... minimum (MIN) of the curve of joint movement Beside this, the mean values of MAX and MIN were considered For ankle joint, in addition to ROM on sagittal plane, peak of plantarflexion, peak of dorsiflexion ... the values of gait velocity Cadence (steps min-1), duration of stance phase (as % of gait cycle), duration of single support (as % of gait cycle), stride length (m) and walking speed (m s-1) ... as walking Taken into consideration the peculiar clinical picture of patients with PWS, aim of our study was to characterize the gait pattern of these subjects by using 3D-Gait Analysis The results...
... of mutant receptors to EGFR inhibitor, cells were treated with various concentrations of Erlotinib Page of 10 (Tarceva® LC laboratories, Woburn, MA) three hours before the addition of 10 ng of ... Equal amounts of protein were prepared in 50 μl of Laemmli loading buffer and resolved using 4-15% Figure Identification of missense mutations in MPM tumor samples Chromatograms of MPM (Panels ... performed, patients received either 30-40 mg of Mitomycin C or 800 mg/M2 of Carboplatin at an inflow temperature of 40.5-42°C for 90-120 minutes The level of cytoreduction was scored as R1 – no visible...
... (1:50) in the serum of 64% of RA patients but not in control individuals However, a number of other investigators did not find increased levels of α-G6PI antibodies in the serum of patients with ... one of 55 RA patients who did not have systemic manifestations of the disease produced antibodies against G6PI, seven of 22 patients with systemic manifestations (nodules or vasculitis) and 12 of ... adjuvant [93] (Fig 1) The incidence of arthritis upon immunization is in excess of 90%, and the time course is uniform and highly predictable Clinical signs of arthritis are first visible days...
... virulence and clinicalimplicationsof viral mutants during drug treatment [18] Prolonged tenofovir monotherapy of macaques infected with virulent SIVmac251 resulted in the emergence of mutants ... mutants, (iii) what are the clinicalimplicationsof K65R mutants, and (iv) what is the role of CD8+ cells and continued tenofovir treatment in controlling viremia of K65R RT-SHIV? The current ... as only half of the animals showed a relative increase of 3% within weeks of therapy (Fig 3) However, relative to the baseline value at the onset of tenofovir therapy, after weeks of treatment...
... Jithpratuck et al Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2011, 9:9 http://www.clinicalmolecularallergy.com/content/9/1/9 Page of Table Selected reports of HSP in adult patients Patient Age/ Clinical/ Labs ... possibility Page of Author details Departments of Internal Medicine, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, TN, USA 2Department of Pathology, Quillen College of Medicine, East ... et al.: The clinicalimplicationsof adultonset henoch-schonelin purpura Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2011 9:9 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient...
... properly cited 4 Evolution of the Molecular Biology ofBrain Tumors and the Therapeutic Implications high grade gliomas The structure and compounds of the ECM of the brain tissue have many specific ... invasion Increased expression of integrin αvβ3 results in increased motility of glioma cells with a de‐ Evolution of the Molecular Biology ofBrain Tumors and the Therapeutic Implications crease in ... nervous system Overexpression of brain- specific isoforms of brevican proved to be correlated with ability to peritumoral inva‐ sion of gliomas [73, 87-89] Neurocan is a large brain specific chondroitin-sulphate...
... syndrome refers to the clinical manifestations of CKD, which are derived from Figure Graphic representation of the evolution of key pathological events, such as percentage of nephrons functionally ... complete diagnosis includes detection, determination of stage of disease, assessment of etiology, presence of comorbid conditions and estimation of progression rate [3-6] The key and yet unmet issue ... figure 3] In most forms of CKD, the number of interstitial myofibroblasts is increased, and strongly correlates with the degree of interstitial fibrosis [77,78] Activated myofibroblasts constitute...
... syndrome refers to the clinical manifestations of CKD, which are derived from Figure Graphic representation of the evolution of key pathological events, such as percentage of nephrons functionally ... complete diagnosis includes detection, determination of stage of disease, assessment of etiology, presence of comorbid conditions and estimation of progression rate [3-6] The key and yet unmet issue ... figure 3] In most forms of CKD, the number of interstitial myofibroblasts is increased, and strongly correlates with the degree of interstitial fibrosis [77,78] Activated myofibroblasts constitute...
... depletion, the effect of RMs on lung function is less evident Role of recruitment maneuvers in anesthetized patients Formation of atelectasis and airway closure are mechanisms of impaired gas exchange ... reproducibility of short-term experimental studies in patients receiving MV for days or weeks [55] References Conclusion On the basis of our review of the literature on experimental and clinical studies, ... use of RMs in patients with ARDS In conclusion, the use of RMs cannot be recommended in the light of current knowledge, and if RMs are used they should be restricted to an individualized clinical...
