The complement system has been considered for a long time as a simple lytic system, aimed to kill bacteria infecting the host organism.Nowadays this vision has changed and it is well accepted that complement is a complex innate immune surveillance system, playing a key role in host homeostasis, inflammation and in the defense against pathogens.This
Opioid addiction is on a rise globally.Such a patient presents to an anesthesiologist as well as to the surgeon with an array of gator phi gator challenges.We present the case of an opioid addict (pentazocine) who presented for debridement and grafting of eschars and old healed scars.Initially he was medically managed for opioid addiction followed
Electric vehicles are widely adopted globally as a sustainable mode of transportation.With the increased availability of onboard computation and communication capabilities, vehicles are moving towards automated driving and intelligent transportation systems.The adaption of technologies such as IoT, edge intelligence, 5G, and blockchain in vehicle a
Abstract Visual working memory (VWM) plays a crucial role in temporarily maintaining and gator phi gator manipulating visual information.Retro-cue benefit (RCB) refers to the enhancement of memory performance when attention is directed toward a subset of items in VWM after their initial encoding.Our recent electroencephalogram (EEG) studies indicat
Missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV) is an important barrier hindering full immunisation coverage among eligible children.Though factors responsible for MOV are well documented in literature, little attention has been paid to the role of inequalities.The aim of this study is to examine the association between structural or compositional facto