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Long-term efficacy of microbiology-driven periodontal laser-assisted therapy
Periodontitis represents a highly prevalent health problem, causing severe functional impairment, reduced quality of life and increased risk of systemic disorders, including respiratory, cardiovascular and ost...
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Influence of the concentration of Sb2O3 on the electrical properties of SnO2 varistors
Varistors are electronic materials with nonohmic behavior. In traditional SnO2 varistors, CoO acts as a densifying agent, Nb2O5 increases the electrical conductivity of SnO2 grains, and Cr2O3 produces a more unif...
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Pulmonary nodules in osteosarcoma patients: differential diagnosis of central venous catheter–related infections in the lungs
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the differential diagnosis of pulmonary nodules by conventional radiography and computed tomography (CT) in osteosarcoma patients with central venous catheter.
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Urinary Excretion of Pyridinium Cross-Links and Serum Osteocalcin Levels in Patients with Primary High-Grade Osteosarcoma
Osteosarcoma is the most frequent primary high grade bone tumor, usually occurring in adolescents and children. The aim of the present study was to investigate parameters of bone turnover as urinary excretion ...
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Knee arthrodesis with a temporary spacer performed in malignant tumor around the knee
The issue of utilizing a temporary cement spacer after a knee resection arthrodesis of a highly malignant bone tumor is discussed. In our experience, this is the first type of reconstruction performed in the ...
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Granisetron, tropisetron, and ondansetron in the prevention of acute emesis induced by a combination of cisplatin–Adriamycin and by high-dose ifosfamide delivered in multiple-day continuous infusions
The antiemetic efficacy of granisetron, ondansetron and tropisetron was evaluated in patients treated with cisplatin–Adriamycin (CDP/ADM) and ifosfamide (IFO) by continuous infusion (CI). In all, 90 patients ...
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Ewing's sarcoma of the pelvis
Two hundred and thirty-nine patients with Ewing's sarcoma were treated at our institution between 1972 and 1987: 42 of these had lesions in the pelvis, 29 were in the wing of the ilium or involved the sacroili...
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A new pattern of hermaphroditism (inducible hermaphroditism) in populations ofOphryotrocha labronica (Annelida Polychaeta)
A new kind of hermaphroditism, which is called ‘inducible hermaphroditism’, has been discovered in the otherwise gonochoristic populations ofOphryotrocha labronica of the Gulf of Naples and of the Lagune of Venic...
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The influence of temperature upon the change from the male to the female phase inOphryotrocha puerilis puerilis, a polychaete worm
Individui diOphryotrocha puerilis puerilis sono stati allevati a temperature di 10, 18 e 21 °C. Gli individui allevati a temperature più elevate hanno invertito il sesso ad un numero di segmenti inferiore agli al...
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The reestablishment of sex balance inOphryotrocha puerilis through interactions between individuals from arrhenogenous and thelygenous lines
Si dimostra che interazioni fra individui che posseggono genotipi sessuali sbilanciati in seguito alla selezione per geni sessuali maschili e femminili portano ad un subitaneo aumento della fertilità a causa d...
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Sex Determination and Genic Balance of Ophryotrocha puerilis, a Hermaphrodite Polychaete Worm
PURE male and female individuals were obtained from protandrous hermaphrodite strains of Ophryotrocha puerilis trough selection for the prolongation of the male phase and for the anticipation of the female phase....
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Endomeiosis and sex determination inDaphnia pulex
È descritto un processo endomeiotico inDaphnia pulex dove la maturazione delle uova partenogenetiche veniva finora ritenuta di tipo ameiotico. L'endomeiosi e la conseguente possibilità di ricombinazione genetica ...
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Existence of Multiple Sex Genotypes in the Hermaphrodite Polychaete Worm Ophryotrocha puerilis siberti
IT was demonstrated in 1951 that Ophryotrocha puerilis shows a marked sex variability, as the age when each individual passes from the male to the female sex phase is highly variable. O. puerilis can thus be cons...
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Pure males and females from hermaphroditic strains ofOphryotrocha puerilis
La selezione di genotipi sessuali multipli in ceppi originariamente ermafroditi diOphryotrocha puerilis conduce alla produzione di maschi e di femmine pure. La determinazione polifattoriale del sesso può pertanto...
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Protogynous Hermaphroditism in Coris julis L.
Coris julis L. and C. giofredi Risso have long been regarded as separate species, although Steindachner1 claimed julis to be the male and giofredi the female individuals of the same species. In the Bay of Naples...
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Sex Reversal in Patella coerulea L. and Diodora gibberula (Lam.)
Crewe1 has recently discussed the possible influence of helminth parasites on sex determination in limpets. Following the earlier observations of Orton2, I have been studying the problem of sexuality in the Medit...
