tend to hide their victimization and conceal their clinic or hospital visits. In these cases, nurses face feelings of incongruity toward patients.

Short-term efficacy of tacrolimus ointment and impact on quality of life.

Background: Topical calcineurin inhibitor (TCI) was reported to be an effective therapeutic agent for patients with atopic dermatitis (AD), for not only improving clinical findings but also for reducing pruritus. Recently in Japan tacrolimus ointment (0.03%) as a TCI was approved for use in children aged > or =2 years.

Geraniol dehydrogenase, the key enzyme in biosynthesis of the alarm pheromone, from the astigmatid mite Carpoglyphus lactis (Acari: Carpoglyphidae).

Geraniol dehydrogenase (GeDH), which plays an important role in the biosynthesis of neral, an alarm pheromone, was purified from the astigmatid mite Carpoglyphus lactis. The enzyme was obtained in an apparently homogeneous and active form after 1879-fold purification through seven steps of chromatography. Car.

[A case of complex endometrial hyperplasia with atypia treated by microwave endometrial ablation].

Complex endometrial hyperplasia with atypia (CEHA) often precedes an endometrial carcinoma. A nulli-gradiva woman at high risk due to various complications underwent microwave endometrial ablation (MEA) at a frequency of 2.45 GHz for treatment of CEHA as an alternative to hysterectomy.

Plasma 5'-nucleotidase activities increase in women with hyperemesis gravidarum.

Objectives: To investigate plasma activities of 5'-nucleotidase, a key enzyme in the production of adenosine and evaluate the relationship between changes in 5'-nucleotidase activities and pregnancy-related hormones, estrogen, progesterone and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in women with hyperemesis gravidarum.

Design And Methods: Plasma 5'-nucleotidase activities and estradiol, progesterone and hCG levels were measured in 21 women with hyperemesis gravidarum and normal pregnancies, matched for age, parity and gestational week.

Results: In women with hyperemesis gravidarum, plasma 5'-nucleotidase activities averaged 8.

Relationship between renal sympathetic nerve activity and arterial pressure during REM sleep in rats.

The relationship between renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and systemic arterial pressure obtained during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep was compared with that obtained in other sleep and awake states. Electrodes for the measurements of RSNA, electrocardiogram, electromyogram, and electroencephalogram and a catheter for the measurement of systemic arterial pressure were implanted while the animals were under aseptic conditions at least 5 days before the experiment. During the transition from non-REM (NREM) to REM sleep, RSNA and heart rate (HR) decreased immediately by 46 +/- 2% (P < 0.