... relative value of each type of EEG parameter in terms of the precision with which it could measure the neurological effects of propofol sedation; they demonstrated that evaluations ofbrain function ... those of short and average latencies), long latency AEPs reflect the activation not of a single group of cortical generators, but rather of the concomitant and coordinated interaction of six brain ... addition, RMS power was found to increase significantly in magnitude on cessation of propofol, indicating resumption ofbrain function, but this was not the case for SEF95 values Perhaps monitoring...
... review of the manuscript, YW, XL and HL took part in the collection of cases and review of the manuscript, ZQ was in charge of design and coordination of the program, review and correction of the ... 0.06) of SF-36 Discussion The quality of life is an important outcome parameter in the study of chronic cough To investigate HRQOL of Chinese patients with chronic cough, we compared the scores of ... spite of causes of chronic cough, which confirmed the findings of French and Canonica who had observed that HRQOL in the chronic coughers was unrelated to the causes of cough [8,20] The impact of...
... success of this thesis: Supervisor A/Prof Wang De-Yun for his sound advice, kind guidance, constant encouragement and facilitation of funding Prof Peter Alberti, Dr Ruan Runsheng, A/Prof Mary ... Council of Singapore, from the Department ofClinical Research, Singapore General Hospital and from the National University of Singapore iii PUBLICATIONS Low WK, Burgess R, Fong KW, Wang DY Effect of ... cell line Prof S Nagata, University of Osaka, Japan, for his consent to the use his illustration Staff from the Dept of Otolaryngology, Singapore General Hospital and Department of Therapeutic...
... by the brainstem and the incidence of pathologic brainstem evoked response audiometry (BERA) Patients who had received RT doses of 59Gy or less to the brainstem had normal BERA, whereas of patients ... the correct number of cells in the correct parts of the organ of corti will be a challenge Given that much of cochlear function depends on the mechanical properties of the Organ of Corti, excess ... number ofclinical issues related to the effects of radiation on the sensori-neural audiory system Do we know enough about these effects, so as to offer feasible solutions to the important clinical...
... performance of a bronchoalveolar lavage for culture, or start of or a change in antimicrobial therapy in case of unexpected infiltrates on the CXR; repositioning of tubes in case of malposition of orotracheal ... ultrasound of the thorax in case of pleural effusion on the CXR, start or change in medication (diuretics); insertion of a pleural drain; and repositioning of devices in the case of malposition of medical ... removal of intravenous lines) The observers were not involved in the daily care of the patients, and ICU physicians were not aware of this part of the observation As a consequence, the clinical...
... of Hepatology, the official journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), and of Current Hepatitis Reports, and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of ... University of Paris and Pasteur Institute, France Jean-Michel Pawlotsky, MD, PhD, is Professor of Medicine at the University of Paris XII and the Director of the Department of Virology, of INSERM ... lower limit of detection of 50 IU/ml or less [1] Four marker profiles can be observed according to the presence or absence of either marker The presence of HCV RNA in the absence of anti-HCV...
... without HBeAg seroreversion Clinical Spectrum of HBV Infection Primary Infection –Subclinical Infection and Acute hepatitis B Majority of HBV infection in children are subclinical versus those in ... B Age at the time of infection is a strong determinant of chronicity, the earlier the acquisition of infection, the higher probability of developing chronic infection Levels of viremia in chronic ... incidence of hepatic decompensation was 16%, the incidence per 100 person years was 3.3 and the mean interval between the time of diagnosis of cirrhosis and the onset of first episode of decompensation...
... and training of property managers, builders and engineers, lack of specialized professionals to ensure implementation Based on the above information, the level of implementation of building energy ... issued in the form of policy or regulation [27] As a result of this unique problem confronting developing countries at different levels of economic development, the effectiveness of building standards ... increase number of proposed standards, increasing level of energy standard implementation, especially in part of developing countries (Graduated/NIC countries) and upgrading of some energy standards...
... The formation of a blood clot and degranulation of platelets, growth factors and cytokines ( microenvironment) : chemotaxis of inflammatory cells + the activation and proliferation of local progenitor ... percentage of platelets in the sample (94%) Physiological Effects of PRP Therapy Because platelets play a significant role in the healing of tissue, reintroducing a high concentration of platelets ... bursitis - Lumbago A basic understanding of the components within blood is important to understanding the therapeutic value of PRP Blood contains plasma (made mostly of water and acts as the transporter),...
... might be the outcome of both a general absence of hypotheses to be tested as well as the types of experimental designs in use Of the two, the lack of a neurobiological theory of social phobia is ... participants A test of the degree of specificity of the family aggregation of all types of phobia was performed by Fyer et al (1995) First-degree relatives 170 What Causes Social Phobia? of panic/agoraphobic ... incidence of lifetime diagnosis of types of phobia established blindly Incidence of social phobia among the relatives of social phobic probands were 15% compared with 10% for those of simple...