This study focused on determining the markers of Macrophage migration inhibitor (MIF), as well as the N-telopeptides of type I bone collagen (NTX), and some other parameters (alkaline phosphatase (ALP), vitamin D (Vit D), calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), and magnesium (Mg), and their correlation with other parameters in osteoporosis. One hundred ten subjects were involved in the current study. There were two groups of patients: group I (30) women with severe osteoporosis and group II (30) women with mild osteoporosis. For comparison, 50 apparently healthy individuals were included as a control. Serum levels of MIF, and NTX were significantly higher in groups I and II as compared to the control group, which indicate that these two parameters were related to disease. Moreover MIF, and NTX were organized in one cluster when applying cluster analysis test to all the studied groups. This indicates that in most of the studied samples the two parameters were related to each other as well as to osteoporosis. Magnesium showed a significant decrease in its level in both groups as compared to the control. On the other hand, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) showed a significant increase in its activity in both studied groups as compared to the control. Vitamin D level manifested significant difference between group I and group II, with a significant decrease in its level when comparing group II with the control group. The MIF, NTX was highly associated with osteoporosis patients, in addition to Mg and Vit-D. On the other hand, Ca and P levels did not alter in a significant way with osteoporosis which may be considered as a risk factor as long as they are organized in one cluster with MIF, NTX, Mg, and Vit D in all the studied patients. Both markers showed a clear cut-off value using the ROC curve in which the best cutoff value of NTX was 166.8 pg/ml, and the best cutoff value of MIF was 6.6 ng/ml according to ROC analysis.
El color es uno de los elementos novelísticos que ayudan los autores para desarrollar las acciones y llevarlas al desenlace adecuado. Y Blasco Ibáñez depende al color para pintar las escenas artísticas dentro sus novelas, especialmente, sus novelas que pertenecen al siglo de naturaleza. Él conocido con la abundancia de los colores para describir el ambiente y los personajes, como indica el autor catedrático José A. Balseiro:
"su pluma no supo__ como el pincel de los primitivos__ del matiz logrado a toques mínimos, pacientes. ¿No era, a caso, coterráneo de Joaquín Sorolla, en cuya paleta mediterránea celebrábase, día tras día, el milagro del f
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This research aims at identifying problems that the Iraqi widow woman suffers from. The research is limited to a Sample of terrorism victims widows which is up to (70) widows from Al-Amal center for widows and orphans care in Baghdad. <
... Show Moreأن الامم والشعوب لاتستطيع المحافظة على استمرار وجودها وتقدمها ورقيها، إلابفضل إعداد اجيالها المتعاقبة الاعداد السليم المتكامل ، وبقدر ما تحافظ الامم والشعوب على تربية هذه الاجيال للتمسك بدينها ، ومعتقداتها ، واخلاقها ، بقدر ما تحافظ على بقائها وعلو شأنها ، وكما فطنت الامم والشعوب إلى اهمية تربية اجيالها ، فطن اعداؤها الى ضرورة التخريب في جذور البناء الصحيح لتربية الاجيال ( فاطمة ، 1998، ص2).
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When we study the history of dentistry we can investigate some methodology styles which lead us to psychology – dentistry or take the relationship between psychology and dentistry, and this type of specialization which is Medical psychology has its own methodology and subjects, as the historical sequence in this filed lead to how evolution occurred in this branch of medicine, which was accompanied by many factors , and this factor that contributed to the consolidation of the misconceptions about the social, family and the media culture and gave a distorted picture of Dentistry and the attending physician or dentist and show him as someone tough , ruthless and violent in his dealings and style , these pro
... Show Moreجدلية التنظرية في الذاكرة المنظمة بين متاهة النماذج الصناعية وواقعيةالنموذج الهجين
ناولت هذه الدراسة إحدى الشخصيات الأمريكية التي تأثرت بواقع السود. كان بوكر تاليافيرو واشنطن أحد الأمريكيين السود ، الذين ولدوا في ظل العبودية وتعرضوا للاضطهاد بعد إلغاء حقوق التصويت وإطلاق قوانين جيم كرو من قبل الولايات الجنوبية. ورأى واشنطن خلال عمليات إعادة الإعمار أحوال السود وكيف كانت معاناتهم قبل الحرب الأهلية في ظل ظروف العبودية التي شملت الإذلال ، والحرمان من حقوقهم المدنية والسياسية، فيما لم يختلف
... Show MoreSome great families in England had competed for the sake of getting authority and power in England.
This competition turned to be a bloody civil war which extended till 1455 and ended with the victory of Henry Tudor whose judgment in England started from 28th of August 1458, consequently a new dynast which is known as (the Tudor)has established