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

Analysis of arterial blood gases is necessary for managing the respiratory and metabolic parameters of patients in the intensive care unit. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of heparin 1000 and heparin 5000 units on arterial blood gases in patients admitted to the intensive care unit. This study was a triple-blinded clinical trial. A...

By Reza Borabadi, Mostafa Rad, Mohammad Rakhshani, Mojtaba Rad

The use of maggot therapy (MT) is proving effective in the treatment of complicated diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). Most of the previous studies have focused on the comparison of MT and routine treatment approaches for the management of DFUs. The aim of this study was to add MT to routine treatment line of DFUs as a new approach. In this study, the pr...

By Omid Dehghan, Tabaie Mehdi, Javad Rafinejad, Mehrangiz Toutonnchy, Amir Tiyuri, Kamran Akbarzadeh, Haghi Motevalli

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

"Off-label drug use" refers to the prescription of medications, with reference to indications, dosage, dosage form, patient group or route of administration, which are officially unapproved. Recently, new indications for some drugs have emerged and few of them are being used off-label to treat topically a variety of dermatological conditions. Off-l...

By Marija Tasić-Kostov, Dušan Ilić

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

Liposomes have been used as universal carriers for decades, encapsulating many compounds with different cosmetic effects in order to achieve the quality, safety and efficacy of functional cosmetic products. In the present study, the efficacy of the application of the commercial liposome gel (SOPHY Anti-Aging Liposomal Intimate Gel), containing L-ar...

By Ivana Nešić, Vesna Savić, Ana Kolarević

Antioxidant properties of 2-[2-imino-5-nitro-3-(2-oxo-2-phenylethyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzimidazol1-yl]-1-phenylethanone (compound 1) and 2-(4-fluorobenzylidene)-6-(phenylcarbonyl)[1,3]thiazolo[3,2a]benzimidazol-3(2H)-one (compound 2) were evaluated in vitro. Compounds 1 and 2 did not show significant radical scavenging activity. It has been suggeste...

By Katarina Tomović, Jelena Mrmošanin, Denitsa Yancheva, Anelia Mavrova, Andrija Šmelcerović