... extending above a line tangential to the supraorbital margin (horizontal line) Frontal sinus aplasia is also defined by an oval-shaped sinus with the lateral margin medial to a vertical line drawn ... Frontal sinus aplasia was also defined by an oval-shaped sinus with the lateral margin medial to a vertical line drawn throughthe middle ofthe orbit (vertical line) with a smooth superior margin ... light was centered at the level ofthe sinus, indicating the optimized center ofthe reconstruction area In addition, the head position was adjusted in such a way that the hard palate was parallel...
... of indexing and recalling a considerably larger 17 body of resonant combinations than the average human The necessary barrage of linguistic stimuli can be provided by the Google 1T database of ... readymade In this casual inspiration phase, the observant writer recognizes that a certain combination of words may produce, in another context, a meaning that is more than the sum of its parts ... trouvés as “assisted readymades” because they allow an artist to remake the act of creation as one of pure insight and inspired recognition rather than one of manual craftsmanship (see Taylor,...
... following the decrease in A4 56 Data analysis Steady-state kinetic data were fitted with the Michaelis– Menten equation using nonlinear least-squares analysis incorporated into the origin software package ... Expression and purification of MAO AThe gene encoding human liver MAO A was amplified from a cDNA clone obtained from MRC Geneservices (Cambridge, UK) using the primers 5¢-GTCTTCGAA ACCATGGAGAATCAAGAGAAGGCGAGTATCGCGG ... Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA) The concentration of benzylamine was typically inthe range 0.02–2 mm, and the assay was started by the addition of MAO A to a final concentration of 0.6 lm Michaelis–Menten...
... support, and other social determinants of health These determinants interact and reinforce each other Thus people who are at the disadvantaged end ofthegradientof health are more likely to lack access ... better off Contributors to poor health include poverty, a lack of safe and affordable housing, inadequate access to good food, being socially marginalized, and faring poorly ina range of other ... how addressing the social determinants of childhood obesity can improve the health of children in Ontario Pervasive health inequities are rooted in social determinants of health There is a gradient...
... such as Saigon Bank for Commerce and Industry; Indovina Bank (the first joint-venture bank in Vietnam); Vietnam International Leasing Company – VILC (the first financial leasing company in Vietnam) ... behavior and the reasons that govern behavior Qualitative methods also are investigating why and how of decision making So the smaller samples are more focused than large samples 25 The advantage ... them and at the same time, heighten these values Beside the role of shaping and managing corporate culture’s values, the leader has to change them according to the requirement of changing strategy...
... catalytic cysteine) and the C-terminal domain The third domain, referred to as the loop domain, protrudes out ofthe N-terminal domain The loop domain covers the catalytic site and provides the ... reflecting the overall ˚ (4.7 A weakening ofthe sulfur–sulfur van der Waals interactions inthe CoA binding mode ofthe C8 9A variant, especially concerning Met157 (Table 2), in addition to the absence ... sulfur–sulfur interactions in defining the catalytically competent binding mode of CoA inthe active site The pantetheine binding tunnel of biosynthetic thiolase When CoA binds to Z ramigera biosynthetic...
... potential confounding factors These included a variable that combined cigarette smoking status and smoking intensity with location worked because initial analyses indicated that the risk of lung cancer ... particulate organic/elemental carbon inthe atmospheres of Chesapeake Bay, USA Atmos Environ 2001;35(32):5663–5677 Funding The research was funded by the Intramural Research Program ofthe National ... subjects were individually matched to each case subject on mining facility, sex, race/ethnicity (ie, white, African American, American Indian, Hispanic), and birth year (within years) Inthe analysis,...
... remainder ofthe analysis was carried out using the data extraction form and the analytical framework presented inthe following section Analytical framework The concept of "quality of care" was defined ... affect the availability of HR for EmOC They point out that these staff shortages weaken the quality of care by increasing professionals' workloads and patients' waiting times and making infection ... performance Variations in their quality are rapidly expressed as changes in measurable outcomes such as maternal and infant mortality Moreover, the technical nature of EmOC and the necessary interaction...
... remain, further increasing turnover [9] The implications of these findings are therefore alarming for the provision of health care in South Africa now and inthe future, given that we are already ... Happel B, Martin T, Pinikahana J: Burnout and Job satisfaction: a comparative study of psychiatric nurses from forensic and mainstream mental health service International Journal of Mental Health ... satisfaction, individual and organizational characteristics Journal of Advanced Nursing 2000, 32(3):536-543 Kaplan RA, Boshoff AB, Kellerman AM: Job involvement and job satisfaction of South African...
... to investigate the link between abnormal mechanical load and the earlier-thannormal development of osteoarthritis ina natural hip inthe absence of any known trauma or surgical intervention All ... trauma inthe hip There was a significant reduction in contact area from the Visible Human control to the asymptomatic acetabulae and femoral heads Overall calculated contact areas, ranging from ... to their standard clinical followup The arthrogram protocol involved injection ofa radioopaque contrast agent into the joint space, which adhered to cartilage surfaces Then the cartilage was...
