{"title":"The Secret of the Biochemical Reaction in the Abdomen of the Beetle: Bioluminescence of the Firefly","authors":"Katia Marinko, Gašper Tavčar, Marko Jeran","doi":"10.55295/psl.2024.d4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55295/psl.2024.d4","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Fireflies (Lampyridae) belong to a family of beetles that live widely in the humid tropical and subtropical regions of the world. They are best known for using a light organ in their abdomen to produce light, which they use to communicate with each other. Species can be distinguished by the pattern of light flickering that identifies members of a species. All larvae also glow to signal to predators that they are inedible. The light emitted by fireflies is produced by converting chemical energy into light. In this phenomenon, called bioluminescence, the substance luciferin reacts with oxygen in the presence of the enzyme luciferase. In addition, bioluminescence is difficult to study be-cause all animals stop glowing after they are captured. Bioluminescence is a very efficient process, converting up to 90% of energy into light, also called cold light. The complex process of bioluminescence is still not fully understood, so scientists are using interdisci-plinary methods (from theoretical to experimental approaches) to study the problem. Keywords: Firefly, bioluminescence, luciferin, luciferase, mechanism","PeriodicalId":517260,"journal":{"name":"Socratic Lectures 9","volume":"91 3-4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139897140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spinopelvic Alignment and Sagittal Balance in Adolescent Pa-tients with Structural Hyperkyphosis","authors":"Ahsen Buyukaslan, Kadir Abul, Hurriyet Yilmaz","doi":"10.55295/psl.2024.d2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55295/psl.2024.d2","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Sagittal spinopelvic configuration and global alignment have previously been investi-gated in healthy children, adolescents, and adults to understand biomechanics or to guide fusion surgery. However, no studies were found in the literature assessing patients with structural hyperkyphosis (HK) from the perspective of global alignment and spinopelvic parameters. The research question is: How does structural HK affect spinopelvic parameters, global tilt(GT), global alignment, and proportion (GAP) score in skeletally immature adolescents? This was a retrospective analysis of prospectively col-lected data. Thirty-two structural HK patients(19 male, 13 female) with a mean age of 13.8 years and an initial curve magnitude between 55-75° were included in the study. Radiographic measurements including thoracic kyphosis(TK) angle, L1-S1 lumbar lordo-sis(LL) and L4-S1 lower arch lordosis angles, pelvic incidence, sacral slope, global tilt were measured from lateral spine radiographs by a blinded orthopedic spine surgeon at the first visit, and GAP score was calculated using these parameters. The mean TK was 59.5°, LL was 66.7°, and the mean GT was 7.2° at baseline. There was a correlation be-tween TK and LL, meaning that patients who have higher TK have also a higher degree of LL. There was also a correlation between PT and SS with the PI at baseline. Structural HK may affect pelvic development resulting in lower values of PI. Higher values of TK or thoracolumbar kyphosis may be sufficiently compensated by LL to maintain a neutral sagittal balance when PI has lower values. Clinicians should focus on global alignment to maintain the global sagittal balance rather than TK alone. Keywords: Scheuermann's disease, hyperkyphosis, global alignment, sagittal balance, spinopelvic configuration","PeriodicalId":517260,"journal":{"name":"Socratic Lectures 9","volume":"75 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139897212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Apolonija Bedina Zavec, Darja Božič, M. Hočevar, A. Iglič, M. Jeran, V. Kralj Iglič, Anna Romolo
{"title":"Scanning electron microscope images of isolates of small cellular particles Phaeodactylum tricornutum grown in media supplemented with Guillard’s (F/2) marine water enrichment solution, BG11 broth and Lennox LB broth","authors":"Apolonija Bedina Zavec, Darja Božič, M. Hočevar, A. Iglič, M. Jeran, V. Kralj Iglič, Anna Romolo","doi":"10.55295/psl.2024.d13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55295/psl.2024.d13","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract : Scanning electron microscope images of small cellular particles isolated from conditioned media of microalgae Phaeodactylum tricornutun are presented . Each image is supplemented by description of the preparation of the sample and the data on the imaging technique and equipment. Keywords: Extracellular vesicles, Extracellular particles, Nanoalgosomes, Exosomes","PeriodicalId":517260,"journal":{"name":"Socratic Lectures 9","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139897085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Apolonija Bedina Zavec, Darja Božič, M. Hočevar, A. Iglič, M. Jeran, Anna Romolo, V. Kralj Iglič
