EVALUATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF NASOLABIAL ANGLE, UPPER SULCUS DEPTH, AND NASAL TIP PROTRUSION IN THE PERCEPTION OF FACIAL ATTRACTIVENESS

Evaluation of the influence of nasolabial angle, upper sulcus depth, and nasal tip protrusion in the perception of facial attractiveness

Objective: To evaluate the influence of variations in the upper sulcus depth, nasal tip protrusion, and nasolabial angle on the esthetic perception of profiles.Design: A web-based survey study and was conducted in the Wine Bottle Holder Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics.This survey was conducted for a period of 10 months and i

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Long-term In Vitro Treatment of Human Glioblastoma Cells with Temozolomide Increases Resistance In Vivo through Up-regulation of GLUT Transporter and Aldo-Keto Reductase Enzyme AKR1C Expression

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most frequent malignant glioma.Treatment of GBM patients is multimodal with maximum surgical resection, followed by concurrent radiation and chemotherapy with the alkylating drug temozolomide (TMZ).The present study aims to identify genes implicated in the acquired resistance of two human GBM cells of astrocytic origin, T9

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Molecular and epidemiological characterization of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Norway, 2007 to 2014.

The prevalence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) is increasing worldwide.Here we present associated patient data and molecular, epidemiological and phenotypic characteristics of all CPE isolates in Norway from 2007 to 2014 confirmed at the Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance.All confirmed CPE

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Why is Coccinella septempunctata so successful? (A point-of-view)

Factors were examined that could be responsible for the predominance of Coccinella septempunctata (C7) Bookcases in most habitats of the Palaearctic and for its successful invasion of the Nearctic Region.C7 is euryphagous, but less polyphagous than Harmonia axyridis or Coleomegilla maculata in that it cannot develop or reproduce on non-aphid food.T

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