... especially calcifying PHS as defined in the Kraemer/Hedtmann [7] classification The diagnosis was based on anamnesis, orthopaedic examination with typical findings and a conventional X-ray examination ... literature (see Table 3) [11-28] Side effects were never reported there Unfortunately, it was not possible to perform an detailed statistical analysis of absolute pain scores before vs after radiotherapy ... humeroscapularis (PHS) has been subdivided into several syndromes According to the classification published by Hedtmann et al [7] a simple, an adhesive, a calcifying, and a destructive PHS should...
... pineocytomas as well as pineoblastoma seems necessary Despite the small patient cohort, the results of this analysis support those of other published series Page of Impact of exact histological grading ... amount of viable tissue for pathological examination is crucial for accurate histological diagnosis ofa pineocytoma Impact of extent ofdisease The impact of extent ofdisease in posterior fossa ... amount of tissue sample is therefore crucial in suspected pineocytomas, to decrease the likelihood ofa histological misdiagnosis as a possible cause for this aggressive behavior Kurisaka et al [16]...
... single-parent households Furthermore, this way of analyzing data allows for the direct comparison of the outcomefor mothers and fathers in the same families Measures Procedure The assessments for each ... considered as program participation The attendance rate for program participants was as follows: mothers: 3-4 sessions 88.4%; fathers: 69% none, and only 6,3% attended at least sessions Attendance ... made substantial contributions to the acquisition of data and supervision of data collection as well as to analyzing the behavior observation data All authors read and approved the final manuscript...
... been having blackouts as a result High levels of both aspartate transaminase (AST = 86 U/L) and gglutamyltransferase (gGT = 187 U/L) suggested possible hepatic dysfunction but there was no evidence ... with varying lengths of abstinence; relapses being due to life events or trauma She also has a history of self-harm, overdosing, burning Page of and lacerating; her last admission to Accident and ... times a day) Her physical health screen did not reveal any abnormalities She had along history of both anorexia nervosa and alcohol dependence Anorexia was first diagnosed in 1994, and when she...
... gained influence These results are in line with Lazarus’ theories on stress, appraisal and coping [13,23] Lazarus emphasized the significance of the primary and secondary appraisal ofa stressful ... to visualize the effects of appraisals on sickleave days taken the sample was divided into four groups based on the median values for appraisal of injury severity and of coping abilities (Figure ... results substantially The number of days off work was assessed in the interviews by patients own self-rating Strict data privacy protection laws in Switzerland prevent the use of health insurance...
... plants at longer SRTs is advantageous as it reduces sludge yield and thus operating costs associated with solids disposal The schematic diagrams of CAS and MBR in wastewater treatment are as shown ... course of this project I would also like to express appreciate to all my laboratory mates, namely Divya Shankari Srinivasa Ragha, Shruti Vyas, Subhabrata Das, Thulasya Ramanathan and Gayathri Natarajan, ... MBR system, and The ZnO-NPs particle size distribution and zeta potential of activated sludge 1.6 Schedule of Various Experimental Phases This study consisted ofPhase 1, and Phase consisted of...
... that stimulation of the metacarpal joints activated ipsilateral sensory cortical areas and contralateral basal ganglia [32] CoP center of pressure Results of this study, however, may be not applied ... measured the gait distance with a "MeterMan" distance-measuring wheel (Winnebago, MN) Statistical analysis was performed using statistical software JPM 5.1 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC) The effects ... and to assess its role in generation of parkinsonian gait The foot pressure activates the plantar mechanoreceptors that mediate postural adjustment during the stance phases of the step [10] Several...
... BJ, Senan S: A dosimetric analysis of respiration-gated radiotherapy in patients with stageIII lung cancer Radiat Oncol 2006, 1:8 Starkschall G, Forster KM, Kitamura K, Cardenas A, Tucker SL, Stevens ... to an Advantage Workstation 4.1 (General Electric Company, Waukesha, WI), where the Advantage 4D CT application assigns a specific respiratory phase to each image, and phase- related images are ... Vedam SS, Ramakrishnan V, Mohan R, Weiss E, Keall PJ: Audio-visual biofeedback for respiratory-gated radiotherapy: impact of audio instruction and audio-visual biofeedback on respiratory-gated radiotherapy...
... Mondor s disease: a rare cause of anterior chest pain J Am Acad Dermatol 2003, 49:905-906 Salmon RJ, Berry M, Hamelin JP: A novel treatment for postoperative mondor s disease: manual axial distraction ... Breast J 2009, 15:381-384 Ichinose A, Fukunaga A, Terashi H, Nishigori C, Tanemura A, Nakajima T, Akishima-Fukasawa Y, Ishikawa Y, Ishii T: Objective recognition of vascular lesions in Mondor s ... clinically considered as phlebitis of the right thoracodorsal vein caused by a local trauma Penile Mondor sdisease is a variant outside the thoracic area (or a different clinical entity) and its pathogenesis...
... nonsurvivors and between BNP and NT-proBNP in survivors was assessed with analysis of variance (ANOVA) for repeated measures Kaplan-Meier survival analysis Page of 15 was performed to assess 1-year ... (presentation and 24 and 48 hours) with values obtained prior to hospital discharge Statistical analysis Statistical analysis was performed with the SPSS/PC software package (version 16.0; SPSS, ... analysis at 24 hours was comparable to values already obtained at 48 hours or at hospital discharge This observation suggests that measurement of BNP at 24 hours may be suitable forearly assessment...
