... in war and trauma and new strategies are being tried These include 1.4.2.2 Courses and Workshops in War and Conflict Surgery These are run by military and humanitarian agencies The ICRC and the ... penetrating ballistic and knife injury, is a popular destination for both civilian and military surgeons and their teams (Fig. 1.1) 1.4.1.2 Courses and Workshops Craft workshops and courses abound ... of master war and trauma surgeons and a ready supply of materials – patients on which to practice In the period of unrest in Northern Ireland 1969–2002 and at the time of the Falklands War of 1982...
... information and/ or health claims (Derby and Fein, 1994; Feick, Herrmann, and Warland, 1986; Kim, Nayga, and Capps, 2001a; Nayga, 2000; Shine, O'Reilly, and O'Sullivan, 1997a; Szykman, Bloom, and Levy, ... search Bender and Derby, 1992; Burton and Andrews, 1996; Cole and Negative Balasubramanian, 1993; Kim, Nayga, and Capps, 2001a, 2001b Age Coulson, 2000; Drichoutis, Lazaridis, and Nayga, 2005; ... GoPositive vindasamy and Italia, 1999; Lin and Lee, 2003; Nayga, 1996 Drichoutis, Lazaridis, and Nayga, 2005; Feick, Herrmann, and Warland, 1986; Guthrie et al., 1995; Kim, Nayga, and Capps, Education...
... solids of Si and O and minor amounts of other elements found in rocks, soils, and clays silicates have variable structures – leading to the variety of properties found in rocks, clays, and soils ... nonmetals from cation and covalent; to just covalent; to anion and covalent Chemistry, Julia Burdge, 2nd e., McGraw Hill Silicates • the most abundant elements of the Earth’s crust are O and Si • silicates ... Units • O of SiO4 picks up electrons from metal to form SiO44− • if the SiO44− are individual units neutralized by cations, it forms an orthosilicate willemite = Zn2SiO4 • when two SiO4 units...
... provides an instant response and does not require sample pre-treatment, making it a powerful and convenient tool for the on-line characterization and full control of chemical and pharmaceutical reactions ... Switzerland), acrylonitrile (99%) from Acros (Geel, Belgium) and ethanol (HPLC) from Merck (Darmstadt, Germany) Dichloromethane was purchased from J.T Baker (Deventer, The Netherlands) RESULTS AND ... reaction, and reactions involving catalysts) Compared with other available techniques, EESI-MS allows a better control of chemical and pharmaceutical reactions due to its high sensitivity and rapid...
... have found no correlation between these oscillations, on the one hand, and pH, NaOH pump activation or heating cycles, on the other hand, the latter two having been recorded manually for a few hours ... depend weakly on the embedding dimension and delay, and cluster around 1.9 We therefore carried out the bulk of our analysis with an embedding dimension of 4, and spot-checked the results in five dimensions ... existence was revealed by this experiment could be chaotic of itself The second and perhaps more likely possibility is that these oscillators (and perhaps others) interact Biochemical pathways in a...
... above have increased to 23% during 1999-2000 and it may be due to more tendency to exercise daily, use of vegetables and fruits, less tobacco and alcohol and more adherence to routine medical examinations ... integrated structure, easy access to the community andits population, high homogenous in cultural and social level, having high per active groups and a humanitarian organizations led us to select ... old, having at least high school diploma and their motivation and interest in participatory activities After interviewing candidates, 20 of them (male and female) were selected During a four-day...
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... Controller Implementation and Fragility Robert S.H Istepanian and James F Whidborne (Eds.) Modelling and Control of Mini-Flying Machines Pedro Castillo, Rogelio Lozano and Alejandro Dzul Optimisation ... and Ron J Patton Piezoelectric Transducers for Vibration Control and Damping S.O Reza Moheimani and Andrew J Fleming Strategies for Feedback Linearisation Freddy Garces, Victor M Becerra, Chandrasekhar ... (left) and coil (right) The values of ER can be computed from the standard internal energy change o ER , which refers to reactants and products in their standard states (not mixed, at atm and 25°C)...
... Records from workshops and the FGDs were transcribed and translated and then checked by FN The transcripts and discussion notes were read line by line and coded by CIRC and RNM according to ideas ... Kiswahili and were taperecorded, with notes taken of verbal and non-verbal responses and as to which participants were speaking These notes were expanded immediately after each FGD Data management and ... complex than knowledge and equipment: the importance of relationships between staff and between staff and communities [29], and organizations' role in managing both human resources and physical resources...
... angiography The EQ-5D index, ETT, CCS, SAQ and SF-6D were measured at randomisation, months post-treatment and 18 months post-randomisation Diagnostic methods were randomised, not treatments; treatments ... SAQ and CCS angina severity class and a smaller relationship with age and ETT The variation seen in the relationship between the EQ-5D index and these variables, with the exception of the ETT and ... implanted with an ICD at Papworth or Liverpool hospitals between 1991 and 1999 and a random sample of those implanted in 2000 and 2001 Diagnosis/ management (cohort) 229 Cardiac arrythmias ICD ICD...
