Effect of Intraoperative Mitomycin C on the Surgical Outcomes of Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implantation with Ciliary Sulcus Tube Placement.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of intraoperative mitomycin C (MMC) on the surgical outcomes of ciliary sulcus (CS) Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) tube placement.

Methods: A retrospective review of medical records of 54 consecutive patients who underwent AGV implantation with tube placed in CS was performed. Consecutive cases operated without the use of intraoperative MMC from 2017 to 2019 were compared with consecutive cases operated with MMC from 2019 to 2021.

Effect of orbital atherectomy in calcified coronary artery lesions as assessed by optical coherence tomography.

Objectives: We sought to assess plaque modification and stent expansion following orbital atherectomy (OA) for calcified lesions using optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Background: The efficacy of OA for treating calcified lesions is not well studied, especially using intravascular imaging in vivo.

Methods: OCT was performed preprocedure, post-OA, and post-stent (n = 58).

Study on the Cerebral Blood Flow Regulatory Features of Acupuncture at Acupoints of the Governor Vessel.

Many studies to clarify the influences of acupuncture at different acupoints of various meridians on cerebral blood flow (CBF) were conducted in the past. However, the influences of acupuncture at the points of the Governor Vessel on CBF have not yet been studied tangibly. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influences of acupuncture at individual acupoints of the Governor Vessel on cerebral hemodynamic indices.

Intravascular ultrasound assessment of the effects of rotational atherectomy in calcified coronary artery lesions.

We sought to clarify intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) features of rotational atherectomy (RA) of calcified lesions. IVUS was performed post-RA and post-stent in 38 lesions and analyzed every 1 mm. Pre-intervention IVUS was performed when the IVUS catheter crossed the lesion (n = 11).

Preferential Impairment of the Contralesional Posterior Semicircular Canal in Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia.

Background: The vertical vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) may be impaired in internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO) as the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) conveys VOR-signals from the vertical semicircular canals. It has been proposed that signals from the contralesional posterior semicircular canal (PSC) are exclusively transmitted through the MLF, while for the contralesional anterior canal other pathways exist.

Objective: Here, we aimed to characterize dysfunction in individual canals in INO-patients using the video-head-impulse test (vHIT) and to test the hypothesis of dissociated vertical canal impairment in INO.

Mechanochemical Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactide: Liquid-Assisted Grinding for the Green Synthesis of Poly(lactic acid) with High Molecular Weight.

Mechanochemical polymerization of lactide is carried out by using ball milling. Mechanical energy from collisions between the balls and the vessel efficiently promotes an organic-base-mediated metal- and solvent-free solid-state polymerization. Investigation of the parameters of the ball-milling synthesis revealed that the degree of lactide ring-opening polymerization could be modulated by the ball-milling time, vibration frequency, mass of the ball media, and liquid-assisted grinding.

Central positional nystagmus associated with cerebellar tumors: Clinical and topographical analysis.

Purpose: Positional nystagmus is usually caused by peripheral vestibular disorder, mostly benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). However, positional nystagmus is also encountered in central lesions. We aimed to determine clinical characteristics of the structures responsible for central positional nystagmus (CPN) associated with brain tumors.

Intermolecular and Intramolecular Electron Transfer Processes from Excited Naphthalene Diimide Radical Anions.

Excited radical ions are interesting reactive intermediates owing to powerful redox reactivities, which are applicable to various reactions. Although their reactivities have been examined for many years, their dynamics are not well-defined. In this study, we examined intermolecular and intramolecular electron transfer (ET) processes from excited radical anions of naphthalene-1,4,5,8-tetracarboxydiimide (NDI(•-)*).

Maxillary yaw as the primary predictor of maxillary dental midline deviation: 3D analysis using cone-beam computed tomography.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate which factors affect upper dental midline deviation in dentofacial deformity patients using cone-beam computed tomography analysis.

Patients And Methods: Twenty-eight patients were selected for this study. Subjects were divided into 2 groups according to the amount of upper incisor (U1) midline deviation from the clinical facial midline: group 1 (U1 deviation <2 mm) and group 2 (U1 deviation >2 mm).

Three cases of non-surgical treatment of stent loss during percutaneous coronary intervention.

Percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting is widely used for ischemic heart disease. Because stent loss, which occurs rarely during the procedure, might have dire consequences, such as bleeding, stent embolism, acute myocardial infarction, emergency coronary artery bypass graft, and death, appropriate treatment is needed as soon as stent loss occurs. We report three cases of stent loss which were successfully treated with three different non-surgical methods.

Evaluation of Cardiac Function by Transthoracic Echocardiography in Subjects with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Following Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention according to Valsartan Dose: The Valsartan One Center Trial.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the mid-term changes in cardiac function by transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) according to valsartan dose.

