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The Libyan civil conflict: selected case series of orthopaedic trauma managed in Malta in 2014

. . Ng C, Mifsud M, Borg JN, Mizzi C. . Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2015 Nov 20;23:103. doi: 10.1186/s13049-015-0183-2. Abstract AIM: The purpose of this series of cases was to analyse our management of orthopaedic trauma casualties in the Libyan civil war crisis in the European summer of 2014. We looked at …

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Discrimination of major and minor streptococci incriminated in bovine mastitis by MALDI-TOF MS fingerprinting and 16S rRNA gene sequencing

. . Alnakip MEA, Rhouma NR, Abd-Elfatah EN, Quintela-Baluja M, Böhme K, Fernández-No I, Bayoumi MA, Abdelhafez MM, Taboada-Rodríguez A, Calo-Mata P, Barros-Velázquez J. . Res Vet Sci. 2020 Oct;132:426-438. doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2020.07.027. Epub 2020 Aug 5. Abstract The current work investigated the discriminatory potential of MALDI-TOF MS fingerprinting towards most-relevant major (Streptococcus agalactiae, S. dysgalactiae, …

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Pulmonary ossification and microlithiasis in a bitch with multicentric mammary tumors

. . Kubba MAG. . Open Vet J. 2017;7(3):273-276. doi: 10.4314/ovj.v7i3.12. Epub 2017 Sep 19. Abstract Microliths and ossification were found in the lungs of a 12-year-old bitch suffering from compound mammary gland tumor which has disseminated in the inguinal lymph node glands and the lungs. Pulmonary ossification appeared grossly as irregular stony sharp particles …

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Molecular Action of Polyphenols in Leukaemia and Their Therapeutic Potential

. . Alaswad HA, Mahbub AA, Le Maitre CL, Jordan-Mahy N. . Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Mar 17;22(6):3085. doi: 10.3390/ijms22063085. Abstract Leukaemia is a malignant disease of the blood. Current treatments for leukaemia are associated with serious side-effects. Plant-derived polyphenols have been identified as potent anti-cancer agents and have been shown to work synergistically …

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Spatio-temporal dynamics of a planktonic system and chlorophyll distribution in a 2D spatial domain: matching model and data

. . Valenti D, Denaro G, Ferreri R, Genovese S, Aronica S, Mazzola S, Bonanno A, Basilone G, Spagnolo B. . Sci Rep. 2017 Mar 16;7(1):220. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-00112-z. Abstract Field data on chlorophyll distribution are investigated in a two-dimensional spatial domain of the Mediterranean Sea by using for phytoplankton abundances an advection-diffusion-reaction model, which includes …

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Gender and Educational Differences in Perception of Domestic Violence Against Women Among Libyan Migrants in Manchester

. . El Abani S, Pourmehdi M. . J Interpers Violence. 2021 Mar;36(5-6):2074-2096. doi: 10.1177/0886260518760006. Epub 2018 Feb 23. Abstract Domestic violence against women (DVAW) is a worldwide phenomenon and refers to any act committed against women that results in physical and psychological harm, and coercion, loss of liberty, and deprivation. There is a dearth …

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Clinico-pathological study of odontomas in 19 Libyan patients

. . Ingafou MS, Elmurtadi AM. . Dent Res J (Isfahan). 2013 Sep;10(5):592-5. Abstract BACKGROUND: Odontomas are among the most common benign odontogenic tumors, which are mostly discovered in the first and second decades of life with no clear sex predilection. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present retrospective study reviews the clinical, radiological, and the histopathological …

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Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection among the healthy population in Iran and countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a systematic review of prevalence and risk factors

. . Eshraghian A. . World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Dec 14;20(46):17618-25. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i46.17618. Abstract AIM: To investigate the epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection among the healthy asymptomatic population in Iran and countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. METHODS: A computerized English language literature search of PubMed, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, and Google …

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Utilizing Monte Carlo Computations to Estimate Radiation Doses From Some Cosmetics

. . Orabi M, Abdurahem OA, Sherif M. . Health Phys. 2018 Sep;115(3):382-386. doi: 10.1097/HP.0000000000000884. Abstract Monte Carlo simulations are exploited to assess the annual radiation doses from some cosmetics due to the radioactive decay series of U and Th and to the radionuclide K. The measured radioactivity concentrations are entered into simulation codes modeled …

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An odontometric study of tooth size in normal, crowded and spaced dentitions

. . Bugaighis I, Elorfi S. . J Orthod Sci. 2013 Jul;2(3):95-100. doi: 10.4103/2278-0203.119681. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To assess the mesio-distal tooth width in normal, crowded, or spaced dentitions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A sample of 192 maxillary and mandibular dental casts of Libyan subjects was selected from a larger cohort. These subjects did not present with …

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