Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-346X/1410072

Role of Scheimpflug Imaging in the Diagnosis of Intraocular Lens Damage after Foldable Lens Implant: Case Report

Txomin Alberdi, Javier Mendicute, Lucía Bascaran, Juaristi L and Javier Ruiz-Ederra

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 02, 2017

Area and Linear densitometry methods are increasingly used methods to measure density of any structure of the anterior segment. The peak densitometry value is the point at which the lens densitometry is highest on the densitogram. Therefore, it is not useful to measure the average density of structures of the anterior segment; however, it has other utilities like the one we describe in this article....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3419/1410080

Angiogenesis Inhibitor Induced Thromboembolism in Cancer Patients

Neeharik Mareedu and Carmen P Escalante

Article Type: Review Article | First Published: May 31, 2017

Therapy with Angiogenesis Inhibitors (AIs) is a newer targeted approach in treating cancers. It gained popularity in the past decade because of better outcomes and fewer side effects when compared to conventional chemotherapeutic agents. These agents act by inhibiting the VEGF pathway and inhibit vasculogenesis, thus shutting off the nutrient supply to the continuously multiplying tumor cells....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5831/1510010

Inference Based on Small Randomized Oncology Clinical Trials: Is the Observed Treatment Effect True?

Joyce Cheng, Hui Zhang, Shenghui Tang and Rajeshwari Sridhara

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: May 20, 2017

The drug development paradigm in oncology has changed in recent times as developments in science and technology have led to more targeted therapies. Drug products are receiving marketing approvals based on single randomized studies enrolling 100-200 patients, including early phase (phase II) clinical trials....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510065

Dehiscent High Jugular Bulb

Hasan Erdogan, Serdar Arslan, Fatma Zeynep Arslan, Mehmet Sedat Durmaz and Arzu Cengiz

Article Type: Image | First Published: June 14, 2017

A 41-year-old female patient with 2-year history of tinnitus in right ear admitted to our clinic. The patient underwent temporal bone CT imaging. CT demonstrated right dehiscent high riding jugular bulb with absence of the right sigmoid plate....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510064

Kallmann Syndrome: MRI Findings

Ender Alkan, Hasan Erdogan, Muhsin Nuh Aybay, Serdar Arslan and Mehmet Sedat Durmaz

Article Type: Image | First Published: June 12, 2017

A 14-years-old male was consulted for cryptorchidism and anosmia. There was decrease of LH, FSH and testosterone in the laboratory examinations of the patient. We used Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to visualize the olfactory tract and evaluate the olfactory sulci in patient whose clinical and laboratory findings were compatible with Kallmann syndrome....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510063

A Rare Cause of Ortner's Syndrome: Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm

Hasan Erdogan, Fatma Zeynep Arslan, Ali Cengiz, Serdar Arslan and Mehmet Sedat Durmaz

Article Type: Image | First Published: June 10, 2017

A 37-year-old non-smoker male patient with a 6-month history of hoarseness admitted to our hospital. Laryngoscopic examination revealed left vocal cord paralysis with immobile vocal cord in paramedian position. The patient underwent neck and chest CT imaging....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510059

The Effects of Two Weeks of Arm Crank Sprint Interval Training in Men with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

Christopher R Harnish, Roy T Sabo, Jonathan A Daniels and Deborah Caruso

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: June 10, 2017

Numerous studies have shown that up to half of persons with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) are obese, with nearly 70% of persons with SCI exhibiting two or more components of Metabolic Syndrome, with poor glucose and insulin regulation being most common....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510058

Mood and Oxytocin Blood Levels in Physically Active Women with and without Oral Contraceptive Use in Relation to Seasonal Daylight Variation

Lisbeth Wikstrom Frisen, Peter Larsson, Lucia Mincheva Nilsson and Karin Henriksson Larsen

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: June 01, 2017

The aim is to provide normative data on oxytocin, and its seasonality in users and non-users of Oral Contraceptives (OC) in physically active women. Further, to elucidate the relationship between Oxytocin and Profile of Mood States (POMS) for further research to see if Oxytocin can be used as an additional diagnostic marker to detect overreaching/overtraining syndrome or other stress disorders....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-1353/1510054

Women's Healthcare Decision-Making Autonomy by Wealth Quintile from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in Sub-Saharan African Countries

Lee Rose, Kumar Jessica, and Al-Nimr Amer

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: June 05, 2017

The UN Millennium Declaration in September 2000 was a milestone in history that marked a commitment of world leaders to a global partnership of time-bound targets for 2015 that became known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). MDG3 to promote gender equality and empower women included targets to eliminate gender disparities in the realms of education, employment, and government....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-1353/1510053

Acute High-Intensity Exercise Improves Mood during the Second Trimester of Pregnancy

K Keen, J Maples, B Cooley, A Olenick, M Blankenship, D Hoover and R Tinius

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: May 29, 2017

High-intensity exercise is safe and effective for low-risk pregnant women and their developing babies; however, little is known about the psychological effect of an acute bout of high-intensity exercise among pregnant women. The goal of this study is to examine maternal mood in response to an acute bout of high-intensity exercise....