Positive Effects of Spray-Dried Streptococcus thermophilus on Healing of Second-Degree Burn Wounds in Wistar Rats

ABSTRACT Background and Objectives: Current medications used for the treatment of burn wounds have some side effects and disadvantages.Oral or topical administration of probiotic bacteria is thought to be useful for treatment of skin disorders.The aim of this study was to evaluate effects of spray-dried Streptococcus thermophilus on healing of seco

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Experiences among parents caring for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis at a tertiary referral hospital in Kenya

BackgroundJuvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common rheumatic disease in childhood.Despite the availability of effective treatment strategies such as disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), JIA is reported to have a negative impact on the quality of life of the patients and their caregivers.Ascertaining the perceptions of the p

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A unified diagrammatic approach to topological fixed point models

We introduce a systematic mathematical language for describing fixed point models and apply it to the study to topological phases of matter.The framework established is MACA+CACAO reminiscent to that of state-sum models and lattice topological quantum field theories, but is formalized and unified in terms of tensor networks.In contrast to existing

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