Current Issues of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences

Contents

1. Identification of Bacillus spp. colonizing the nasal mucosa of healthy adults living in the suburban area using the matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) system - 137

Urszula Kosikowska, Dagmara Stepien-Pysniak, Dorota Ozga, Andrzej Wernicki, Anna Malm

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2. Identificatin and quantiative analysis of amyrins in Humulus lupulus L. - 142

Kamila Rokicka, Magdalena Wojciak-Kosior

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3. Application of atomic absorption spectrometry with continuous light source to analyze selected metals important for human health in different parts of oranges - 145

Wojciech Szwerc, Ireneusz Sowa, Ryszard Kocjan

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4. Application of low-level laser radiation with TiO2, Ag/TiO2 and S/TiO2 on Streptococcus salivarius isolated from the oral cavity - 148

Panas Marta, Baryliyak Adriana, Korniychuk Olena

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5. Structure of non-reimbursed and reimbursed therapeutic procedures provided at a general dental care office - 151

Sylwia Zgardzinska, Jolanta Szymanska

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6. Effect of intervertebral disc disease on scoliosis in the lumbar spine - 155

Gustaw Wojcik, Jolanta Piskorz, Joanna Ilzecka, Wlodzimierz Bulikowski

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7. Association between concentration of melatonin, and lipoproteins, LPO, hsCRP, NTproBNP in chronic heart failure patients - 159

Elzbieta Kimak, Grzegorz Dzida, Dariusz Duma, Andrzej Prystupa, Magdalena Halabis, Aleksandra Kimak, Bartosz Zieba, Iwona Kaznowska-Bystryk, Agnieszka Kowalska

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8. Comparison of the free and total light chain assays in serum and urine samples with immunofixation electrophoresis for detecting monoclonal proteins in patients with monoclonal gammopathy - 165

Maciej Korpysz, Marta Morawska, Agata Burska, Helena Donica

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9. The origin of the inferior epigastric artery in relation to the inguinal ligament in various periods of human life - 171

Mariusz Klepacki, Monika Cendrowska-Pinkosz, Wojciech Dworzanski, Franciszek Burdan

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10. Consumption and awareness of students about nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs - 175

Ewelina Wawryk-Gawda, Patrycja Chylinska-Wrzos, Marta Lis-Sochocka, Barbara Jodlowska-Jedrych

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11. The expression BIRC6 gene in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia – a preliminary study - 179

Piotr Chomik, Paulina Gil-Kulik, Malgorzata Filas, Agnieszka Wojcieszek, Mateusz Wilinski, Jolanta Karwat, Lidia Kotula, Alicja Niedojadlo, Marcin Czop, Anna Bogucka-Kocka, Maria Cioch, Ryszard Pluta, Janusz Kocki

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12. An adverse events potential costs analysis based on Drug Programs in Poland. Dermatology focus - 183

Monika Szkultecka-Debek, Mariola Drozd, Nina Kiepurska, Agnieszka Janowska, Piotr Paprzycki, Beata Paluchowska

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13. Compressional, mechanical and release properties of a novel gum in paracetamol tablet formulations - 187

Musiliu O. Adedokun, John O. Ayorinde, Michael A. Odeniyi

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14. Selected caries diagnostic methods - 195

Ewa Kuchta, Jolanta Szymanska

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15. The prevalence of enteroviruses that cause respiratory infections in patients with influenzavirus A/H1N1 hospitalized in the Lublin province - 199

Adrian Jarzynski, Agata Dubas, Malgorzata Polz-Dacewicz