In this study we investigated the effects of four emollients (cetearyl octanoate, decyl oleate, C12-15 alkyl benzoate and olive oil) incorporated at a concentration of 10% on the structural properties of the cosmetic oil/water (o/w) creams (creams K1-K4, respectively) as well as the in vivo effects of those creams on pH and hydration level of the h...

By Dragana Stojiljković, Ivana Arsic, Marija Tasić Kostov, Zoran Jovanović, Vanja Tadić, Sofija Đorđević

Since the time of Freud’s “Project for psychology as natural science” in 1895, at the dawn of psychoanalysis as the theory and therapy, psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in general have been attempting to establish and develop their biological roots. Numerous external and internal limitations and resistances have been limiting and ...

By Ljiljana Samardžić, Gordana Nikolić

Sexual abuse is considered as a crime against the person all over the world. Despite the age of victims, it could trigger serious physical and psychological consequences, psychoactive substances and drug abuse, reproductive disorders, suicides and even death. The aim of retrospective investigation was to analyze the incidence of sexual assault in t...

By Radoynova Dobrinka Demireva, Miteva Radostina Dimitrova, Irina Slavcheva Burulyanova, Ganchev Dimitar Ivanov, Dokov Wiliam Viktorov, Ivanov Teodor Ivanov, Kolev Yanko Geogiev

Nutrition plays a very important role in every physical fitness program. Despite many advances in nutritional knowledge and dietary practices, sports nutrition-associated issues are still a challenge. The aim of this study was to determine and compare nutritional knowledge and behavior among the youth practicing sports situated in two different Eur...

By Gabriele Trabucco, Maja Nikoić, Bojana Vuković Mirković

Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is a disease of predominantly young population, while in the elderly it occurs as a rare neoplasm. Elderly patients (age >60 years) represent a significant problem because of the inability to apply effective aggressive chemiotherapy in these cases. The risk of induction death is very high and unacceptible. Mainly, palliativ...

By Ivan Petković, Dragan Mihailović, Miljan Krstić, Ivica Pejčić, Svetislav Vrbić, Mirjana Balić

The aim of the research was to quantify the connective tissue and blood vessels in the aging human pituitary, using the morphometric methods. The material contained 29 pituitary tissues from cadavers of both sexes (14 females and 15 males), aged 33-95 years. The pituitary tissue was processed by standard histological procedure and stained by Mallor...

By Miljana Pavlović, Ivan Jovanović, Snežana Pavlović, Vesna Stojanović, Vladimir Živković, Mirjana Bakić, Braca Kundalić, Vladimir Antić

Teratomas constitute a group of nongerminomatous germ cell tumors that are composed of an admixture of different tissue types representative of ectoderm, endoderm and mesoderm. Intracranial teratomas are rare, comprising approximately 0.5% of all intracranial tumors. They preferentially involve the midline structures, and occur primarily in childre...

By Irena Dimov, Desanka Tasić, Ivana Stojanović, Simonida Stojanović, Nebojša Stojanović, Ivan Stefanović, Dragan Dimov

Chronic rhinosinusitis is a chronic inflammation of the nasal and paranasal cavities. However, the main pathophysiology of these chronic conditions is poorly described and seems to be multifactorial. In the present study, we reviewed the computed tomography (CT) scans of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis to identify a probable association betwee...

By Seyyed Abdollah Madani, Seyyed Abbas Hashemi, Amir Hosein Kianejad, Saman Heidari

Clindamycin is an antibiotic effective against Gram-positive aerobes and both Gramnegative and Gram-positive anaerobic pathogens. Clindamycin (its phosphate ester) was used as a model drug for our study in order to check the efficacy of the developed vaginal gel formulations. The aim of this study was to develop an analytical method suitable for th...

By Milica Stanković, Vesna Savić, Valentina Marinković

Fig (Ficus carica) tree latex was a source of treatment of different diseases in the Iranian traditional medicine reported by Avicenna in his 10th century book Canon of Medicine. The aim of this investigation was to establish the anticancer effect of fig tree latex on human cancer cells. The in vitro effect of different doses of fig tree latex incl...

By Seyyed Abbas Hashemi, Saeid Abediankenari