Background: Episiotomy, a surgically planned incision on the perineum and the posterior vaginal wall during the second stage of labor is one of the most performed surgical procedures in the world, especially for nulliparous women.Episiotomy itself is comparable to a 2nd degree perineal injury.The concept of restrictive episiotomy came where its use
Physicochemical and rheologic study of Casigua -El Cubo coals, the State of Zulia, Venezuela
Seven coals from the Carbonera Formation and six from the Los Cuervos Fm., in the Casigua - El Cubo area, the State of Zulia, Venezuela, have been characterized according to physical (HGI hardness), rheological (FSI, plastometry, dilatometry) and chemical parameters (proximate and ultimate analysis, sulfur forms, major elements in ashes).The sample
Stalks and roots are the main battlefield for the coevolution between maize and Fusarium verticillioides
Fusarium species are the dominant cause of maize ear rot, but they also inflict serious damage to the roots and stalks.Theoretically, the organ where the host interacts with the pathogen most frequently should exhibit the highest degree of symptom-genotype correlation.Because that symptom-genotype correlation is an indicator reflecting the degree o
Proceedings: Onderstepoort Centenary Pan-African Veterinary Conference : foreword
ds durga hand soap In 1908 a Pan-African Veterinary Conference formed part of the inauguration ceremony of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Laboratory.Attended by 18 delegates from 12 countries in southern Africa, including the four colonies and three protectorates forming British South Africa, Rhodesia, German South West Africa, Portuguese East Africa
Host Protease Activity on Bacterial Pathogens Promotes Complement and Antibiotic-Directed Killing
Our understanding of how the host immune system thwarts bacterial evasive mechanisms remains incomplete.Here, we show that host protease neutrophil elastase bushranger awning acts on Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa to destroy factors that prevent serum-associated, complement-directed killing.The protease activity also enhances ba