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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Development of DNA vaccines encoding Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-specific antigens potentially for EBV-associated nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) immunotherapy

Ling, Guangsheng. January 2005 (has links)
Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.
152

Avaliação das vias aéreas superiores após uso do aparelho Herbst, por meio de sobreposição tridimensional /

Palomino-Gómez, Sandra Patricia. January 2015 (has links)
Orientador: Dirceu Barnabé Raveli / Banca: Ary sos Santos Pinto / Banca: Luiz Gonzaga Gandini Junior / Banca: Arnaldo Pinzan / Banca: Carlos Flores-Mir / Resumo: As mudanças nos padrões de respiração nasal afetam profundamente o crescimento craniofacial. Avanços tecnológicos, como a tomografia computadorizada de feixe cônico (TCFC), têm sido utilizados com o propósito de se observar tridimensionalmente a localização de diferentes estruturas do crânio, a face e o espaço aéreo faríngeo. Desta forma, é possível avaliar as alterações do espaço aéreo induzidas pelos aparelhos ortopédicos propulsores mandibulares. O intuito deste estudo foi avaliar as mudanças na faringe superior resultantes do avanço mandibular com aparelho Herbst, mediante análise do método de sobreposição de coordenadas tridimensionais matemáticas. A amostra deste estudo está composta por 24 pacientes, 10 do gênero feminino e 14 do gênero masculino (16,1 anos no início de tratamento), tratados por 8 meses com aparelho Herbst, sendo comparados com o grupo controle composto de 7 pacientes do gênero feminino (13,54 anos ao início do T1). Todos os indivíduos apresentavam má oclusão classe II divisão 1ª e já haviam passado pelo surto de crescimento pubertário (avaliados e pareados com radiografia de mão e punho). Os exames tomográficos foram realizados em dois tempos para cada paciente. A fase inicial foi realizada com a localização e identificação de 79 pontos anatômicos nos eixos: axial, coronal e sagital, sendo que 26 pontos anatômicos (base do crânio, maxila, mandíbula   37   vértebra e hióide) foram adotados para a análise final com auxílio do software AVIZO®. Após o processo de calibração, cada variável foi mensurada três vezes. A análise estatística dos dados foi realizada por meio do Test de Levane e teste T de Student ao nível de significância de 5 %. A confiabilidade das medidas apresentaram boa replicabilidade (ICC ≥ 0,921), com exceção da borda superior de vértebra cervical 3 e dos pontos inferiores da coana... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Changes in nasal breathing pattern affect the craniofacial growth. Technological advances, such as Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), have been used in order to observe three-dimensionally (3D) the skull, face and pharyngeal airway space. The latter, with possible assessment of airway changes induced by orthopedic activators. The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes of the upper airway space resulted from mandibular advancement with Herbst appliance through superposition method of mathematical 3D coordinates. The sample was composed of 24 patients, 10 females and 14 males (16.1 years at the start of treatment - T1) treated for 8 months with Herbst appliance, and compared with a group control composed of 7 females (13.54 yrs at T1). Individuals of the samples were patients with malocclusion Class II division 1, already been through the pubertal growth spurt. The growth sprunt was assessment with hand/wrist radiographs. For each patient, CBCT scans were performed in two stages. The initial phase was conducted by location and identification of 79 anatomical points in the shaft, axial, coronal and sagittal views. Twenty-six anatomical points (skull base, maxilla, vertebra and Hyoid jaw) were adopted for the final analysis using Avizo analysis software®. After calibration of the examiner, each variable was measured three times. The statistical analysis was performed using Levene Test and t-Test with   39   significance level of 5%. The reliability of the measurements showed good reproducibility (ICC ≥ 0.92), exception were the top edge of cervical vertebra 3 and lower border of the Choanae. The results indicated statistical significance in axis Z for PNS (p = 04) compared to control group and for to tip of the epiglottis (p=0.02) compared with control group. Other structures, which were statistically significant, were the left portion of the greater cornu of hyoid...(Complete abstract electronic access below) / Doutor
153

Avaliação da mobilidade velar em indivíduos com insuficiência velofaríngea por rinometria acústica / Assessment of velar mobility in individuals with velopharyngeal insufficiency by acoustic rhinometry

