Because the left ventricular "area at risk" is the most important determinant of ultimate infarct size, it would be useful to know the size of the area at risk during acute myocardial infarction to make therapeutic decisions. We therefore performed a series of experiments in four groups of dogs. In group I dogs (n = 15) we attempted to determine whether current methods of assessing left ventric...

OBJECTIVE To prospectively investigate the healing process of meniscal repair with plain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and indirect MR arthrography and to compare the two methods. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty patients with an arthroscopic meniscal repair without clinical symptoms underwent conventional and indirect MR arthrography of the affected knee, 3, 6 and 12 months after the index op...

Background: Toluene is a harmful substance still being used as a solvent and catalyst in many industries that can increase the level of urinary hippuric acid (UHA). This study was designed to examine the level of toluene and UHA among workers of industrial site in seven companies in Sidoarjo, Indonesia and to analyze the risk factors for abnormal UHA. Methods: This study was an analytical cross...

The ASD subjects had greater FA in the Region 4 and 5 than healthy subjects, as showed in Figure B. Region 4 and 5 relate to the motor-related communication areas and somaesthetic area (Table 1). Greater FA reflected the abnormal neural overconnection. The result indicated that the communication between bilateral hemispheres was abnormal in motor, somaesthetic related areas in ASD subjects. Whi...

Electro-enccphalographic (E.E.G.) pattern of 35 drug free schizophrenic patients was studied. 15 cases (42.86%) had abnormal EEG records, 9 records out of 15 abnormal records showed effect of laterality. Laterality of abnormality to left hemisphers was present in 7 cases while laterality to right hemisphere was present only in 2 cases. Cortical locations of abnormalities were also studied. The ...

Five cases are presented in which lesions affecting the spleen were suspected either clinically or on routine 99mTc-sulfur colloid liver scans. Using 99mTe, transmissionemission scans were performed on these patients; these scans were all abnormal. Sub sequent diagnostic studies confirmed three real lesions. The other two patients had intrathoracic abnormalities producing the abnormal scans. Th...

Background: Erythrocytes require an ability to deform and to withstand shear stress while negotiating the microcirculation. These properties are largely due to their excess surface area per volume and the characteristics of the membrane’s protein. Deficiencies of these proteins are associated with chronic haemolysis. Methods: This was a cross sectional  study aimed at determining the prevalenc...

in this paper, we are examining the relationship between stock trading costs and commitment components and find both abnormal and normal commitments associated with these costs are associated. moreover, stock trading costs have a greater influence by both abnormal and normal negative commitments more than positive commitments. further analysis has shown that in general, investors are unable to ...