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BACKGROUND |
Lower extremity edema occurs in many conditions including congestive heart failure, lymphedema, diabetes-related, kidney and liver disease, chronic venous insufficiency with venous hypertension. Clinical edema assessment methods are often subjective and variable. Our goals were to introduce a simple noninvasive measure... |
METHODS |
Tissue dielectric constant (TDC) values, as indices of skin-to-fat tissue water, were measured on foot dorsum, lower medial leg and anterior forearm of 88 adults (44 female) with ages ranging from 19-77 years with BMI ranging from 18.3-40.6 kg/m2. From these direct measurements lower-to-upper extremity TDC ratios (foot... |
RESULTS |
Results showed that at each anatomical site absolute TDC values for males significantly exceed those of females (P<0.001). Male vs. female TDC values were 33.0±5.4 vs. 27.7±4.0 for the forearm, 34.8±6.5 vs. 27.5±4.6 for the leg, and 32.5±6.5 vs. 28.7±5.1 for the foot. In contrast, the foot/arm and leg/arm ratios were s... |
CONCLUSIONS |
This assessment method together with the normative ratios and calculated thresholds may aid in rapid detection of lower extremity edema in patients and possibly as a way to quantitatively track changes in edema status with time or treatment. However, the suitability of these thresholds is subject to future validation i... |
Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) is the most used biomedical polymer worldwide. PVC is a stable and chemically inert polymer. However, microorganisms can colonize PVC producing biomedical device-associated infections. While surface modifications of PVC can help improve the antimicrobial and antiviral properties, the chemical... |
The effects of different pulse sequences and timing parameters on the increase in transverse relaxation rate produced by superparamagnetic iron oxide particles have been studied. Gradient‐echo, single spin‐echo, and multiple‐echo images recorded at 2.0 T were used to evaluate the reduction in signal intensity per unit ... |
Policymakers seeking empirical evidence on social policy interventions often find themselves confronted with a mountain of academic studies that are potentially relevant to the question. Without some systematic way to sort through the evidence, there is a risk that analysts will become mired in the research, or simply ... |
Results: In-hospital mortality was 1% (n=3) of which 2 were admitted for acute aortic dissection. Two-hundred seventy-one patients were available for long-term analysis. Median follow-up was 5 years (IQR: 1.7-8.2). Thirty-nine patients (14.4%) died during follow-up setting survival at 10 years at 73+4.9%. Over the foll... |
mind and intelligence to understand this point. Presently scholars in psychology, sociology, and analytic philosophy are laboring to clarify educational terminology, but much remains to be done. I n 1972 Dean Theodore Sizer of the Harvard Graduate School of Education complained that professional educators are loath to ... |
A semantic space perspective on representations of self and other was applied to investigate the perceived quality of the past relationship with the spouse in relation to adjustment in conjugal bereavement. According to this perspective, the proximity, or extent to which representations of self and others share similar... |
Abstract The European endemic Erebia oeme (Hübner [1804]) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) is discovered in the Carpathian Chain, from where it was considered to be absent. The single population found is situated in the southern part of the Romanian Carpathians (Retezat Mountains), where it flies sympatrically and... |
We report our experience extending a logic programming language with a rst-order functional component. Functional expressions are evaluated by narrowing and can contain logic variables for a seamless integration with the logic component of the language. Our experiment shows that our extension is achievable with a modes... |
A number of proteins have been rendered functionally oestrogen-dependent by fusion with the hormone-binding domain of the oestrogen receptor. There are, however, several significant disadvantages with such fusion proteins. First, their use in cells in vitro requires phenol red-free medium and laborious stripping of ste... |
The first approach of this research paper explores the simultaneous characterization and determination of the Asulam active ingredient and its associated nine impurities in bulk batch production by the gradient reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic (RP-HPLC) method. The best separation from its potentia... |
The acceptance of technology-based self-service will realize substitution from capital to labor, most of the companies are the provider of service, and then, customer plays a key role in service. Traditional measures of productivity only refer to "provider-induced productivity" within these service settings, but they n... |
