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Formalin fixation and paraffin embedding of post mortem tissue specimens is widely used for high-resolution neuroimaging with both conventional and X-ray virtual histology. Exchange of embedding solutions generates non-uniform brain shrinkage and changes relative tissue densities. We used synchrotron radiation-based X-... |
Generation of heat from the battery is one of the most vulnerable problems faced in E-Vehicle system. Heat generation is overwhelmed due to charging and discharging while accelerating the engine. As the generation goes on increasing in the long run life span of battery decreases which in turn reduces the efficiency of ... |
In this paper we present some metapredicative subsystems of analysis. We deal with reflection principles, ω-model existence axioms (limit axioms) and axioms asserting the existence of hierarchies. We show several equivalences of the introduced subsystems. In particular we prove the equivalence of Σ1 transfinite depende... |
We report new U–Pb zircon age and whole-rock geochemical data from the Pangin mafic intrusive rocks of the Siang window, eastern Himalayas. These mafic rocks are medium to coarse-grained gabbros, consisting mainly of plagioclase and clinopyroxene with accessory phases (hornblende + Fe–Ti oxides) that retain granular an... |
Challenging contemporary orthodoxies, notably Derrida's perception of the actor as an ‘interpretive slave’, Richard Hornby here suggests that so far from exerting a tyranny, the fixed text provides a lifeline which the actor, having grasped, then makes his or her own. If a tyranny exists, it is that of the auteur-direc... |
Individual effects of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and glucocorticoids on sleep have been difficult to discern due to the feedback effects each hormone exerts on the other. In addition, it is not known whether hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis hormones alter sleep homeostasis or circadian influences on sleep... |
Holography is a novel approach to modeling strongly interacting many-body systems. By reorganizing the quantum many-body problem into an equivalent problem in classical gravity, holography makes it relatively easy, for example, to study linear response and compute transport coefficients. These techniques have recently ... |
Arterial tortuosity syndrome is a rare hereditary autosomal recessive connective tissue disorder characterized by elongation and tortuosity of the large- and medium-sized arteries. We present the case of a 13-year old child with arterial tortuosity syndrome who underwent occipital encephaloduroarteriomyosynangiosis for... |
Secondary bile acids (BA) may be involved in the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer. In vivo, starch malabsorption has been shown to reduce fecal excretion of secondary BA. The present in vitro study was performed to investigate the effect of starch fermentation on BA metabolism by colonic bacteria. Fecal samples of hea... |
Osmoadaptation may be an important trait for the pathogenicity of Streptococcus mutans. However, how this organism adapts to changes in osmolality in the oral cavity remains unclear. In this study, we showed that S. mutans utilizes K(+) for osmoadaptation, in which protease maturation lipoprotein (PrtM) plays an import... |
Current knowledge on drinking water (DW) biofilms has been obtained mainly from studies on bacterial biofilms. Very few reports on filamentous fungi (ff) biofilms are available, although they can contribute to the reduction in DW quality. This study aimed to assess the dynamics of biofilm formation by Penicillium expan... |
Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) signaling format is commonly associated with guard subintervals to reject interblock interference (IBI) and enable simple one-tap frequency-domain equalization (FDE) at the receiver when received over dispersive channels. Despite the advantages, the insertion of guard s... |
The management of N0 neck is still controversial. Although the decision to observe or treat the N0 neck is left to the choice of the patient and the head and neck oncologist, in oral cavity carcinoma the only clinically N0 necks for which observation is appropriate are those associated with T1/T2 lip carcinomas, T1/T2 ... |
Expression of the extracellular matrix glycoprotein tenascin-C in the mammary gland is associated with cellular proliferation and cell motility during organogenesis and tumorigenesis. Because the source and the regulation of tenascin-C in these tissues are unclear, we have used tenascin-C cDNA, FITC-immunofluorescence ... |
It is known that rapid mixing in biosensors is required; however, these sensors may use reagents having small diffusion coefficients and whose mixing time scale is longer than the chemical reaction or molecular event time scale. Thus, it is necessary to overcome the inherent diffusion limited mixing of laminar flow. Ma... |
Photochemical catalyst PW/MCM-41 is prepared by impregnation method, and its photocatalytic degradation activity to methyl orange is studied. Results show that catalyst load, catalyst dosage，amount of H2O2, initial concentration of methyl orange and irradiation time are important factors for photocatalytic degradation.... |
