Volume 5, issue 2

Serghei Covantev, Emilia Timbalari, Natalia Florea, Helicobacter pylori and type 2 diabetes mellitus: searching for the links
The incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is considered to be one of the most critical problems in the healthcare system. The pathophysiology of the disease has proven to be complicated and multiple factors are involved in its development. Recently Helicobacter pylori was proposed....

Aysegül Copur-Cicek, Rukiye Dinc-Patlak, Cemal Sandalli, Zafer Mengeloğlu, Ugur Kostakoglu, Ilknur Esen Yildiz, Determination of the staphylococcal cassette chromosome in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from various clinical samples
Aim ― The present study aimed to detect mecA and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) types in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates obtained from various clinical samples in two university hospitals. It was also aimed to make comparison amongst the isolates.....

Vladimir A. Shvartz, Anatoly S. Karavaev, Ekaterina I. Borovkova, Sergey A. Mironov, Vladimir I. Ponomarenko, Mikhail D. Prokhorov, Yurii M. Ishbulatov, Elena E. Lapsheva, Vladimir I. Gridnev, Anton R. Kiselev, Investigation of statistical characteristics of interaction between the low-frequency oscillations in heart rate variability and photoplethysmographic waveform variability in healthy subjects and myocardial infarction patients
Objective ― This study compares the statistical characteristics of interaction between 0.1 Hz oscillations in heart rate variability (HRV) and photoplethysmographic waveform variability (PPGV) in healthy subjects and patients with myocardial infarction (MI). Material and Methods ― We studied....

Pooya Nekooei, Sara Majlesi, Gholamreza Sharifi, Tengku Fadilah Tengku Kamalden, Paria Nekouei, Comparison of anthropometric parameters among Iranian and Spanish water polo players
The purpose of this study was to compare the anthropometric parameters between Iranian and Spanish water polo national team players. Material and Methods ― The research was conducted in the physiological laboratory of Isfahan Azad University. Participants who participate in this study were 44....

Olga A. Fomkina, Vladimir N. Nikolenko, Elena V. Chernyshkova, Morphology and biomechanical properties of cerebellar arteries in adults
The goal was to analyze the variability of a number of morphometric and biomechanical parameters of cerebellar arteries in adults aged 20-74 years. Material and Methods ― 179 samples of cerebellar arteries, obtained by autopsy of adults without acute cerebrovascular pathology have been....

Dmitry Ivanov, Anatoly Barabash, Yuri Barabash, Expandable intramedullary nail: review of biomechanical studies
This article reviews studies of Fixion expandable nail biomechanical properties in case of long bones fractures osteosynthesis. The purpose of this study was to systematize biomechanical researches dedicated to the expandable nail. There were found seven biomechanical studies published between....

Vitorino Modesto dos Santos, Marcos Correa da Trindade, Renata Faria Silva, Uadson Silva Barreto, Bone metastasis of malignant pheochromocytoma four years after adrenalectomy
Malignant adrenal pheochromocytoma is an uncommon entity with low 5-year survival rate. Early diagnosis and adrenalectomy often yields good clinical outcome. The aim of the present case study is to report a 64-year-old Brazilian man with bone metastases of malignant pheochromocytoma first....