... unable to address osteochondral defects adequately Given the paucity of available alternatives, the author aims to harness the advances in stem cell and biomaterial research to create a biphasic osteochondral ... of separate units which are combined at the point of application An example would be the 16 Chapter bilayered scaffold that Schaefer et al devised usinga PGA cartilage mesh and a PolyLactic-co-Glycolic ... inherent advantage of the biphasic design given the flexibility in varying the material, structural and mechanical properties of the phases so as to assist cartilage and bone repair is an appealing...
... domestic waste water treatment system by Multi-Soil- Layering method, Wat Sci Tech., 27(1), 31-40 Wakatsuki T., Masunaga T., Kita K Shirahama M., Zennami T and Harada T (1998) Wastewater treatmentusing ... system can be modified (optimized) and be applied for other type of wastewater or polluted water by changing of its material composition as examined by Luanmanee et al (2002) and Attanandana et al ... efficiency ofa Multi-Soil-Layering system for domestic wastewater treatment Soil Sci Plant Nutr., 48, 125-134 Luanmanee S., Attanandana T Masunaga T and Wakatsuki T (2001) The efficiency ofa multi-soil-layering...
... Hypothermia attenuates inflammation by suppressing activating kinases of nuclear factorkappa B (NFkappaB) In a global cerebral ischemia model by bilateral carotid artery occlusion, microglial activation ... hypothermia (Katz et al., 2004) Each of these has advantages and disadvantages in cost, accuracy, degree of control, rate of cooling and ease of application Mild hypothermia can be induced in awake patients, ... Timing of Hypothermia (During or After Global Cerebral Ischemia) Differentially Affects Acute Brain Edema and Delayed Neuronal Death 1Faculty Masaru Doshi1 and Yutaka Hirashima2 of Pharmaceutical...
... experimental study on inactivation of Enterococcus faecalis bacteria by means of an atmospheric cold plasma brush driven by an ac power a) Wei Chen and Jun Huang contributed equally to this work Author ... plasma brush sustained with He/O2 gas After plasma treatment, the plasma treated filter papers are transferred into a 1.5 ml centrifuge tube containing ml physiological saline and mixed usinga ... temperature atmospheric pressure plasmas, which are partially ionized gases, is attracting significant attention.19–22 Very recently, a roomtemperature, battery-operated, handheld air plasma jet was...
... before anterior release, and that in fulcrum bending radiograph was 45 degree After anterior release, however, the mean Cobb angle in fulcrum bending radiograph was 34 degree The actual mean Cobb angle ... conceived of the study, and participated in the design of the study and coordination All authors read and approved the final manuscript 13 14 15 Anand N, Regan JJ: Video-assisted thoracoscopic ... however, all except one case report demonstrated that it was effective at improving spinal flexibility Figure Standing5radiograph years after surgery Standing radiograph years after surgery micro-trauma...
... courses of intra-peritoneal cisplatinum followed by four courses of docetaxel as maintenance treatment Two years later the patient experienced an intraabdominal recurrence and was treated again with ... Mizrahi A, Czerniak A, Levy T, Amiur S, Gallula J, Matouk I, Abu-lail R, Sorin V, Birman T, de Groot N, Hochberg A, Ohana P: Development of targeted therapy for ovarian cancer mediated bya plasmid ... intra-peritoneal treatment in a patient suffering from malignant ascites due to resistant EOC A sample of ascites fluid containing malignant cells was collected and was submitted to histological...
... isolat) eller amoxycillin-clavulan syra (24 fall orsakade av ß-laktamas-positiva isolat) administrerades parenteralt i dagar och intramammärt i dagar Behandlingens effektivitet kontrollerades ... The ability of ß-lactamase production of the staphylococci was not tested Combination treatment was found to be superior over parenteral and intramammary treatment only For all causing agents and ... that mastitis was caused by ß-lactamase positive S aureus In milder cases (sign score 1), the treatment was started after having obtained the bacterial diagnosis and the result of the ß-lactamase...
... on phenol and ethyl lactate degradation rates usinga 30W Hg lamp 51 Table 4.4 A comparative study of two different commercial TiO2 catalysts 54 Table 4.5 Apparent rate constant obtained from ... neutralization Unit operations and processes are grouped together to provide various levels oftreatment known as primary, advanced primary, secondary and advanced treatment An ideal waste treatment process ... usinga photocatalyst (semiconductors) and activating the photocatalyst usinga certain wavelength of UV light Although there is a variety of semiconducting materials which are commercially available...
... landfill leachate Journal of Hazardous Materials, 178, 298-305 [5] Foul, A A., Aziz, H A. , Isa, M H & Hung, Y T (2009) Primary TreatmentOf Anaerobic Landfill Leachate Using Activated Carbon And ... high adsorption capacity is capable to reduce pollutants level in landfill leachate treatment According to Abbas et al [16], the main aims of activated carbon adsorption in leachate treatment are ... Characterization of DPAC The surface area, pore volume and average pore diameter of the DP activated carbon were determined byusing Autosorb AS (Quantachrome, USA) volumetric adsorption analyzer...
