... was the most common out of these procedures, as the release constitutes a keystone procedure for lengthening the shortened base of the foot, and its contribution to the successful outcome for the ... the inspection of the patients while standing and walking, the range of motion of the foot and ankle, callus formation and the foot appearance using the clinical criteria of Hoffer et al [1] ... supporting the same Two factors that should be considered to perform the procedures are: the flexibility of the deformity and the dorsiflexion of the ankle to at least 5°10° beyond neutral The fixed...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24
... nurses and the nurses of our ICUs for their help with the collection of the blood and urine samples PP is a recipient of a Clinical Fellowship grant of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific ... dose of acetazolamide is an effective and safe form of therapy, with a quick onset and long duration of action [5,15] Our findings suggest that the duration of the pharmacologic effect of a single ... inhibition of carbonic anhydrase in the luminal borders of renal proximal tubule cells, and it is often effectively used in the treatment of metabolic alkalosis in the ICU However, the mechanism of action...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:21
Steps for the Correction of MoldingDefects During Injection Molding
... flow of material Residence time too long Select smaller plasticating unit Darkening at the molding Residence time of the material in the barrel is too long Barrel temperatures too high Rate of ... temperature profile of barrel Reduce feed hopper cooling Use another screw Bubbles, humidity streaks Material is too humid, dry sufficiently Formation of ruts and clouds; Flaking (scaling) of molding ... filling on the other Mold temperature too high Injection speed and/or pressure too high Advance switch-over point Mold is not sufficiently "rigid" Platens of the clamping unit bend Reinforce platens,...
Ngày tải lên: 13/10/2016, 22:34
Báo cáo y học: "Correction: Limited reliability of the indirect immunofluorescence technique for the detection of anti-Rib-P antibodies" pot
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:22
Báo cáo y học: " Derivation and preliminary validation of an administrative claims-based algorithm for the effectiveness of medications for rheumatoid arthritis"
... on the prevalence in the population, and more reflective of the test itself, lessening the impact of any unique features of the VA population Moreover, we might expect that the PPV and NPV of the ... NC) Results The characteristics of the VARA participants measured at the start of each treatment episode were evaluated Because the characteristics of VARA patients at the start of non-biologic ... contrast to other RA therapies where the drugs are typically discontinued if they are not effective Because of similarities in both the descriptive characteristics of the study populations of biologic...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:45
Báo cáo y học: "Clinical Strategy for the Management of Solid Pseudopapillary Tumor of the Pancreas: Aggressive or Less"
... attempted for three SPT patients in whom the mass was located in the portion of body or tail of the pancreas For tumors of SPT located in the neck and body of the pancreas, resection of the midportion ... midportion of the pancreas and the mass with preserving the rim of the head and tail portion can be achieved However, for the patient in whom the mass was located within the head of the pancreas, ... 311 Fig The CT scan indicated the typical internal or capsular calcification in the SPT Once the diagnosis of SPT is made, surgery is the first choice of treatment, since other adjuvant therapies,...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:40
Báo cáo y học: "Endoscopic Facet Debridement for the treatment of facet arthritic pain – a novel new technique
... 100% relief of their pain in 86% of the patients with a median relief period of months The range of relief varied from zero days to up to 13 months for the facet injection group None of the lumbar ... median period of pain relief being months The range of relief for the radiofrequency group was from zero days to 16 months for all 26 patients who underwent the radiofrequency procedure Of the 14 patients ... that the direct visualization of the joint allows better de-innervation of the joint and removal of the entire end-plate receptors that adhere to the bone and capsular tissue Limitations of the...
Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:32
Báo cáo y học: "Endoscopic thoracic laminoforaminoplasty for the treatment of thoracic radiculopathy: report of 12 case"
... and neural structures increases the risk of adverse events with invasive approaches Open surgical correction is the current standard of care for foraminal stenosis of cervical and lumbar vertebrae ... laminoforaminoplasty, should decrease the risk of major adverse events, allow for same day hospital discharge, and decrease the need for postoperative analgesia and immobility [5] [6] In the current ... follow-up Results The author acknowledges that there are no conflicts of interest or financial benefits with the results of the study All twelve patients (10 males, females) completed the surgery without...
Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:57
Báo cáo y học: "Thioglycosides as inhibitors of hSGLT1 and hSGLT2: Potential therapeutic agents for the control of hyperglycemia in diabetes"
... system, in the distal segment of the tubule Inhibition of glucose reabsorption in the kidney, mediated by the SGLT cotransport system, represents a promising therapeutic target for the control of hyperglycemia ... larvae of beetles (Chrysomelidae) Their synthesis has been previously described [31-33] For the purpose of the present study the thioglycosides used were selected and grouped based on their differences ... IC50 values of 30 µM for hSGLT1 and 10 µM for hSGLT2, while thioglycoside VII showed IC50 values of 15 µM for hSGLT1 and 88 µM for hSGLT2 These data confirm the strong inhibitory effects of thioglycoside...
Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 10:04
Báo cáo y học: "Comparison of a Two-Lead, Computerized, Resting ECG Signal Analysis Device, the MultiFunction-CardioGramsm or MCG (a.k.a. 3DMP), to Quantitative Coronary Angiography for the Detection of Relevant Coronary Artery Stenosis (70%)
... large inventory of normalized mathematical indexes of abnormality It is the pattern of these mathematical indexes of abnormality, obtained from analysis of multiple cardiac cycles of the resting ... Moreover, to assess the performance of the prediction of stenosis independent of the prevalence of stenosis, the positive and negative likelihood ratios (LR) were calculated [24] A value of p
Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 10:58
A research proposal submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration
... with the supermarkets Along with the actual evaluations of the stores’ performance, the research tries to uncover the shoppers’ expectations of this kind of store In addition, the demographic profile ... level of 90% (app.D, p 84-86) 4.1.10 Demographic profile of supermarkets’ non-users and heavy-users The demographic profile of heavy users in the sample is similar to the profile described for the ... of the store by evaluating the store in terms of the factors comprising the choice criteria Based on the evaluation, the consumer 18 forms a degree of preference for the store If preference exceeds...
Ngày tải lên: 13/04/2013, 10:30
SOME SOLUTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSUMER LENDING AT TECHCOMBANK HOANG QUOC VIET
... Step 3: The director of the branch will responsible for approving the loan application form or not if the value of the loan does not exceed 500 million In case of an exceed, the director of the branch ... expanded the scope and form of lending to customers The orientation of the branch: expanding, strengthening and improving the operational efficiency of the office agency To attract more customers, the ... actually the major activity of the bank Therefore, continuing research and offering solutions would bring enormous significance for both theoretical and practical aspects for the diversification of the...
Ngày tải lên: 25/07/2013, 11:20
Genotoxicity of 255 chemicals in the Salmonella microsome test (Ames test) and 8-hydroxyguanine (8-OH-Gua) assay for the detection of carcinogens
... supported by the research project The research on the development of the total evaluation technique for the hazardous impacts by the chemical substances towards human and ecology (the project ... and N2- and C8-modified deoxyguanosine as major products of the in vivo reaction of N-hydroxy-6-aminochrysene with DNA and the formation of the adducts in isolated rat hepatocytes treated with 6-nitrochrysene, ... postlabeling method, etc.) Therefore, it is important to develop a simple rapid in vitro method for evaluating the generation of reactive oxygen species from a variety of genotoxic chemicals We...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 08:40
Application of Ozone/UV Process for the Reclamation of Sewage Treatment Plant Effluent
... study, the ozone and UV combination (ozone/UV) process is applied for the reuse of sewage effluent Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of ozone/UV process for the treatment ... reduction of A410 after 10 of run time On the other hand, the UV alone process did not show much color change Therefore, for color reduction, the ozone alone process was considered as the best ... the mechanism of the reaction of ozone with substances in the water can be divided into two distinct pathways (7) The first route is the direct attack of molecular ozone The second route is the...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 08:40
Comparison of Methods for the Extraction of Bioflocculants from Activated Sludge
... measured for min, and the relative A660 against the control test was calculated every minute using the following formula: The relative A660 = A660 of flocculating test A660 of control test For the ... of 95 ml) The A280 to A260 ratio of the UV-absorbing peak indicated it was composed mainly of nucleic acid In the profile of the NaOH-extracted polymer (B), the elution volume (80 ml) of saccharide ... possessed activity at a concentration of ppm for kaolin clay suspension in the presence of mM calcium, although the level of activity was different for each polymer The NaOH- and steaming-extracted...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:08
Sanitation in Urban Poor Settlement and the Importance of Education for the Reduction of the Diffused Pollution - A Case Study of Bauniabad, Bangladesh
... know the benefit of having the connection of their latrines to biogas plants At the installation, the community agreed to share the 20% of the installation cost and the 100% of cleaning cost of ... latrine/others Table shows the claimed performance of the Figure Change of the use of sanitation options sanitation options according to the household interview Before 1999, more than 40% of the people ... purpose of this study is to document how the local people came to use the biogas plant for sanitation purpose, and to clarify the performance of the biogas plant for the reduction of the pollution...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:08
Behavior of Nitrite Oxidizers in the Nitrification/Denitrification Process for the Treatment of Simulated Coke-Oven Wastewater
... ethanol at a final concentration of 10%, then transported to the laboratory of UT at 4oCstored Then, each of the samples were divided into two One of them was for DNA extraction and was washed ... general, the higher concentration of primers can lead to the formation of primer dimers Also, the cost of the chemicals should be minimized if the same quantitativeness can be achieved The results ... Another was for FISH analysis and was stored at -80oC The extraction of DNA was performed with Fast DNA SPIN Kit for Soil (Qbuiogene, USA) according to the instruction by the manufacturer In the...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38
Contact-Adsorption-Regeneration-Stabilization Process for the Treatment of Municipal Wastewater
... with the increased HRT of the adsorption tank From an engineering application point of view, the appropriate operational parameters of the recycle ratio, HRT of the regeneration tank, HRT of the ... technical feasibility of this process was demonstrated The effects of recycle ratio, HRT of the regeneration tank, HRT of the adsorption tank and SRT of the system were evaluated The removal efficiency ... in the PO43 P removal These results revealed that the selection of the operational parameters of the CARS process had a great influence on the overall system performance Adsorptive capability of...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38
Formation of Aerobic Granular Sludge in a Continuous-Flow Reactor – Control Strategy for the Selection of Well-Settling Granular Sludge
... govern the washout of sludge from the reactor, and therefore, we investigated the effect of surface loading rate and aeration rate on the selection of well-settling sludge and the formation of aerobic ... of the AUFB reactor Reactor Setup and Operation for the Formation of Aerobic Granular Sludge Two AUFB reactors were used for the formation of aerobic granular sludge Air was introduced from the ... been formed in our previous studies Based on the preliminary experimental results, we decided the control strategy for the selection of well-settling sludge Then, we applied the strategy to the formation...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:15