Stapes fractures without other ossicle problems are rare and ossicle problems due to explosion pressure are also rare. We describe a very rare case of stapes anterior crural fracture resulting from a land mine explosion. As this case suggests, a close examination of the ossicles is necessary during an exploration tympanotomy.
Bombs ; Explosions* ; Fractures, Bone ; Stapes*

In comparison with other hazards of anesthesia, fires and explosions occur very infrequently because of precautions for their prevention so that they are relatively insignificant. The authors had experience of a case of explosion with fire in an oxygen delivery tube and the wrapping cloth of the oxygen cylinder. A piece of plaster used for prevention of leakage from the oxygen delivery tube occluded the filter in a pin-index system of an anesthesia machine. It is suspected that adiabatic compression may produce a momentary temperature of over 900 degrees C in an occluding part, thus igniting minute particles detached by the gas stream from the walls of the oxygen delivery tube. In case of malfunctioning in anesthetic apparatus, it should be repaired only by expert engineers.
Anesthesia* ; Explosions ; Fires ; Oxygen* ; Rivers

Explosion has become one of the most common causes of death of the combat casualties. I made a comment on one case of autopsy whose cause of death was the accidental denotation of a 355 g rifle grenade and reviewed the clinical approaches and strategies of the blast injury.
Accidents ; Blast Injuries ; Explosions ; Humans

With the development of industrial technology, dust explosion accidents have increased, causing serious losses of people's lives and property. With the development of economy, we should lay further emphasis on causation, prevention, and treatment of dust explosion. This article summarizes the background, mechanism, prevention, and treatment of dust explosion, which may provide some professional knowledge and reference for the treatment of dust explosion.
Dust ; Explosions ; prevention & control ; Humans

Animals ; Rats ; Explosions ; Proteomics ; Autophagy

Exploding head syndrome (EHS) is characterized by a sudden loud imagined noise or sense of a violent explosion in the head occurring as the patient is falling asleep or waking during the night. EHS is classified as "other parasomnia" on the ICSD-2 (International Classification of Sleep Disorders), and the neurophysiologic mechanisms underlying this hypnagogic phenomenon are unknown. EHS is a rare type of other parasomnia that has not been reported in Korea. We report two cases of EHS that presented with typical clinical symptoms.
Explosions ; Head ; Humans ; Korea ; Noise ; Parasomnias

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Compressed Air* ; Explosions* ; Orbit* ; Orbital Cellulitis*

The results of 8 cases of herpes simplex keratitis and one case of corneo-lenticular adhesion caused by explosion wound treated by cryogenic instrument (Amoils cryo unit) are presented. The cryoapplicator (2mm in diameter) were applied on the lesions 7-15 seconds. (Temperature: -50 degrees C ~ -70 degrees C). One of herpes simplex keratitis patients was suffered from redness of the lids following cryotherapy for 3 days.
Cornea* ; Cryotherapy ; Explosions ; Freezing* ; Humans ; Keratitis, Herpetic ; Wounds and Injuries

The explosion in biological data resulting from highthroughput experiments requires new software tools to manipulate and display pathways in a way that can integrate disparate sources of information. A visual Java-based CAD tool for drawing and annotating biological pathways with semiautomatic image-processing features is described in this paper. The result of the image-editing process is an XML file for the appropriate links. This tool integrates the pathway images and XML file sources. The system has facilities for linking graphical objects to external databases and is capable of reproducing existing visual representations of pathway maps.
Computational Biology ; Computer-Aided Design ; Explosions ; Software ; Systems Biology

There has been an explosion of literature focusing on the role of regulatory T (Treg) cells in cancer immunity. It is becoming increasingly clear that Treg cells play an active and significant role in the progression of cancer, and have an important role in suppressing tumor-specific immunity. Thus, there is a clear rationale for developing clinical strategies to diminish their regulatory influences, with the ultimate goal of augmenting antitimor immunity. Therefore, manipulation of Treg cells represent new strategies for cancer treatment. In this Review, I will summarize and review the explosive recent studies demonstrating that Treg cells are increased in patients with malignancies and restoration of antitumor immunity in mice and humans by depletion or reduction of Treg cells. In addition, I will discuss both the prognostic value of Treg cells in tumor progression in tumor-bearing hosts and the rationale for strategies for therapeutic vaccination and immunotherapeutic targeting of Treg cells with drugs and microRNA.
Animals ; Explosions ; Humans ; Immunotherapy ; Mice ; MicroRNAs ; T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory ; Vaccination