It is well known that Ladle Shrouds, which are designed transfer and to protect steel flows between a Ladle and a Tundish set below, during casting operations, can suffer from inadvertent ingress of air. In the present paper, 3D transient multiphase simulations of flows occurring for a Reverse Taper Ladle Shroud during... |
A Lancefield group G beta-hemolytic streptococcus was isolated from a group of laboratory cats with acute lymphadenitis of the head and neck and systemic signs of sepsis. The infection appeared to be transmitted by the oral route and was experimentally reproduced in cats after the isolant was inoculated by oral and sub... |
Continuous turbidimetric monitoring of cultures of staphylococci and streptococci exposed to teicoplanin or vancomycin revealed considerable inhibitory activity at concentrations below the conventionally-determined minimum inhibitory concentration. Teicoplanin was more active than vancomycin against low inocula, but ex... |
Recently, fossil land mammals have been recorded in the James Ross Island area, east of the Antarctic Peninsula, from the marine middle-late Eocene strata of Seymour Island. These include two endemic species of polydolopid marsupial: Antarctodolops dailyi Woodburne & Zinsmeister 1984, and Eurydolops seymourensis Case, ... |
Electronic mail poses a number of unusual challenges for the design of information retrieval systems and test collections, including informal expression, conversational structure, variable document granularity (e.g., messages, threads, or longer-term interactions), a naturally occuring integration between free text and... |
Objective: To investigate the effects of cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index (BMI) on all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in men and women. Design: 26-year cohort study. Setting: Community study where defined geographic regions, occupational groups, school districts, and medical plan members were t... |
Contact info: jonazose@uw.edu Goal and Method Goal: Produce probabilistic projections of population for all countries including migration uncertainty. Cohort-component method combines: I Bayesian hierarchical model for net migration (Azose and Raftery, 2015) in place of deterministic migration projections used by the U... |
Disease activity scores for rheumatoid arthritis have been developed and validated in recent years. They allow the longitudinal documentation of the effectiveness of treatment. Application of these scores in routine daily practice could significantly improve the effectiveness of therapy with relatively little effort. T... |
The performance measurement of hypervelocity projectiles in flight is critical in ensuring proper projectile operation, for designing new long-range missile systems with improved accuracy, and for assessing damage to the target upon impact to determine the projectile's lethality. We are developing a modular, low cost, ... |
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has been shaped by preexisting political, social, and economic relations and governance structures, and will remold these structures going forward. This review essay considers three books on global health politics written by Simon Rushton, Clare Wenham, and Jeremy Youde. Here, I explore w... |
This study investigated the lumped parameter method (LPM) and distributed parameter method (DPM) in the measurement of vibration and prediction of sound pressure levels (SPLs) produced by an electrostatic speaker with circular diaphragm. An electrostatic speaker with push-pull configuration was achieved by suspending t... |
A new stable six-membered cyclic germylene radical C (•L3Ge:; •L3 = •[CH3C(PhCN-Dip)2]2-, where Dip = 2,6- iPr2C6H3) has been synthesized and structurally characterized. Unlike the germanium-centered radical A (L1•Ge:, L1 = [HC( tBuCN-Dip)2]-), C is a π-type radical with spin density mainly distributed on the NC3N back... |
This paper reviews the scientific literature regarding current systems available for the management of acute faecal incontinence (FI) in hospital patients. The review searched Medline from 1950 to October 2009 using the adapted search strategy, as devised by the Cochrane Incontinence Group, in order to identify studies... |
The inflammatory diseases of muscle are a group of disorders characterized by proximal muscle weakness. Most cases fall into three major diagnostic categories, polymyositis (PM), dermatomyositis and inclusion body myositis. Respiratory complications are a common feature and are an important cause of morbidity and morta... |
Abstract Background: The purpose of this study was to describe the occurrence, health cost and management of paraffin poisoning in a rural South African hospital. Methods: A retrospective study was undertaken of 145 children admitted with a diagnosis of paraffin poisoning at Philadelphia Hospital, Mpumalanga from Janua... |
