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... knowledge and thus can influence the exposure at the workplace and the health risks of hairdressers Through the assessment of two time periods before and after changing the regulations in the Netherlands, ... examined whether there is a link between the occupation of the parents and brain tumours in their offspring (astrocytoma) [17] If the mother was a hairdresser before, during and after pregnancy, there ... Vrijheid et al analysed data from the National Anomaly Register of Wales and England for the risk of hypospadias in correlation with the occupation of the mother and the exposure to potential endocrine...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... massage, Fig 15-2) and pulmonary ventilation as in step 6a Place the heel of one hand on the sternum just above the level of the xiphoid With the heel of the other hand on top of it, apply firm ... in the skin cause itching ERYTHEMA PALMARE This benign disorder is a dusky thenar and hypothenar vascular engorgement of the skin of the hands noted 4–6 weeks after the onset of pregnancy The ... rheumatic and other types of heart disease not (without other factors) increase the incidence of fetal anomalies Other forms of perinatal morbidity depend on the circumstances of the pregnancy and...

Ngày tải lên: 05/08/2014, 16:20

... relatively resistant to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and complete resection of the tumor is the only known method for a chance of cure The prognosis for leiomyosarcoma of the IVC treated medically ... vena cava wall is on the right c, Tumor fills the bottom of the picture pushing into the adrenal gland seen at the top of the picture d, Tumor has replaced a portion of the pancreas A pancreatic ... present The tumor appeared to arise from the IVC at the level of the left renal vein and extend intraluminally in the IVC up to the caudate lobe, involving the left kidney, left adrenal gland, distal...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:21

... and WM designed the study and participated in data collection HDM and JH analysed the data and wrote the first draft of the manuscript All authors contributed to the manuscript and approved its ... complications and mortality for both seropositive and seronegative patients The length of hospital stay (LOS) was defined as the number of days in the wards from admission to discharge To avoid bias, the ... extended midline incision [20] During the operation, the appendix was examined macroscopically and the intraoperative findings were recorded The resected parts of the appendix were submitted to pathology...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... VB reviewed and interpreted the images from the CT scan AJ contributed to the overall review and the English translation of the text, and finally JM and LR made the overall review and corrections ... starting the treatment showed a marked improvement in the extension of the psoas abscess and the number of masses present The patient remains clinically well after months of the antituberculous therapy ... from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal Competing interests The...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:21

... mutation, and 11% had two identifiable CFTR mutations; 19% of the patients had the 5T allele in intron of the gene for It is clear from these atypical presentations of CFTR dysfunction that it is the ... us a better understanding of the hierarchy of tissue sensitivity to CFTR dysfunction In future the study of these disease presentations, as well as other unusual presentations of CFTR dysfunction ... chronic pancreatitis, and chronic sinusitis with nasal polyposis All of these have helped to provide an understanding of the hierarchy of tissue sensitivity to CFTR dysfunction Other common adult-onset...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... contributions 23 MA did the research and writing of the paper SF did the research and writing of the paper MS helped review the paper GK did the writing and the major review of the paper 24 Acknowledgments ... pedis The skin of the inflamed area in this type of infection is often scaly and hyperkeratotic with erythema around the soles and sides of the foot [4,8] Papules may also be noted around the demarcation ... manifests in the interspace of the fourth and fifth digits and may spread to the underside of the toes (Figure 1) [4,8] Patients often complain of itching and burning sensations on the feet accompanied...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:22

... localization of CGD subtypes are shown in the bottom of the figure There are several components of NADPH oxidase: of these the cytochrome-b558 heterodimer is located in the membrane and consists of the ... to the subtypes, and severity of the associated macrophage defect [22] In the majority of patients, the production of superoxides is undetetectable and the manifestations are therefore early and ... pattern, and chromosomal localization are shown in the bottom of the figure There are several components of NADPH oxidase: of these the cytochrome-b 558 heterodimer is located in the membrane and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:22

... mass of the power pack, and the size and length of the electrode catheter are important considerations The hardware must be tailored to the growth of the patient The placement site of the stimulating ... and, on the other hand, the transfer of information about the existing energy state, while ensuring a highly orderly behaviour of the network of its subsystems In the modern history, one of the ... can be made about the vector selection and the method of gene delivery, and each disease has its own target tissue and the amount of gene product required for treatment None of the currently available...