Methods: Between April 2006 and February 2009, 78 subjects (mean age: 57 ± 12 years, M : F = 74 : 4) with STEMI who underwent primary PCI were enrolled. Fifty three patients received low dose valsartan (40 or 80 mg) and 25 patients received high dose valsartan (160 or 320 mg).

Pentraxin 3 as a novel marker predicting congestive heart failure in subjects with acute coronary syndrome.

Background And Objectives: Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) was shown to be elevated in the acute phase of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and to have prognostic significance in AMI patients. The aim of this study was to estimate whether the value of PTX3 could be used as a prognostic biomarker, with the global registry of acute coronary events (GRACE) risk assessment tool, in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

Subjects And Methods: Between July 2007 and June 2008, 137 patient subjects (mean age : 61±12 years, M : F=108 : 29) with ACS who underwent coronary intervention, but did not have a prior percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and/or follow-up coronary angiogram, were enrolled.

The Relationship Between Serum Pentraxin 3 and Central Obesity in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients.

Background And Objectives: As shown in previous studies, pentraxin 3 (PTX3) can be a useful inflammatory marker for metabolic syndrome and central obesity. Serum PTX3 levels are also an independent factor associated with visceral fat area. The aim of this study was to assess the role of PTX3 as an inflammatory maker in patients with central obesity undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) following an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).

Photochemical fabrication of silver nanostructures at the solid-liquid interface using a recyclable photosensitized reduction process.

Photochemical synthesis of metal nanostructures through photosensitized reduction of metal sources is a powerful method in a wide variety of environments, because light can selectively promote the desired reaction without damaging the surrounding environment. A drawback of the method is that most organic photosensitizers are disposable and consumed during the photochemical reactions and as a consequence a much larger amount of photosensitizer than that of the metal source is usually required, and therefore, the photosensitized reduction method is wasteful in terms of the sensitizer. In the present work, we propose a new photochemical synthetic method using a recyclable photosensitizer and applied it to fabricate Ag nanostructures at the solid-liquid interface.

Reversible intramolecular triplet-triplet energy transfer in benzophenone-N-methylphthalimide dyad.

In the present paper, we synthesized a series of benzophenone (BP)-N-methylphthalimide (MePI) dyads (Cn, n = 3, 6, and 9, where n denotes the number of methylene in the linker) and investigated the photochemical properties and intramolecular triplet-triplet energy transfer from BP(T1) to MePI. Formation of two different intramolecular complexes was found, that is, a ground-state complex and a singlet exciplex. The formation of the triplet-equilibrium between MeBP and MePI was observed.

Association behavior of a nitrilotriacetic-acid-modified dye in a poly(vinyl alcohol) film containing Ni(II)-adsorbed gold nanoparticles.

The association behavior of the dyes 5(6)-carboxyfluorescein and nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA)-modified 5(6)-carboxyfluorescein (F-NTA) in a poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) film and in a PVA film containing metal nanoparticles is investigated. Well-dispersed gold nanoparticles (AuNps) and Ni(II)-adsorbed AuNps are formed in the PVA film using in situ photochemical fabrication method. 5(6)-carboxyfluorescein and F-NTA are doped into the films.

Effect of low-level laser treatment after installation of dental titanium implant-immunohistochemical study of RANKL, RANK, OPG: an experimental study in rats.

Background And Objectives: This experiment using an animal experimental model was conducted in order to investigate the effect of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) on the healing of the dental titanium implant.

Study Design/materials And Methods: The experimental group received LLLT for a week and the control group did not. Each group consisted of 10 rats.

Intermolecular electron transfer from excited benzophenone ketyl radical.

The electron transfer from the benzophenone ketyl radical in the excited state (BPH(.-)(D(1))) to several quenchers (Qs) was investigated using nanosecond/picosecond two-color two-laser flash photolysis and nanosecond/nanosecond two-color two-laser flash photolysis. The electron transfer from BPH(.

Analysis of color distortions in a transmission-type holographic screen.

Full-color transmission-type holographic screens for displaying stereoscopic and multiview images suffer color distortions, especially at their edges. These distortions arise because the reconstructed image of the diffuser appears not at a specified location at different locations for different parts of the screen. Analysis shows that the diffuser strip, which is an object that records the screen, should be extended further in the photoplate direction than in the conventional position to remove the distortions and that use of a short-wavelength laser in the blue spectral region, along with extending the diffuser, is recommended for recording large-sized screens.

Viewing zones in three-dimensional imaging systems based on lenticular, parallax-barrier, and microlens-array plates.

The viewing zone of autostereoscopic imaging systems that use lenticular, parallax-barrier, and microlens-array plates as the viewing-zone-forming optics is analyzed in order to verify the image-quality differences between different locations of the zone. The viewing zone consists of many subzones. The images seen at most of these subzones are composed of at least one image strip selected from the total number of different view images displayed.