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Weapon injuries in the crusader mass graves from a 13th century attack on the port city of Sidon (Lebanon).
Archaeological excavations close to St Louis' castle in Sidon, Lebanon have revealed two mass grave deposits containing partially articulated and disarticulated human skeletal remains. A minimum of 25 male individuals have been...
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Carrel, A. The treatment of infected wounds
Alexis Carrel. The treatment of infected wounds Shortly after the outbreak of the war, Alexis Carrel, in collaboration with H. D. Dakin ( Herter Laboratories, New York), seeking to discover the best means of treating war-wound...
Published by: Hoeber
Integrins promote axonal regeneration after injury of the nervous system.
Integrins are cell surface receptors that form the link between extracellular matrix molecules of the cell environment and internal cell signalling and the cytoskeleton. They are involved in several processes, e.g. adhesion and...
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Neuroregeneration and plasticity
Neuronal networks, especially those in the central nervous system (CNS), evolved to support extensive functional capabilities while ensuring stability. Several physiological "brakes" that maintain the stability of the neuronal...
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Traumatic spinal cord injury
Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) has devastating consequences for the physical, social and vocational well-being of patients. The demographic of SCIs is shifting such that an increasing proportion of older individuals are...
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Rationale and design of the violence, injury and trauma observatory (VITO)
The establishment of violence and injury observatories elsewhere has been found to reduce the burden within a relatively short period. Currently no integrated system exists in South Africa to provide collated data on violence...
Published by: BMJ Open