electromyography and nerve conduction studies in neuromuscular disease

... motor points in the abductor hallucis muscle, leading to difficulty establishing a clear initial negative deflection from baseline [17] It becomes challenging to accurately determine nerve conduction ... [14,25,31] Body mass index (BMI) may also be a factor in nerve conduction studies, with Bushbacher reporting a decrement in recorded sensory and mixed nerve amplitude values in those with higher ... sensory nerve conduction studies of medial and lateral plantar nerves in normals Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol 1993, 33:289-94 23 Belen J: Orthodromic sensory nerve conduction of the medial and...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... researched For instance, problems with raising and using finance and with obtaining and applying information on costs and control, as much due to external constraints as lack of financial management ... theory (increased earnings coming from additional investment in training and education) not hold in the secondary sector (King, 1990), a series of awareness and training programmes continue to ... in their communities and so on Finally, we can come to some understanding of the role that interventions such as training and education, financial incentives and public recognition may play in...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 21:20

... Dr Carolyn Fowler – Accounting and professional education, accounting history especially 19th Century  New Zealand, and developments in management accounting and the impact of information technology  in accounting.  ... Professor Rachel Baskerville – Accounting history  Email:  rachel.baskeville@vuw.ac.nz    Dr Carolyn Cordery – not for profit accounting and accountability, incorporating international financial  reporting, regulation and governance.  ... http://www.victoria.ac.nz/fgr/prospective‐phds   and http://www.victoria.ac.nz/fgr/masters       The Economic, Accounting and Business history Network also runs a seminar series, produces working  papers and has links to a number of research institutions around the world.  For more information ...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 17:20

... history including the Asia-Pacific region ̠̠ staple and export-led growth ̠̠ new economic history ̠̠ accounting history including international financial reporting, regulation and governance and ... accounting and accountability, incorporating international financial reporting, regulation, and governance carolyn.cordery@vuw.ac.nz Dr Carolyn Fowler—Accounting and professional education, accounting ... Business, Economics and Accounting History Network Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand is a leading research and learning centre in the Asia-Pacific region for the study of the business,...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 06:20

... understanding of the past and present, and which are examined in some detail The main themes in Centre and periphery have been discussed in detail in its editorial Introduction (pp 1–21) My aim in ... proximity of palace and churches and the burial of royalty in the nave of a church testify, and was a powerful instrument in legitimating and expanding royal power Recognizing centre and periphery ... hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers British Library Cataloguing in Publication...

Ngày tải lên: 29/05/2014, 14:43

... germination and seedling survival, and the self-pollinated lot was clearly the worst This trend was also found in subsequent growth in the field Frost tolerance These results suggest that hardening ... hardening had no effect on frost resistance in the crosses used (Table II) Cold treatment reduced the increase in height after wk in all families by causing damage to the shoot apices ... Controlled pollination Maximum stigmatic receptivity, related to maximum seed production occurs 8-12 days after anthesis, when a stigmatic exudate is visible as a drop of fluid The cross-pollinated seed...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:20

... (nucleotide binding site or NACHT domain) central to the molecule, flanked by a leucine rich-repeat domain at the Cterminus and a caspase-recruitment domain and a pyrin domain at the N-terminus The ... syndromes in humans, including Mucke–Wells syndrome, chronic infantile cutaneous neurologic articular syndrome and familial cold-induced autoinflammatory syndrome [8] Fever, joint pain and systemic inflammation ... clinical and histological characteristics of arthritis (right-hand side) Histological images of knee joints are shown, stained with hematoxylin and eosin Arrow indicates inflammatory cell influx...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:21

... peripheral nerve under tension undergoes strain and glides within its interfacing tissue [19] The weight of the unsupported arm may also cause traction damage to various nerves including the axillary nerve ... the study Nerve conduction studies were performed by the first author in a closed room in which the temperature was maintained at 22–24° Celsius, while the patient was placed in a sitting position, ... patients were right hand dominant The causes of hemiplegia were cerebral infarction in 16 patients, cerebral hemorrhage in patients and cerebral hemorrhage inside infarction in patients Selection...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... neurogenesis in animal studies [97] The increasing use of sophisticated neuroimaging techniques is certainly enhancing our understanding of PTSD, potentially improving prevention, treatment, and cognitive ... interested in designing and/ or conducting translational research in the field of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests ... verbal memory and learning in PTSD cases as compared to controls [13-16] Other studies have documented differences between cases and controls in different domains, including attention, working memory...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... Several different cell types present in arthritic joints can produce PAs and their inhibitors in vitro, including in response to inflammatory cytokines [4-11] We and other workers have previously ... anaphylatoxin Nature 1991, 349:614-617 32 Vlasenko LP, Melendez AJ: A critical role for sphingosine kinase in anaphylatoxin-induced neutropenia, peritonitis, and cytokine production in vivo J ... collagen-induced arthritis (a) TNF and IL-1b levels in joint washouts following collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) TNF and IL-1b were measured by ELISA at sacrifice in washouts from ankle joints of...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:23

... infliximab clearance, as previously reported in SpA and inflammatory bowel diseases, and could explain the nonresponse or loss of response in some cases [14,15] Our findings argue for early and ... during infliximab initiation for ATIpos and ATIneg patients with RA and SpAa RA (n = 17) SpA (n = 91) Time after infliximab initiation ATIpos (n = 7) ATIneg (n = 10) P value ATIpos (n = 14) ATIneg ... fourth infusion The decision to increase, decrease or discontinue infliximab took into account the disease activity assessment on the one hand and infliximab trough concentration on the other hand...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 17:22

