... in the presence of factors that affect local vascularity to thesoft tissues [8,13] Skin vascularity over the knee affects the rate of healing postoperatively andthe risk of necrosis Since the ... adequate movement ofthe flaps without any tension at the periphery ofthe flap andthe skin edges [24,25] In certain areas such as the frontal area ofthe knee where other types of skin or fasciocutaneous ... part ofthe literature review and contributed in drafting ofthe manuscript and in the interpretation of data SL, AM, EV and OS performed part ofthe literature review and contributed in the manuscript...
... in the presence of factors that affect local vascularity to thesoft tissues [8,13] Skin vascularity over the knee affects the rate of healing postoperatively andthe risk of necrosis Since the ... adequate movement ofthe flaps without any tension at the periphery ofthe flap andthe skin edges [24,25] In certain areas such as the frontal area ofthe knee where other types of skin or fasciocutaneous ... part ofthe literature review and contributed in drafting ofthe manuscript and in the interpretation of data SL, AM, EV and OS performed part ofthe literature review and contributed in the manuscript...
... the exception of Fabbri (2002), employ the stock of debt to examine the impact ofthedegreeof judicial enforcement on loan size Most of these studies find the impact ofthedegreeof judicial ... on the length of trials We also tried using the length of trials and that ofthe ratio ofthe number of pending trials to the number of incoming trials instead of dummy variables thereon and ... for these factors in order to capture the pure impact ofthedegreeof judicial enforcement Finally, our data set allowed us to investigate the impact ofthedegreeof judicial enforcement on the...
... resuscitation A determinant ofthe success of NOM is the level of cooperation between different specialists in the hospital Good teamwork among the trauma surgeon, the anesthesiologist andthe (interventional) ... Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands 4Trauma Unit Dept of Surgery, Medisch Centrum Alkmaar, Alkmaar, The Netherlands 5Dept of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Authors’ ... challenged One ofthe main reasons for this is the lack of any research that proves that the mortality and disability rates of injured patients decrease after the implementation ofthe ATLS concept...
... defoliation) The freezing injury was determined as the slope b ofthe linear relationships between the log values of relative conductivity (RC; %) ofthe incubation solution andthe duration of bark tissue ... freezing injuryand frost hardiness In May 2000, at the time ofthe second defoliation ofthe RD treatment, the diameter at breast height ofthe oak stems was 10.8 ± 0.8, 11.0 ± 0.5 and 10.2 ... standard For the determination of soluble sugars and cyclitols, 20 mg ofthe lyophilized and pulverized bark material from the control andthe repeatedly defoliated oaks (one sample per tree and...
... irrespective ofthedegreeof damage ofthe stand After the short dry period in July, RWC was significantly lower in the leaves from damaged trees (table V) In contrast, the RWC ofthe severely andthe ... consideration ofthe gravitational potential) In the majority ofthe branches measured at this date, AWP was below -2.2 MPa, irrespective ofthedegreeof damage ofthe tree At the dates of measurement, the ... some ofthe tensiometers were out of range), the number of tensiometers could be slightly reduced in the stands ofthe Hakel Forest In these stands, the tensiometers were placed within an area of...
... in most ofthe GABAAR found in the hippocampus, and were chosen based on their relative abundance and their potentially important contributions in GABAAR function When the expression of these proteins ... neuronal excitability and pharmacological responsiveness after TBI These studies, therefore, support the hypotheses that TBI alters the constituent proteins ofthe GABAAR and that these alterations ... anesthetized under 3.5% isoflurane in a carrier gas consisting of 70% N2O and 30% O2 The surgical incision was re-opened andthe animals were connected to the fluid percussion device Animals in the...
... learned about genotypes and apply it to the care ofthe patient in front of us? Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Competing interests The author declares that they have no competing ... studies, absence of power calculations, and an unknown number of unpublished negative studies, it is possible that many of these associations were found merely due to chance The choice of control groups ... troubling If the goal is to study the impact of genotype on the risk of developing lung injury, it seems counterintuitive to select healthy patients or population-based control individuals as the comparison...
... exploring the narratives of teachers, pupils and parents, it is the nature ofthe tension at the boundary between internal and external worlds of each that we may begin to understand the nature of ability ... into teacher views ofthe very able, has begun to explore the nature of these personal ability The former research alludes to the lack of identification of very conceptions ofandthe reasons put ... forms of have been the backbone of much educational policy over the last half-century ability From the tripartition of provision and ability in the 40s and 50s, to the right wing the 80s and 90s,...
