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Ann Maxillofac Surg
January 2018
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tamilnadu Government Dental College and Hospital, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.
Background: Temporomandibular joint ankylosis is one of the most distressing clinical condition resulting in loss of jaw function and impairment of growth. Ankylosis is a greek word meaning "Stiff Joint". It is observed that in humans the Sternoclavicular joint and Temporomandibular joint are similar morphologically and histologically as they are the only two synovial joints covered with fibrocartilage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCent Eur J Public Health
November 2015
Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the effects of Greek folk dancing on postural stability in middle age women.
Methods: Sixty-three women aged from 47-53 participated in this study. All participants were randomly divided into the experimental group - 33 participants (mean ± SD; body height=160.
Eur J Ageing
June 2012
Department of Public Health, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Athens, Greece.
This study examined depression, which, research has indicated, is the most common mental health problem affecting older people, especially women. Our objective was to estimate the prevalence of depression among older people in an urban Greek population and to investigate the covariates of depression symptoms prevalence by gender. The sample consisted of 360 individuals, 218 women and 142 men, aged 60 years or older, members of four open care centers for older people in Greece.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActa Otorhinolaryngol Ital
October 2005
Cattedra di Otorinolaringoiatria, Istituto di Odontostomatologia, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
The principle of informed consent, aimed at the lawfulness of health assistance, tends to reflect the concept of autonomy and of decisional autodetermination of the person requiring and requesting medical and/or surgical interventions. This legal formula, over the last few years, has gained not only considerable space but also importance in the doctrinal elaboration and approaches, as well as juridical interpretations, thereby influencing the everyday activities of the medical profession. Informed consent is still the object of continuous explorations, not only asfar as concerns the already confirmed theoretical profile but, instead, the ambiguous practical and consequential aspect.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Mol Biol
February 1994
Department of Biochemistry, University of California at Riverside 92521.
The structure of pig pancreatic alpha-amylase has been determined by X-ray diffraction analysis using multiple isomorphous replacement in a crystal of space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) (a = 70.6 A, b = 114.8 A, c = 118.
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