... plus 5° of valgus of the femoral shaft axis Exaggerated walking kinematics of the left limb was simulated by ± 75° rotation of the actuator, which resulted in a 45° arc of flexionextension and a ... dynamic screw and plate for intertrochanteric fractures of the femur J Orthop Trauma 2001, 15:394-400 Bess RJ, Jolly SA: Comparisonof compression hip screw and gamma nail for treatment of peritrochanteric ... SH, Patel AD, Bircher M, Calvert PT: Fixation of intertrochanteric fractures of the femur: a randomised prospective comparisonof the gamma nail and the dynamic hip screw J Bone Joint Surg Br...
... groups and number of observation years for suicide victims and controls A majority of the suicide attempts were made in close connection to admission (often a cause of admission), 89% of the ... than controls and women repeat attempts more often than men and also more often make severe attempts Repetition and severity not appear to discriminate between suicide victims and controls for ... Committee, 1985 and 2003 Statistics A Poisson regression was used for comparisons between the age groups for 5-year intervals for suicide victims and controls by gender andbetween suicides and controls...
... fell betweenand on the scale would have low discretion managerial discretion Industries that fell betweenand on the scale would have medium managerial discretion, and those that fell betweenand ... grants and exercise prices, CEO age and tenure and CEO shareholdings were used as measures of CEO compensation while ROE was adapted as a measure of firm performance The results of the analysis of ... plans and policies established by the board of directors As the leader of the firm, the CEO has an astounding impact on the performance of the firm and many believe this to be the result of the...
... for understanding the processes of vasculogenesis (formation of new blood vessels) and angiogenesis (formation of vascular trees), especially as one of the current hurdles in the field of tissue ... magnitude of traction forces and stability of FAs both depend on the flexibility of the underlying substrate [22,23], and thus, in recent years, researchers have focused on exploring the effects of substrate ... kinase cascade, and proteolysis leading to apoptosis Activation of the NF-jB pathway leads to recruitment and activation of IjB kinase kinase; the phosphorylation and activation of IjB kinase by...
... superimposition of the 3D structures of kistrin [32] and cardosin A (Fig 8) The importance of both motifs and in particular their basic residues was further emphasized by the complete lack of interaction between ... terms of charge and is positioned at the tip of a loop and is therefore reminiscent of RGD sequences present in integrin-binding molecules because of its exposed location On the basis of these structural ... cells, the fundamental role of the RGD-mediated interaction between integrins and their ligands for the activation of essential signalling pathways in cell proliferation and growth has been well...
... distinguish between lemma identity, where only the word-stems of the constituents have to be identical, and wordform identity, which requires not only identity of the stems but also of their morphological ... subject and direct object are elided from the right-hand conjunct If modifiers that are neither lemma- nor wordform-identical, are placed in between subject and object—as in (16)—, then elision of ... hunter and [the hunter]s shot a hare In the theoretical framework by Kempen (2009) and its implementation for German and Dutch in ELLEIPO, the elision process is guided by constraints on lemma- and...
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... various affirmations of the importance of the concepts of freedom andof nature—or even, for that matter, his affirmations of the importance of the relationship between freedom and nature as a problem ... constituting a shared world of action for one another through the exercise of our freedom This is an inclusive and universal interest in the freedom of each of us andof all of us, the freedom that ... the aggregate sum of choices made in the marketplace of goods and services and sometimes even in the The Moral and Social Trajectories 11 “marketplace of ideas.” This culture of marketplace choice...
... Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6:89 areas of research insofar as they support a state (i.e., environmental) and trait (i.e., genetic) conceptualization of quality of life and to start ... revisions of the Hedonic Treadmill model create a more flexible and nuanced representation of what is changeable and what is fixed betweenand within people Refocusing may change chronic levels of happiness ... of the relationship between genes and quality of life, both genetic and quality -of- life research is hindered by a mono-disciplinary approach Few genetic researchers are working with quality -of- life...
... shoulder, cm above and cm to the left of the subject's hand The target was placed 31 cm in front of the shoulder, 12.5 cm above and 14 cm to the right of the initial position of the ball (Figure ... environment [6,7] The advantage of using VR in community, clinical and laboratory settings is that by virtue of its programmability, environments and the amount and type of feedback can be modified ... divided in two phases: 1) reaching and grasping the ball and 2) ball transport and release For the first movement phase, temporal and spatial parameters of reaching and grasping were determined Temporal...
... difference between the mini-posterior approach and the standard posterior approach weeks after implantation of hip endoprostheses [11,36] A weakness of this study is clearly the lack of any randomization ... conceived of the study, participated in its design and coordination and drafted the manuscript AM participated in the study and analyses of the study MSS participated in the design of the study and ... 20 hips and J.S 30 hips) who are both experienced surgeons and perform the operations in the same way, differing only in the length of the skin incision and the extent of the detachment of the...
