Offersen Higgins

PURPOSE To introduce an assessment tool (rubric) for evaluating ophthalmology residents’ competency in pterygium surgery. METHODS A panel of experienced international surgeons collaborated and developed the rubric. After describing various stages of the procedure, the Dreyfus scale of skill acquisition was used for scoring each stage. After…[Read more]

Receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL) as an osteoclast differentiation factor induces inflammatory reactions via production of thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP). Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is the major and the most active compound in green tea and has anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-oxidant, and neuroprotective effects. However,…[Read more]

The forehead is a challenging area for filler injection because of the risk of serious complications. Anatomy-based filler injection techniques help to avoid severe vascular complications.

Sixty-six cadaver heads were infused with adequate lead oxide contrast through the external carotid arteries, internal carotid arteries, facial artery,…[Read more]

Moreover, this study is the first to highlight some biofilm development in in vitro gastrointestinal modelling systems.Directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) have had a major impact on the field of epidemiology by providing straightforward graphical rules for determining when estimates are expected to lack causally interpretable internal validity. PT2399…[Read more]

Tea plant (Camellia sinensis) is an ammonium preferring plant species. However, little is known about the mechanism underlying this preference. Herein, a chloroplastic glutamine synthetase gene (CsGS2), which is vital for nitrogen assimilation in mesophyll tissue, was isolated from tea cultivar C. sinensis cv. ‘Longjing43’. The full length cDNA of…[Read more]

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) had good affinity with SARS-CoV-2 3CL hydrolase to form complexes with stable…[Read more]