Schimke immune-osseous dysplasia (SIOD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder presented with specific facial features, skeletal dysplasia, steroid resistance nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) and cellular immune insufficiency. This is a SIOD case reported from Iran. He was 5 years old boy when evaluated for proteinuria and short stature. In appearance, we detected hyperpigmented macules, kyphosc...

there are several methods for analysing the behaviour of underground structures under different loading conditions. most of these methods have many simplifications; therefore, in some cases, the results are too conservative and a very high safety factor, usually of more than 2 is needed. on the other hand, for stability analysis and the designing of support systems, these methods consider segme...

We have created a computational model of the timing network that paces the heartbeat of the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis. The rhythmic activity of this network originates from two segmental oscillators located in the third and fourth midbody ganglia. In the intact nerve cord, these segmental oscillators are mutually entrained to the same cycle period. Although experiments have shown that...

background: low back pain (lbp) is one of the most common musculoskeletal complications of today’s societies which, poses a big portion of health expenses and work absentees. lumbar disc herniation is claimed to be one of the several causes of lbp. conservative therapies like physiotherapy are found to be beneficial for treatment in such a kind of lbp. however, there is low evidence proving tra...

AIMS Pulse pressure/stroke volume (PP/SV) is regarded as a surrogate index of arterial stiffness (AS). Strain echocardiography is a novel method to evaluate systolic and diastolic left ventricular (LV) function. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of AS on segmental relaxation and systolic deformation in hypertensive disease. METHODS AND RESULTS We evaluated 70 hypertensive pa...

BACKGROUND Segmental nodes are not examined routinely in current clinical practice for lung cancer, the role of segmental nodes in pathological staging of non-small cell lung cancer after radical resection was investigated. METHODS A total of 113 consecutive non-small cell lung cancer patients who underwent radical resection between June 2009 and December 2011 were retrospectively reviewed. A...

Let {v; b2, b1} denote the class of extended directed triple systems of the order v in which the number of blocks of the form [a, b, a] is b2 and the number of blocks of the form [b, a, a] or [a, a, b] is b1. In this paper, the classes {v; b2, 0} and {v; 0, b1} have been constructed.

Segmental mechanics consists of multiple wire cross-sections in different segments of the arch. The advantages of segmental mechanics in comparison with continuous mechanics are a statically determinate force system, relatively constant force, minimal side-effects on the anchorage unit, minimal arch wire fabrication, decreased treatment duration and enhanced esthetics. Individual retraction of ...

BACKGROUND Segmental hyperhidrosis is an uncommon finding which is usually associated with irritation or infiltration of pre-ganglionic sympathetic fibres or the sympathetic chain. METHODS We report two cases of segmental hyperhidrosis with striking clinical features. RESULTS In one case, a mesothelioma produced ipsilateral simultaneous underactivity and overactivity of sympathetic outflow ...