... introducing and receiving information: the injection of spin polarized current into the system of interest such as metals and semiconductors and the detection of this spin polarized current and ... stage of spin transport studies is the generation of non-equilibrium spin accumulations in metallic and semiconductor systems by the spin Hall and inverse spin Hall Effects26–29 Increasing interests ... shown in the horizontal plane axes, we can see that the valence and conduction bands converge at a single point These converging points are the K and K’ points, and they are known as Dirac points...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 08:14

... Gram-negative bacteria and has a pivotal role in inducing Gram-negative sepsis Basically, lipopolysaccharide binding protein in host cells binds to lipopolysaccharide in the bacteria and transfers it ... vasodilating prostaglandins) and vasoconstricting influences (e.g catecholamines, angiotensin II, platelet activating factor, thromboxane A2, endothelins (ETs)) becomes disrupted following the ... where it induces the transcription of numerous genes coding for proteins involved in inflammation, such as cytokines, leukocyte-endothelial adhesion molecules, and iNOS (Janssen-Heininger et...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 14:16

... gasoline, or industries Lead occurs in drinking water through leaching from lead-containing pipes, faucets, and solder, which in turn can be found in plumbing of older buildings • • • Foods and ... deposition into leafy vegetables (Mushak et al 1989 as cited in AAP 1993) grinding or cutting equipment during processing Packaging Lead in packaging may contaminate food • • Bright red and yellow paints ... of gasoline in the U.S between 1976 and 1996 The major exposure pathways for workers are inhalation and ingestion of lead-bearing dust and fumes Workers in the lead smelting, refining, and manufacturing...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... in 1975, and a multicenter study [80] reported the prevalence to be 0.95% in 1995 Various studies revealed that both gout and hyperuricemia have been increasing in the USA, Finland, New Zealand, ... explain a proportion of the observed increase in infections Before the methotrexate and anti-TNF era, studies showed a general increase in mortality due to infection in RA patients [152-155] In ... Heliovaara M: Incidence and prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis in Finland J Rheumatol 1997, 24:496-499 97 Bakland G, Nossent HC, Gran JT: Incidence and prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis in Northern...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:20

... Sciatic Nerve in Hexb Micea Lipids Total Gangliosides Figure Hexb+/- 3and Hexb-/- Mice Myelin Membrane Packing in Optic and Sciatic Nerves from Myelin Membrane Packing in Optic and Sciatic Nerves ... sciatic (squares) nerves (n = 3–8) indicating no change in the membrane packing of the internodal compact myelin for the sciatic nerves (PNS) and for the optic nerves (CNS) Individual Gangliosidesc ... findings indicating no decrease in the amount of compact myelin in the PNS seem inconsistent with the case study of an adult with GM2 gangliosidosis in which nerve biopsy of the peroneal nerve...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:21

... Donahue BA, Lin HF, Stafford DW, Patel S, Thompson AR, Nichols T, Read MS, Bellinger DA, Brinkhous KM, Kay MA: Correction of hemophilia B in canine and murine models using recombinant adeno-associated ... received a single injection containing × 108 tu (n = 12) around weeks [9-14] This difference was mainly attributed to prior infection of the human patients with natural AAVs in combination with ... above At day 40, the two animals obtained a single intravenous tail vein injection of 65 μl containing × 109 tu AAV-MOCS1 The successful transduction of this first injection was confirmed by the prolonged...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 19:22

... alkaline balance is really a reflection of your life and your inner world The life giving balance of acid and alkalinity in your body is determined by two things: • Your Diet o Alkaline In- Take ... Coffee, and Juice) and drink nothing but water, I saw the effects immediately I had dandruff and all kinds of skin problems for years which disappeared in less than days after I started drinking ... levels drop super low and the probability of getting sick becomes super high Here’s the fascinating point: as acid increases in your body and keeps attacking your blood cells in this way, your blood...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2013, 21:15

... overlapping, narrowly linear, acute, % to % in long, y^ in wide, apparently nerveless: flowering spikes of a rich scarlet color, cylindric, about 21/) in long and 11/2 to 1% in in diameter, forming ... seldom difficulty in getting a good stand But seedlings are slow in reaching the flowering cause of this cuttings are commonly used stage and be- These should be taken in spring from ripened wood ... leathery, dark green and shining above, the margins recurved: flowers in clusters terminating the branchlets: petals i/> in long including the recurved tips, nearly black: fruiting peduncle stout,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 12:20

... groupers in Malaysia, although large-scale cage farming in marine waters really gained ground in the 1980s and in inland waters in the 1990s (Shariff and Nagaraj, 2000) Korea started growing a European ... Philippines India Philippines China Philippines Philippines Vietnam Japan Japan China Philippines Sri Lanka Japan Malaysia Philippines Vietnam Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Philippines ... survival Continued Thailand (Doi and Singhagraiwan, 1993) Thailand (Chaitanawisuti and Piyatiratitivorakul, 1994b) Thailand (Tookwinas, 1990a) Thailand (Tookwinas, 1990a) Philippines (Quinitio and Toledo,...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 17:20