Blue-LED-Light Photobiomodulation of Inflammatory Responses and New Tissue Formation in Mouse-Skin Wounds.

Recent studies evidence that blue-LED-light irradiation can modulate cell responses in the wound healing process within 24 h from treatment. This study aims to investigate blue-light (410-430 nm) photobiomodulation used in a murine wound model within six days post-treatment. A superficial wound was made in 30 CD1 male mice.

Positive moods are all alike? Differential affect amplification effects of 'elated' versus 'calm' mental imagery in young adults reporting hypomanic-like experiences.

Positive mood amplification is a hallmark of the bipolar disorder spectrum (BPDS). We need better understanding of cognitive mechanisms contributing to such elevated mood. Generation of vivid, emotionally compelling mental imagery is proposed to act as an 'emotional amplifier' in BPDS.

Bilateral mandibular block improves pain relief and morphine consumption in mandibular osteotomies: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Background: The sensory innervation of the lower jaw mainly depends on the third root of the trigeminal nerve, the mandibular nerve (V3). The aim of this single-center, prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was to evaluate the effectiveness of bilateral V3 block for postoperative analgesia management in mandibular osteotomies.

Methods: 107 patients undergoing mandibular surgery (75 scheduled osteotomies and 32 mandible fractures) were randomized in two groups.

Nanoconfinement and Chemical Structure Effects on Permeation Selectivity of Self-Assembling Graft Copolymers.

Permeation of small molecule solutes through thin films is typically described by the solution-diffusion model, but this model cannot predict the effects of nanostructure due to self-assembly or additives. Other models focusing on diffusion through isolated nanopores indicate that confining permeation to channels slightly larger than the size of the solute can lead to an increased influence of solute-pore wall interactions on permeation rate. In this study, we analyze how differences in polymer nanostructure affect the relative contributions of solute size and polymer-solute interactions on transport rate.

Wrist fracture in a 6-year-old girl after an accidental electric shock at low voltages.

Bone injuries related to electric shocks are usually seen with high-voltage current exposure or with additional traumas, such as falls. Few cases of fractures after electric shocks at low-voltages (with no direct blunt trauma) are reported in the literature. They result from electrically-induced tetanic muscle contractions.

A tri-block copolymer templated synthesis of gold nanostructures.

Stable ultra-small gold nanoparticles have been synthesized in aqueous phase by using a tri-block copolymer (BMB) as a templating agent consisting of two PEG-methylacrylate chains (B blocks) anchored to a poly(methacrylic) moiety containing a trithiocarbonate unit (M block). The effect of the BMB/Au molar ratios on the final particle size, shape and monodispersity has been investigated. The synthesized nanosols have been characterized by means of Visible Absorption, Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS), and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM).

Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome: two new cases with autism spectrum disorder.

Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome is a rare clinical condition characterized by mental retardation with impairment of expressive language, short stature, microcephaly, sparse hair, typical facial dysmorphisms, and interphalangeal joint swellings. To date 24 cases have been reported, most of them being sporadic. The genetic background of Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome is unclear in terms of cause and mode of inheritance, one of the more probable explanations is de novo mutation of a dominant gene.

Role of the solvent in the dynamical transitions of proteins: the case of the lysozyme-water system.

We study the dynamics of hydration water in the protein lysozyme in the temperature range 180 K View Article and Find Full Text PDF

[Renal accumulation of radioiodinated alpha-1-microglobulin increases in the mononephrectomised rat].

Alpha-1-microglobulin (alpha 1M) is highly accumulated by the kidneys of normal rats. Aim of this study has been to verify if uninephrectomy can modify this behaviour. For this purpose the radioactivity of the remaining kidney and those of plasma and urine have been measured in uninephrectomized rats after IV injection of radioiodinated alpha 1M.

Unraveling the effects of compensation, litigation, and employment on treatment response in chronic pain.

Although it has often been suggested that chronic pain patients who are receiving workmen's compensation or who have litigation pending are less likely to benefit from treatment, the results of outcome studies of this question conducted by various pain clinics have been inconsistent. We hypothesized that poorer outcome in such patients may be related to the fact that they are less likely to be working and that the inconsistent results in the literature may therefore be explained by variability among studies in the percentages of patients who are receiving compensation (or who have litigation pending) who are also working. We examined the relationships among compensation, litigation, employment, and short- and long-term treatment response in a series of 454 chronic pain patients.