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

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

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

Composite materials used for the restoration of lost dental tissues fulfill almost all functional and aesthetic requirements. However, polymerization shrinkage still remains the main problem of light-curing composite resins. The consequences of this phenomenon are microfractures and microleakage in the marginal areas of the composite restoration. T...

By Stefan Dačić, Milan Miljković, Aleksandar Mitić, Marija Nikolić, Marko Igić, Milica Jovanović

With the aim to analyze the clinical manifestations and outcomes of influenza, we evaluated the symptoms of proven H1N1 cases and outcomes of patients admitted to hospitals Babol University of Medical Sciences during 2015 - 2016. In this descriptive cross-sectional study, we included patients diagnosed with influenza-like illness (ILI) from October...

By Soheil Ebrahimpour, Arefeh Babazadeh, Mahmoud Sadeghi-Haddad-Zavareh, Masomeh Bayani, Veneela Vasigala, Mostafa Javanian

ERRATUM The article entitled “Evaluation of Prognostic Factors Involved in Seroma Formation after Radical Surgery for Breast Cancer“, authored by: Miodrag Djordjević , Toplica Bojić , Lidija Djordjević , Dragana Budjevac , Nebojša Djordjević, Nebojša Ignjatović, Ivan Pešić, Ana Cvetanović , Mladjan Golubović , Jo...

Summary Monosodium glutamate (MSG), an established excitotoxic food additive, has been found to induce oxidative stress in all tissues. To examine the protective effects of ivermectin on MSG-induced excitotoxicity, 28 male albino rats were randomized into four groups. Group 1, the control, received 1 ml of oral distilled water, group 2 was administ...

By Rotimi O. Arise, Abimbola K. Arise, Oluwole I. Oyewole, Sylvia O. Malomo

The objective of this paper was to evaluate the prevalence of live births with orofacial clefts in Northeastern Brazil, with regard to Brazil’s federative units. An ecological, descriptive study was developed based on the data recorded in the Brazilian Information System on Live Births (SINASC), between 2011 and 2016 in nine Brazilian capital...

By Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti, Everton de Sousa Catão, Tiago Virgínio Fernandes1, Natália Medeiros Andrade, Gustavo Correia Basto da Silva, Liege Helena Freitas Fernandes, Catarina Ribeiro Barros de Alencar, Alidianne Fábia Cabral Cavalcant

The prevalence of diabetes is increasing worldwide. Middle Eastern countries will be confronting an im-mense increase in the number of diabetes mellitus cases by 2030. Living with diabetes mellitus has been characterized as a dynamic individual transitive adjustment, based on restructuring of the illness perceived experience and management of the s...

By Parviz Sadeghi, Hossein Namdar Areshtanab, Rasoul Zarrin, Hossein Ebrahimi, Reza Sabanloei