Effect of Xenon Ion Irradiation on the Properties of Austenitic Steel AISI 316.

This study investigated changes in the crystal lattice, tribological properties and friction mechanism of AISI 316 steel irradiated with swift 160 MeV xenon ions. The irradiation process caused the increased roughness of the steel surface and the swelling of the material. The thickness of the irradiated layer increased by about 13 nm.

Surgical Treatment of Lip Pits in Van der Woude Syndrome: A Preliminary Retrospective Study of 24 Patients.

Background: Van der Woude syndrome (VWS) is a rare congenital malformation characterized by lower lip pits among patients with a lip and/or palate cleft. It is transmitted by an autosomal dominant inheritance with variable expressivity.

Methods: The study group consisted of 24 consecutive patients (13 males and 11 females) with VWS operated on at a single center between 2009 and 2022.

Comparative study on cleft palate morphology after passive presurgical plate therapy in unilateral cleft lip and palate.

Background: Presurgical plate therapy has been widely accepted as a treatment prior to palatal cleft closure. The effects of passive presurgical plate therapy on cleft morphology prior to single-stage unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) repair were quantified.

Patients And Methods: We compared the dimensions of cleft width and cleft area (true cleft and palatal cleft) measured preoperatively at 2 European cleft centers.

Effect of 160 MeV Xenon Ion Irradiation on the Tribological Properties and Crystal Structure of 100Cr6 Bearing Steel.

This is the first study ever to show the impact of high-energy 160 MeV xenon ion irradiation on the properties of 100Cr6 bearing steel. The projected range (R) of xenon ions is 8.2 µm.

Digital impressions from newborns to preschoolers with cleft lip and palate: A two-centers experience.

Background: Documenting cleft lip and palate morphology prior to surgery is standard care. Presurgical orthopedic treatment also requires a 3D cleft model. Endangering the airway, conventional impressions require additional safety measures and resources.

Continuous circular closure in unilateral cleft lip and plate repair in one surgery.

The study aims at assessing wound healing and safety of single-stage two-layers continuous closure in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP). In this retrospective, descriptive cohort study, we assessed wound healing without fistula formation at 1, 3, and 6 months after a single-stage two-layer UCLP repair, in which the midline suture is continuously circular all along the oral and nasal sides. We examined lengths of hospital stay and the incidence of intra- and postoperative adverse events.

Effectiveness of magnetic fluid hyperthermia against Candida albicans cells.

Candida albicans is one of the most frequently isolated fungal pathogens causing opportunistic infections in humans. Targeted magnetic fluid hyperthermia (MFH) is a promising method in thermal therapy facilitating selective heating of pathogen cells like C. albicans.

Whole-blood 3-hydroxyisovalerylcarnitine as a risk factor for orofacial clefts.

Background/purpose: In mice, biotin deficiency is one of the most potent clefting factors. Increased 3-hydroxyisovalerylcarnitine (C5OH) is regarded as a biomarker of biotin deficiency. This retrospective study was undertaken to determine whether increased C5OH in newborns is associated with orofacial clefts.

Whole blood propionylcarnitine in newborns with orofacial cleft.

Orofacial clefts are thought to be determined by the interplay of genetic and environmental factors. Experiments on animals demonstrated that vitamin B12 supplemented diets antagonize selected teratogens during palatogenesis. Increased propionylcarnitine in neonates is regarded as a marker of maternal vitamin B12 deficiency.

Craniofacial morphology in complete unilateral cleft lip and palate patients consecutively treated with 1-stage repair of the cleft.

Objective: To retrospectively evaluate the craniofacial morphology of children with a complete unilateral cleft lip and palate treated with a 1-stage simultaneous cleft repair performed in the first year of life.

Methods: Cephalograms and extraoral profile photographs of 61 consecutively treated patients (42 boys, 19 girls) who had been operated on at 9.2 (SD, 2.

[Preconceptional cigarette smoking and other risk factors for giving birth to a child with orofacial cleft].

Evidence suggests an association between orofacial clefts and maternal smoking, common cold, and stressful life events. 247 mothers of children with an orofacial cleft completed a self-administered survey with questions concerning obstetric history. Of these, 29.

[Genetic polymorphisms of GSTM1 and GSTT1 in mothers of children with isolated cleft lip with or without cleft palate].

Orofacial clefts are one of the most common developmental malformations (OMIM #119530, #119540), which aetiology is very complex and associated with both genetic and environmental factors. One of the main environmental factors increasing the risk of having a child with an oral cleft is maternal cigarette smoking. The effect of maternal smoking may be modified by genes involved in biotransformation of toxic compounds derived from tobacco.

[Plasma vitamin A in mothers of children with orofacial clefts].

Objectives: The contribution and exact role of exogenous factors, such as medications and drugs during pregnancy, maternal nutrition, in the etiology of orofacial clefts is not established. Vitamin A is essential for embryogenesis, both the lack and excess of retinol result in congenital malformations.

Design: This study was aimed to establish vitamin A status in Polish mothers of children with isolated orofacial clefts.