Writings on Los Angeles highlight the city as a flashpoint for theoretical and empirical research on postmodernism, post-Fordism, globalization, urban spatial development, cultural heterogeneity, and symbolic mediation. This essay reviews a selection of books and articles that take Los Angeles as their topic of study and argues that these writings signal the emergence of a specialty field that ...

INTRODUCTION The poststroke acute and rehabilitation length of stay (LOS) are key markers of stroke care efficiency. This study aimed to describe the characteristics and identify the predictors of poststroke acute, rehabilitation and total LOS. This study also defined a subgroup of patients as "short" LOS and compared its complication rates and functional outcomes in rehabilitation with a "long...

K. A. Schall, K. A. Holoyda, C. N. Grant, D. E. Levin, E. R. Torres, A. Maxwell, H. A. Pollack, R. A. Moats, M. R. Frey, A. Darehzereshki, D. Al Alam, C. Lien, and T. C. Grikscheit Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, The Saba...

BACKGROUND Most patients undergoing Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVR) are elderly with significant co-morbidities and there is limited information available regarding factors that influence length of stay (LOS) post-procedure. The aim of this study was to identify the patient, and procedural factors that affect post-TAVR LOS using a contemporary multinational registry. METHODS We...

OBJECTIVE Late onset sepsis (LOS) contributes to mortality and morbidity in preterm infants. We tested the hypotheses that microbes causing LOS originate from the gut, and that distortions in the gut microbial community increases subsequent risk of LOS. STUDY DESIGN We examined the gut microbial community in prospectively collected stool samples from preterm infants with LOS and an equal numb...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The cell-surface lipooligosaccharide (LOS) of Treponema denticola possesses several biological properties. The aim of this study was to investigate the binding properties of T. denticola LOS to extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, mucosal cells, and oral bacteria. DESIGN LOS was isolated from T. denticola and labeled with tritium. Tritium-labeled LOS was placed in ECM...

Zechun Peng,1 Christine S. Huang,1,4 Brandon M. Stell,2 Istvan Mody,2,3 and Carolyn R. Houser1,3,4 Departments of 1Neurobiology, 2Neurology and Physiology, and 3Brain Research Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, and 4Research Service, Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, L...

Ganglioside mimicry by C.jejuni lipo-oligosaccharides (LOS) could induce the production of autoantibodies against gangliosides and the development of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). The LOS biosynthesis region exhibits significant variation with different strains. Using PCR amplifications of genes from published LOS loci and sequencing the LOS biosynthesis loci, the eight GBS-associated C. jejun...

Un elemento importante a la hora de diseñar un videojuego es la his-toria sobre la que se van a incorporar el resto de los elementos del juego (retos, 1 Introducción Uno de los elementos que se utilizan actualmente para incrementar la calidad y la jugabilidad de los videojuegos es la incorporación de buenas y complejas historias. Éstas funcionan como nexo y contextualización de los diferentes e...

Tracy Holsclaw, Ujjaini Alam, Bruno Sansó, Herbert Lee, Katrin Heitmann, Salman Habib, and David Higdon Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 ISR-1, MS D466, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 T-2, MS B285, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 CCS-6, MS F600, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, ...