{"title":"Scanning electron microscope images of Dunaliella tertiolecta isolates of small cellular particles","authors":"Apolonija Bedina Zavec, Darja Božič, M. Hočevar, A. Iglič, M. Jeran, Anna Romolo, V. Kralj Iglič","doi":"10.55295/psl.2024.d11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55295/psl.2024.d11","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Scanning electron microscope images of small cellular particles isolated from conditioned media of microalgae Dunaliella tertiolecta are presented . Each image is supplemented by description of the preparation of the sample and the data on the imaging technique and equipment. Keywords: Extracellular vesicles, Extracellular particles, Nanoalgosomes, Exosomes","PeriodicalId":517260,"journal":{"name":"Socratic Lectures 9","volume":"41 14","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139893737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Apolonija Bedina Zavec, Darja Božič, A. Iglič, M. Jeran, Matic Kisovec, V. Kralj Iglič, Anna Romolo
{"title":"C ryogenic transmission electron images of Phaeodactylum tricornutum isolates of small cellular particles","authors":"Apolonija Bedina Zavec, Darja Božič, A. Iglič, M. Jeran, Matic Kisovec, V. Kralj Iglič, Anna Romolo","doi":"10.55295/psl.2024.d9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55295/psl.2024.d9","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Cryogenic transmission electron images of small cellular particles isolated from conditioned media of microalgae Phaeodactylum tricornutun are presented . Each image is identified by the name and number that constitutes the title of the Figure, and supplemented by description of the preparation of the sample and the data on the imaging technique and equipment. Keywords: Extracellular vesicles, Extracellular particles, Nanoalgosomes, Exosomes","PeriodicalId":517260,"journal":{"name":"Socratic Lectures 9","volume":"360 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139893782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Ethmoid Labyrinth, Point of Entry to Diseases of the Nasal Cavity, Paranasal Sinuses, the Orbit and Skull Base","authors":"Jan Bogataj, Ivana Tancer","doi":"10.55295/psl.2024.d1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55295/psl.2024.d1","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Endoscopic endonasal surgery developed as a logical consequence of more sophisticated knowledge of the pathophysiology of the paranasal sinuses. Also endoscopic treatment of various diseases of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses proved to be as effective as clas-sical methods. Ethmoidal bone is a basic anatomic area, where pathologic activities are formed or the natural extension for a minimally invasive approach from the natural nasal opening to the brain, so the knowledge of its anatomy and development is of the para-mount significance. Ethmoid labyrinth starts to develop in the third week of gestation from the pharyngeal apparatus, and reach its full size only at age 12. From a surgical point of view, the most interesting are the medial turbinates, the roof of the nasal cavity, the uncinate process and the bulla ethmoidalis. Through the transethmoidal approach we can access all the cells in the ethmoid sinuses, the frontal sinus, the anterior skull base, the orbital walls and its contents. The awareness that there might be anatomical variations also carries great importance. The central location of the ethmoid bone is actually an in-tersection inside the nasal cavity and the basic component for understanding the anatom-ical relationships and the physiology of the paranasal sinuses. Keywords: ethmoid labyrinth, embryology, anatomy, endoscopic endonasal surgery","PeriodicalId":517260,"journal":{"name":"Socratic Lectures 9","volume":"134 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139893440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Apolonija Bedina Zavec, Darja Božič, M. Hočevar, A. Iglič, M. Jeran, V. Kralj Iglič, Anna Romolo
{"title":"Scanning electron microscope images of small cellular particles isolated from Phaeodactylum tricornutum conditioned media enriched with Guillard’s (F/2) and MW BG11 . Light and dark phases","authors":"Apolonija Bedina Zavec, Darja Božič, M. Hočevar, A. Iglič, M. Jeran, V. Kralj Iglič, Anna Romolo","doi":"10.55295/psl.2024.d14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55295/psl.2024.d14","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract : Scanning electron microscope images of small cellular particles isolated from Phaeodactylum tricornutun conditoned media , light and dark phases are presented . Each image is supplemented by description of the preparation of the sample and the data on the imaging technique and equipment. Keywords: Extracellular vesicles, Extracellular