Abstract The aim of this paper is to investigate the influence of Thiocetam on morphological changes in the liver of rats and on biochemical changes in their blood after exposure to lead nanoparticles and compounds. The liver is an organ that performs a number of functions, such as the synthesis of enzymes, hormones, p... |
A new electrorheological fluid damper has been developed to control the elastic vibrations of robotic mechanisms. The damper is capable of providing a continuously variable damping torque in response to an electric field. In the absence of an electric field the device acts like a normal fluid damper that produces a vis... |
In Pakistan, power outages have become frequent over the past two decades, due to a continuing energy crisis. Reliance on machines for thermal comfort of buildings has led to high energy demands of the increasing population. The negative impacts of artificial environments have, also, diminished the sense of place, biop... |
The article analyzes the problems of legal regulation and practical implementation of the state genomic registration in the activities of the law enforcement system, the opinion is expressed about the prospects for the use of gene-molecular information in various fields of activity. The regulatory and legal regulation ... |
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discriminator against modeled noise transients in interferometric data in searches for binary black-hole mergers |
A vitally important requirement for detecting gravitational-wave (GW) signals from compact binary coalescences (CBCs) with high significance is the reduction of the false-alarm rate of the matched-filter statistic. The data from GW detectors contain transient noise artifacts, or glitches, which adversely affect the per... |
Human herpes virus 8 (HHV‐8) also known as Kaposi's sarcoma‐associated herpes virus has been strongly implicated in the pathogenesis of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), primary effusion lymphoma, and multicentric Castleman disease. Recently, this gamma‐herpes virus was also found in the nonmalignant bone marrow dendritic cells o... |
To investigate contribution of glucocorticoids to the maintenance of gastric mucosal integrity during stress we predominantly used ulcerogenic stress models. Using these models we demonstrated that glucocorticoids released in response to the ulcerogenic stimuli attenuated their harmful action on the gastric mucosa.In t... |
Abstract An ab initio simulation of reversed‐phase liquid chromatography for phenolic compounds was developed using a molecular mechanics calculation in the CAChe™ program. The calculated molecular interaction energy values were well correlated with the log k values measured as molecular and ionized forms in reversed‐p... |
In Spring 2003, just before Dick Wittink became editor of Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) and I became executive director of the Marketing Science Institute (MSI), Dick visited the University of Texas at Austin to participate in our annual research camp. During his visit, Dick and I decided to act on our shared int... |
We demonstrate for the first time epitaxially grown InGaAs macaroni channel down to 15 nm thickness for 3-D NAND with a low temperature (< 575 °C) process. The epitaxial InGaAs macaroni channel is selectively grown inside memory hole, with different compositions of In and Ga, by replacing an a-Si sacrificial channel. I... |
At the beginning of this year, the new German guideline on rhinosinusitis was published as a joint guideline of the German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and the German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians. The guideline was designed for the treatment of adult patients with in... |
Physical scientists are problem solvers. They are comfortable "doing" science: they find problems, solve them, and explain their solutions. Here, Roger Newton argues that physicists should spend more time thinking about physics. If they did, he believes, they would become even more skilled at "doing" science. Newton po... |
Abstract Aim: In active relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients requiring second-line treatment, the Dutch National Health Care Institute (ZiN) has not stated a preference for either alemtuzumab, fingolimod, or natalizumab. The aim was to give healthcare decision-makers insight into the differences in co... |
Twelve subjects, 6 bilateral vestibular-loss (3 well compensated and 3 poorly compensated) and 6 controls, attempted to maintain balance during anterior-posterior sinusoidal surface translation at 6 different frequencies. For frequencies <or= 0.25 Hz well compensated and control subjects rode the platform by fixing the... |
ABSTRACT Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) expression is regulated by transcriptional as well as posttranscriptional mechanisms, the latter including the control of mRNA decay through an AU-rich element (ARE) in the 3′ untranslated region (UTR). Using two mutant cell lines deficient for ARE-mediated mRNA decay, we pr... |
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