... mm, a 0.3-mm interslice gap, excitations, a field of view of 14 cm, and a matrix of 256 × 128 pixels (516 subjects) At least one experienced clinical MRI radiologist reviewed each study MRI scan ... abnormality and exclude other significant pathologies, are presented in Table In subjects with knee OA, the prevalence of lesions was approximately 2.3% By means of the clinicaland imaging investigations ... will detect a significant number of incidental lesions, some of which are clinically significant and will require further imaging andclinical management Furthermore, new lesions may develop during...
... 80% of 5-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) and nearly 80% of chemical oxygen demand in potassium dichromate method (CODCr) Though still the concentrations of BOD5 and CODCr of the effluent of ... capacity of the fermentation chamber, and the establishment of the mechanism of regular maintenance and cleaning Importanceof Education Though biogas option itself have many problems in design and ... 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 pipes and...
... composition, nutritional status andclinical condition all influence metabolic rate andnutritional requirements and these need to be well defined in order to understand the potential role ofnutritional ... study of 86 SS patients under 20 years of age reported weight and height ,10th centile in 40% and 31% of cases, respectively, and the weight deficit persisted after puberty.43 In a follow-up of ... nutrition and quality of care Body composition and energy metabolism To understand the nutritional needs and interventions required in children with SCD, it is important to know the nature and magnitude...
... Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology (Nutrition) University of Helsinki, Finland Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care University of Helsinki, Finland Nutrition andNutritional ... future randomised trials and for development ofnutritional care practices in elderly care 6.2 MALNUTRITION ANDNUTRITIONAL CARE Nutritional status and associated factors of elderly residents and ... SUPPORT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE Nutritional support includes the assessment ofnutritional status, estimation ofnutritional requirements, prescription and delivery of appropriate energy, nutrients, and...
... quality of life of both present and future cohorts of elderly populations Prior to this survey, information has not been available at a population level on the health andnutritional status of the ... information gained will be of use in raising awareness of the needs of this important and growing sector of society and provide a useful resource for policy-makers and planners This survey was ... Acknowledgements Thanks and appreciation are due to the WHO consultants, Andrew Seal of the Institute of Child Health in London and Dr Francesco Branca of the National Institute of Nutrition in Rome...
... Fig Sequence alignment of UDE homologs in D melanogaster and T castaneum, and conserved motifs in UDE and members of the UDG superfamily (A) Alignment of D melanogaster and T castaneum UDE homologs ... corresponding to motifs 1A and 1B, and the C-terminus, encompassing motifs 2, and The C-terminus of 40–50 residues and the loop connecting motifs 1A and 1B (between residues 109 and 137) are predicted ... hydroxylamine, and found that this truncated segment retains catalytic specificity and activity The structural results therefore offer an explanation for the physiological existence of the truncated isoform...
... diagnosis of cancer (EGC) was 67% and 71% (cut-off value of 5.5 ng/ml), and 71% and 67% (cut-off value of ng/ml) The sensitivity and specificity of serum CEA levels for the diagnosis of high-risk ... the diagnosis of cancer (EGC) was 28% and 79% (cut-off value of ng/ml), and 40% and 66% (cut-off value of 2.5 ng/ml), respectively In contrast to CEA, the sensitivity and specificity of serum HMGB1 ... lesions was 39% and 76% (cut-off value of 2.5 ng/ml), and 49% and 62% (cut-off value of ng/ml) In contrast to CEA, the sensitivity and specificity of serum HMGB1 levels for the diagnosis of high-risk...
... variables Scores of HRQL (and their relative Z-scores) were grouped according to sex, age, clinical status, complications of disease and eating behavior disorders, and the means and 95% confidence ... variables and to exclude multicolinearity Results Clinicaland psychological characteristics of the study sample Of the 1,886 patients (1,494 women and 392 men) included in the analysis, 723, 529, and ... al.: Clinicaland psychological correlates of health-related quality of life in obese patients Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:90 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take...
... hyperactivation and release of toxic factors, such as nitric oxide (NO), Clinicaland Genetic Aspects of Epilepsy leading to over production of excess peroxynitrite, and reactive oxygen and nitrogen ... cells of the CNS and comprise the major mechanism of self-defense against brain injury, infections and disease Activation of microglia occur as a response to these insults, and both neurotoxic and ... source of information on wide range of issues in epilepsy We hope that it will help health care providers in daily practices and increase their understanding on diagnosis and treatment of epilepsies...
