Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising cancer treatment which involves a photosensitizer (PS), light at a specific wavelength for PS activation and oxygen, which combine to elicit cell death.While the illumination required to activate a nightstick twm-850xl PS imparts a certain amount of selectivity to PDT treatments, poor tumor accumulation and
Abstract Background Although highly effective prevention interventions exist, the epidemic of paediatric HIV continues to challenge control efforts in resource-limited settings.We reviewed the cost-effectiveness of interventions to prevent mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).This article presents s
Performing arts are important to the cultural fabric, yet in North America, they tend to lack diversity and may reinforce social inequities through training and performance that is based on hegemonic cultural identities.In this paper, we explore an approach to creation and rehearsal that could be more inclusive to diverse perspectives and identitie
Open access mega journals represent an increasingly important part of the scholarly communications.The current research aims to introduce eight international mega journals and to investigate their performance in a five-year time span (2012-2016).The current study is an applied research in terms of objectives while it is a descriptive study in terms