... the local nerve supply and anatomical relationships (4). Until the late 1930s, the standard type of abdominal hysterectomy was subtotal, but this was gradually replaced by total abdominal hysterectomy, ... and length of hospital stay for subtotal abdominal hysterectomy were lower than those for total abdominal hysterectomy. In all, 75% of the subtotal abdominal hysterectomies were performed by ... cervical cancer, endometrial carcinoma, ovarian and fallopian tube cancer and gestational trophoblastic tumors) and most suspicious adnexal masses may still be better approached abdominally....
... network and thusencompasses all of the structures considered by Allen and Gale (2000). The Poisson randomgraph was chosen for simplicity given the primary focus of this section in empirically ... as a nancialintermediary. But several countries have banking networks of this size, and a gure of 1,000intermediaries also seems reasonable if we are considering a global nancial system involvinginvestment ... Journal of Money,Credit and Banking, Vol. 35, pages 111-28.Gale, D and Kariv, S (2007), `Financial networks', American Economic Review, Vol. 97, pages97-103.Galeotti, A and Goyal, S...
... analyze the effects of diet on heart disease on populations in the Netherlands (Hertog et al. , 1993), USA (Rimm et al. , 1996), UK (Hertog et al. , 1997) and Finland (Knekt et al. , 1996) and also ... with antioxidant potential, and found especially in colored fruits and vegetables but also eggs, algae, some seafood, and are synthesized by plants, bacteria and several fungi. So far, over 700 ... molecules by resonance energy transfer (reviewed by André et al. , Nutrition, Well-Being and Health 8 by intestinal and microflora enzymes, especially cytosolic ò-glucosidase, brush border inheritent...
... summary, the structural and functional analyses of theall-L-amino acids peptide and its diastereomeric analogindicate that a defined a helical structure of K4L7W is not anessential factor determining ... a detailed structural and functional analysisfor the native [allL-amino acid] model peptide K4L7Wandits diastereomeric analog. The data shed new light on thestructural features of the ... initial parameters; (b) all thepeaks had reasonable half-widths (< 20–25 cm)1); and (c) good agreement was achieved between the calculatedsum of all components and the experimental spectra...
... analysis and GLCrevealed the presence of neutral sugars like mannose and galactose and amino sugar as N-acetylglucos-amine, along with sialic acid which accounted for 22 and 35% of total carbohydrate ... from the localmarket. All other chemicals and reagents were of analyti-cal grade.Animals, induction of diabetes and dietDiabetes was induced in male Wistar rats weighing 100110 g by using streptozotocin ... software (v. 3.04, GalacticIndustries, Salem, NH, USA).Analytical methodsTotal sugars were estimated by the phenol–sulfuric acidmethod [25], sialic acid was estimated by Aminoff’s method[26],...
... Basic and Translational Conceptshttp://dx.doi.org/10.5772/5478039 free online editions of InTechBooks and Journals can be found atwww.intechopen.com determined by the fiber serotype and not ... on animals and the potential clinical trials.Delivery of naked plasmids (pDNA) in tissue to obtain gene expression was facing thelimit of a poor level of expression [1]. But the clinical advantage ... Barenholz Y. Characterization and in vivo performance of dextran-spermine polyplexes and DOTAP/cholesterollipoplexes administered locally and systemically. Biomaterials 2007;28(14) 2339-2349.[100]...
... supported by the Natural ScienceFoundation of China (grant nos NSFC 20703067 and 20673144, and NSFC-JSPS. 20711140133) andby theF. Ma et al. Ca2+-binding motif in an LH1 complexFEBS Journal 276 ... et al. 1748 FEBS Journal 276 (2009) 17391749 ê 2009 The Authors Journal compilation ê 2009 FEBS excitonic states of BChls and other structural changesin the 915 nm form of LH1, as reflected by ... [14].Ca2+plays vital roles in biological activities, e.g. asmessengers of signal transduction in the cell, and forstructural stabilization of proteins, etc. [15]. Ca2+inprotein usually coordinates...
... Critical issues and needs in health-relatedquality of life assessment of children and adolescents withchronic health conditions. In Measuring Health-related Quality ofLife in Children and Adolescents: ... social psychological research: conceptual, strate-gic, and statistical considerations. J Pers Soc Psychol 1986,51(6):1173-1182.33. Palermo TM: Impact of recurrent and chronic pain on child and ... Edited by: Roberts MC. New York, NY , Guilford Press; 1995:105-123. 10. Pal DK: Quality of life assessment in children: a review of con-ceptual and methodological issues in multidimensionalhealth...
... relevant, and in both local (i.e. culture- and situation- specific) and global contexts relevant to universal interpretations of talent and of the management of people generally (cf. Harry & Jackson, ... boundaries and one that appears to follow the internationali-sation and globalisation of business strategies as formulated and imple-mented across business sectors andby organisations small and ... Collings (eds) (2006): Linking talent management to processes of global and international HRM generally and to issues of staffing (e.g. selection and retention) specifically. Also highlights related...
... 20 percent and a 25 percent com-pound rate of return on equity for these examples. The grand totalnumbers might seem astronomical, especially if you’re used to look-ing at typical rates of ... or mutual funds. Butremember, real estate benefits from leverage, and leverage is whatputs real estate investing into a stratosphere by itself. Because of
... environmental, political, and organizational contingencies.Forget to include time and resources needed to assess (and implement if necessary) an acceptable quality system both in-house and outside ... Medical device design and development domains. Figure 3.3 Design for Six Sigma approach.Customer wants and needs Medical device functional requirements Design and develop medical device, ... resourcesare optimally utilized to commercialize these products as fastas possible ã Designing and developing effective and economical supplychain(s) that is (are) also safe and environment...
... differential equations,”Set-Valued Analysis, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 263–272, 2006.12 C. Chifu and A. Petrusáel, Multivalued fractals and generalized multivalued contractions,” Chaos,Solitons and Fractals, ... differential and functional differentialequations and was motivated by the observation that the inversion of a perturbed differentialoperator may yield the sum of a continuous compact map and a contraction ... continuous and S is compact-valued and continuous, bothSA and TA are compact subsets of E and hence F : KL →KL. Moreover, the mapsA → SA and A → TA are continuous, so F is continuous. By...
... evaluate all the tangible results and look for any lessons learnt. What did the event achieve? Was it cost effective?l Follow-up action: All visits and enquiries at your stand from potential ... appropriate)? Has it beenordered? Are there any special VIP/Royal preferences (or allergies)?9. Alert the media if they are not already aware. Inform the COI and prepare newsreleases for distribution. ... 10Royal VisitsRoyal visits are comparatively rare but require meticulous planning and attention todetail. This type of visit varies enormously, depending on the category and status ofthe Royal...