Jan 07, 2021

In 2016, the ICRP launched Task Group 103 (TG 103) for the explicit purpose of developing a new generation of adult and pediatric reference computational phantoms, named "mesh-type reference computati...

Jan 07, 2021

AIDS is a disease caused by a chronic infection of HIV. Recently, long-term control of HIV infection has been demonstrated through the bone marrow transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), in...

Jan 04, 2021

Spinal injuries can be divided into contusions, sprains of intervertebral joints, their dislocation and also damage to ligaments and muscles attachment, and fractures. Typical injuries of the cervical...

Jan 04, 2021

We report the electron microscopy-based analysis of the major lateral tooth of the limpet Colisella subrugosa during early and intermediate stages of development. We aimed to analyze the structural re...

Jan 04, 2021

The promising prospects of proximal fibular osteotomy (PFO) as an alternative treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA), which has gained popularity in recent years, has yet to be systematically evaluate...

Jan 04, 2021

It is well known that breast cancer (BC) patients often suffer from chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). However, it is not always recognized that they have higher risk of falling, dizzi...

Jan 04, 2021

The association between neighborhood environments and health outcomes has long been recognized, but the importance of environmental factors is less well examined in osteoarthritis (OA). We aimed to gi...

Jan 04, 2021

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder where multiple cytokines including IL-17A and IL-17F produced by T helper cell 17 (Th17), contribute to its pathogenesis. By initiating inflammatory...

Dec 31, 2020

Vertebral fractures are the most common type of osteoporotic fracture and can increase morbidity and mortality. To date, the guidelines for managing osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVFs) are limited...

Dec 31, 2020

Cutibacterium (formerly Proprionibacterium) acnes is a commensal, gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic bacillus that resides in the dermis. Historically thought to be a contaminant when identified o...

Dec 31, 2020

The challenging issue that still remains for reverse sural flap is the withstand of the flap against time, the width of coverage area, and the donor site morbidity such as pain after the medial or lat...

Dec 31, 2020

Recovering DNA from modern incinerated bones can be challenging and may require alteration of routine DNA extraction protocols. It has been postulated that incinerated bones share some similarities wi...

Dec 31, 2020

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease. Strong evidence supports that excessive activation of B cells plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of RA. Fc gamma receptor b (FcγRIIb)...

Dec 31, 2020

Liver metastasis has not been sufficiently evaluated in lung cancer so far. We retrospectively analyzed the distant metastasis of Non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSQ-NSCLC), including liver m...

Dec 24, 2020

This study reviewed systematically the effects of sleep extension on sports performance.Systematic review.The systematic review was conducted in November 2020. Articles published in English were searc...

Dec 24, 2020

The mechanical properties of Au nanoparticle arrays are studied by tensile and compressive defor- mation, using large-scale molecular dynamics simulations which include up to 16 million atoms. Our res...

Dec 24, 2020

 Percutaneous pedicle screw fixation in obese patients remains a surgical challenge. We aimed to compare patient-reported outcomes and complication rates between obese and nonobese patients who were...

Dec 24, 2020

The aim of this study is to perform a histopathologic analysis of temporal bones with an intralabyrinthine schwannoma (ILS) in order to characterize its extension.Archival temporal bones with a diagno...

Dec 24, 2020

In the quest for increased surgical precision and improved joint kinematics, Computer-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery (CAOS) shows promising results for both total and partial joint replacement. In the kn...

Dec 24, 2020

Androgen deficiency is known to cause both osteoporosis and sarcopenia. Myokines, humoral factors secreted from the skeletal muscles, have recently been getting attention as the key factors related to...