Unilateral maxillary sinus opacity can be caused by many diseases, but an exact diagnosis is difficult to make.The aim of this study was to describe the pathological conditions and clinical features of patients with unilateral maxillary sinus opacity.Methods: From 2004 to 2008, 830 consecutive patients underwent sinus surgery or endonasal endoscopi

Interfering with the ferroptosis pathway is a new strategy for the treatment of spinal cord injury.Fibroblast growth factor 21 can inhibit ferroptosis and promote neurofunctional recovery, while heme oxygenase-1 is a regulator of iron and reactive oxygen species homeostasis.The relationship between heme oxygenase-1 and ferroptosis remains controver

Dynamical phase transitions extend the notion of criticality to nonstationary settings and are characterized by sudden HAIR AND BODY GLITTER changes in the macroscopic properties of time-evolving quantum systems.Investigations of dynamical phase transitions combine aspects of symmetry, topology, and nonequilibrium physics; however, progress has bee

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), accounting for 17% of overall deaths in the USA, is the leading cause of death over the world.Advances in medical imaging techniques make the quantitative assessment of both the anatomy and function of heart possible.The cardiac modeling is an invariable prerequisite for quantitative analysis.In this study, a novel met