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An association of boswellia, betaine and myo-inositol (Eumastós) in the treatment of mammographic breast density. A randomized, double-blind study
Mammographic breast density is a recognized risk factor for breast cancer. The causes that lead to the proliferation of the glandular breast tissue and, therefore, to an increase of breast density are still unclear. However, a treatment strategy to reduce the mammary density may bring about very relevant clinical outcomes in breast cancer prevention. Myo-inositol is a six-fold alcohol of cyclohexane, has already been proved to modulate different pathways: inflammatory, metabolic, oxidative and endocrine processes, in a wide array of human diseases, including cancer and the genesis of mammary gland and breast diseases, like fibrosis, as well as metabolic and endocrine cues. Similarly, boswellic acid and betaine (three-methyl glycine) both inhibit inflammation and exert protective effects on breast physiology. Based on this scientific background, we hypothesized that a combination including, boswellic acid, betaine and myo-inositol would be able to reduce breast density working on different pathways.OBJECTIVE: Mammographic
breast density is a recognized risk factor for
breast cancer. The causes that lead to the proliferation
of the glandular breast tissue and,
therefore, to an increase of breast density are
still unclear. However, a treatment strategy to
reduce the mammary density may bring about
very relevant clinical outcomes in breast cancer
prevention.
Myo-inositol is a six-fold alcohol of cyclohexane,
has already been proved to modulate different
pathways: inflammatory, metabolic, oxidative
and endocrine processes, in a wide array of human
diseases, including cancer and the genesis
of mammary gland and breast diseases, like fibrosis,
as well as metabolic and endocrine cues.
Similarly, boswellic acid and betaine (threemethyl
glycine) both inhibit inflammation and exert
protective effects on breast physiology.
Based on this scientific background, we hypothesized
that a combinat ion including,
boswellic acid, betaine and myo-inositol would
be able to reduce breast density working on
different pathways.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this study,
seventy-six premenopausal women were randomly
assigned to the placebo and the experimental
drug arms (Eumastós®) for six months.
RESULTS: After 6 months of treatment, statistically
significant difference between the two
groups was recorded on the breast density reduction
(60% vs. 9%), using mammographic as
well as ultrasound examination.
CONCLUSIONS: Preliminary data collected
here with support the starting assumptions,that the association comprising boswellic acid,
betaine and myo-inositol significantly reduces
mammary density, providing the first evidence
for a new and safe approach for the management
of mammographic density treatment
Microscopic Entropy of Non-dilatonic Branes: a 2D approach
We investigate non-dilatonic p-branes in the near-extremal, near-horizon
regime. A two-dimensional gravity model, obtained from dimensional reduction,
gives an effective description of the brane. We show that the AdS_p+2/CFT_p+1
correspondence at finite temperature admits an effective description in terms
of a AdS_2/CFT_1 duality endowed with a scalar field, which breaks the
conformal symmetry and generates a non-vanishing central charge. The entropy of
the CFT_1 is computed using Cardy formula. Fixing in a natural way a free,
dimensionless, parameter introduced in the model by a renormalization
procedure, we find exact agreement between the CFT_1 entropy and the
Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of the brane.Comment: 10 pages, no figure
Effect of nickel in solid solution on hydrogen transport kinetics in low alloy steels
The use of low alloy steels (LAS) in H2S-containing environments in the oil and gas industry is governed by the ISO standard 15156-2 (NACE MR0175-2). One requirement, which has been disputed over the years, is that the nickel (Ni) content shall not exceed 1 wt%. This work investigated the effect of Ni in solid solution on hydrogen diffusion, solubility, and trapping in ferritic/pearlitic research-grade LAS with nominal Ni contents from 0 to 3 wt%. Hydrogen permeability experiments were carried out in a Devanathan-Stachurski setup at 15, 45 and 70 °C. The effective diffusion coefficients, calculated by the tlag method, decreased with increasing Ni content. The sub-surface hydrogen concentration in lattice and trap sites increased with increasing Ni content. There was no difference between the first and subsequent hydrogen permeation transients, suggesting that Ni in solid solution forms reversible traps. The effect of Ni in refining the microstructure may be superimposed on the effect of Ni in solid solution, and should be investigated in future work
On the energy-shell contributions of the three-particle~-~ three-hole excitations
The response functions for the extended second and third random phase
approximation are compared. A second order perturbation calculation shows that
the first-order amplitude for the direct excitation from the ground
state cancels with those that are engendered by the - coupling. As
a consequence nonvanishing effects to the response involve off
energy shell renormalization only. On shell processes are absent.Comment: 12 pages text (LaTex) and 1 figure included, to be published in Phys.
