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It was in the year 1995 when I was invited for the first time to present my research in homeopathy at the newly founded Office of Alternative Medicine’s (OAM) first conference on research methodology in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD, USA, togethe... |
Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (IVLBCL) is a rare type of extranodal large B-cell lymphoma that selectively affects small and medium-sized bloodvessels in the absence oflymph-adenopathy. The central nervous system (CNS) and skin are the organs most commonly affected. We describe the case of a 64-year-old male who ... |
A new method of sensing and analyzing three-dimensional (3D) x-ray diffraction (XRD) cones was introduced. Using a two-dimensional area detector, a sequence of frames was collected while moving the detector away from the sample with small equally spaced steps and keeping all other parameters constant. A 3D dataset was ... |
Tracheostomy is considered as a strategy that may improve respiratory mechanics and patient comfort and help in the management of secretions and weaning. Tracheostomy has also been suggested as a measure to decrease the risk of development of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), compared with translaryngeal intubatio... |
andDENNIS WENGER E. L. QUARANTELLI, Co-Director of the Disaster Research Center and Professor of Sociology at the Ohio State University, is coeditor with Russell Dynes of the January 1973 American Behavioral Scientist issue on Adaptation and Changes of Groups and Organizations in Response to Urban Racial Disturbances. ... |
Many hospital staff, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, etc., are engaged in blood transfusion practice, and various inquiries are referred to the blood transfusion services. In order to provide a prompt and proper reply, transfusionists must have a wealth of knowledge and experience concerning blood transfusion m... |
By Brauer's induction theorem, for any finite group G, each irreducible complex character of G is a sum of characters induced from linear characters of elementary subgroups of G. The purpose of this note is to show that for soluble G, such a sum always exists in which the subgroups have their indices in G divisible by ... |
A mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that lacks glutamate synthase (GOGAT) activity has been isolated. This mutant was obtained after chemical mutagenesis of a NADP-glutamate dehydrogenase-less mutant strain. The gdh gus mutant is a glutamate auxotroph. The genetic analysis of the gus mutant showed that the GOGAT-less ... |
Prolonged or repeated skin exposure to jewellery, buttons, clothing fasteners, mobile phones and leather may result in metal sensitization. Also, oral exposure to dental restorations may lead to cobalt or gold sensitization. It is estimated that up to 17% of women and 3% of men are nickel sensitized and that 1–3% are s... |
The efficiency of marker-assisted selection (MAS) based on an index incorporating both phenotypic and molecular information is evaluated with an analytical approach that takes into account the size of the experiment. We consider the case of a population derived from a cross between two homozygous lines, which is common... |
BACKGROUND |
Using a dynamic visual display, we examine the changes in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) plasma viral load and CD4 cell count for 5 years after antiretroviral therapy initiation in a large cohort of patients with HIV. |
METHODS |
Patients at a Centers for AIDS Research Network of Integrated Clinical Systems site who initiated combination antiretroviral therapy between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2012 were followed for 5 years for HIV-1 plasma viral load, CD4 cell count, and mortality. The joint distribution of CD4 cell count and viral load o... |
RESULTS |
Within days of therapy initiation, many patients had a suppressed viral load and their median CD4 cell count had increased. However, the median CD4 cell count remained below normal levels throughout follow-up period and the proportion of patients with high viral load occasionally increased, even years after therapy ini... |
CONCLUSIONS |
The dramatic changes in viral load and CD4 cell count after therapy initiation highlight the overwhelming effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy in the modern era. However, this work also emphasizes the need for pharmaceutical or behavioral interventions to prevent virologic failure and to stimulate complete recovery ... |
Ruptured vertebral artery (VA) dissection is one of the common causes of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in Asian countries [1]. Although surgery has been the standard treatment [2], endovascular occlusion has emerged as a promising therapeutic modality [3, 4]. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of endovascular treatment ... |
Experimental solubility and activity coefficient data have been compiled from the published literature for organic solutes dissolved in anhydrous diisopropyl ether. The compiled experimental values were converted into solubility ratios, gas-to-diisopropyl ether partition coefficients (K), and water-to-diisopropyl ether... |
We report the first infrared spectra of multiply-charged anions in the gas phase. The spectra of SO(4) (2-)(H(2)O)(n), with n=3-24, show four main bands assigned to two vibrations of the dianionic core, the water bending mode, and solvent libration. The triply degenerate SO(4) (2-) antisymmetric stretch vibration probe... |
In this study, the molecular design of synthesized polymeric polyphenylquinoline (PPQ) structures is associated with the varying chemical nature of the bridging group (X) between the phenylquinoline cycles and the heteroarylene radicals (Ar) in the repeating unit of PPQs. The photophysical study of optical, photosensit... |
Prolonged periods from conception to deployment of a satellite can undermine a time dependent mission. Currently, the timeline for a new satellite to reach deployment is on the order of years. The need for a more efficient process is evident and has lead to innovations at every aspect of satellite design and pre-launch... |