Question In veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), what is the efficacy of mindfulness-based, stress-reduction group therapy compared with present-centered group therapy? Methods Design Randomized controlled trial. Clinicaltrials.gov NCT01548742. Allocation {Concealed}*. Blinding Blinded (outcome assessors... |
A brief informational material on the history of the use of phytoncides in medical practice over the past few centuries and the results of our own research on the study of the properties of new drugs based on phytoncides in liposomes is proposed. The effectiveness of phytoncides use for 20 years within the framework of... |
Wis1 is a mitogen‐activated protein kinase kinase (MAPKK) that regulates mitosis and mediates stress responses in the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe. wis1Δ strains are viable but stress‐sensitive and show a mitotic delay. At high temperatures, wis1Δ cells cease division but cellular growth continues. Mutation... |
Sex differences in the prevalence of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are well known, but little is known about those differences in relation to therapeutic response. Reduced folate carrier‐1 (RFC‐1), folypolyformyl glutamate synthase (FPGS), and γ‐glutamyl hydrolase (GGH) are important transporter... |
Recently, a microplate agglutination test (MPAT) was established for the serological diagnosis of legionella pneumonia. To evaluate its usefulness, this study examined antibody titres in 121 serum samples serially obtained from 40 patients with pneumonia, including 17 cases of confirmed legionella pneumonia. Six of the... |
HISTORY AND CLINICAL FINDINGS |
Two weeks after returning from a trip to Thailand a 79-year-old man developed a higher fever, pain in the right flank and progressive clouding of consciousness. She had meningism on admission. |
INVESTIGATIONS |
There was a marked leukocytosis (WBC count 17,700/microliter) and raised C-reactive protein (6.5 mg/dl). Cerebrospinal fluid was clear, containing 119 cells/mm3 and elevated protein (90 mg/dl). Abdominal sonography demonstrated segmental pyelonephritis, and blood culture grew Pseudomonas pseudomallei. |
TREATMENT AND COURSE |
On the basis of sensitivity tests imipenem was chosen as the antibiotic and was given for 6 weeks. Because of an inadequate response and a right renal abscess a right nephrectomy was performed. After marked improvement the septicaemia recurred one week after antibiotic treatment had been discontinued, and the patient d... |
CONCLUSION |
Efficacious treatment of melioidosis (a glanders-like disease) presupposes diagnosis of the causative microorganism and testing of its antibiotic sensitivity. As Pseud. pseudomallei may encapsulate and persist intracellularly, the selection of antibiotic and the duration of treatment are crucial.Flies in the group Cycl... |
In the class Insecta, retinal and 3-hydroxyretinal are used as chromophores of visual pigments, but the absolute structure of the 3-hydroxyretinal chromophore has yet to be clarified. This study investigates the chirality of 3-hydroxyretinal in the compound eyes of five representative orders of insects. In the orders O... |
Carbon monoxide gas is referred to as “silent killer” because of its high toxicity and the inability of humans to detect it without using appropriate technology. CO detectors can be installed indoors and warn people about a dangerous CO concentration and thus protect them from this highly toxic inhalant. Carbon monoxid... |
This study revealed a sagittal zonal pattern of projections to the cerebellar cortex after hydraulic or iontophoretic injections of anterograde tracers (tritiated leucine, wheat germ agglutinin‐horseradish peroxidase, or biotinylated dextrane amine) in the basilar pontine nuclei of Wistar rats. The zonal pattern of pro... |
Leakage power reduction and Power Delivery Network (PDN) are amongst the most challenging areas in modern VLSI design. The focus is on reducing leakage power by using more leakage saving techniques and Multiple power pins (commonly known as MPP) standard cell libraries in the SOC. MPP cells can retain data even when lo... |
Recent studies have shown that manufacturing costs and design complexities may delay the widespread use of high-κ/metal gate nanoscale CMOS technologies. This implies that traditional (non-high-κ/non-metal gate) ultra-thin oxide technologies will remain active due to economic factors for longer periods of time. Direct ... |
The first break our watermarking system (BOWS) contest challenged researchers to remove the watermark from three given images. Participants could submit altered versions of the images to an online detector. For a successful attack, the watermark had to be unreadable to this detector with a quality above 30 dB peak sign... |
ABSTRACT The design and life prediction of fretting wear-sensitive mechanical components remain a challenge. In the present work, the role of wear particle movements under conditions of axisymmetric loading of an annular flat-on-flat contact were investigated using self-mated quenched and tempered steel specimens. Tota... |
