Abstract Background Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal fibrotic lung disease occurring predominantly in middle-aged and older adults.The traditional diagnostic classification of IPF is based on clinical, radiological, and histopathological features.However, the considerable heterogeneity in IPF presentation suggests that differences in
Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense) was the most prevalent invasive shrub in the forestlands of Eastern Texas in 2006.We analyzed extensive field data collected by the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program of the U.S.Forest Service to quantify the range expansion of Chinese privet from 2006 to 2011.Our results indicated the presence of Chinese prive
Background: Peri-implantitis is an inflammatory disease with an increasing diffusion rate which can affect the long-term survival of a prosthetic rehabilitation.The present study focused on the decontaminating efficacy of chlorhexidine and air polishing system with sodium bicarbonate powder against Candida albicans, a microorganism which seems to h