... staining of periostin in PCa and BPH Negative epithelial and stromal periostin expression in BPH(a) and PCa(c) Positive epithelial and stromal periostin expression in BPH(b) and PCa(d) B: The results ... contributions CS and XZ carried out the studies and were co-first author GX and QD participated in the design of the study KX helped to draft the manuscript JG and WL helped to finish the studies WD and YG ... using random primers of the SuperScript III First-Strand Synthesis SuperMix kit (Invitrogen).The forward and reverse primers were synthesized by Ying Jun Biotechnology,Inc (Shanghai) and presented...
... contributions WHG, KFZ, DB, and WEM conceived of the study and participated in its design and coordination and helped to draft the manuscript WHG, KMS, and AT recruited study participants and collected the ... and VR within each AC, particularly for AC3 and AC4 For S1, HR ranged between 91 and 102 bpm during AC3 activities, and between 90 and 130 during AC4 activities For S2, HR ranged between 74 and ... = 0.0207) and VR (black circle; p < 0.0001) generally increased as AC increased HR and VR increased For participant S2, the standard deviations for both HR and VR in AC0 are small and therefore...
... and controls (KR-21 = 887) Of the 91 respondents, 10 athletes and controls indicated having a degree in Table 2: Anthropometric Data and Training Volume of Athletes and Controls (Mean and Standard ... the athlete's eating and lifestyle patterns and psychosocial influences are addressed Education about the Triad as a disorder in its own right is necessary so athletes understand the consequences ... interviews and dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is required to assess the existence of one or more elements of the Triad accurately Energy intake and expenditure should also be calculated and...
... peroperative measurements, processed and analysed the FRF data (supervised by GVdP and SJ) and drafted the figures and the initial version of the manuscript GVdP and SJ conceived the principles of ... like an added mass andits influence depends more on its position than on the fixation conditions In the case of more intricate mode shapes the interaction between the stem and the femur becomes ... fixation for the patient and the prosthesis at hand, and to prevent bone fracture The stability under real life loads of an optimally fitted non cemented prosthesis such as the IMP and other prosthesis...
... staining of periostin in PCa and BPH Negative epithelial and stromal periostin expression in BPH(a) and PCa(c) Positive epithelial and stromal periostin expression in BPH(b) and PCa(d) B: The results ... contributions CS and XZ carried out the studies and were co-first author GX and QD participated in the design of the study KX helped to draft the manuscript JG and WL helped to finish the studies WD and YG ... using random primers of the SuperScript III First-Strand Synthesis SuperMix kit (Invitrogen).The forward and reverse primers were synthesized by Ying Jun Biotechnology,Inc (Shanghai) and presented...
... nutritional status in cancer, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages Among the most commonly used tools to measure nutritional status are anthropometric and laboratory measurements (e.g ... with categories – early stage (stages I and II) and late stage (stages III and IV) Results At the time of this analysis (June 08), 91 patients had expired and 41 were censored, as shown in Table ... nourished, stage I and II, newly diagnosed Well nourished, stage III and IV, newly diagnosed Well nourished, stage I and II, progressive disease Well nourished, stage III and IV, progressive...
... collection, data analysis, data interpretation and writing PGV and DBP participated in concept, design and data interpretation All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests ... considered the ‘gold standard’ tumor marker in ovarian cancer and has a significant impact on the clinical management of the disease such as monitoring of treatment response and disease progression ... with reliable and updated survival data We also thank Gwendolynn M Lambert and Kenneth E Dzike for their assistance with data collection for this project Authors’ contributions DG and CAL participated...
... proximal artery occlusion Imaging Standard imaging at our center for suspected acute ischemic stroke includes CTA and MRI CT images were acquired according to standard protocols [6] Figure Large ... middle cerebral artery (M1 and M2), and the basilar artery (BA) Note the exclusion of other proximal arteries including the anterior cerebral, posterior cerebral, and vertebral arteries The drawing ... to acquire, and the source images are available immediately on the CT scanner workstation These images can then be rapidly processed and examined to detect proximal artery occlusion, and further...
... patterns The red dots and purple trajectories define the displacement patterns of the right foot, the green dots and yellow trajectories the ones of the left foot, and the black dots and trajectories ... built-in vocabulary of dance moves and music and also provide only a small action space Because of its dynamic character, the Dance-the-Music can also have its benefits for motor rehabilitation ... involving the perception and understanding of complex multimodal events, like dance figures First, research has shown that segmentation of ongoing activity into smaller units is an automatic component...