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Background: Placental thickness (PT) plays an important role when the menstrual age is not known. The present study was undertaken to first calculate the PT at level of insertion of umbilical cord and correlate it with gestational age and fetal weight, thereby establishing a nomogram for PT at different gestations. Met... |
Abstract Previously developed methods of phase classification using the electron microprobe have been based on setting threshold values or relative ranks for wt% oxide values. These methods perform poorly for minerals that have a significant solid solution, and provide no mechanism for checking the accuracy of the anal... |
Abstract: Some metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) ligands, such as quisqualate, L‐(+)‐2‐amino‐4‐phosphonobutyric acid (L‐AP4), 4‐carboxy‐3‐hydroxyphenylglycine (4C3HPG), and L‐serine‐O‐phosphate (L‐SOP), reduced the formation of the endogenous excitatory amino acid receptor antagonist kynurenate in brain and liver... |
I compare two views of the equilibrium concept: one from F. A. Hayek and the other from Fritz Machlup. I argue that Machlup’s equilibrium concept is price-theoretic, that is, it is a tool of problem-based, comparative static analysis. In contrast, Hayek’s equilibrium concept approximates the social order observed in re... |
Reduction mammoplasty is one of the most commonly performed procedures in plastic surgery. Occasionally, there are findings reported by pathologists that are unfamiliar to the treating surgeon. The aim of the present study was to determine the types of pathologies encountered in reduction mammoplasty specimens. From th... |
The comparative bioavailability of two commercial carbamazepine tablets (Finlepsin and Tegretol) was investigated. In a single-dose study in eight healthy volunteers and in a multiple-dose study in five epileptic patients carbamazepine absorption from both drug products was shown to have the same extent and reliability... |
An overview of current methods is provided. Two well-established methods of quantitative analysis are the line-focus-beam system for measuring the velocity and attenuation of leaky surface acoustic waves, and the inversion of the complex-valued V(z) to yield the reflectance function. Now at least three other methods ar... |
Hypopharyngeal perforation (HP) is a potentially life-threatening condition most associated with iatrogenic injury and foreign body impaction. Additionally, a number of cases of posterior HP have been reported following blunt cervical trauma. We present a case of a construction accident causing lateral hypopharyngeal r... |
OBJECTIVE |
To analyze the magnitude and growth of homicides among male population according to the geopolitical areas. |
METHODS |
An ecological study including a time series analysis was carried out among 15 to 49 year-old males living in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Mortality data was collected from the Ministry of Health's Mortality Information System. Data on population was from the 1980 and 1991 censuses and the 1996 Brazilian Institute o... |
RESULTS |
In the 1980s, the greatest increase in homicide rates was in the state capital (390%). In the 1990s, the greatest increase occurred in the metropolitan region (68.5%) suggesting violence spread from the capital to other municipalities of greater Recife. Homicide rates tended to grow linearly in the interior, whilst the... |
CONCLUSIONS |
The progression of homicides in the three areas of study shows a characteristic increase. It should be stressed that even though it is the same phenomenon - male homicides -, the generating dynamic of this process has geographical particularities between more urban and interior areas and they should be taken into accou... |
In this work, we present a technique for a dual axis contraction force measurement of human cell based cardiac tissue constructs. The cardiac tissue constructs consist of a vascular-like network and induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes. Before the force measurements, the cardiac tissue constructs were d... |
Thirty-nine patients (82% under 1 year of age) with Wiedemann-Beckwith syndrome (WBS) were prospectively studied. To evaluate the somatometric data the normal range was set out at mean +/- 2 SD. The relevant physical findings were a characteristic face, non increased mean height and weight, normal head circumference, d... |
Defendants who attempt to represent themselves, or proceed pro se, make up less than 1% of felony cases. However, when the issue of competency to proceed pro se arises, it can present interesting questions and challenges not only for the defendant, but also for others involved with the trial process. In Indiana v. Edwa... |