... devastating conflict between unregulated possession of this kind of property and all the higher welfare of the community If we add to the railway the common city monopolies of lighting and transportation; ... political fact is the corruption of officials and legislators Think of a product so vital to the future as the forests; and then picture, if you can, the waste and despoiling of this strictly common wealth ... overwhelming part of the main and primary sources of wealth—mines, forests, water-power, oil deposits, and ground areas in large towns These are the sure nesting-places of monopoly, and therefore, of all...
... 154 C Hoff and S Rambal fall and leaf quantity [33, 43] Important then are the timing of rainfall and drought events, the quantity of rainfall, the storage capacity of the soil and quantity and ... relations between the LAI and both climatic and soil factors; (2) understand how the water and carbon balances behave as a function of water availability and LAI; and (3) define how the balance between ... function of the climate via precipitation and evapotranspiration requirements, but also as a function of the retention properties of the soil andof the rooting depth of the vegetation The range of...
... shorter and was 1.1 and 2.3 minutes for one and two arcs, respectively Discussion Recent progresses of new technologies in RT are of great interest for quality of treatment and avoidance of toxicities ... Role of mitomycin in combination with fluorouracil and radiotherapy, andof salvage chemoradiation in the definitive nonsurgical treatment of epidermoid carcinoma of the anal canal: results of ... receiving at least 95% of the prescribed dose and the volume of the PTV (CI95%) The homogeneity index (HI) was expressed by D5% D95% (difference between the dose covering 5% and 95% of the PTV) For...
... types and numbers of cases for board certification are outlined in Table Quantitative comparisonof case requirements by U.S and German boards (Figure 1) shows that the American Board of Thoracic ... intubation, application of central venous catheters, arterial cannulation, application of thoracic drains, puncture of pleura, pericardium and lungs 150 1.7 years, and with 72% of research fellows ... compensation between USA and Germany would be biased and is not performed intentionally The bias is multifactorial and most importamtly includes different cost of living, costs of insurancies,...
... social and psychological dimensions, overlapping with measures of quality of life (QOL) [1-3] A great deal of the well-being of any nation will be determined by physical and mental health and existing ... characteristics, and does this differ between ethnic groups? • Does the pattern of variability between individuals, measured by correlations among the QOL questions, differ between ethnic groups or age bands? ... Patterns of variability within each ethnic group and age band: Principal components analyses were conducted on individual OPQOL questions for different ethnic groups and in 5-year age bands, and the...
... 6A) Of these, four were determined to be true positives in our results: RT and MAPK1, gp41 and LCK, gp41 and PTPRC, and IN and PRKCH The other five interactions (RT and PIN1, p2 and MAPK1, p2 and ... lifecycle of HIV-1 and identification of potential clinical targets Results and Discussion Identification of HIV-similar human proteins To construct a map of interactions between HIV-1 and human ... PIN1, p2 and MAPK1, p2 and YWHAZ, gp41 and PLK1, gp41 and MAPK1, gp41 and CLTC, IN and XPO1, and IN and YWHAZ) are not known to occur, and may be good candidates for further investigation since...
... et al: Tropism and innate host responses of the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in ex vivo and in vitro cultures of human conjunctiva and respiratory tract The American Journal of Pathology ... involved in the regulation of seasonal-, pandemic- and sharedresponse genes Of the 13 transcription factors regulating genes affected by both seasonal and pandemic viruses, four (IRF1, IRF2, IRF7, ... and type III IFNs bind to distinct receptors, they elicit similar intracellular signals and gene expression profiles [15] Figure Significantly enriched GO terms in response to seasonal and pandemic...
... interpretation and analysis of the data and drafted the manuscript LT participated in interpretation and analysis of the data and helped to draft the manuscript WL conceived of the Page 15 of 19 hypothesis ... hyperlipidemia, oxidative stress and vitamin D deficiency An abnormal lipid profile, that is, high levels of total cholesterol, LDL and triglycerides and low levels of high- Page 13 of 19 density lipoprotein ... disease and BMD hip: OR: PAD by ABI 1.22 (95% CI 1.03 to 1.43) PAD and BMD hip: NS Men: Prevalent CV disease and BMD hip: NS PAD and BMD hip: OR: 1.39 (95% CI 1.03 to 1.84) 260 BMD and IMT: NS BMD and...
... higher rates of disease), consistency of association and biological plausibility supported a cause-effect relationship between CMT and VADS The criteria of strength of association (the size of the ... detection of VADS A wider Page of campaign can be undertaken by the profession that will bring greater awareness to this disorder Conclusion The current understanding of the relationship between CMT and ... cause of VADS episodes to a number of other mechanical events which preceded the VADS episode [24] Later came a series of retrospective surveys The first of these was a survey of the 367 members of...