Bruna Mara Adorno Marmontel Araújo 22 October 2010 (has links)
Objetivo: Verificar se a rinometria acústica, usada de rotina para avaliar a patência nasal, é capaz de identificar a deficiência no movimento velar em indivíduos com diagnóstico clínico de função velofaríngea inadequada (FVI). Modelo: Estudo clínico prospectivo Local de Execução: Hospital de Referência Especializado. Participantes: Vinte indivíduos com fissura de palato reparada e FVI residual e 18 indivíduos-controle sem fissura de palato e função velofaríngea adequada (FVA), adultos, de ambos os sexos. Variáveis analisadas: Curvas área-distância foram obtidas no repouso velar e na fala (fonema /k/), utilizando um sistema Eccovision AR, sendo o volume determinado pela integração da área sob a curva em segmento correspondente à nasofaringe. A mobilidade velar (V) foi estimada pela diferença absoluta e relativa entre o volume nasofaríngeo no repouso velar (Vr) e na fala (Vk). A eficiência da técnica em discriminar FVI e FVA foi analisada pela curva ROC. Resultados: Os valores médios (±DP) de Vr e Vk obtidos foram: 23,2±3,6cm3 e 15,9±3,8cm3, no grupo FVA, e 22,7±7,9cm3 e 20,7±7,4cm3, no grupo FVI, correspondendo a uma redução média de 7,3cm3 (31%) no grupo FVA e a uma redução significativamente menor, de 2,0cm3 (9%), no grupo FVI (p<0,05). Constatou-se que 70% dos pacientes do grupo FVI apresentaram V sugestivo de elevação velar prejudicada (inferior ao limiar de corte que maximizou, simultaneamente, a sensibilidade e a especificidade do teste), confirmando o diagnóstico clínico. Conclusão: A rinometria acústica foi capaz de identificar, com bom poder discriminatório, o comprometimento da atividade velar que caracteriza a insuficiência velofaríngea. / Objective: To determine whether acoustic rhinometry, routinely used for evaluation of nasal patency, is able to identify impairment of velar movement in individuals with clinical diagnosis of inadequate velopharyngeal function (IVF). Design: Prospective clinical study. Setting: Reference Craniofacial Hospital. Participants: Twenty subjects with repaired cleft palate and residual IVF and 18 noncleft controls with adequate velopharyngeal function (AVF), adults, of both sexes. Main Outcomes Measures: Area-distance curves were obtained during velar rest and speech (phoneme /k/), using an Eccovision AR system, and volume was determined by integrating the area under the curve at a segment corresponding to nasopharynx. Velar mobility (_V) was estimated by the absolute and relative difference between nasopharyngeal volume at velar rest (Vr) and speech (Vk). The efficiency of the technique to discriminate IVF and AVF was assessed by a ROC curve. Results: Mean Vk and Vr values (±SD) obtained were: 23.2±3.6cm3 and 15.9±3.8cm3 (AVF group), and 22.7±7.9cm3 and 20.7±7.4cm3 (IVF group), corresponding to an average reduction of 7.3cm3 (31%) for the AVF group and a significantly smaller reduction of 2.0cm3 (9%) for the IVF group (p<0.05). Seventy percent of the IVF patients showed a _V suggesting impaired velar elevation (below the cutoff score that maximized both the sensitivity and specificity of the test), confirming clinical diagnosis. Conclusion: Acoustic rhinometry was able to identify, with a good discriminatory power, the impairment of velar activity which characterizes velopharyngeal insufficiency.
154

Luminescent bioprobes for imaging and inhibition of EBV associated cancers /Jiang Lijun.

Jiang, Lijun 01 January 2017 (has links)
The high incidence rate of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC) in southern China, including Hong Kong, has attracted worldwide attention. According to the Center for Health Protection in Hong Kong, there were 841 new cases of NPC, with 655 cases of males and 186 cases of females in 2013. The development of NPC is highly associated with the infection of one human herpes virus, the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Given that the homodimerization of one of the EBV endogenous protein-Epstein-Barr Nuclear Antigen 1 (EBNA1) is essential for both viral genome maintenance and infected-cell survival, thus the interference of EBNA1 homodimerization would be a novel strategy for the inhibition of EBV-positive tumours. In this thesis we devote to conjugate several kinds of organic fluorophores with various EBV-specific peptides in order to achieve the highly responsive and selective imaging, as well as the effective inhibition of EBV-positive tumours in vitro and in vivo. The first research focused on the conjugation of a styrene pyridine fluorophore with two EBNA1-specific peptides, aiming to develop a dual-probe for the imaging and inhibition of EBV-positive tumour cells. Then we tried to introduce a Nuclear Localization Sequence into the EBNA1-specific peptide, and used an Intra-molecular Charge Transfer characterized fluorophore for the following second research, it showed an impressively responsive signal when the probe binds with EBNA1 both in vitro and in vivo, more importantly, only 4 μg probe can inhibit 92.8% of growth inhibition of an EBV-positive tumour. Along this line, our last research centred on the further improvement of the imaging by taking advantage of lanthanide.
155