Rev.
Bicrossproduct structure of the null-plane quantum Poincare algebra
A nonlinear change of basis allows to show that the non-standard quantum
deformation of the (3+1) Poincare algebra has a bicrossproduct structure.
Quantum universal R-matrix, Pauli-Lubanski and mass operators are presented in
the new basis.Comment: 7 pages, LaTe
Canine Cyclin T1 Rescues Equine Infectious Anemia Virus Tat Trans-Activation in Human Cells
AbstractHuman immunodeficiency virus-1 Tat protein and human Cyclin T1 mediate transcriptional activation by enhancing the elongation efficiency of RNA polymerase II. Activation of transcription of the related equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) requires a similar protein known as eTat, which does not function in human cells. Expression of equine Cyclin T1 in human cells rescues eTat function, suggesting a general mechanism of transcription activation among lentiviruses. Here we present the cloning of Cyclin T1 from canine D17 osteosarcoma cells, which support EIAV transactivation, and show that canine Cyclin T1 confers eTat transactivation to human cells. A two-amino-acid change, from 79–proline–glycine–80 to 79–histidine–arginine–80, confers on the human Cyclin T1 the ability to cooperate with eTat in transcriptional activation. These findings suggested that the regions of Cyclin T1 that interact with lentiviral Tat proteins and TAR RNA elements form an extended domain, which very likely has a conserved fold
Prediction of stable walking for a toy that cannot stand
Previous experiments [M. J. Coleman and A. Ruina, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 3658
(1998)] showed that a gravity-powered toy with no control and which has no
statically stable near-standing configurations can walk stably. We show here
that a simple rigid-body statically-unstable mathematical model based loosely
on the physical toy can predict stable limit-cycle walking motions. These
calculations add to the repertoire of rigid-body mechanism behaviors as well as
further implicating passive-dynamics as a possible contributor to stability of
animal motions.Comment: Note: only corrections so far have been fixing typo's in these
comments. 3 pages, 2 eps figures, uses epsf.tex, revtex.sty, amsfonts.sty,
aps.sty, aps10.sty, prabib.sty; Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. E.
4/9/2001 ; information about Andy Ruina's lab (including Coleman's, Garcia's
and Ruina's other publications and associated video clips) can be found at:
http://www.tam.cornell.edu/~ruina/hplab/index.html and more about Georg
Bock's Simulation Group with whom Katja Mombaur is affiliated can be found at
http://www.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/~agboc
European Federation of Periodontology Survey of Postgraduate and Specialist Training in Europe in 2020:Periodontal specialist training in Europe
AIMS: The survey's aim was to establish which universities and other educational organisations deliver postgraduate and specialist training in Periodontology in the 31 countries who are members of the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) and to obtain details of how these programmes are organised, funded, regulated and evaluated. METHODS: A questionnaire and covering letter were emailed to all national periodontal societies. The questions were on the name of country, official recognition, training programmes, entry to specialist training, specialist training assessment and recognition after completion of training. RESULTS: Twenty‐nine (93%) of national periodontal societies responded. Key findings included the following: Periodontology was reported as being recognised at a national level in 17 countries, there was a three‐year full‐time programme in 12 countries, no fees were charged for specialist training in 10 countries, in 14 countries trainees received annual salaries, end of training (summative) assessments varied from country to country, 12 countries reported that they had a requirement for specialists in Periodontology to complete continuing education to maintain registration as specialists. CONCLUSIONS: This survey has established which universities and other educational organisations deliver postgraduate and specialist training in Periodontology and how these programmes are organised, funded, regulated and evaluated. To provide uniformly high‐quality periodontal care for patients in all European countries, further harmonisation of postgraduate and specialty training in Periodontology would be advantageous
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