An otherwise healthy 9-year-old boy presented with itching and painful lesions on both thumbs of 5 months’ evolution. He had received treatment with high-potency topical corticosteroids with partial improvement. Physical examination showed erythema, lichenification and fissures on the tips of both thumbs (Figure 1). Pa... |
Software development phase is very important in the Software Development Life Cycle. Software maintenance is a difficult process if code smells exist in the code. The poor design of code development is called code smells. The code smells are identified by various tools using various approaches. Many code smell approach... |
Emergency management is one of the most important areas where the opportunities of new techniques and technologies should be used. Emergency management is a special case of management where involved people have to act decisively within tight time schedules with often incomplete information. Information flow in emergenc... |
Optogenetic approaches have been rapidly adopted by neuroscientists in order to control the activity of neurons with high temporal, spatial and genetic specificity. By expressing light-sensitive microbial opsins within a genetically-specified population of neurons, flashes of light can be used to activate these opsins ... |
To avoid the communication constraints and improve system performance, a decentralized quasi-hierarchical control scheme is proposed for droop-controlled microgrids with both voltage-controlled voltage source converter (VCVSC) and current-controlled voltage source converter (CCVSC) interfaced distributed generators (DG... |
High CD47 expression impacts survival of patients with non-germinal center, but not germinal center, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma treated with rituximab plus standard chemotherapy. Blocking CD47 in vitro enhanced phagocytosis of rituximab-mediated phagocytosis in only non-GCB cell lines. Addition of rituximab (R) to “... |
The [Formula: see text]-dimension of a group is the supremum of lengths of strict nested chains of centralizers. We describe the structure of locally finite groups of finite [Formula: see text]-dimension. We also prove that the [Formula: see text]-dimension of the quotient [Formula: see text] of a locally finite group ... |
In this experiment, the effective compounds of Stilbene glucoside and anthraquinones from polygonum multiflorum extract were separated under HPLC isocratic elution. SinoChrom ODS-BP C18 is selected as chromatographic column. The optimal experimental conditions under 320nm and 254nm wavelength UV detector include the co... |
This paper provides an introduction to the reactor analysis capabilities of the nuclear power reactor simulation tools that are being developed as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS) Toolkit. The NEAMS Toolkit is an integrated suite of multi-physics simulation... |
Objective: To describe the development of the Adelaide Driving Self-Efficacy Scale (ADSES) and to report on its reliability and validity. Methods: A set of 12 driving behaviours, developed through literature review, clinical experience and expert review, were rated for self-efficacy using a Likert scale. Internal consi... |
A modified gel electrophoresis technique provided a reproducible way of detecting and isolating plasmids with molecular weights ranging from 12 X 10(6) to 370 X 10(6) for Azospirillum species. Analysis with the nifHD region of Rhizobium trifolii showed that the Azospirillum nif genes were chromosomally located in all e... |
The hybrid binary cascaded multilevel converter (HBCMLC) is a topology that employs asymmetric dc-side voltages sources in conjunction with a flying capacitor to increase the number of output voltage levels. Thus, the flying capacitor voltage (FCV) must be properly regulated to ensure safe operation and high waveform q... |
Mutation in ABCA3, which is adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette member A3, a member of protein transporter family for phospholipids into the lamellar bodies during synthesis of surfactant, can cause lung disease related to surfactant dysfunction with autosomal recessive pattern. We reported three cases from same fa... |
B OTH CHINa and vietnam have made enormous progress in the fight against poverty, and the evidence suggests that rural economic growth has played a large role in this success. Using each country’s own definition of poverty, with a constant real poverty line over time, China’s poverty rate fell from more than 50 percent... |
The principle of legality has been discussed in some detail, in connection with sentencing, in Director of Public Prosecutions, Western Cape v Prins 2012 (2) SACR 183 (SCA). This judgment has been discussed in a case note in the previous edition of SACJ (see L Jordaan and S Terblanche 'Does the principle of legality re... |
