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Biochem Pharmacol 2018 Jun 26;152:143-152. Epub 2018 Mar 26.

Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Italy; Noxamet Ltd., Milan, Italy. Electronic address:

Nitric oxide (NO) and hydrogen sulfide (HS) are now recognized as gaseous transmitters with many cardiovascular protective properties. The present study concerns the possibility that NO donors can also function through endogenous activation of NO and HS pathways. Based on the previous characterization of a novel metal-nonoate, Ni(PipNONO)Cl, our aim was: 1) to study the effects of a zinc based compound, Zn(PipNONO)Cl, on vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells, and 2) to assess the role and interplay between endogenous NO and HS promoted by the nonoate. Read More

Nat Nanotechnol 2017 Jul 10;12(7):668-674. Epub 2017 Apr 10.

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA.

The extraordinary optical and electronic properties of graphene make it a promising component of high-performance photodetectors. However, in typical graphene-based photodetectors demonstrated to date, the photoresponse only comes from specific locations near graphene over an area much smaller than the device size. For many optoelectronic device applications, it is desirable to obtain the photoresponse and positional sensitivity over a much larger area. Read More

Med Glas (Zenica) 2017 Feb;14(1):126-131

Department of Neurology, General Hospital ''Dr Josip Benčević'', Slavonski Brod; School of Medicine, University Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Osijek; Croatia.

Aim To investigate influence of therapy with new generation antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in fastening of posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE) remission comparing to therapy with standard AEDs, as well as the time to remission in the presence of psychiatric comorbidities. Methods The study was conducted during the 1988-2008 period and included 113 patients (47 females and 67 males) with PTE and 113 patients (93 females and 20 males) suffering from complex partial seizures (CPS) of temporal lobe origin. In both patient groups, epileptic seizure phenotype, brain magnetic resonance imaging (1. Read More

Tunis Med 2016 Feb;94(2):123-7

Aim: to make an inventory of the prevalence, the severity, the reasons for the patient's consultation and the therapeutic measures indicated by urologists for erectile dysfunction (ED) in the west of Algeria.

Methods: This survey was conducted among 4 urologists. All male patients, aged over 18 years, presenting to clinics during the study period of 2 months were included. Read More

Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12):CD002221. Epub 2011 Dec 7.

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Pavlou Mela 16, 54622 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Background: Entropion is a condition in which the eyelid margin turns in against the eyeball. Involutional or senile entropion is one of the most common lower lid malpositions in the elderly. The interventions described and currently used for the treatment of this condition are surgical in nature, although non-surgical temporary medical treatment for the early stages of entropion has also been reported. Read More