... loss falling on the very parties who had trusted this man But by delaying, they involved themselves inthe moral disgrace of concealing their insolvency from the public; of inducing the poor ... £60,000 in hands When the bank did not break, many ofthe depositors re-invested their money; and as many of them, in doing so, invested the whole of their savings m one sum, although exceeding £30, ... and 1848 The third duty is, that ofthe public as legislators The business of savings' banks is really a species of trade, being part ofthe trade of banking These institutions are neither more...
... pneumatization results inthe individual size and shape ofthe frontal sinus An absence of pneumatization inthe frontal bone results in frontal sinus aplasia [1] This kind of variation should make ... both sinuses may be absent The prominence of supercilliary arcs does not indicate the absence, presence or size ofthe frontal sinus [3] The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence ... the patients’ mid-sagittal lines, which helped to keep the head centered with respect to the rotational axis The lateral positioning light was centered at the level ofthe sinus, indicating the...
... supply of health professionals in Spain In Spain there is an intense debate within the medical profession and in society in general about whether to adjust the enrolment of medical students [20], in ... on the foreign doctors certified for practice in Spain, whether or not inthe regional health systems In spite ofthe wealth of information for the public health system, the total number of doctors, ... generally the most traditional and which have the lowest proportion of women, have the highest rates of decline in their supply, largely because ofthe greater rate of exit ofspecialists from the...
... imposed The mean percentages of eggs laid on chickpeas inthe Cicer lines, no matter what the treatment or the rearing host were, were higher than those inthe Phaseolus lines This finding was ... reason for the divergence among lines, we reared all lines in both host seeds after the end ofthe selection, and then tested their offspring with regard to oviposition preference in a mixed-host ... confirmed by the analysis of variance (table II) Since the average ofthe d fecundity varied considerably across rearing host x replicate cells (see line of table II), none ofthe main effects...
... dens invaginatus into: • Type I: an enamel-lined invagination within the crown and not extending beyond the cementoenamel junction (CEJ) • Type II: the enamel invagination into the root, beyond the ... where there was uncertainty inthe diagnosis of AP or CP were not included in this study The investigated dental anomalies included dens invaginatus, dens evaginatus, congenitally missing and ... investigated inthe present study including dens invaginatus, dens evaginatus, pegshaped lateral incisors and congenitally missing lateral incisors Interestingly, thedental anomalies investigated in this...
... definitions of normal values may be inappropriate [8– 10], a major concern was the definition of ALT and GGT activity In routine practice, the definition ofthe upper limit of normal (ULN) of ... FibroTest and ActiTest in relation to the method of expressing enzymatic activity; in particular, in terms of absolute values or as multiples ofthe upper limit of normal Since we and others have demonstrated ... 0.59) The details ofthe liver proteins and total bilirubin assays according to each patient and laboratory are outlined in Figure There were no significant differences according to testing center...
... discriminant functions inthe analysis of raw measurements on the LM2 Sexes combined ofthe taxa along the first two discriminant functions of sex-combined samples The LM2 lies inthe middle ofthe ... trends inthe genus Homo has been the reduction of tooth size, together with the prominence ofthe jaws inthe structure ofthe skull In many anatomy texts, teeth are presented as part ofthe alimentary ... significant factors inthe patterning of molar variation in great apes The results of this study have several implications for hominin taxonomy, including identifying subspecies among hominins These implications...
... is determined mainly by the contact point ofthe adjacent teeth, the width ofthe proximal surface ofthe teeth and the position ofthe cemento-enamel junction Inthe anterior region ofthe dentition ... between the interdental contact point and the crest ofthe interdental alveolar bone in order to determine if there is a relationship between this dimension and the height ofthe interdental papilla ... Immediate loading: Defined as the placement ofthe restoration in direct contact with the occlusal plane ofthe opposing teeth within 48 hours of implant insertion Early loading: Defined as the placement...
... Finally, the kernel informs the hardware physical map module ofthe new virtual to physical mapping With the exception ofthe hardware validation, all of these steps are implemented in a machine-independent ... efficiently support the large body of UNIX software used within the academic community [16] In addition, from the point of view of a system designer, the Accent style of message/memory integration lacked ... once, possibly in different tasks The memory region specified by address inthe vm_allocate_with_pager call will be mapped to the specified offset inthe memory object The offset into the memory...
... made gains in both the finance/banking industries and inthe defence-related public sector Whereas some 125 000 women worked in finance and banking institutions in 1975, the number increased to ... 450 000 by 1995 The number of men grew only marginally from 425 000 to 480 000 over the same period In defence, the number of men declined from 225 000 to 200 000, while the number of women rose ... 000 women worked inthe communications sector Twenty years later, though the number of men remained unchanged, the number of women rose to 550 000 A similar situation was seen inthe wholesale and...