particles, Nanoalgosomes, Exosomes","PeriodicalId":517260,"journal":{"name":"Socratic Lectures 9","volume":"650 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139893829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Ethmoid Labyrinth, Point of Entry to Diseases of the Nasal Cavity, Paranasal Sinuses, the Orbit and Skull Base","authors":"Jan Bogataj, Ivana Tancer","doi":"10.55295/psl.2024.d1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55295/psl.2024.d1","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Endoscopic endonasal surgery developed as a logical consequence of more sophisticated knowledge of the pathophysiology of the paranasal sinuses. Also endoscopic treatment of various diseases of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses proved to be as effective as clas-sical methods. Ethmoidal bone is a basic anatomic area, where pathologic activities are formed or the natural extension for a minimally invasive approach from the natural nasal opening to the brain, so the knowledge of its anatomy and development is of the para-mount significance. Ethmoid labyrinth starts to develop in the third week of gestation from the pharyngeal apparatus, and reach its full size only at age 12. From a surgical point of view, the most interesting are the medial turbinates, the roof of the nasal cavity, the uncinate process and the bulla ethmoidalis. Through the transethmoidal approach we can access all the cells in the ethmoid sinuses, the frontal sinus, the anterior skull base, the orbital walls and its contents. The awareness that there might be anatomical variations also carries great importance. The central location of the ethmoid bone is actually an in-tersection inside the nasal cavity and the basic component for understanding the anatom-ical relationships and the physiology of the paranasal sinuses. Keywords: ethmoid labyrinth, embryology, anatomy, endoscopic endonasal surgery","PeriodicalId":517260,"journal":{"name":"Socratic Lectures 9","volume":"80 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139896752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shota Nebieridze, M. Kereselidze, Maia Beruashvili, Vazha Kvachrelishvili, Marine Matskepladze
{"title":"Clinical-Hematological Examination of Cattle Affected by Theileriosis","authors":"Shota Nebieridze, M. Kereselidze, Maia Beruashvili, Vazha Kvachrelishvili, Marine Matskepladze","doi":"10.55295/psl.2024.d3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55295/psl.2024.d3","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Theileriosis is the most severe transmissible disease among the piroplasmid diseases of ruminants, which is widespread all over the world, especially in the countries with a hot climate in the south, it is also found in Georgia. The source of infection is a sick animal, and the carrier is the pasture ticks Hyalomma Detricum and Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum. The aim of the study was to investigate the dynamics of the clinical course and solution of the disease in the case of Theileriosis in cattle, for which nine 6-month-old calves were naturally infected with ticks of the Ixodidae species carrying the field strain of Theileria an-nulata. Three calves were selected as a control group.During the trial, clinical observation was carried out of infected animals: morning and evening temperature control. Blood was taken from the jugular vein for hematological and serological examination. Blood smears were stained by the Romanovsky-Giemsa method. The degree of infection of erythrocytes by Theilers was determined. Serological examination of blood was performed by prolonged complement fixation reaction to detect specific antibodies. Keywords: Theileriosis, Theileria annulate, schizont-infected cells, cattle, Infection, Hy-alomma anatolicum anatolicum","PeriodicalId":517260,"journal":{"name":"Socratic Lectures 9","volume":"15 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139897535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Apolonija Bedina Zavec, Darja Božič, M. Hočevar, A. Iglič, M. Jeran, V. Kralj Iglič, Anna Romolo
{"title":"Scanning electron microscope images of Phaeodactylum tricornutum culture","authors":"Apolonija Bedina Zavec, Darja Božič, M. Hočevar, A. Iglič, M. Jeran, V. Kralj Iglič, Anna Romolo","doi":"10.55295/psl.2024.d12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55295/psl.2024.d12","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Scanning electron microscope images of small cellular particles isolated from conditioned media of microalgae Phaeodactylum tricornutum are presented Each image is supplemented by description of the preparation of the sample and the data on the imaging technique and equipment. Keywords: Extracellular vesicles, Extracellular particles, Nanoalgosomes, Exosomes","PeriodicalId":517260,"journal":{"name":"Socratic Lectures 9","volume":"1218 17","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139893840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}