... smoking, drinking, exercising and the body mass index - contribute to explaining the gradient The size of this contribution is larger when we consider the entire history of behaviors rather than ... three binary indicators: whether the mother died early, whether the father died early and whether the mother and the father where present when the individual was aged 10 The extracted principal ... smoking, drinking, exercising and the body mass index – contribute to explaining the gradient We find that the effects of education on smoking, drinking, exercising and eating a proper diet account...
... diagnosis Based on these findings, a diagnosis of Ewing’s sarcoma ofthe calcaneus was made Discussion Ewing’s sarcoma is a rare malignant neoplasm, predominantly affecting young patients ofthe ... and CT ofthe chest MRI is essential inthe determination ofthe true extent ofthe tumor It is important to bear in mind that early recognition of an unusual appearance and location of Ewing’s ... cases of Ewing’s sarcoma ofthe calcaneus inthe literature since 1921 [3] These rare cases are usually misdiagnosed, leading to treatment delay, which is detrimental to the outcome According to...
... VAT using a 3.5 MHz probe, cm above the umbilicus The SAAT was defined as the thickness between the skin-fat interface and the linea alba, and the VAT was defined as the distance between the anterior ... the moment of study Discussing possible mechanisms and explanations for our findings, we can argue that IR presence isthe most important factor in determining the fat deposition in organs (in ... for future interventions in NAFLD and indeed in all the metabolic diseases [20] On the other hand, a recent observation has highlighted theroleof spleen as further non invasive marker of chronic...
... considered This interesting approach was successful inthe experimental setting of acute lung injury and needs to be verified in clinical indications other than lung transplantation Competing interests ... transplantation Inthe cases of graft failure, brain death and infection ofthe donor lung, reduced surfactant function is aggravated by preservation ofthe graft, ischaemia and reperfusion Therefore, ... substitution of surfactant may bridge the patient to recovery ofthe graft The combination of iNO and surfactant proved to be successful in experimental severe reperfusion injury [15], strengthening Della...
... into the pulmonary microcirculation To test this hypothesis, several investigators have tied off the bronchial artery of sheep and then exposed the animals to smoke In these studies the hypothesis ... lungs of sheep have a special feature, a single bronchial artery, and a single lymphatic draining ofthe lung A 10-fold increase in bronchial blood flow could be shown within 20 minutes of smoke inhalation ... neutrophils and determine how this affected the response to inhalation injury In these studies of sheep depleted of their leukocytes, a high percentage ofthe response to smoke inhalation was blocked...
... differences in severity of brain oedema and in associated hypoxia and herniation, thereby introducing bias into the interpretation ofthe results MRS findings vary greatly according to time since TBI ... days) Characteristics Brain swelling Brain swelling Absence of brain swelling Diffuse atrophy and dilatation ofthe ventricles DWI Hypersignals inthe cortex, inthe thalamus and inthe basal ganglia ... evidence of neuronal damage inthe nucleus basalis of Meynert (the main nucleus ofthe basal forebrain) was found in most ofthe patients who died after head injury [82] The ARAS projects to the reticular...
... patient with the mutilans form of PsA There is extensive bone oedema involving the head ofthe proximal phalanx and extending down the shaft ofthe bone On the distal aspect ofthe joint a well ... the base ofthe middle phalanx (long thin arrow) There is synovitis at the proximal interphalangeal joint (long thick arrow) plus increased signal inthe overlying soft tissues indicating oedema ... manual outlining of synovial membrane to quantify synovitis in their study of 84 patients with inflammatory arthritis, 18 of whom had reactive arthritis or PsA MRI ofthe wrist and finger joints (metacarpophalangeal...
... highest score of bone marrow infiltation inthe histopathological assessment Some ofthe patients had inflammatory lesions in other parts ofthe spine, as indicated in Table Page of (page number ... analysis Permission for this study was given by the local ethic committee ofthe Charité Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin All patients gave permission for histopathological analysis ofthe obtained ... correlation of histopathological analysis ofthe spine and inflammation as visualized by MRI has also not previously been done Inthe sacroiliac joints of patients with AS, a correlation of MRI findings...
... Cardiovascular MagneticResonanceImaging (CMR) a) History ofMagneticResonanceImaging and the Development of CMR In 1946, Felix Bloch and Edward Purcell discovered the nuclear magneticresonance ... intravenous injection of a contrast agent by using T1-weighted imagingIn CMR perfusion imaging, the myocardial wash -in of contrast during the first pass of a contrast bolus forms the basis for assessing ... perfusion imaging for the detection of CAD with an iv dosage of 140 μg/kg/min body weight per minute The peak effect of adenosine occurs 2-3 after start ofthe iv infusion, with an increase of the...
