Cholesterol has ruled the history of atherosclerosis for decades, and the transport of cholesterol by lipoproteins has become a cornerstone of our view of etiology of the disease. Discovery of the ...
Cervical degenerative disc disease is common and disabling. Multiple factors are responsible for symptoms. Although, conservative treatment can be efficient, still there are patients who may improv...
In this issue you will find the following; Introduction aboout sound and ultrasound, sound wave properties,types of wave, sound equation, peizoelectricity, interaction of ultrasound with medium, at...
Adolescence, as a developmental stage, is characterized by the initiation of risky health behaviors. Alcohol use behaviors are often initiated in early-to-middle adolescence and reach peak levels i...
Situated at the interface between the blood and the inner wall of the vasculature, the endothelium is currently considered as not only a protective barrier but a central player for cardiovascular h...
Cytotoxic brain tissue edema is the result of uncontrolled intracellular swelling as a secondary complication to trauma, stroke or in some brain tumours. Different clinical treatments have seen the...
Curriculum is one of the most important elements in improving the quality of higher education, and one of the most important elements in curriculum is needs assessment. In this book we review defin...
Rheumatic Heart Disease remains one of the most neglected cardiac conditions in children and young adults around the world. The pathogenesis is complex and remains elusive, and the clinical charact...
There is so much improvement and further development of materials used in dentistry. The most sophisticated class of smart materials in the foreseeable future will be that which emulate biological ...
Trigeminal neuralgia is a well-recognized disorder characterized by lancinating attacks of severe facial pain. The diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia is based primarily on a history of characteristi...
Chronic suppurative otitis media is an important middle ear disease since prehistoric times. CSOM is the commonest cause of persistent mild to moderate hearing impairment in children and young adul...
The use of hematological analyzers has become routine in clinical practice, but the sheer volume of data produced by these devices often makes manual inspection of all the results an unwieldy task....
Oral cancer is one of the ten foremost cancers of the world and one of the frequent cancers in India. Every year in India, oral cancer causes about 7% of all cancer deaths in males and 4% in female...
Dyslexia, known to affect more than 17% of English speaking population of school going children, is defined as impairment in reading efficiency of children having normal intelligence which may also...
Fibro-osseous lesions are group of lesions which are known to affect jaws and the craniofacial bones which is regarded as a very confusing area in diagnostic pathology. The term refers to a diverse...
The chapter 1 reviews the literature about the immunological aspects of taeniid cestode infections and the existing vaccines against Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs. The identification of the v...
Precision attachments are retainers for removable bridgework partial dentures and full dentures (overdenture) where few abutments remain. The main purpose besides retention is its concealment withi...
Scars in whatever part of the body they may be, are always considered as a stigma. Scarring after surgical procedures or injuries have long been difficult problem from functional as well as an aest...
We' ve shown for the first time that gene expression pattern is altered in the myocardium of cholesterol-fed mouse in response to ischemic preconditioning. This effect is apparent in the regulation...
Despite advances in research methodology and laboratory assays in order to identify factors associated with chronic periodontal disease, it is still unclear how to potentially predict periodontal d...