... low back pain and extremity pain well-recognized problem in terms of determining true complication rates Despite numerous clinical studies investigating the incidence of chronic pain and morbidity ... separate injections or as an infusion [13] Postoperative injection of long-acting anesthetic (e.g., bupivacaine hydrochloride 0.25%) reduces postoperative pain in the acute period, and addition of ... distribution, smoking status, worker's compensation status, time since surgery, and pre-operative reporting of chronic pain syndrome, severe pain, and pain tolerance (Table 1) Table 1: Comparison of...
... non HIV- infected patients, where obesity is associated with lower plasma 25-(OH)D concentrations [37] and a slower increase of vitamin D concentration in response to UVB irradiation In non -HIV ... diseases including HIV as well as chronic pain in HIV- infected individuals [10,11,38-41] Vitamin D supplementation to maintain an optimal plasma 25-(OH)D concentration above 30 ng/ml is an inexpensive ... vitamin D deficiency associated with HIVand HAART and the benefits of its supplementation Conclusions In conclusion, our findings suggest that vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent inHIV individuals...
... CD94/NKG2A expression in CD8+ T lymphocytes and NK cells from healthy donors and HIV- 1 infected patients CD94/NKG2A expression in CD8+ T lymphocytes and NK cells from healthy donors and HIV- 1 infected ... observed in various animal models of viral and bacterial infections [14] andin chronic antigenic stimulation [15] Loss of CD94/NKG2A might correspond to the terminal differentiation which occurs in ... fraction of CD8+ T cells during HIVinfection Indeed, recent observations made in an experimental model of persistent polyoma virus infections suggest that CD94/ NKG2A CD8+ T lymphocytes might constitute...
... case in Albania andin Germany (Section 184 German Criminal Code: 333 convictions in 2007, 264 in 2008, and 214 in 2009) In Lithuania, Article 4(3) of the Law on the Protection of Minors against ... European Convention on Human Rights and other internationally applicable standards, including OSCE commitments E Conclusions and Recommendations The analysis of the data and information provided ... participating States put mechanisms in place that allow for the maintenance of reliable information on Internet content regulation and statistical data pertaining to questions on blocking statistics and...
... still in the ®eld Concentrations stabilized in all controls during Cycles and Slight increases in percolate Na were observed from ash additions for both Hudson and Arkport soils Concentrations in ... columns K concentrations (Fig 10) declined steadily for all control columns, although initial concentrations were greatest in Hudson columns During Cycles and 4, K concentrations increased for ... productsÐconsisting of dewatered digested sludge and four sludge products derived from it via composting, alkaline stabilization, drying and pelletization and incinerationÐwere applied to the soils Initial...
... aid plant uptake and accumulation of contaminants (Heeraman et al., 2001; Peryea, 1998; Zhou and Wong, 2001) Incorporation of carbon-rich composts into soils has been shown to increase metal solubility ... the DOC in both soils with more pronounced increase observed in the BS treatment (Fig 2c and d) In addition, the CCA soil contained more DOC than the ASC soil although the original OC in the ASC ... (P < 0.05) in As concentration in the first two fractions of WE–As and Al–As with time in both the control and the treated soils As expected, the greatest reduction of WE–As occurred in the compost...
... of hegemony and domination, and thus to delimit its application to ideas and positions which serve functions of legitimation, mystification, and class domination that assure the domination of the ... energetic and enaging opening and the text becomes more and more incoherent and confusing as it proceeds, thus depriving M ilius of the honor of becoming the foremost cinematic auteur and ideologue ... contested, and constantly being put into question Hegemony is negotiated and renegotiated, and is vulnerable to attack and subversion These proposals thus contain certain political implications in the...
... inappropriate implementation, continuation or cessation of a health intervention may occur if a decision is reached based on clinical reasoning flawed by inaccurate representations of change in a relevant ... painful and prolonged post-operative recovery period, which could result in a response shift in relation to their pain rating If this were to occur, conventional post - pre evaluation of pain ... considered clinically meaningful[22] Within individuals the disagreement between conventional longitudinal change and patient perceived change was substantial with 83.2% of individuals reporting...
... walls Conclusion and discussion Negative effects of linear constructions include direct occupation of biotopes, recolonization of the landscape in the construction of roads, environmental contamination, ... GIS application, the project involves mapping both the landscape permeability regarding migration and landscape structure changes in an area influenced by a linear construction in the form of ... based on their spatial and technical characteristics The aim was to obtain information on the migration of wildlife in relation to change in the landscape structure and to evaluate the influence...
... fluid infusion, the increases in rPV remained up to 10% Dextran 40 and hypertonic saline in calf higher than pre-values in the D40 group throughout the experiment While IV infusion of HSS induced ... present, D40 infusion induced significant increases in CO, CI and SV, reaching 14.7 ± 2.9 l/min, 153.5 ± 17.2 ml/min/kg and 0.18 ± 0.04 l/beat, respectively at the end of the fluid infusion And those ... end of fluid infusion In the HSS group, CO, CI and SV remained constant at low levels after 90 despite the increasing maximal values of CO, CI and SV at the end of infusion, reaching 21.0 ± 6.3...