... lipofection and maintained for at least days after transfection as assessed by GFP expression (Fig 4E) These Fig Isolation and characterization of uterine BECs and LECs expressing tsA58T Ag (A) ... positively sorted or depleted cells (Fig 4A) , Lyve-1-positive Implications for tube formation-based assays and transfection assays of tsA58T Ag-expressing ECs We also examined whether the cells ... Osaka, Japan) were used as a negative control Transfection of plasmids harboring a GFP-expressing cassette into tsA58T-expressing endothelial cells Transfection was performed using Lipofectamine...
... mobilisation was allowed after six weeks Sport activities were allowed at three months and contact sports at four months Biostatistics Table demonstrates the biostatistics of the patients in this study ... of California Los Angeles (UCLA) [6] and the simple shoulder test (SST) [7] The SST consisted ofa series of 12 yesno questions, measuring pain and function of the shoulder through assessing ... examination under anaesthesia was performed to assess the magnitude and direction of instability The shoulder was prepared and draped in a sterile manner, and the bony landmarks were marked carefully...
... mobilisation was allowed after six weeks Sport activities were allowed at three months and contact sports at four months Biostatistics Table demonstrates the biostatistics of the patients in this study ... of California Los Angeles (UCLA) [6] and the simple shoulder test (SST) [7] The SST consisted ofa series of 12 yesno questions, measuring pain and function of the shoulder through assessing ... examination under anaesthesia was performed to assess the magnitude and direction of instability The shoulder was prepared and draped in a sterile manner, and the bony landmarks were marked carefully...
... (given as sample indexes) for each sentence A LSF vector was classified as voiced if at least 25% of the analysis frame was part ofa voiced phoneme region Otherwise, it was classified as an unvoiced ... [24]: Some rate/distortion issues related to the adaptive variable-rate aspect of the method are discussed; A new series of rate/distortion curves obtained with a refined LSF analysis step are presented ... Bit allocation tables, transform coefficients mean and variance, and optimal (non-uniform) scalar quantizers are determined during a training phase applied on a training corpus of data (see Section...
... The source coder can generate a total of L layers For simplicity it is also assumed that all layers require the same data rate and target bit error rate Specifically for broadcast and multicast ... distance is common to unicast or broadcast/multicast transmissions However for broadcast/multicast the same video content is transmitted and AMC is not possible without personal uplink feedback ... optimization of this parameter has also strong impact in the achievable coverage and average throughputs Regardless of the channel conditions and user location, a given user always attempts to...
... (LSD) test was used to make comparisons among treatment means Polynomial contrasts were used to make comparisons between treatment means at a specified p-value (Tab II) Logistic analysis was used ... Harrison H.R., Repeated manual release in a young plantation: effect on Douglas-fir seedlings, hardwoods, shrubs, forbs, and grasses, USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Albany, ... 0.2097 Seedling survival p-values are based on chi-square (χ2) test and all other p-values are based on analysis of covariance (ANCOVA); Bold values indicate significant differences for the treatment...
... assistance of relatives, and means able to daily activities, social functions, work routines and organisations without anyone 's assistance Cognitive function was assessed using the Bender-Gestalt ... reassessed using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) [12] and the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) [13] for psychopathology Social functioning was assessed using the Global ... interests Authors' contributions AS conceptualised, designed, supervised and wrote the study LS statistically analysed the data and wrote the paper MT conducted psychological and clinical assessments,...
... 17:1471-1474 Ishikawa E, Tsuboi K, Yamamoto T, Muroi A, Takano S, Enomoto T, Matsumura A, Ohno T: Clinical trial of autologous formalin-fixed tumor vaccine for glioblastoma multiforme patients Cancer Sci ... Gebhardt MC, Yoon SS, Springfield DS, Raskin KA, Harmon DC, Kirsch DG, et al: Radiation therapy for control of soft-tissue sarcomas resected with positive margins Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007, ... 300-121, Japan Department of Surgery, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba-Shi 305-8575, Japan Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba-Shi 3058575, Japan 4Clinical Pathology, Tsukuba...
... including a 3D plan comparison and an analysis of the arytenoid dose, and taken together the conclusion of these two studies is that IMRT can spare normal tissues in earlystage laryngeal disease without ... vascular disease Several reports have shown that head and neck radiation using conventional techniques can cause carotid artery stenosis and increase the risk of ischemic stroke [10-13] Dorresteijn ... conformal plans As an adjunct to the above analysis, we generated a second plan of one of the three patients who had T1N0, anteriorly-located disease, based on the premise that these tumors often...
... patients with N0 disease (20 months), N1 disease (43 months), N2 disease (18 months) and N3 disease (7 months) Distant metastases and distant metastases-free survival Distant metastases-free survival ... survival (LPFS), distant metastases-free survival (DMFS) and causes of death Statistical analyses were carried out with SPSS statistical package (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, U .S. A. ) using log-rank test ... factor for the appearance of isolated distant metastases in oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma [16] In our patient group, the stageof nodal disease was a significant predictor for survival...