Mailing address: Eduardo Ramacciotti • Vascular Surgery University of Michigan Medical School A570D, MSRB II, 1150 W. Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 E-mail: [email protected] Manuscript received July 30, 2010, revised manuscript received July 30, 2010; accepted August 16, 2010.

one of atmospheric phenomena of dry and semi-dry areas and areas adjacent to these areas is the phenomenon of dust and production of particulate matter (pm10) that have a lot of environmental hazards. in this research, the purpose is investigation of temporal variations of pm10 concentration during 2005-2010 and influence of meteorological parameters on it. meteorology information have obtained...

Article history: Received 28 July 2008 Received in revised form 3 August 2009 Accepted 11 January 2010 Available online 20 January 2010

Article history: Received 4 July 2011 Available online 20 August 2012

BACKGROUND Myopia (near-sightedness or short-sightedness) is one of the three commonly detected refractive (focusing) errors. Acupuncture is the stimulation of acupuncture points by various methods including needle insertion and acupressure. It is often used by traditional Chinese medicine practitioners to treat myopia in children. OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness and safety of acupunct...

Article history: Received 2 August 2010 Revised 1 September 2011 Accepted 7 September 2011 Available online 22 September 2011

OBJECTIVE To explore the impact of expanded eligibility criteria for antiretroviral therapy (ART) on median CD4⁺ cell count at ART initiation and early mortality on ART. METHODS Analyses included all adults (≥16 years) initiated on first-line ART between August 2004 and July 2012. CD4⁺ cell count threshold 350 cells per microliter for all adults was implemented in August 2011. Early mortality...

Article history: Received 3 August 2011 Accepted 17 July 2012 Available online xxxx

Article history: Received 22 December 2010 Revised 6 August 2011 Accepted 18 October 2011 Available online 28 October 2011