Slovenia

2020, Biology, Slovenia / 19.07.2021

Adolescents represent a considerable percentage of cannabis users, but the effect of smoking on their pulmonary function has not yet been investigated. Therefore, I decided to compare forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) of cannabis smokers with combined cannabis and tobacco smokers and control group of non-smokers, all participants being 18-year-old males. In previous...

2020, Physics, Slovenia / 19.07.2021

Biomechanics of the masticatory muscles in correlation with teeth have been researched. Specific measurement models and special measurement methods have been used to simplify the complexity of the human chewing process. Here the function of the masseter muscle and the lateral pterygoid muscle as the key muscles in human masticatory system has been evaluated. A three-dimensional scan of a realistic...

2020, Medicine, Slovenia / 19.07.2021

Oxidative stress is defined as a disruption of the balance between production of reactive oxygen species and the body's ability to fight them off. They contribute to many autoimmune diseases, which have in the past been treated with anti-TNF therapy using inhibitors of said cytokine. So far, research has shown, that anti-TNF therapy lowers oxidative stress in patients with Crohn's...