... Study area The present study was carried out inthe Hisriyakhal group of villages of Tehri Garhwal district inthe Uttarakhand state of India The Uttarakhand state lies inthe northern region of India ... India and spans 14 over an area of 53,485 km2 Ofthe total 8,479,562 human population ofthe state, 78% lives in rural areas The agriculture land inthe hills of Uttarakhand is scattered and fragmented ... villages had about 42 of land under agroforesty that was treated annually by about 400 quintals of cow dung as farm yard manure A part ofthe cattle dung was also used as fuel by sun drying The agriculture...
... study was to calculate the accumulation and the export of nutrients over time in Pinus pinaster (maritime pine) and Pinus radiata (radiata pine) stands under a range of silvicultural alternatives, ... the case of radiate pine, and for K inthe case of maritime pine Even inthe traditional harvest of no debarked logs, the exports of P and K in radiate pine plantations would be higher than the ... 24 in radiata pine and from SI 12 to 20 in maritime pine, in both cases at a reference age of 20 years, and considering in this case the conventional harvesting of no debarked logs Finally, the...
... (β2AR -/-) was generated by homologous recombination resulting inthe insertion ofa neomycin resistance gene cassette into the fourth transmembrane domain ofthe β2-AR gene These mice are viable, ... Int J Med Sci 2008, adenylyl cyclase pathway, which enhances cAMP, leading to PKA activation and further phosphorylation of down stream targets Because ofthe importance of both the β2 adrenergic ... absorption was spectrophotometrically measured at 450nm A cAMP standard was provided for quantitative calculation of cAMP concentrations of astrocyte samples per well Statistical analysis All experiments...
... inthe parametrial areas [35], whereas Levenback found 9% ofthe sentinel nodes inthe paraaortic area, 11% inthe common iliac, 71% inthe external iliac, and 9% inthe parametrial area ina ... Although majority ofthe nodes are located in internal iliac and external iliac areas, nodes have been found in also presacral, parametrial and pararectal areas [33] Ina sentinel node study carried ... 90% are squamous cell carcinomas, while the rest are melanoma, adenocarcinoma, basal cell carcinoma and sarcoma [7] Nodal metastasis in vulva cancer is the main prognostic factor, irrespective of...
... physicians, reflecting the necessity of training Delineation variations are a source of error inthe planning and execution of radiotherapy Regarding the treatment planning consequences ofthe variability ... INTRODUCTION: The variability among radiation-oncologists inthe delineation of GTV for lung cancer has already been described [1-4] These variations are a major source of error inthe planning and execution ... results in lower tumor control and increased toxicity [3] During the national training of French radiotherapy residents, a comparison of residents’ delineation ofthe same clinical case of non small...
... 'clinical trials phase II', 'clinical trials phase III', and 'clinical trials phase IV' We searched even inthe abstract databases of both the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and the ... AL, and GF conceived ofthe study and participated in its design and coordination, in data acquisition and analysis, and in manuscript preparation EG and AZ participated in data acquisition and ... abatacept-treated patients who failed treatment with TNFα blockers Inthe Abatacept Trial in Treatment of Anti-TNF Inadequate Responders (ATTAIN), abatacept was studied in RA patients who failed anti-TNFα...
... been associated with hypo- and hyper-kalemia and paralysis [7], and here it was found in two cases In one family the mutation was co-inherited with a mutation in troponin T and in another the ... subjected to a full clinical evaluation including family history, physical examination, echocardiography and ECG All fulfilled classical diagnostic criteria for HCM [37,38] The mean age of index patients ... variants and disease was assessed by comparing the distribution of variants in disease group and controls c2-testing was used to examine for significant association using a level of significance...
... difficulty taking oral medications At the time of treatment his weight was 23 kg He had multiple pain complaints including headache, back pain and generalized arthralgia/myalgia There was a particularly ... troubling bone pain involving his forearms, wrists and hands bilaterally The arm pain was unpredictable, episodic and intense with aching and burning qualities There were no shooting pains or ... for nausea PEG 3350 and docusate were used as laxatives The above regimen achieved satisfactory analgesia for all his pains except for bone pain inthe arms The clinical team opted to try a bisphosphonate...
... and the dome ofthe urinary bladder (another site than described for the squamous cell carcinoma) As an initial attempt at transurethral resection (TUR) resulted in perforation, a partial bladder ... 67-year-old diabetic and hypertensive Arab woman in February 2006, due to severe hematuria and fever In January 2005, the woman had already been treated ina hospital of Great Britain for repeated ... secondary tumor We report the first case ofa peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor ofthe urinary bladder in an Arab country The Department of Surgery of Al Sabah Hospital, Kuwait admitted a...