... used for information tasks (such as offering, finding or editing all kinds of information) Many things that are said about agents in this thesis do, however, also apply to the other kinds of agents ... on the Internet The functionality of agents can be maximally utilised when they are employed inthe (future) three layer structure ofthe Internet." importance Thinking ofthe layers in terms of ... picture ofthe size ofthe Internet, let alone to make an estimation ofthe amount of information that is available on or through it; • The dynamic nature ofthe information on Internet: information...
... pre-existing increased insulin resistance and dysfunction of beta cells Insulin resistance is present inthe acutely ill [13,15,18,28] in different intensity, but the factors determining the extent of ... is the cut-off value inthe Recommendations ofthe American Heart Association [35] and the trigger for initiation of insulin treatment for ICU patients recommended by the American College of ... Mediators of cytokine-induced insulin resistance in obesity and other inflammatory settings Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2002, 5:377-383 15 Marik PE, Raghavan M: Stress-hyperglycemia, insulin and immunomodulation...
... higher than routine incidentreporting systems but without requiring substantial investments of additional resources Moreover, the direct involvement of clinicians inthe detection of patient safety ... patients), the proportion of MET calls which reflects deficiencies in care may be even higher The present study introduced the novel element of real-time characterization of events by the team at the ... moment of consultation This real-time assessment eliminates the resource-intensive process of retrospective chart review without requiring much effort from clinical personnel because the clinical...
... females in- and outside the hospital Our results regarding inconsistencies in post-discharge care of sexually abused females are in line with the findings ofthe United Nations panel reporting unmet ... violence seeking medical care inthe hospitals of Goma; (2) assessment ofthe availability of key resources to treat victims of sexual violence in hospitals regularly caring for victims of sexual ... Page of Author details Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, DOCS Hospital, Goma, Democratic Republic ofthe Congo 2Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine,...
... Board ofthe Indiana University School of Medicine (Indianapolis, Indiana) Informed consent was obtained for key informant interviews, and all clinical investigation was conducted according to the ... Manager inthe Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine PB is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicines and Co-Field Director of Research ... travelling to the clinic was incredibly difficult blocked, run away because the police are shooting or something else is happening, finds houses burning Because ofthe difficulties with finding...
... nursing handover (red, up-pointing arrows), the beginning and end ofthe daily medical shift (green, down-pointing arrows), and periods of routine nursing observations (pink, shorter, up-pointing ... activation ofthe MET service during these hours inthe years following the introduction ofthe MET system When directly compared with the study conducted by Lee and coworkers [5], 46.2% ofthe 2568 ... increase the ease of utilisation ofthe MET system at our institution Furthermore, the timing and frequency of patient observations reported inthe study would be typical of most hospitals Finally,...
... AC inthe other twin (twin B), when the concerned parents took him to our department Brain CT and MRI of twin B who did not have any com- 403 plaints revealed a mirror-imaging ofthe AC inthe ... Neuroimaging ofthe twins (a) Cerebral CT of twin A shows a vast lesion of cerebrospinal fluid intensity inthe left temporal lobe with a maximum diameter of 63×40×26 mm (b) & (c) MRI of twin A shows ... found one such case of MZ with mirror-imaging of AC inthe literature In this case, we describe the second case of MZ with mirror-imaging of AC and discuss the possible clinical implications...
... supplementation The increasing number ofthe elderly is extending the progressive age-related decline in BMD, thereby increasing the need for additional supplemental calcium and vitamin D3 [5] There are ... significant baseline/ending changes in any ofthe 50 items or in a total QOL score (the sum of all 50 items) Assessment of safety using the QOL is straight-forward An increase inthe total http://www.medsci.org ... raised about the validity ofthe two expected change reference groups to which changes in BMD inthe three Plans were compared Furthermore, the reported increase, instead of slowing, of BMD attributable...
... along the long or short axis ofthe bed (γ, φ) Through computer control, the imaging probe was placed either against the skin or at a distance from the skin in water for pre-treatment imaging The ... volumes ofthe target regions inthe X, Y and Z axes were 10×10×10 mm There were three slices inthe Z axes, so the interval distance between adjacent slices was mm The monitoring system ofthe therapeutic ... safe for the ablation ofthe pancreas in a swine model Our results provide evidence supporting the clinical application of HIFU in patients with pancreatic cancer Conflict of Interest The authors...