In this paper, we introduce a new full-duplex wireless communication system, named ReflectFX, that relies on backscatter modulation. This paper offers a new concept for two-way wireless communication: rather than avoiding self-interference as in half-duplex, or combatting self-interference as in conventional full-duple... |
The need for data on distribution lines to permit reliable and economic operation is an ever increasing need. Currently there is only a nominal amount of information known about distribution lines in general and essentialty no information known on any specific line. Specific information is needed for numerous decisions... |
Finding the underlying mechanism from the statistical properties of an experimental two-state trajectory generated from dynamics in a complex on-off multisubstate kinetic scheme (KS) is the aim of many experiments. Since the data explicitly shows only transitions between substates of different states, information about... |
ABSTRACT Sexual violence is multi-faceted. Three (overlapping) categories can be distinguished: violence that is sexual in nature, gender-based violence, and sexuality-based violence. The latter refers to violence against persons because of their sexuality and/or their (presumed) sexual behavior. Being female, young, p... |
Abstract : This effort produced a novel image-processing algorithm which has allowed successful identification and accurate track of solar plumes in Solar Dynamics Observatory/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (SDO/AIA) data and, moreover, enabled the first direct measurements of transverse waves in solar polar plumes. This... |
A case is reported in whom the triad generalized lymphedema, nail dystrophy, and pleural effusion was associated to protein-losing enteropathy. This combination, not previously described, was also characterized by exacerbations of pleural effusion with recurrent episodes of broncho-pneumonia. Albumin turnover study sho... |
The purpose of this article was to study the impact of external dilation on nasal airway dimensions, sleep architecture, and snoring. Eighteen heavy snorers without severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (mean apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) 9.3) reporting nocturnal nasal obstruction were enrolled in a randomized (controll... |
Children with cystic fibrosis (CF) undergo repeated invasive medical procedures. This article summarises a survey of the use of nitrous oxide to minimise the psychological trauma and pain that was undertaken within the paediatric unit of a district general hospital (Williams et al 2004). Pain levels pre and post proced... |
Over the past decade, the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (M2QAP) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has administered nearly 40 interlaboratory comparison exercises devoted to fat-soluble vitamin-related analytes in human serum. While M2QAP studies have been used to help c... |
Recently, MIMO detectors which are based on Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation techniques have been proposed as alternatives to, e.g., the well-known sphere detector. In this paper, we present a systematic analysis of the performance of MCMC detectors. We study the impact of several parameters such as the list ... |
A wideband integrated RF duplexer supports 3G/4G bands I, II, III, IV, and IX, and achieves a TX-to-RX isolation of more than 55dB in the transmit-band, and greater than 45dB in the corresponding receive-band across 200MHz of bandwidth. A 65nm CMOS duplexer/LNA achieves a transmit insertion loss of 2.5dB, and a cascade... |
This chapter examines the links between three forms of parental control (helicopter parenting, behavioral control, psychological control) and child moral development during emerging adulthood. It focuses on parental discipline, including inductive reasoning, as one way that parents accomplish the goals of preventing ag... |
Three-dimensional (3D) imaging with interventional fluoroscopy systems is today a common examination. The examination includes acquisition of two-dimensional projection images, used to reconstruct section images of the patient. The aim of the present study was to investigate the difference in resulting effective dose o... |
Abstract Atelectasis is a preventable complication that often occurs after upper abdominal surgery. In our I-year randomized, researcher-blinded trial, low-risk cholecystectomy patients were subjected to either the thoracic lymphatic pump (n=21) or incentive spirometry (n=21) to prevent atelectasis. The treatment group... |
The development of ophthalmology was greatly restricted in Poland in the 19th century, because it was partitioned and occupied by its three dominant neighbours. Polish medical universities were closed, and in Polish hospitals, only clinical work was possible. Those who wanted to study medicine and become ophthalmologis... |
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