Current Opinion in Cardiology 2011, 26:472–479 Purpose of review To describe cholesterol embolization syndrome (CES) and its risk factors, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment. Recent findings To date, no specific diagnostic test (other than biopsy) for CES has been developed. Effective treatments for CES are yet to be developed. Summary CES (also referred to as chole...

Although below-knee compression elastic stockings (CES) are effective for the prevention of the postthrombotic syndrome (PTS), a substantial number of patients with deep venous thrombosis still develop PTS. In the present open-label, randomized clinical trial, we compared thigh-length with below-knee CES for the prevention of PTS. A total of 267 patients with the first episode of proximal deep ...

Prion diseases are fatal, progressive, neurodegenerative diseases caused by prion accumulation in the brain and lymphoreticular system. Here we report that a single subcutaneous injection of cellulose ethers (CEs), which are commonly used as inactive ingredients in foods and pharmaceuticals, markedly prolonged the lives of mice and hamsters intracerebrally or intraperitoneally infected with the...

A congenital esophageal stenosis (CES) is a rare anomaly, and therapeutic strategies are still controversial. Two children with CES located in the lower esophagus, who were treated by endoscopic esophagoplasty that consisted of partial esophageal resection and transverse anastomosis, are reported. A 23-month-old boy with CES at the level of T9 underwent esophagoplasty thoracoscopically. A 13-mo...

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This note addresses some issues that arise when using “normalized” CES production functions, an approach that has become popular in the literature. The results of Klump and de La Grandville (2000) provide a simple way to calibrate the parameters of the CES production function when the necessary data are available. But some of the other applications of normalized CES production functions appear ...

In this paper, we seek to re-establish the link between the CES production function and neoclassical growth theory. We did so in three dimensions. First, we reviewed the increasing importance of the CES technology in modern dynamic macroeconomics, in expanding not only theory but also in addressing important policy questions. Second, we argued that the importance of the CES function in growth t...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The authors report the incidence, diagnosis, and treatment methods of congenital esophageal stenosis (CES) at their institution. METHODS A retrospective analysis of 123 patients with tracheoesophageal anomalies in a pediatric hospital between 1980 and 1999 was performed. Charts were reviewed for patient demographics, presence of true CES, associated congenital anomalies, me...

PURPOSE Congenital esophageal atresia (CES) is a rare congenital disease. The severity of symptoms is variable; thus, diagnosis is difficult and tends to be delayed. CES is frequently accompanied by esophageal atresia (EA) with/without tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF). We investigated the characteristics of CES by reviewing our experience with CES patients and researched the differences between ...

Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) has been recommended as the standard for numerous wireless transmission systems. However, OFDM still has deficiencies that must be improved, such as a high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) occurring in the transmission signal. A constellation extended scheme (CES) is one technology for reducing high PAPR. The PAPR performance of the CES is dir...