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Pollen size and exine structure of the following five Onosma L. species from Slovakia and Italy were studied by light and scanning electron microscopy: Onosma echioides, O. tornensis, O. visianii, O. arenaria, and O. pseudoarenaria. Among the taxa studied, O. echioides has the smallest pollen grains in average (10.5–17... |
Abstract Objective: To develop exchange lists for the assessment of food and nutrient intakes for people with diabetes in Mali. Design: Based on North American exchange lists, a Malian food exchange system was developed using food composition tables for Mali. Dietary intakes were assessed by two 48-hour dietary recalls... |
Information security is very much essential in information transmission. The requirement of information security is increasing because of wide spread use of distributed systems, network and communication facilities for carrying information between terminal user and computer and between computer and computer. Large numb... |
CASE PRESENTATION A 61-year-old white man presented with a 4-month history of generalized wrinkling and laxity of the skin, most prominent in the antecubital fossa bilaterally. He reported a history of HIV controlled with elvitegravir/cobicistat/ emtricitabine/tenofovir (Genvoya, Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA) for o... |
Background Increasing proportions of the global population transition through a university setting, a setting associated with engagement in behaviors that diminish health such as high levels of physical inactivity. Increasing physical activity (PA) is a key element of health promotion strategies in many countries, but ... |
The recent wave of military coups from Sudan to Guinea, and from Mali to Burkina Faso might have come as a surprise to many observers given the longstanding commitment of African regional organizations to a policy of ‘zero tolerance’ against unconstitutional changes of government. Deposed incumbents did not return to t... |
In this study, we designed a new flex-on-board test vehicle with a 250-µm-pitch coplanar waveguide (CPW) structure for high frequency measurement. The microstirp is 150-um-width and 2-mm-length by Au/Ni surface finished Cu electrode and the ground electrode is designed by 4000-um-width and 2-mm-length. On PCB, 2 CPW pa... |
This study is an attempt to semantically decompose the most popular metaphorical expressions associated with two particular Web 2.0 practices: social networks and folksonomies. What is a friend on a social networking Web site like MySpace and StudiVZ? Is it polite to poke strangers on Facebook and give them fives on hi... |
INTRODUCTION |
During the COVID-19 pandemic, adherence to hygiene measures is an objective aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality. |
OBJECTIVE |
To evaluate adherence to hand hygiene and protection measures during the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary care hospital. |
METHODS |
Cross-sectional study on health personnel handwashing at the five moments recommended by the World Health Organization, as well as on the use of specific personal protective equipment. |
RESULTS |
One hundred and seventeen hand hygiene opportunities were observed in health personnel. Hand washing was observed in 40 (34 %) and omission in 76 (65 %). Adherence to the use of face shield was observed in five (4 %), and lack of adherence in 112 (96%). Adherence to the use of face mask was observed in 65 nursing profe... |
CONCLUSION |
Health personnel showed low proportions of adherence to hand hygiene and use of equipment for specific protection during the COVID-19 pandemic.THE ROLE OF MALAYSIAN ONLINE MEDIA FOR ACHIEVING THE SDGS AND THE MALAYSIA’S DEVELOPMENT AGENDA |
In this presentation I argue that the media are important tools of national development. One way to propel the SDGs into the public sphere and planes of national discourse is through the media because of its ability to hold government accountable to the people. Subsequently, the role of the media in development will b... |
There are literally thousands of ball mills in use throughout the world, many of them in the cement industry. Few installations have a comprehensible method of controlling and recording exactly what ball size distribution is in, or should be in, the ball mill. As mills are supplied for ever increasing capacities, the b... |
Rise in population aging as well as diffusion of chronic diseases and health consciousness require constant monitoring of health conditions but also lead to increasing costs for the governments. Body Area Networks represent the next frontier in health care and are envisaged as the natural choice to provide detailed and... |
Microbial coinfections have been associated with transient bursts of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viremia in patients. In this study, we have investigated whether microbial coinfections can induce replication of HIV-1 in latently infected CD4(+) T cells derived from HIV-infected patients who are receiving highly ... |
Fraunhofer SAVE (Software Architecture Visualization and Evaluation) is a tool for analyzing and optimizing the architecture of implemented software systems. SAVE is a joint development between Fraunhofer IESE (Institute for Experimental Software Engineering IESE in Kaiserslautern, Germany) and Fraunhofer Center Maryla... |
Abstract Recent studies have found that the European Parliament (EP) had limited substantive influence on the European Union’s response to the European debt crisis. It has been argued that Parliament compensated this loss by expanding its oversight powers over executive bodies in the implementation of crisis legislatio... |
Using vapour-liquid-solid mechanism, we have grown Ge and composition modulated Ge:SnO2 nanowires on gold coated silicon substrates with diameter distribution ranging from 30-100 nm, and length more than tens of micrometers. The outer sheath of pure Ge nanowires consists of GeO2 as revealed from the XRD and TEM analyse... |
