Nerve reconstruction of extended nerve defect injuries still remains challenging with respect to therapeutic options.The gold standard in nerve surgery is the autologous nerve graft.Due to the limitation of adequate donor nerves, surgical alternatives are needed.Nerve grafts made out of either natural or artificial materials represent this alternat
Abstract Background The pendulum test of Wartenberg is a technique commonly used to measure passive knee motion with the aim to assess spasticity.We used this test to evaluate changes of the knee angular displacement, passive stiffness and viscosity in rheumatoid arthritis patients.Stiffness and viscosity represent passive resistances to joint moti
ABSTRACT Enteric diseases of bacterial origin are frequent in the pig industry, of particular notoriety are the colibacillosis that mainly affect piglets and cause great damage to the swine industry worldwide.The aim of the study was to analyze phylogenetics, to detect biofilm production, and to determine antimicrobial resistance profile in 126 str
Bacterial panicle blight, bacterial leaf streak, and bacterial brown stripe are common bacterial diseases in rice that represent global threats to stable rice yields.In this study, we used the rice variety HZ, Nekken and their 120 RIL population as experimental materials.Phenotypes of the parents and RILs were quantitatively analyzed after inoculat