Surgical treatment of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in children and adolescents: A review.

Objective: To discuss surgery for non-cystic fibrosis [CF] bronchiectasis in children and adolescents.

Sources: Non-systematic review including articles in English, mainly from the last 5 years.

Summary Of Findings: In this review, we present that in low- and middle-income countries [LMIC] clinical treatment fails in around 20% of cases due to low socioeconomic status and poor adherence.

Nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy (NRVS) of rubredoxin and MoFe protein crystals.

We have applied Fe nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy (NRVS) for the first time to study the dynamics of Fe centers in Fe-S protein crystals, including oxidized wild type rubredoxin crystals from , and the MoFe protein of nitrogenase from . Thanks to the NRVS selection rule, selectively probed vibrational modes have been observed in both oriented rubredoxin and MoFe protein crystals. The NRVS work was complemented by extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (EXAFS) measurements on oxidized wild type rubredoxin crystals from .

Factor analysis study on sexual responses in women with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Aims: This study compared the components of sexual responses between Malaysian women with Type 2 diabetes mellitus and those without the disease.

Methods: This cross-sectional study measured sexual responses by using the validated Malay version of Female Sexual Function Index. A factor analysis with varimax rotation method was employed using principal component analysis to explore the correlation structure of the different domains of sexual responses between the two groups.

Sequential photooxidation of a Pt(II) (diimine)cysteamine complex: intermolecular oxygen atom transfer versus sulfinate formation.

The thiolato complex [platinum(II) (bipyridine)(N,S-aminoethanethiolate)](+)Ch(-) (1) undergoes sequential reactions with singlet oxygen to initially form the corresponding sulfenato complex [platinum(II) (bipyridine)(N,S(═O)-aminoethansulfenate)](+) (2) followed by a much slower reaction to the corresponding sulfinato complex. In contrast with many platinum dithiolato complexes, 1 does not produce any singlet oxygen, but its rate constant for singlet oxygen removal (k(T)) is quite large (3.2 × 10(7) M(-1) s(-1)) and chemical reaction accounts for ca.

Analysis of adhesions resulted from mesh fixation with fibrin sealant and suture: experimental intraperitoneal model.

Objective: To compare surgical fixation of polypropylene mesh (PP) and coated polypropylene mesh (PCD) using polypropylene suture and fibrin glue, as for the formation of intraperitoneal adhesions.

Methods: A sample of 46 female Wistar rats were randomized into six groups: two control groups, with five rats each, were subjected to one medial incision (MI) and the other to a U-shaped incision (UI), none of these groups received the mesh. Two groups of PP mesh, with ten rats, fixed with suture (PPF), the other with six rats, fixed with biological glue (PPC).