The purpose of this inquiry was to construct a model for facilitation of critical reflective practice, based on thorough analysis of the main concepts (critical thinking and reflection), related viewpoints, models and theories; and the data gathered and analyzed during, the naturalistic inquiry. The constructed model e... |
Background: Mediastinal lymph node staging (N-staging) is essential to optimize the treatment in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Transesophageal endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) has recently been introduced as a complementary method. However, in most reports, EUS-FNA has been perfo... |
PURPOSE |
To develop and evaluate a tool for accurate, reproducible, and programmable motion control of imaging phantoms for use in motion sensitive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appli cations. |
METHODS |
In this paper, the authors introduce a compact linear motion stage that is made of nonmagnetic material and is actuated with an ultrasonic motor. The stage can be positioned at arbitrary positions and orientations inside the scanner bore to move, push, or pull arbitrary phantoms. Using optical trackers, measuring micro... |
RESULTS |
The error of the stage in reaching fixed positions was 0.025 ± 0.021 mm. In execution of dynamic motion profiles, the worst-case normalized root mean squared error was below 7% (for frequencies below 0.33 Hz). Experiments demonstrated that the stage did not introduce artifacts nor did it degrade the image SNR. The effe... |
CONCLUSIONS |
The results of the experiments indicate that the proposed system is MRI-compatible and can create reliable and reproducible motion that may be used for validation and assessment of motion related MRI applications.Long term prognostic implication of newly detected abnormal glucose tolerance among patients with stable ca... |
Background: To assess the association between fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and 2-h post challenge plasma glucose (2h-PCPG) as continuous or categorical variables with risk of recurrent cardiovascular disease (CVD) and incident diabetes among subjects with history of previous CVD. Methods: In a prospective population-b... |
Upper-limb dysfunction such as reduced range of motion (ROM) of the shoulder, muscle weakness of the upper extremities, lymphedema, and pain are common side effects of breast cancer treatment. For many breast cancer survivors, upper-limb dysfunction may persist for many years and affect quality of life. Shoulder exerci... |
BitTorrent is probably the most popular file sharing protocol nowadays. Since it is a complex protocol which was created mostly as an engineering effort, there have been attempts to evaluate and understand the behavior of BitTorrent, exposing drawbacks and identifying opportunities for improvement. Simulation(al) and e... |
Hemoglobin synthesis in murine Friend virus-induced leukemic cells established in tissue culture has been demonstrated. These cells have exhibited a limited degree of differentiation along the erythroid line throughout their serial passage history. Cloned lines differ in the extent of differentiation as evaluated by be... |
BACKGROUND |
The hormonal alterations observed in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) may promote implantation failure as well as disruption of their endometrial homeostasis. To evaluate cell survival of mid-secretory endometrium from untreated women with PCOS, we measured the expression of apoptosis and proliferation-relat... |
METHODS |
A case-control study of 11 patients with PCOS and 11 fertile women in the Hospital Research Unit was performed. Endometrial samples were obtained from PCOS women (PCOSE) and fertile healthy women (CE) during the mid-secretory phase of the menstrual cycle. Protein expressions for Akt, p-AktSer473 and p-AktThr308, Bad, p... |
RESULTS |
In CE and PCOSE, a predominance of p-AktThr308 over p-AktSer473 is observed; p-BadSer136 expression is higher in PCOSE than in CE (P < 0.05). Also, Bcl-2 protein is overexpressed in PCOSE (P < 0.05), with no changes in Bax expression among the two groups, resulting in a significantly higher Bcl-2/Bax ratio in PCOSE tha... |
CONCLUSION |
The abnormal tissue homeostasis exhibited by the secretory endometrium from PCOS patients with spontaneous ovulation may interfere with their endometrial receptivity.Fabrication of Graphite/Hydroxyethyl Cellulose (HEC)/Silicone Gel Composites with Aligned Structure for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding and Thermal... |
Nowadays, materials with both excellent thermal management properties and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding properties have more and more practical application scenarios and are gaining widespread attention. Herein, the composite with both excellent EMI shielding properties and high thermal management proper... |
The history of erysipelas prophylaxis began in 1882 when Pasteur first discovered the attenuating effect of rabbit passages on the erysipelas bacterium. Ten years later, the German veterinarian Lorenz demonstrated the protecting effect of erysipelas antiserum. He developed a method of serovaccination which was successf... |
Synchrony between circadian and metabolic processes is critical to the maintenance of energy homeostasis. Studies on essence of chicken (EC), a chicken meat extract rich in proteins, amino acids and peptides, showed its effectiveness in alleviating fatigue and promoting metabolism. A recent study revealed that it facil... |
This paper deals with the optimal path planning problem for mobile robot which are drove in obstacle environment. Specially, we aim at solving the deadlock problem using grid network and improved particle swarm optimization algorithm. The proposed method is different from traditional particle swarm optimization method,... |
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