Purpose: Giant mediastinal germ cell tumor (MGCT) requires a well-planned advanced surgical approach.We retrospectively reviewed our surgical strategy for giant MGCT.Methods: Five children Tins (median age, 5 years) with giant MGCT were treated in our institute from 2012 to 2016.Results: The initial diagnosis was made by tumor markers and image ins
Sensitisation to immunologically active elements like chromium, cobalt or nickel and debris particle due to wear are serious problems for patients with Guitar Processor metallic implants.We tested the approach of using a hard and thick ceramic coating as a wear-resistant protection of titanium implants, avoiding those sensitisation and SETS foreign
Introduction: The present study was designed to clarify whether the bilateral cooperation in the human periodontal-masseteric reflex (PMR) differs between central incisors and canines.Methods: Surface array electrodes were placed on the bilateral masseter muscles to simultaneously record the firing activities of single motor units from both sides i
Concern about the reproducibility and reliability of biomedical research has been rising.An understudied issue is the prevalence of sample mislabeling, one impact of which would be invalid comparisons.We studied this issue in a corpus of human transcriptomics studies by comparing the provided annotations of sex to the expression levels of sex-speci
Productivity paradox refers to a situation when investment in information technology is inversely related with economic growth.We test the hypothesis whether economic happiness plays a Tins moderating role between information related capitalization and economic growth and thus may or may not invalidate the productivity paradox.Using 20 years annual