Anti-tumor mechanisms of 2-methoxyestradiol in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Lee, Yee Man 01 January 2007 (has links)
No description available.
156

Domestic incense burning and the risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a case-referent study among Hong Kong Chinese / 病例對照研究 / 謝少華. / 室內燃香與香港華人的鼻咽癌發病風險: 病例對照研究 / CUHK electronic theses & dissertations collection / Domestic incense burning and the risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a case-referent study among Hong Kong Chinese / bing li dui zhao yan jiu / Xie Shaohua. / Shi nei ran xiang yu Xianggang Hua ren de bi yan ai fa bing feng xian: bing li dui zhao yan jiu

January 2013 (has links)
Xie, Shaohua = 室內燃香與香港華人的鼻咽癌發病風險 : / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 124-153). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese; appendixes includes Chinese. / Xie, Shaohua = Shi nei ran xiang yu Xianggang Hua ren de bi yan ai fa bing feng xian :
157

Illness trajectory of patients suffering from nasopharyngealcarcinoma

Cheng, Yuk-yi, Josephine., 鄭玉儀. January 1997 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Sciences
158

Functional study of the EBV-encoded RNAs (EBERs) in nasopharyngeal epithelial cells

Wong, Hing-lok., 黃慶樂. January 2005 (has links)
published_or_final_version / abstract / Anatomy / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy
159

Epstein-barr virus infection in nasopharyngeal epithelial cells

Tsang, Chi-man., 曾智敏. January 2008 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Anatomy / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy
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Avaliação do volume aéreo total por meio de tomografia computadorizada após expansão rápida da maxila / Evaluation of total air volume through computed tomography after rapid maxillary expansion

Ferreira, Nayra Oliveira 05 January 2018 (has links)
A expansão rápida da maxila é o procedimento ortodôntico/ortopédico mais utilizado para a correção da mordida cruzada posterior, maloclusão frequentemente encontrada em pacientes respiradores bucais. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o efeito da expansão rápida da maxila sobre o volume da naso e orofaringe de crianças portadoras de mordida cruzada posterior, por meio da tomografia computadorizada convencional. Foram selecionadas 32 crianças com respiração bucal e/ou mista, de ambos os gêneros, na faixa etária de sete a dez anos de idade, em fase de dentição mista, portadoras de mordida cruzada posterior, uni ou bilateral, sem qualquer tipo de tratamento otorrinolaringológico ou ortodôntico. Os exames de tomografia computarizada foram realizados 15 meses após a expansão. Os resultados mostraram que não houve aumento estatisticamente significativo, tanto no volume e na área da nasofaringe como no volume e na área da orofaringe após a expansão rápida da maxila. Pode-se concluir que a a expansão rápida da maxila não produz alterações sobre a área e o volume da naso e orofaringe de crianças respiradoras bucais, portadoras de mordida cruzada posterior. / Rapid maxillary expansion is the most commonly used orthodontic/orthopedic procedure for the correction of posterior crossbite, a malocclusion frequently found in mouth breathing patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of rapid maxillary expansion on the naso and oropharynx volume of children with posterior crossbite using conventional computed tomography. Thirty-two children with oral and/or mixed breathing were selected from both genders, at the age group from 07 to 10 years old, during the mixed dentition phase, with posterior or bilateral bite, without any otorhinolaryngological or orthodontic treatment. CT scans were performed 15 months after the expansion. The results showed that there was no statistically significant increase in both the volume and area of the nasopharynx and in the volume and area of the oropharynx after rapid maxillary expansion. It can be concluded that the rapid expansion of the maxilla does not produce changes in the area and volume of the naso and oropharynx of mouth breathing children with posterior crossbite.

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