... Comparison ofthe advantages and disadvantages ofthe various modes of commonly used bioreactors Table 2-12 (A-B) Citation analysis on the utility of cocultures in tissue engineering and bone tissue ... well as other areas oftissue engineering where vascularisation is needed Figure 2-1 Anatomy ofthe long bone and microstructure of vascularised bone tissueandthe comparative porosity of compact ... representation ofthe molecular weight loss ofthe 3D scaffold with respect to the growth and remodelling ofthe tissueengineered constructs over time Figure 2-10 Illustration of a scaffold with...
... replace the damaged tissueThe requirements of scaffolds for tissue engineering are complex and specific to the structure and function ofthe targeted tissue, and thus the resultant living tissue ... Overview of corneal structure, diseases and replacements If eyes are the windows ofthe soul, the corneas are the panes of those windows They shield the eye from dust and germs The structure of cornea ... Being the main optical element ofthe eye, the cornea forms one sixth ofthe circumference ofthe eye ball and has a radius of 7.8 mm, allowing for the efficient transmission and focusing of light...
... abundance ofsoft corals on the coral reefs? Moreover, survey ofthesoft coral communities from the northern to the southern Saudi Arabian Red Sea will contribute to a better understanding of biodiversity ... introduction Thesis outline Thesis outline Soft corals in the Red Sea are a dominant component of diversity and abundance of coral reef benthos Indeed, diversity ofsoft corals in the Red Sea is among the ... to the reef building (Jeng et al 2011) 2.1 Colony growth forms The variable colony shapes is one ofthe characteristics ofsoft corals Each kind of colony shape ofthesoft corals consists of...
... much ofthe literature and is the focus of this thesis Therefore, we focus on the Haab and Hicks and IAL approach and not examine the von Haefen model We choose the IAL model to analyze the two-stage ... One ofthe key components ofthe RUM approach is the definition ofthe choice set, the set from which the consumer chooses a preferred option The choice set is often defined exogenously by the ... Klein and Bither, 1987) Therefore, there is a need for a model that can test for the existence of cutoffs as well as estimate the cutoff levels without prior information about the cutoffs The second...
... at home and have deep understanding about inversion The study has three main parts The first part consists ofthe rationale, the aims, the scope, the methods, the tasks andthe design ofthe research ... misunderstanding the word orders in Vietnamese and English From that, they will recognize the differences and then they will be able to reduce more errors in their understanding of inversion theory ... invert these parts into the first position ofthe sentence For example, in the case ofthe sentential complement denoting the reason, writers will invert the reason ofthe problem into the starting...
... concepts, values and conventions, etc; and even if people have the same perception ofthe same thing, they have their own way of thinking and therefore, of expressing themselves Thus, the English ... obscurities in the text and improve the translator’s comprehension ofthe text The SL interpretation and TL formulation process go hand in hand In the second stage, it is the work ofthe translator ... kind of free translation, the spirit, not the letter; the sense not the words; the message rather than the form; the matter not the manner That is the revolutionary slogan of writers who wanted the...
... control and all treatments could be attributed to the drying ofthe sample The high hardness values can be due to the individual and combined effects of high solid content, the presence of sugar and ... (vitamin B1) and Vitamin B12, and a valuable source of folate, niacin, magnesium and zinc The protein it provides is of high biological value, andthe vitamins and minerals found in milk and dairy ... starch and carrageenan, starch imparts body and mouth feel to the product while carrageenan provides the desired texture, depending on the type andthe concentration used Advantages ofthe use of...
... which the value ofthe resource is consumed, andthe exergy of a resource is a measure ofthe value of a resource (Brodianski ; Wall 1977; Gong and Wall 2000; Wall and Gong 2000; Cornelissen and ... from these common components ofthe Earth The exergy ofthe components ofthe Earth (including the most common components) are determined based on the reference environment In other words, the ... Eco-exergy; and Emergy Furthermore, fundamental properties of exergy were revisited, including the exergy reference state, andthe derivations of both concentration and non-flow exergy The results of the...
... through the mechanism of profitable performance The technicalities of these issues were widely explored in the accounting and finance literature and beyond in the 1960s and 1970s under the guise of ... One ofthe most influential theoretical concepts of human capital theory is the distinction between general and specific training and knowledge (Becker, 2001) The amount of human capital in the ... capital was of utmost importance in the economy ofthe past, the distinctive feature ofthe emerging economy is an increasing emphasis on human and intellectual capital the knowledge, skill, and experience...
... statement ofthe problem, the objectives ofthe study, methods adopted, hypothesis ofthe study, significance ofthe study, scope ofthe study, limitations ofthe study, and organization ofthe paper ... fulfillments ofthe requirements for theDegreeof Masters of Science in Accounting and Finance complies with the rules and regulations ofthe university and meets the expected standards with respect of ... interest The higher the probable monitoring costs, the higher the interest rate andthe lower the value ofthe firm to its shareholders all other things being the same The variation of profit among...