The article is devoted to the internal context dependence of the training courses studied under the entrepreneurship program in the bachelor’s degree. Unlike other approaches, the authors extend the context dependence to any training courses included in the training program. Approaches to the study of the management cy... |
Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology is common among non‐demented older adults, and 30% meet neuropathological criteria for autopsy‐confirmed AD despite showing no clinical symptoms of disease. Yet, the genetic factors that allow these resilient individuals to remain cognitively normal in the face of substantial neuropat... |
Based on the equilibrium geometries of [Cu2(dbdmed)2O2]2+ and [Cu2(en)2O2]2+ obtained within density‐functional theory, we investigate their molecular electronic structure and optical response. Thereby results from occupation‐constrained as well as time‐dependent DFT (ΔSCF and TDDFT) are compared with Green's function‐... |
KEY FINDINGS |
Data from the National Vital Statistics System, Mortality •Life expectancy for the U.S. population in 2015 was 78.8 years, a decrease of 0.1 year from 2014. •The age-adjusted death rate increased 1.2% from 724.6 deaths per 100,000 standard population in 2014 to 733.1 in 2015. •The 10 leading causes of death in 2015 rem... |
AIM |
To analyze the results of the restoration of the anterior abdominal wall in postoperative ventral hernias using mesh implants. |
MATERIAL AND METHODS |
The study was of 680 patients, who underwent abdominal wall reconstruction using mesh implants. |
RESULTS |
A total of 105 postoperative complications (15.44%) in 84 (12.35%) patients; the postoperative period was without complications in 596 (87.65%) patients. The greatest number of complications was noted after laparoscopic IPOM - 13 patients (20.31%); the smallest - after posterior component separation - 24 (7.5%). Also d... |
CONCLUSION |
Conducting different methods abdominal wall reconstruction using mesh implants is techniques with a low level of postoperative complications and comparable results when performing various types of plastics.Identification of Vector Autoregressive Models with Granger and Stability Constraints |
In this work, we introduce an iterative method for the estimation of vector autoregressive (VAR) models with Granger and stability constraints. When the order of the model $(p)$ and the Granger sparsity pattern (GSP) are not known, the newly proposed method is integrated in a two-stage approach. An information theoreti... |
Titanium-based composites with bioactive phases were produced with TiH2 and 10% in volume of calcium phosphate. The mixtures were prepared either by conventional powder metallurgy processing or by ultrasound, dried in a rotary evaporator, pressed at 600 MPa and vacuum-sintered at 1200 °C for 2 hours. Crystal phases of ... |
Perhaps it is the C. Wright Mills legacy, run through forty-some years of my teaching Introduction to Sociology, contrasting ‘‘troubles’’ with ‘‘issues,’’ biography with history, but I find myself particularly intrigued when a sociologist turns to (auto)biography. And not just any sociologist. This is Peter Berger who,... |
Background Photodynamic therapy (PDT) involves the activation of a photosensitizer by visible light to produce activated oxygen species within target cells, resulting in their destruction. Evidence‐based guidelines support the efficacy of PDT using topical 5‐aminolaevulinic acid (ALA‐PDT) in actinic keratoses, Bowen d... |
This paper presents a speech recognition system which |
incorporates predictive neural networks. The neural networks |
are used to predict observation vectors of speech. The prediction |
error vectors are modeled on the state level by Gaussian |
densities, which provide the local similarity measure for the |
Viterbi algorithm during recognition. The system is evaluated on |
a continuous speech phoneme recognition task. Compared with a |
HMM reference system, the proposed system obtained better |
results in the speech recognition experiments.Chaco Canyon reburial programme |
Abstract Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico contains a wealth of archaeological resources, including 150 large earth and masonry structures under active management and preservation. In response to loss of original fabric from exposure over the last 100 years and more, as well as from cont... |
Ovarian tumours of non-epithelial origin are less common than those of epithelial origin but must be distinguished from these as their natural history and management differ. As these tumours are rare, histological review by an expert in the field is essential. There have been no randomised trials to outline the managem... |
Background: One of the health problems that can be caused by Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is Diabetes mellitus (DM). However, the causal relationship between Perfluorooctanoic acid and DM is still unclear, so it is necessary to look for some evidence regarding this relationship. The search for evidence is also equippe... |
In this note, linear matrix inequality-based design conditions are presented for observer-based controllers that stabilize discrete-time linear parameter-varying systems in the situation where the parameters are not exactly known, but are only available with a finite accuracy. The presented framework allows to make tra... |
We don’t know our own mental states and we don’t have free will. These are Pelham et al.’s central claims in a nutshell. In principle, these two claims are independent: if one lacks free will because, say, all of one’s actions are controlled by an evil demon, it’s still possible for one to know that one believes it’s F... |
BACKGROUND |
Isoflavone phytoestrogen therapy has been proposed as a natural alternative to hormone replacement therapy (HRT). HRT has a beneficial effect on bone, but few trials in humans have investigated the effects of isoflavones on bone. |
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