Ngày tải lên: 11/04/2015, 11:36

... 8) At the time of prosthesis reimplantation, the spacer head can be easily removed and the modular prosthesis parts (neck and head) placed This procedure offers a stable fracture treatment and ... removal, and insertion of a cement-coated modular prosthesis with a spacer head The cement mantle of the prosthesis is also antibiotic-loaded according to the sensitivity profile of the causative organism ... lag screws and Charnley prostheses, respectively [5] The authors reported that all constructs based upon the Charnley prostheses and the commercial spacers did not fail at 3000 N; the other two...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:53

... Ramachandran et al process On the basis of our finding of the temporal regulation of its expression and the earlier report on exocytosis [5], we implicate mir-9 as a crucial factor in the control of ... indicate the loci from which they originate It should be noted that, although the mir-9 sequence is the same, those of the primary and precursor mirs (pri-mir and pre-mir) derived from these loci ... expression (A) Alignment of mature mir-9 with the target sequence on the 3¢UTR of mouse Sirt1 (using Target Scan) (B) Conservation of the target site of mir-9 on the 3¢UTR of Sirt1 across vertebrates...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 00:21

... is directly related to the duration of the procedure, the diameter of the lesion(s), and the proportion of the myoma that is in the myometrium.33 Recognition of the volume of systemic fluid absorption ... through the umbilicus is the angle of insertion Based on the location of the major vessels and their bifurcations, the standard approach in the early years of laparoscopy was to place the Veress ... from the plane of the spine The preponderance of right iliac vessel injuries might reflect a tendency of surgeons standing on the left side of patients and inserting instruments with the right hand...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 12:20

... methods of medical and surgical treatment - with indications thereof - touching on the pros and cons of the different methods, and the overall prognosis Aetiology 2.1 Acute pancreatitis The causes of ... upper limit of normal had a sensitivity of 61%, specificity of 91%, PPV of 92%, and NPV of 59% 4.3 Abdominal imaging The contribution of medical imaging to the diagnosis and evaluation of pancreatitis ... failure of fusion of the dorsal (Wirsung) and the ventral (Santorini) ducts As a result, the exocrine drainage of the pancreatic body and tail is impaired due to the narrow minor duct and its...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 00:20

... in the palatal/lingual side (d) Cross-sectional view of the redirection of the socket using the Lindemann drill (e) Clinical view of the groove created by the Lindemann drill (f) Placement of the ... because the thick palatal/lingual wall of the socket tends to redirect the drill toward the thin buccal plate (b and c) The use of a Lindemann side-cutting drill enables the creation of a depression ... buccolingually and the prosthetic reconstruction is offset relative to the implant head for improved occlusion and/ or esthetics, the inclination will introduce a bending moment on the implant and will...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 15:20

... abundant in the p16INK4a-expressing cells than in the control Of note, two N-glycans of unknown structure either in the region of mannose-rich compounds or between the trimannosyl core and the biantennary ... Hase, Professor S Namirha and Dr A Villalobo for insightful discussions and critical reading of the manuscript, to the reviewers of our manuscript for their valuable input, to B Hofer, S Kudo and ... measured the percentage of positive cells and mean fluorescence intensity in each panel, as listed in Fig In full accordance with the results on the abundance of mRNA for the GalNAcTs, the presence of...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 10:20

... layer formed by the intertwining apical dendrites of the granule cells and their afferents; (3) the polymorph layer in the hilus of the dentate gyrus containing the initial segments of the granule-cell ... accumulates In the hemoglobin, the preferential glycosylation site is the amino-terminal valine of the β chain of the globin (about 60% of glycosylated globin) Other sites are: lysin 66 and 17 of the β ... between the concentration of antigen in the patient sample and the amount of light emitted during oxidation of the AE Note: Advantages of both RIA and CLIA are highly sensitivity, specificity and...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 21:20

... understood. The major focus of these two books is towards the understanding of the basic  biology  of pancreatic  carcinogenesis,  identification  of newer  molecular  targets  and the development of adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapies.   ... dissemination and a wider impact of our publications Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or ... have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work Any republication, referencing or personal use of the...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 00:20

... have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work Any republication, referencing or personal use of the ... dissemination and a wider impact of our publications Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or ... Considering the above mentioned disadvantages of main methods, the development of additional prognostic criteria of the risk of esophageal varices bleeding remains the urgent problem of the internal...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 02:20

... visible bands of larger peptide fragments, as the bulk of the protein was digested to small peptides In contrast, in the presence of mM Ca2+, the trypsinogen band was converted to trypsin and stable ... Autolysis in the presence of 100 mM NaCl (C) Effect of Ca2+ on the relative rate of autolysis in the presence (s) or absence (d) of 100 mM NaCl The rate determined in the absence of added Ca2+ ... slower, and in the absence of Ca2+ a t1/2 of 90 was measured (Fig 7A) Thus, in the absence of Ca2+ a >11-fold difference was apparent between the autolysis rates of the two trypsins (Figs 6A and...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 03:20