... ellagitannin content, corresponding to an increase in all individual ellagitannins content except for vescalin and castalin, is mostly the result of an increase in roburin A-E, grandinin and vescalagin, ... ellagitannin content, vescalagin, castalagin, grandinin and roburin A-E content The second axis explains 16.1% of the total variation and is related to castalin, vescalin, percentage of vescalin, castalin, ... references and by spectres comparison Quantification was achieved using calibration with purified ellagitannins provided by INRA (Montpellier) Ten ellagitannins (vescalin, castalin, roburin A-E, grandinin,...
... weight (DW), mineral content and leaf area (LA) determinations Environmental conditions (incident radiation [PAR], air and leaf temperature, vapor pressure deficit) during sampling and mesurements ... and control were observed in P (16% increase), K (27% decrease) and Ca (8% increase) content On an area basis, the nutrient content was considerably higher in the resprouting vegetation: C content ... conductivity (Kruger and Reich 1993), allowed leaf conductance to remain higher and constant throughout the growing season, even in the summer, in contrast to the original vegetation (fig b) Increased...
... previous one, a annual modification of annual distribution of prein particular, a strong reduc- cipitation and, tion of August rainfall have been recorded in both sites In table II, data concerning ... oaks represented one of the most widespread decline syndromes in Europe and North America, affecting several species of the genus Oak decline involves interactions between inciting abiotic or biotic ... of xylem vessels and darkening of the surronding parenchima (Vannini, 1990b; Vannini and Valentini, 1994) Oak species differ in their susceptibility to the decline syndrome: in France, Quercus...
... clone, and c is the analogous proportion i of seed cone production The male contributions were further recalculated using additional information on flowering synchronization among mating clones ... Variation in flowering of North Finnish clones in a Norway spruce J Linn Soc seed orchard in Central Finland In: Proc IUFRO Meeting on Norway Spruce; ProveBreeding and Genetic Conservation (LG ... Growth and flowering of "primary" and "secondary" grafts of Scots pine Silvae Genet 24, 49-54 Andersson E, Hattemer HH (1978) Variation among clones and ortet-ramet relationship in Scots pine (Pinus...
... simulating the CIE standard illuminant A (corresponding to incandescent light) and an observation angle of 10° The color is represented by the values L*; a*, b*, C* and h* (fig 2) Wood Extractions In ... (7:3) solution; twice for hour’s duration and the last time for 15 h Total phenol content was estimated using the Folin-Ciocalteu method (Singleton and Rossi 1965) and expressed in mg of gallic ... systematically and ob- jectively investigated by INRA’s wood quality laboratory in Nancy, using a spectrocolorimeter Techniques for measuring color and some environmental, individual tree and chemical...
... overwintered bud, may be determined during the previous growing season; the lengths of FIRST and SECOND flushes reflecting, in part, different patterns of growth, physiology and apical dominance in ... between shoots showing only a SPRING flush and those showing flushes On those showing a single SPRING flush, branches will be concentrated at the tip of the annual increment in length whereas ... proportion of leading shoots forming a second flush varied between 100% in 1981/1987 and 40% in 1983/1984 The proportion of branches that produced a SECOND flush varied between and 95% for 1989 and...
... exercise, including running, compared with those who did not Initial differences favoring exercisers were shown to be maintained over time As pain and disability are linked, our findings add to ... pain and pain coping strategies? Clin J Pain 1999, 15:31-40 Fries JF, Singh G, Morfeld D, O'Driscoll P, Hubert H: Relationship of running to musculoskeletal pain with age A six-year longitudinal ... this investigation is that while pain does increase with age in subjects in all study groups, there was no progressive increase in musculoskeletal pain in older adults who participated in regular...
... definitions and contouring methods is the resultant difficulty in interpreting the outcomes of different studies Thus, we planned to compare four different rectal volume definition techniques and ... necessitating a major surgical procedure (laparatomy, colostomy, long stay in hospital); and grade = death Grades and rectal bleeding is defined as incidental or intermittent bleeding requiring no ... levels Discussion In this study, four different rectum contouring techniques were assessed, and the impact of the contouring techniques on DVH and acute rectal toxicity and rectal bleeding was evaluated...
... block of tissue, incorporating AF and NP in continuity was fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin, decalcified in EDTA and processed into paraffin wax Sections were taken for H&E staining to score ... the final manuscript JAH conceived the study, secured funding, contributed to its design and co-ordination, participated in interpretation of data and contributed to the preparation of the final ... de-stabilisation of the motion segment and the ingrowth of blood vessels and nerves resulting in generation of Here we demonstrate the synthesis and localisation of CDMP and CDMP within human IVDs...
... Genetic and phenotypic parameters for growth, wool production and reproduction traits in a line of Merino sheep, in: Dickerson G.E., Johnson R.K (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd World Congress on Genetics ... when preparing the selection scheme for the Spanish Merino breed But, unlike in other local breeds, common use of terminal crosses in the case of the Merino will condition the elaboration of the ... sheep production Correlations between litter size and weights in sheep were estimated first by Davis and Kinghorn [7] in a line of Merino sheep, and more recently by Analla et al [2] in the Segurena...