Achilles tendon injuries most commonly occur in athletes, but also in the middle-aged population practicing recreational sports. The aetiology of injury and disease of the Achilles tendon has not been completely clarified. While acute injury can be attributed to trauma, research showed that a chronic degenerative process is present in most ruptures...

By Mihajlo Mitrović, Dražen Jelača, Ivana Mitrović

Women experience a high level of anxiety and negative emotional responses during colposcopy, which results in women's' unwillingness to return for follow-up. Transcutaneous auricular stimulation may be useful in reducing anxiety. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of transcutaneous auricular stimulation on anxiety before c...

By Samaneh Jouya, Nahid Golmakani

The aim of our study was to investigate if green tea and bilberry have protective effect on gentamicin-induced kidney damage, when applied together, and to make a connection between their effects. GM group of rats received only gentamicin, GT group received green tea only, B group received only bilberry, whereas control (C) group received saline on...

By Milica Veljković, Dragana Pavlović, Ivan Ilić, Dušan Sokolović

Bone tumors, including benign and malignant lesions, are not metastatic; however, they may appear in any part of the body skeleton. Distal femur and proximal tibia (around the knee joint) are the most prevalent sites. Most benign bone tumors are cartilaginous tumors, known as osteochondromas. Based on the reports, benign bone tumors are more freque...

By Frydoni Bahrami, Esmaeilnejad-Ganji Mokhtar

The association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular disease was observed during the study of the systemic effects of this disease. Among these patients, the incidence as well as the mortality from cardiovascular disease are significantly higher, while the reduction of cardiovascular risk is an important target for the reduct...

By Borislav Božanić, Milan Radović, Ivana Stanković, Svetlana Apostolović, Tatjana Pejčić, Zorica Ćirić, Lidija Risitić, Milan Rančić

Comorbidity Index (CCI) is a simple method for the demonstration of comorbidity burden. This study aimed to assess the validity and reliability of the CCI among Iranian community-dwelling older adults. This cross-sectional study was carried out on a sample of 600 community-dwelling older adults aged 60 years and over in Tehran, Iran, 2017. A multis...

By Raziye Hosseini, Yadollah Momtaz, Farahnaz Shahboulaghi, Masoome Aghamaleki

The review highlights the characteristics of adipose tissue as a metabolically active organ, reveals endocrinous functions of adipose tissue and the role of adipose tissue in immune system’s functioning. The role of obesity in the development of insulin resistance (IR) and diabetes mellitus type 2 and the effect of dyslipidemia on the develop...

By Oksana Tkachenko, Iryna Polishchuk, Nadiya Gorchakova, Hanna Zaychenko

Mobile learning is one of the pivotal advances in the 21st century education. However, other than its performance and function, its acceptance by the students is a very important factor in successful implementation of mobile learning. The present study was an attempt to determine the effective factors in acceptance of m-learning and determine ...

By Nayereh Baghcheghi, Hamid Koohestani, Mahmood Karimy, Somayeh Alizadeh

Among many factors influencing human beauty, the correct position of the upper front teeth, including central incisors, is undoubtedly of particular importance. When determining the intermaxillary relationship, an important phase is determination of the medial line of a person’s face or places of contact of the upper central incisors. The aim...

By Marko Igić, Milena Kostić, Nebojša Krunić, Ana Pejčić, Stefan Dačić, Nenad Stošić

Rhabdoid morphology is a rare differentiation pattern that can occur in any type of renal cell carcinoma. In approximately 5% of renal tumors, a variable percent of rhabdoid cells can be seen. Even though these cells resemble rhabdomyoblasts, they are large, with large eccentric nuclei and prominent nucleoli; they have different immunophenotype and...

By Milena Potić-Floranović, Ana Ristić-Petrović, Filip Veličković, Milan Potić, Tanja Džopalić, Ljubinka Janković-Veličković