TV white space is a general term for the geographical redundancies in the TV broadcast bands. The re-use of TV white space is of current interest due to the change to digital transmission in many parts of the world. This has led to the biggest re-structuring of the TV bands since their creation. The bands represent a p... |
In the spectrum sharing mode, the transmitting power of the secondary user (SU) is optimally controlled, such that no additional interference occurs at the primary user (PU). In this paper, the secrecy outage performance is analyzed for such cognitive underlay decode-and-forward (DF) threshold-based relay network. The ... |
We have investigated emissive interface states in fabricated indium–tin-oxide (ITO)/N,N'-di-1-naphthyl-N,N'-diphenyl-1,1'-biphenyl-4,4'diamine (α-NPD)/tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq3)/LiF/Al organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) by modified deep-level optical spectroscopy (DLOS). DLOS after hole injection into ... |
A nondestructive high-resolution technique for the optical detection of surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices is presented. The laser probing technique allows for the measurement of the phase and amplitude of microacoustic fields and waves of SAW components in operation. The phase velocity can be determined directly from... |
This paper examines the effect of technology scaling and microarchitectural trends on the rate of soft errors in CMOS memory and logic circuits. We describe and validate an end-to-end model that enables us to compute the soft error rates (SER) for existing and future microprocessor-style designs. The model captures the... |
We report a rare case of dual infection in a psoas abscess. Pus from the abscess grew Salmonella typhi and the abscess wall showed epitheloid granulomas giant cells, which we confirmed as tuberculosis by PCR. Such dual infection cases may be missed unless looked for since both these infections are common in our country... |
There are several reports of adenocarcinoma developing within adenomyosis of the uterus, but imaging features of MRI, including diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and positron emission tomography (PET)-CT, have not been published. Herein we report a rare case of endometrioid adenocarcinoma arising from subserosal cystic ... |
Smart products are increasingly penetrating the market. They extend cyber-physical systems with Internet-based services and thus enable customer-specific adaptations and updates of products in the field. For industrial companies, smart product offering bear the potential to expand their product portfolios and increase ... |
We have developed and deployed a lecture presentation system in which the instructor uses a Tablet PC as a presentation device. The system was deployed in six university courses in Autumn 2002 and has been favorably received by students and instructors. In our system, the instructor holds a pen-based computer that is w... |
The incisor has a variation of root canal morphology, which can be assessed using periapical radiography. Periapical radiography with standard angulation often makes complicates the assessment of the root canal morphology that is branched off in buccal and lingual directions because the radiograph result of the root ca... |
The steam reforming reaction of methane to synthesis gas (CO and H2) was investigated in a very broad steam‐to‐carbon (S/C) ratio range (0.2–7.1) over a Ni/NiAl2O4 catalyst at 843, 858, and 873 K. The dataset includes 179 data points at each temperature giving a detailed insight in the gradual change of kinetic orders ... |
T ype 1 diabetes (T 1 D) is characterized by immune-mediated complete destruction of insulin-secreting b cells and requires lifelong exogenous insulin replacement in an individualized, precise manner to achieve safe and optimal glucose control. People with T1D are faced with challenges of significant hyperglycemia and h... |
This article reviews the theory and practice of contemporary special education in the Soviet Union. It focuses on the current state and tendencies in development of basic theoretical concepts, methods of screening, and organizational structure of special education in the Soviet Union. Some comparison with American theo... |
Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) response to supine bicycle and isometric handgrip exercise was evaluated in 15 patients with documented coronary artery disease (CAD) and stress‐induced ischemia using radionuclide angiography. For purposes of analysis, the patients were divided into two groups: group I (n=7) w... |
BACKGROUND |
Pregabalin inhibits release of excess excitatory neurotransmitters, presumably by binding to the alpha2-delta subunit protein of widely distributed voltage-dependent calcium channels in the brain and spinal cord. |
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