Remote sensing strategies to monitoring land use maps with AVHRR and MODIS data over the South Asia regions.

In South Asia, annual land use and land cover (LULC) is a severe issue in the field of earth science because it affects regional climate, global warming, and human activities. Therefore, it is vitally essential to obtain correct information on the LULC in the South Asia regions. LULC annual map covering the entire period is the primary dataset for climatological research.

A murine model for septic arthritis of the temporomandibular joint.

Purpose: This study was designed to establish a murine model of hematogenously acquired bacterial arthritis of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) to investigate the pathogenesis of this rare TMJ infection.

Materials And Methods: One hundred forty mice were inoculated intravenously with 3 different staphylococcal suspensions. They were sacrificed at intervals between 1 day and 2 months.

[A clinical study on septic arthritis of temporomandibular joint: treatment].

Objective: To investigate the procedure and effect on treating septic arthritis of temporomandibular joint (TMJ).

Methods: 30 patients were treated by antibiotic therapy, resting of the jaw, and local therapies. The local therapies included arthrocentesis with single needle in 20 joints, arthrocentesis with double needles in 13, arthrocentesis accompanied by submandibular drainage of the infratemporal space abscess in 1, and arthroscopy in 4.

[A clinical study on septic arthritis of temporomandibular joint: characteristics and diagnosis].

Objective: To investigate the clinical characteristics and the procedure of early diagnosis of septic arthritis of temporomandibular joint (TMJ).

Methods: 30 consecutive patients with TMJ septic arthritis were included in this clinical study between 1995 and 2001. Physical examinations, joint fluid analyses, radiographic imagings and laboratory studies were performed in all cases.

[A clinical study on septic arthritis of temporomandibular joint: culture and identification of pathogenic bacteria].

Objective: To explore the pathogenic organism of septic arthritis of temporomandibular joint and the culture condition of the available bacteria.

Methods: Joint fluid was aspirated from 30 patients in recent 5 years. Smear and Gram stain of joint fluid were done immediately, then cultured in blood agar, bacteria-preserving culture medium, trypticase soy agar(TSA) or trypticase soy broth(TSB) under aerobic or anaerobic condition, respectively.