... and classes Master’s thesis, Universitat Stuttgart [3] A J Agrawal and O G Kakde (2011) Object-Relational Database Based Category Data Model for Natural Language Interface to Database International ... (alkadyeneCarbonChain (mkAlkadyene x s j)))
... with an argon ion laser Acquired images were analyzed using image-pro plus 4.5 software Materials o-Aminobenzenothiol was purchased from Fluka (Shanghai, China) A stock solution (1 mm) of DBZTC ... salt (Tiron) was from Shanghai Reagent Co Ltd (Shanghai, China) All chemicals were of analytical reagent grade, and double-distilled water was used throughout RAW264.7 cells were from American ... determination of aluminium using thermal lens spectrometry Anal Chim Acta 250, 95–104 Yi XF & Ben GY (2000) Seasonal variation in antioxidants of Polygonum viviparum and its relation to solar radiation...
... Johnson (2001) Hay-Smith (2002) AA = available in English only as abstract; a = According to Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Hierarchy of Evidence (1998); b = Mean age (SD) ... health professionals may vary and also the quantity and quality of the educational information about the condition and PFM function The impact of these factors on the outcome oftreatment has ... the optimal period oftreatment and number of treatments? Duration oftreatment period Parkkinen (2004) reported a mean of (3–29) weekly treatments with subjects ceasing treatment when a 'desired...
... brushed away a tear At that instant the baby gave a vigorous kick, accompanied bya peculiar gurgle of delight, at which the two attendants laughed heartily Rod of the Lone Patrol “That’s right, ... her arms and hands Oh, it is always easy for a woman to tell which is which ” “What shall we call her, Martha? ” and Parson Dan drew up his chair and sat down “I have been thinking of that, Daniel, ... didn’t mean to make you feel badly It was only a little mistake after all, and I am really glad it is a boy, for if will make us think that we have Alec with us again ” Mrs Royal looked up and brushed...
... of Patient A and B was 42 and 58, respectively The scores indicate that the Patients need for maximal or moderate assistance for achieving an adequate performance of ADL As the common clinical ... Patient A and B were 15 and points, respectively The behavioral neglect of Patient A was categorized moderate and Patient B was categorized as a mild level According to the motion analysis of head ... test using HMD may display a greater accuracy and be able to assess the occurrence and grade of USN to a greater degree more than the common clinical test HMD can produce an artificially versatile...
... Histochemical analysis of laser irradiated MSCs Alizarin red-S staining of irradiated MSCs (magnification: x50) At days post-irradiation, calcium deposition had increased around the cells in a dose-dependent ... dose-dependent manner Calcium phosphate deposition was evaluated by von Kossa staining (magnification: x50) At days after treatment, staining increased with increased laser energy The area expressing alkaline ... II (Takara Bio, Inc., Japan) with a SYBR ExScript RT-PCR kit (Takara Bio, Inc., Japan) PCR was started with an initial incubation at 95°C for 15 to activate the Taq DNA polymerase, then set at...
... in all treatment plans Figures and depict mean DVHs bytreatment arm for OAR according to treatment groups Additional comparison between IMRT plans We carried out comparisons of all evaluated ... N2-3/T4 group Arm A, blue; arm B, brown; arm C, yellow; arm D, green Discussion Concurrent chemoradiation is the established standard of care for locally advanced carcinoma of the anal canal Attempts ... our goal was to find an optimal radiation protocol which can treat anal cancer at high doses while providing not only gastrointestinal and dermatologic but also adequate iliac bone marrow sparing...
... mean more centralization, thus that positional advantages are unequally distributed domains A second limitation was that the measure of professional contacts was crude and not validated against ... geographical area than in the total network Measures related to individual networks of the health professionals showed a large variation The number of patients treated per professional appeared ... http://www.implementationscience.com/content/6/1/67 Page of Table Description of total and regional networks Knowing each other Having professional contact Total network Total network Area one Area two Area three Number of health professionals...
... criteria: talar head palpation, supralateral and infralateral malleolar curvature, calcaneal frontal plane position, prominence in the region of the talonavicular joint, medial arch height and abduction ... echotexture, and presence of calcifications will be performed Paratendinous structures (subcutaneous tissue, paratenon, Kager's fat pad, retrocalcaneal and Achilles/precalcaneal bursae, calcaneal cortical ... by covariate analysis when estimating the sample size Statistical analysis Statistical analysis will be undertaken using SPSS version 14.0 (SPSS Corp, Chicago, IL, USA) statistical software All...
... right hepatic artery [2] Intrahepatic HAPs account for only about 20% of all HAPs and are often a complication of percutaneous procedures such as transhepatic cholangiography, transhepatic catheter ... complication will be managed by an endovascular approach Although minor hepatic infarction can occur after hepatic arterial embolization, liver damage induced by hepatic arterial embolization ... Yamakado K, Nakatsuka A, Tanaka N, Takano K, Matsumura K, Takeda K: Transcatheter arterial embolization of ruptured pseudoaneurysms with coils and n-butyl cyanoacrylate J Vasc Intervent Radiol 2000,...