HEART MORPHOLOGY AND FUNCTION EVALUATION BY TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN SIX CAPTIVE CRESTED GIBBONS (NOMASCUS SPP.)

Heart morphology and function evaluation by transthoracic echocardiography in six captive crested gibbons (Nomascus spp.)

Cardiovascular diseases are one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in captive apes.Transthoracic echocardiography is the most comprehensive cardiovascular imaging technique used to diagnose and monitor cardiopathies in mammals.However, there are currently no baseline data of heart morphology and function in hylobatid primates.Conventi

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Development of Triptolide Self-Microemulsifying Drug Delivery System and Its Anti-tumor Effect on Gastric Cancer Xenografts

Purpose: To develop a triptolide (TP) self-microemulsifying drug delivery system and to investigate its anti-tumor effect on human gastric cancer line MGC80-3 xenografts in nude mice.Methods: The medium chain triglyceride (MCT) was selected as oil phase; polyoxyethylene castor oil (EL) was selected as surfactant, and PEG-400 was selected as cosurfa

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Tribology and the Ocular Surface

Chris W Lievens,1,2 Elyse Rayborn1 1Southern College of Optometry, Memphis, TN, USA; 2Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UKCorrespondence: Chris W Lievens, Southern College of Optometry, 1245 Madison Ave, Memphis, TN, 38104, USA, Tel +1 901 722 3330, Fax +1 901 722 3280, Email [email protected]: Tribology is known as the science of fri

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Snare combined with endoscopic clips in endoscopic resection of gastric submucosal tumor: a method of tumor traction

Background and study aims Mucosal traction as a supportive technique is very useful for endoscopists during endoscopy.For gastric submucosal tumor (SMT), our team explored a method of pulling the SMT with a star wars legion asmodee snare combined with endoclips (PSMT-SE).This study preliminarily explored its feasibility to assist resection of gastr

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