Melanoma is an aggressive malignancy and remains a major cause of skin cancer mortality, highlighting the need for new treatment strategies. Recent findings revealed that L-kynurenine and quinolinic acid induce cytotoxicity ...
Nkandeu, D.S. (Danielle Sandra); Joubert, Anna Margaretha; Serem, June Cheptoo; Bipath, Priyesh; Hlophe, Yvette Nkondo(Wiley, 2024-06)
Cancer is the second leading cause of mortality worldwide. The development of anticancer therapy plays a crucial role in mitigating tumour progression and metastasis. Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a very rare cancer, ...
Swanepoel, Helene Francia; Matthews, Harold S.; Claes, Peter; Vandermeulen, Dirk; Oettle, Anna Catherina(Wiley, 2024-07)
PURPOSE :
Facial disfigurement may affect the quality of life of many patients. Facial prostheses are often used as an adjuvant to surgical intervention and may sometimes be the only viable treatment option. Traditional ...
Hohmann, Erik; Paschos, Nikolaos; Keough, Natalie; Erbulut, Deniz; Oberholster, Abraham Johannes (Abrie); Glatt, Vaida; Molepo, Maketo; Tetsworth, Kevin(Elsevier, 2024)
PURPOSE :
To develop a quality appraisal tool for the assessment of cadaveric biomechanical laboratory and other basic science biomechanical studies.
METHODS :
For item identification and development, a systematic ...
Hohmann, Erik; Keough, Natalie; Frank, Rachel M.; Rodeo, Scott(Elsevier, 2024)
PURPOSE :
To perform a systematic review of clinical outcomes in patients who underwent treatment with micro-fragmented aspirated tissue for symptoms of knee osteoarthritis.
METHODS :
Medline, Embase, Scopus, and ...
PURPOSE: To investigate the safety and accessibility of direct posterior medial and lateral portals into the knee. METHODS: This
study was a controlled laboratory study that comprised a sample of 95 formalin-embalmed ...
Cazenave, Marine; Nakatsukasa, Masato; Mazurier, Arnaud; Skinner, Matthew M.(Anthropological Society of Nippon, 2024)
The axial and appendicular skeleton of Japanese macaques (Macacca fuscata) trained to adopt bipedal posture and locomotion display a number of functionally related external and internal macro- and micromorphological changes, ...
Many definitions of the dimensions of cochlear measurements are described in the literature. However, these terminologies are typically not standardised or vary among disciplines. Confusion of the defined parameters may ...
INTRODUCTION :
The corpus callosum, a principal commissural fibre-bundle of the brain, connects the two cerebral hemispheres, facilitating interhemispheric communication, cognitive and emotional processes. The anatomical ...
INTRODUCTION :
Anterior orthopaedic approaches, much like the Modified Stoppa approach, target fractures of the anterior column of the pelvis and acetabulum. The approach is described as a minimally invasive technique ...
OBJECTIVES :
Biological anthropologists frequently explore skeletal asymmetry, together with population health and disease. Given the conflicting findings in existing literature, this study aimed to clarify whether an ...
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE : Tea (Camellia sinensis) has been consumed for centuries as traditional medicine for various diseases, including diabetes. The mechanism of action of many traditional medicines, including ...
Augoyard, Mathilde; Zanolli, Clement; Santos, Frederic; Oettle, Anna C.; L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle; Le Luyer, Mona; Cazenave, Marine; Colard, Thomas; Hoffman, Jakobus; Profico, Antonio; Bayle, Priscilla(Istituto Italiano di Antropologia, 2023)
Cortical bone and dentine share similarities in their embryological origin, development,
and genetic background. Few analyses have combined the study of cortical bone and dentine to quantify
their covariation relative ...
Jonker, Casper H.; L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle; Van der Vyver, Petrus Jacobus; Zahra, Daniel; Oettlé, Anna C.(Nihon University School of Dentistry, 2024-07)
PURPOSE : This study was conducted to investigate the root canal anatomy of maxillary first molars in Black South Africans.
METHODS : Micro-computed tomography was used to investigate 101 maxillary first molars (53 teeth ...
Smit, Chane; Robinson, Liam; Ker-Fox, Jason; Fonseca, Felipe Paiva; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus; Uys, Andre(Wiley, 2024-02)
BACKGROUND :
The purpose of the current study was to report on the clinical presentation and radiologic features of 155 cases of ameloblastoma (AB), representing a detailed, large, single-centre radiologic study.
METHODS ...
Stull, Kyra Elizabeth; Chu, Elaine Y.; Corron, Louise K.; Price, Michael H.(Royal Society Publishing, 2023-03-01)
Biological data are frequently nonlinear, heteroscedastic and conditionally dependent, and often researchers deal with missing data. To account for characteristics common in biological data in one algorithm, we developed ...
BACKGROUND : Pressure injuries are commonly noted in individuals who use wheelchairs for mobility and sit for prolonged periods. Understanding soft tissue composition is an essential part of treating and preventing pressure ...
Research on how to reliably reconstruct the shape of the ear for facial approximations is limited, especially in
countries such as South Africa where standard ear casts are still used in manual methods. To improve ...
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE : In forensic anthropology, the biological profile is based on human variation and can help in the process of personal identification. In order to better understand shape variation of the mental region, ...