The aim of this study was to determine whether skeletal muscle depletion predicts the prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) that is being treated with sorafenib. We evaluated 40 consecutive HCC patients who received sorafenib treatment. The skeletal muscle cross-sectional area was measured by computed tomography at the third lumbar vertebra (L3), from which the L3 skeletal m...

VANWYK, J.A. 1999. A comparison of the infectivity of cryopreserved versus unfrozen infective larvae of Haemonchus contortus, Trichostrongylus colubriformis and Trichostrongylus axei: Results of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute from 1977 to the present. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research , 66:285289 The infectivity for sheep of cryopreserved infective larvae (L3) of various stra...

Abstract Handover (HO) which can make user equipment (UE) communicate with the eNodeB (evolves NodeB) with the highest signal quality will have bad performance in high-speed railway scenario. In this paper, detailed introduction is made on Layer3 (L3) filtering theory to help solve this problem. HO measurement and HO decision procedure based on L3 filtering are designed and implemented in a dyn...

This study looks at intonational phrasing patterns in read speech produced by third language (L3) learners of German who speak Cantonese as the first language (L1) and English as the second language (L2). Acoustic analyses of recordings from 15 L3 learners and 10 native German speakers revealed that intonational phrasing in L3 German was different from that of natives in that 1) L3 learners pro...

The third-stage larvae (L3) of the parasitic nematode, Anisakis simplex, have been implicated in the induction of hyperimmune allergic reactions in orally infected humans. In this work, we have conducted a review of an investigation into immune reactions occurring in animals experimentally infected with A. simplex L3. The patterns of serum antibody productions in the experimental animals agains...

Aim of this study was to evaluate level of analgesia and hemodynamic response to spinal anesthesia obtained by administering 15 mg 0.5% isobaric bupivacaine at L2-3 vs. L3-4 interspace for inguinal herniorrhaphy, since studies comparing analgesia and hemodynamic response at the L2-3 vs. L3-4 interspaces are lacking. In a prospective, randomized clinical study that encountered 72 patients underg...

Vincent M. Arlet, MD, and Andrew H. Milby, MD: The provided history, examination findings, and imaging studies are all consistent with the diagnosis of acute radiculopathy due to lumbar disk protrusion. Pain localized to the anterior thigh in combination with quadriceps weakness suggests involvement of the ipsilateral L3 or L4 nerve roots. Relief of pain with hyperflexion is a reverse-tension s...