... evaluation of nodal status in this patient group Since the highly cellular tissue in reactive lymph nodes may also show increased intensity, theroleof DWI and ADC in distinguishing between ... parallel imaging technique (SENSE factor of 2) Imaging time of DWI was 90 s for 20 slices Detection of uterine malignancy The ADC values of uterine cancers are lower than of normal tissue On the other ... Functional MR imagingofthe female pelvis J Magn Reson Imaging 25:1101–1112 25 Koyama T, Tamai K, Togashi K (2006) Current status of body MR imaging: fast MR imaging and diffusionweighted imaging Int...
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... paradigm where a predefined level of demand is managed internally and the remainder augmented with cloud services The apothegm is ‘Own the base and rent the peak’ Conclusion The customer’s overall ... with an assessment of value The assessment of value of cloud services can only include a comparison against other cloud providers The comparison of cost between traditional IT investment and cloud ... need to invest in these environments, that cost might be greater than the equivalent cloud based platform-as-a-service offering IT Infrastructure is a tumour ofthe modern corporation IT Infrastructure...
... microfinance Appendix 3.2: Details of 35 studies included inthe map Appendix 4.1: Further details of 15 studies included inthe in- depth synthesis Appendix 4.2: Narrative synthesis of findings ... synthesis of findings relating to the impact of microfinance on the wealth ofthe poor Appendix 4.3: Narrative synthesis of findings relating to the impact of microfinance on the non-wealth outcomes ... microfinance Invest inthe future Lift out of poverty Increase education, health etc 1.2.1 Whatis microfinance? The term ‘micro-credit’ was first coined inthe 1970s to indicate the provision of...
... Houdini-like in its contortions in its findings on whether or not the Keck conditions for removing measures from the scope ofthe Dassonville basic principle are satisfied.10 The issue of whether ... is therefore, in my view, preferable to examine measures of that kind inthe light ofthe Treaty rules rather than to remove them from the scope ofthe Treaty.79 Inthe light of these three reasons, ... market access plays the central roleinthe argumentation, the intention ofthe ECJ is not to revise its view ofthe certain selling arrangements as expressed in Keck, nor to revise the conditions...
... Wulf is president ofthe National Academy of Engineering The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate ... Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine ... organization of outstanding engineers It is autonomous in its administration and inthe selection of its members, sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal...
... intensity is selected to highlight the air in green (lung) (b) The total lung volume is calculated by summating the volume of all coronal sections ofthe lungs from the front to the back ofthe ... Chicago, Illinois) was used inthe analysis Results The spatial resolution ofthe reformatted axial and coronal images ofthe chest was considered to be of diagnostic quality in all subjects The fast ... Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2007, 2:20 Background Adolescent idiopathicscoliosis (AIS) isthe most common form ofidiopathic scoliosis, typically affecting growing adolescent...
... the final product isthe result of ‘wetting’ by the liquid present upon sintering The extent of this ‘wetting’ during liquid-phase sintering, being dependent upon molten binder metal dissolving ... inserts consist of: • ‘Pure’ ceramic – this isthe traditional tooling insert material, consisting of aluminium oxide The alumina is white in colour and is produced by cold pressing powder inthe desired ... (Fig 8a) This contained tooling within the reactor, is heated in an inert atmosphere until the coating temperature is reached and the coating cycle is initiated by the introduction of titanium...
... strategy ofthe business Staff are not trained or not trained fit isthe main cause leading to the current state enterprises are not competitive enough inthe market 2 Conflict resolution Resolving ... to maintain working excellence atmosphere Because the performance of an individual in a large organization where the air is due to work or the work culture ofthe organization that brings Increase ... order in which it needs to be completed • • Organisational skills are sequences of routines in every single area of everyday living or working Organisational skills are sequences of routines in...
... study sponsor was not involved inthe study design; inthe collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; inthe writing ofthe report; or inthe decision to submit the paper for publication ... generation of neoepitopes at cleavage sites Since the initial cleavage that generates the neoepitope is followed by subsequent cleavage ofthe alpha chain, there is release ofthe epitope from the tissue ... [4-6] and hip [7] OA The overarching aim of this investigation was to conduct a study within an existing longitudinal dataset of knee OA with serial knee magneticresonanceimaging (MRI) to evaluate...
... that the images are obtained within the first after injection [19] This probably explains the lack of initial rim enhancement in our models after application of low dose Gd-BOPTA In this regard the ... This demonstrates the correlation of both applications (Figure 4C) Discussion MRI as a non-invasive imaging technology plays a key rolein preclinical in vivo evaluation of tumor therapies The ... 3C) Monitoring of xenograft tumor growth Apart from tumor detection the quantification of tumor burden is one important aspect of non-invasive in vivo imaging techniques To test whether the BT-...