... improve the femoral fixation ofthe spacer stem Alternatively to that andat stable femoral fixation, the spacer itself may dislocate out from the hip socket In these cases, specific attention ... an unstable joint situation results, the outcome ofthe surgery is endangered or the mobilisation ofthe patient is hereby limited Generally, the surgical treatment of these fractures should ... of prosthesis reimplantation, the spacer head can be easily removed andthe modular prosthesis parts (neck and head) placed This procedure offers a stable fracture treatment and facilitates the...
... market-based approaches to better meet their needs, increase their productivity and incomes, and empower their entry into the formal economy The billion peopleatthe base ofthe economic pyramid (BOP)—all ... description ofthe standardization methodology and country tables of standardized BOP expenditure data by sector and income level.) Combining income and expenditure data allows estimation ofthe size of ... majorities ofthe population in both regions are in the BOP But Africa shows the greatest disparity between the BOP share ofthe total population (95%) andthe BOP share of health spending (54%) At the...
... prime-boost immunization regimens requires a deeper understanding ofthe mechanism of action of DNA vaccination A key observation from many studies to date is that interchanging the order of vectors ... could very well be attheheartof both the mechanism and advantage of heterologous primeboost regimens Therefore, the remainder of this review will focus on this key feature and its underlying ... strategy that greatly enhances the immune properties of nonreplicating vectors and biological response modifiers by direct intra-nodal administration of plasmid and peptide [19,41] We showed that...
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... of proinflammatory cytokines on days andThe downregulation of cathepsin K on day could be another example ofthe fact that the time course of cytokine expression determines the time course of ... MMP-12 and matrilysin (MMP-7) and twice that of stromelysin-1 (MMP-3) The gelatinases (MMP-2/gelatinase A and MMP-9/gelatinase B) are overproduced in joints of patients with RA [1618] Because oftheir ... reviewed by Yan and Sloane [34] However, the expression and function of most ofthe cathepsins in RA are unknown Our results support the hypothesis that cathepsins participate in matrix-degrading...
... complicated by the many levels of regulation of proteinase activity Also, there is an emerging appreciation of considerable functional divergence of both MMPs andtheir regulators, particularly the ... expression and protein levels ofthe MMPs are often found to be accompanied by increases in the levels of one or more ofthe TIMPs It is therefore not obvious what can be the net result of these opposing ... inflammatory diseases ofthe glomerulus, the results of studies ofthe involvement of MMP activity in other renal pathologies should provide valuable guidance in elucidating the role of these...
... number of unknowns andthe large number of observation points respectively Since the number and position of observation points are defined by the practical problems, the complexity ofthe second ... function andthe mesh generation are complicated Moreover, although the matrices of FEM are sparse, it still takes at least O(NlogN) memory to store the matrix and accomplish matrix-vector multiplication ... to be the most accurate and can ensure the accuracy and stability ofthe hybrid method After explaining the combination scheme ofthe TDFEM and PSTD, some numerical examples are given The accuracy...
... strongly influenced by the addition of cations The cations can shield the electrostatic repulsion between the sulphate groups and prevented the tight binding and aggregation ofthe helices (Michel ... Ca2+ enhanced gelation of κ-carrageenan by stabilization ofthe helical conformation ofthe polymer, through shielding ofthe charge of sulphate groups by Ca2+ (Watase and Nishinari, 1986) This ... between the hydrophilic groups of carrageenan and carboxyl groups of alginate as reflected by the low apparent solubility and lower extent of water uptake ofthe crosslinked AK and AI films The hydrophilic...
... cross-linking of alginate matrices A review ofthe literature showed that the media used for internal and external cross-linking methods were not standardized and often, the pH values ofthe media ... as matrix models as standard test samples could be easily prepared to evaluate the properties ofthe matrix andthe influence of size and shape could be avoided The properties that affected the ... between Ca2+ and alginate with the use of more appropriate cross-linking techniques C Mechanisms of external and internal cross-linking ofthe alginate matrix C1 Alginate film as a matrix model...
... study, the tensile strength andthe elastic modulus ofthe alginate matrix increased after cross-linking, indicating that cross-linking increased the mechanical strength and stiffness ofthe matrix ... as indicated by their relatively low Ca2+ content (Tables and 8) On the other hand, a fairly linear relationship (r2 =0.86) was observed between the viscosity of sodium alginate andthe Ca2+ ... tensile properties ofthe alginate matrix (Tables and 9) The molecular weight of sodium alginate appeared to have a greater effect on the tensile strength than the elastic modulus ofthe resultant...
... for these students to further education in Singapore, andwhat are the aspirations emerging from their experiences of mobility? What are the meanings, practices, and technologies involved in the ... that takes into consideration the diverse thick and thin social relations and subjectivities that are tied to the less palpable sites oftheir intimate lives, or what Walsh (2009) calls theheart ... this set of scholarly literature gathers insights from a range of theories on the embodied, the emotional, andthe non-representational to draw attention to the sociality and materiality of everyday...
... through the changing configurations of time and space This underlines the complex and contingent processes that are involved in the production of human subjectivities and relations attheheartofthe ... (2010) proposed that engaging with the literature on children, youth andfamilies advances our understanding ofthe social and cultural geographies of education In their paper, they foreground ... students attheheartofthe everyday, quotidian, and transnational geographies of education migration, geographers have expounded on the power of space and place in producing, differentiating, and maintaining...
... respondsible for the splitting and negative shift of DOS core band and plays the main role in the slight change of bonding nature in the surface region of BaTiO3 The other manner is the structural ... broadening of both valence and conducting bands and two additional peaks at -2.7 and -0.4 eV (no.2d and 2f) which have the origin of STUDY ON LATTICE AND ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES ATTHE SURFACE OF 219 the ... relaxation [24] Our calculation is in agreement with their conclusion that the asymmetry of barium sites or the specification ofthe capping and surface layers gives rise to the negative shift of...
... indicating that there is less variation in the density of nodes in the former than the latter Another contrast is the degree of connectivity of countries within the networks, a feature that has ... stock of investments) between a pair of countries Arrows indicate the direction of these connections For each dataset, the left-hand column shows the networks in the first year ofthe sample andthe ... respect to the rest ofthe world in debt contracts This change reflected in large part the significant accumulation of international reserves that followed the crises ofthe late 1990s Atthe same...
... money, they “bundle” together a number of products and services and offer them to the customer at a price that is lower than the sum oftheir individual prices What, you ask, is wrong with that? ... attheheartof any customer relationship strategy Yet, I encounter companies that talk about creating customer value, but what they are really addressing is the creation of increased value of ... technical The changes in what goes on inside of people, the ones who use all that technology their perceptions, feelings, and ability to adapt and accept external changes that are occurring—is of great...
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... having their coverage canceled because they got sick, or they face limits on the amount of care their health plan will cover Many other people who are happy with their coverage would face these ... “grandfathered” status if they not make major changes that would reduce beneits to patients In exchange for maintaining or improving patient beneits, “grandfathered” plans not need to ofer all of ... intestine The Brodricks spent their life savings on what treatment they could afford, but Sharon didn’t get all the care she needed and she died ofthe disease Cancer took Dan’s wife and left...