... determining epidemiology ofclinicaland carrier staphylococci and molecular studies of their acquisition and dissemination of resistance in a hospital setting in northern India Materials and methods The ... antibiotics Almost same trend of multidrug resistance patterns was observed in case ofclinicaland carrier, MRCNS and MSCNS isolates from eye and other clinical sources in health and diseases (Fig 3) ... molecular andclinical laboratory experiments as a part of his PhD thesis and has written the draft manuscript MAT and JAK provided strains and helped in the design of the study AA and MAK coordinated...
... The composition of the study sample, the size of groups as well as the mean and standard deviation of all the results in the various groups are shown in table A characteristic MRI of a patient with ... a general and confounding effect of the 'severity' or of the 'localization of the lesions', since more severely demented patients tended to have both cortical and subcortical lesions and vice ... dementia: clinical criteria for the diagnosis of vascular dementia Acta Neurologica Scandinavica Suppllement 2002, 178:6-9 Hogervorst E, Bandelow S, Combrinck M, Irani S and Smith AD: The validity and...
... Classification of Tumors Pathology and genetics of tumours of soft tissue and bone Lyon: IARC Press; 2002, 247-251 Rastogi R, Garg R, Thulkar S, Bakhshi S, Gupta A: Unusual thoracic CT manifestations of ... http://www.wjso.com/content/9/1/50 and III tumors were 0, 13, and 23%, respectively [5] The incidence of pulmonary metastases varies with the primary tumor and stage of disease Bone tumors such as osteosarcomas and Ewing’s ... orthopedic workup of the patient; KH: assisted in the drafting of the manuscript and in the orthopedic workup of the patient; TK: assisted in the writing of the manuscript and performed the radiological...
... patients, and the clinical manifestations usually subside after withdrawal of the offending drug Nevertheless, some patients go on to develop serious vasculitic manifestations if the offending ... to the presence of ANCAs directed at more than one neutrophil cytoplasm antigen as a characteristic feature of DIV [4,5] Others have observed a characteristic development of ANAs and antihistone ... develop as a result of antithyroid drug therapy [3] Authors generally agree that DIV syndromes have a better long-term prognosis mostly because of lesser renal involvement Arthralgias and skin vasculitis...
... on the levels and function of regulatory T lymphocytes and the apoptosis of immune cells Materials and methods Patients Twenty-two patients (19 females and males) with a diagnosis of SLE according ... coordination of the study CA-M participated in the clinical evaluation of patients, conceived the study, and contributed to its design RG-A conceived the study, contributed to the analysis ofclinicaland ... lymphocytes, and type-1 T regulatory (Tr1) cells [8,9] TREG lymphocytes are characterized by the expression of CD4 and by high levels of the α chain of IL-2 receptor (CD25) as well as by their lack of...
... microscopic and cultural examination of common bacteria and fungi, andof direct acid-fast bacilli smears (Kinyoun method) and cultures for mycobacteria, and for the microscopic examination of Pneumocystis ... analysis to assess and compare the protein profile of BALFs from a group of SScFib+ and SScFib- patients, respectively Materials and methods Patients The samples consisted of archived BALF samples ... development of the clinicaland pathological manifestations of SSc [7,18,19] Abnormalities in lung function occur in about 70% of SSc patients and currently represent the main cause of mortality...
... Biologist and M.Sc by the Faculty of Science of the UNAM (National University of Mexico), Academic Technical of the Institute of Biology and Professor of the Faculty of Sciences both of the UNAM ... review AIV, Assembly and identification of species of Lepidoptera ILT, Collect of different species in diverses states of Mexico HOR, Identification of host plants VHMC Writting and formatting the ... internet and all computer work Authors’ information Dra Julieta Ramos-Elorduy: has the highest position as researcher at the Institute of Biology of the National University of Mexico and professor of...
... neurophysiological and electromyographic examination Mobilization of patients and avoidance of prolonged postures Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Brachial Plexus and ... in the Declaration of Helsinki Initially, the following clinical data were acquired: symptoms and duration, type of onset, psychiatric history, duration of illness, number of previous hospitalizations, ... set of appropriate laboratory tests (Table 1) All patients underwent a complete clinical, neurological examination Especially, the bulk and contour of tibiofibular muscles were examined and the...
... complex process of puberty, affecting the development of facial, body, and pubic hair, deepening of the voice, and muscle development Physiologically, androgens regulate spermatogenesis and help maintain ... understand the importanceof properly diagnosing a newborn with ambiguous genitalia Prompt evaluation of both clinicaland genetic findings is crucial to determine proper gender assignment and the ... ladder of 100 bp; = exon with a size of 528 bp; = exon with a size of 172 bp; = exon with a size of 378 bp; = exon with a size of 516 bp; = exon with a size of 289 bp Melo et al Journal of Medical...