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Quaternary rupture of a crustal fault beneath Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [PDF]

, 2017
The seismic potential of crustal faults within the forearc of the northern Cascadia subduction zone in British Columbia has remained elusive, despite the recognition of recent seismic activity on nearby fault systems within the Juan de Fuca Strait.
Amos, Colin, Leonard, Lucinda J., Levson, Vic, Morell, Kristin D., Regalla, Christine   +4 more
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Evidence for late Quaternary surface rupture along the Leech River fault near Victoria, British Columbia [PDF]

, 2016
New surficial and bedrock mapping and paleoseismic trenching of the Leech River fault provide the first evidence for Quaternary surface-rupturing earthquakes in southwestern British Columbia, Canada.
Regalla, Christine
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Protocol and recruitment results from a 13-week randomized controlled trial comparing the effects of different doses of nitrate-rich beetroot juice on cognition, cerebral blood flow and peripheral vascular function in overweight and obese older people

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2020
Background: Nitrate-rich food can increase NO production and may induce positive effects on brain function. This study examined the feasibility of a randomized clinical trial (RCT) testing the effects of prolonged consumption of incremental doses of ...
Abrar M. Babateen, Sofia Rubele, Oliver Shannon, Edward Okello, Ellen Smith, Nicholas McMahon, Gerry O'Brien, Emma Wightman, David Kennedy, John C. Mathers, Mario Siervo   +10 more
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The Healing of Wounds Infected with Staphylococcus aureus is Accelerated by Leech Saliva Ointment [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Veterinary Surgery
This study aimed to explore the impact of pure leech saliva and its combination with Eucerin on wounds infected with Staphylococcus aureus. The experimentation involved inducing wounds on the dorsal area of the animals’ chest.
Bagher Nikrou, Saeideh Naeimi, Maryam Rassouli, Sahar Ghaffari Khaligh   +3 more
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Medicinal leech therapy in venous congestion and various ulcer forms: Perspectives of Western, Persian and Indian medicine

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 2020
The use of medicinal leech therapy (MLT) is the subject of many articles describing basic pharmacological principles, application procedures, or efficacy and safety of the broad range of therapeutic indications.This review is focused on the information ...
Detlev Koeppen, Michael Aurich, Mehdi Pasalar, Thomas Rampp   +3 more
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May salivary gland secretory proteins from hematophagous leeches (Hirudo verbana) reach pharmacologically relevant concentrations in the vertebrate host? [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Saliva of hematophagous leeches (Hirudo sp.) contains bioactive proteins which allow the leech proper feeding and storage of ingested blood, but may also exert effects in the host.
Sarah Lemke, Christian Müller, Elisabeth Lipke, Gabriele Uhl, Jan-Peter Hildebrandt   +4 more
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Leech management before application on patient: a nationwide survey of practices in French university hospitals

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2018
Background Leech therapy in plastic/reconstructive microsurgery significantly improves a successful outcome of flap salvage but the drawback is a risk of severe infection that results in a drop of the salvage rates from 70-80% to below 30%. We report the
Delphine Grau, Raphaël Masson, Maxime Villiet, Brigitte Lamy, French Hospitals Group   +4 more
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An analytical study to evaluate the safety of reusing of the vomited leech in leech therapy: A pilot study

Indian Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine KLEU, 2021
Background: Leech therapy is a point of attraction in the medical as well as in the scientific world due to its various outstanding properties, while studying the Ayurveda and scientific literature one can find difference, i.e., discarding after single ...
Vijaykumar S Mane, Pradeep S Shindhe, Giridhar Vedantam, Harsha D Pednekar, Ramesh Killedar   +4 more
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Pruritis and palpable purpura from leeches in the Australian Rainforest

IDCases, 2014
Leeches are prevalent in the Australian Rainforest. We report two cases of leech bites resulting in pruritis and palpable purpura. The dermatologic sequelae of leech bites, differential diagnosis of pruritic palpable purpura, leech bite treatment ...
Elizabeth V. Seiverling, Amrit Khalsa, Hadjh T. Ahrns   +2 more
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Local Covering Optimality of Lattices: Leech Lattice versus Root Lattice E8 [PDF]

, 2004
We show that the Leech lattice gives a sphere covering which is locally least dense among lattice coverings. We show that a similar result is false for the root lattice E8.
Schuermann, Achill, Vallentin, Frank
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