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Histological Changes in the Human Gallbladder Epithelium associated with Gallstones

Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: Overcoming Barriers to Hesitancy in the GCC Countries

Activation of apoptotic cell death by skin mucus from Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus) against human lung cancer cell line

Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus) is a freshwater fish which distributed widely in the East of India mainly across Malay Peninsula and Indochinese Peninsula, it is also broadly distributed in the Southern areas of East Asia including, southeastern China, Western Japanese Archipelago, and Korean Peninsula. It lives in …

Cutting-Edge Approach to Targeted Therapy: Repositioning of Old Drugs in Combination with Standard Clinical Chemotherapeutics Potentiates a Propitious Novel Targeted Therapy for Human Pancreatic Cancer

… EMT program, CSC, and metastasis progression in a preclinical RAG2xCy double mutant BALB/c mouse model of human PANC-1 pancreatic cancer. The tumorigenic and metastatic potential of the xenotumors from the animals treated with the experimental protocols were significantly ablated when transferred into the mammary fat p …

The Seroprevalence of Human Toxoplasmosis in Oman

The prevalence of Toxoplasma 1gG antibodies was studied in three age groups (children. blood donors and pregnant women) in Oman. The highest prevalence rate was shown by pregnant women (39.5%). followed by children (2l%) and lastly by blood donors ( I0. 5%). Prevalence rates were analyzed by age groups and showed no si …

Rolling Optimization Method for Humanoid Robots

… paper, a method of optimizing the rolling amplitude needed for a stable and smooth walking movement of a humanoid robot is considered. The optimization algorithm was based on minimizing a cost function defined by the rolling overshoot. The amplitude of the rolling during locomotion was calculated using the lateral zer …

Mycoflora and Mycotoxigenic Moulds of Pistachio Nuts for Human Consumption in the Sultanate of Oman

Mycoflora of 75 cans of different batches and brands of pistachio nuts purchased in the Sultanate of Oman was studied. A number of fungi were isolated, with percentages of contaminated nuts [average between brands ] as follows: Aspergillus niger 14.8%, Penicillium spp. 13.6%, A flavus 9.7%, A nidulans 1.6%, and < l % f …

Design of Biomechanical Legs with a Passive Toe Joint for Enhanced Human-like Walking

… the design procedure of a biomechanical leg, with a passive toe joint, which is capable of mimicking the human walking. This leg has to provide the major features of human gait in the motion trajectories of the hip, knee, ankle, and toe joints. Focus was given to the approach of designing the passive toe joint of the …

Retained intracorneal human hair fragment: An unusual case of occupational trauma

… d by specular microscopy. Hairdressers should take adequate precautions to prevent ocular injury although human hair appears to be well tolerated by the cornea.

Bilateral sensorineural hearing loss secondary to sympathetic ophthalmia in a human leukocyte antigen-A2 positive patient

… common neural crest embryological background such as the uvea and cells of the labyrinth. The patient was human leukocyte antigen-A2 positive and treatment with oral steroids and cyclosporine has managed to have favorable results and control the inflammation.

Human immune deficiency virus conundrum: An everlasting challenge!

Background: Human immune deficiency virus (HIV) causes a wide spectrum of diseases worldwide and has the capability to affect every organ system in the body. Ocular manifestations have been reported in up to 70% of individuals infected with HIV and the ocular manifestations reflect systemic disease and maybe the first …

Effects of head posture on intraocular pressure and heart rate of human beings

… aocular pressure (IOP). The study aimed to evaluate and measure the changes in IOP and heart rate (HR) of human beings on head-down posture. The study included 105 patients at the department of ophthalmology of a tertiary care center in India. Subjects and methods: Patients underwent applanation tonometry and HR variab …