Background Hypertension and sarcopenia are commonly seen in older adults. The renin‐angiotensin
system and the therapeutic use of angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE) …

Objectives The aims of the study were to investigate the relationship between sarcopenia
and renin-angiotensin system–related disorders and to explore the effects of angiotensin-…

Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is an important virulence determinant of Staphylococcus
aureus. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of PVL genes in clinical S. …

Physical therapy, hemodialysis and radiation oncology departments in which patients go
through lengthy and periodic treatments need to utilize their limited and expensive equipment …

Background: Compression is the most important component of complete decongestive
therapy (CDT), but there is no standard best method for applying compression. The aim of this …

Influenza pandemics have occurred intermittently throughout the 20th century and killed
millions of people worldwide. It is expected that influenza pandemics will continue to occur in …

This study aims to determine the development and morphology of the patella and patellar
tendon and to obtain morphometric data about these structures during the fetal period. One …

As muscle and bone are closely-related, we have explored the association between
sarcopenia-related measurements and bone mineral density (BMD) (and osteoporosis) in …

The efficient scheduling of the new product development (NPD) projects is important to reduce
the required development time, and to offer the new product faster. Activity overlapping is …

Purpose In this study, our objective was to investigate the development of the gallbladder,
its morphological structure and relationship with the adjacent organs during the fetal period. …