conclusions although the results obtained with the use of different methods show an excellent correlation, when one particular sample is tested by different assays, the results are significantly different. it can be concluded that the national standardization program of hba1c measurement is necessary. background hemoglobin a1c (hba1c) testing devices are widely used to evaluate glycemic control...

the present study investigates the central concerns of the use of visuals within the four efl textbooks taught at iranian high schools which have been prescribed by the ministry of education. to do this, the four efl textbooks were evaluated and analyzed. descriptive statistics were used to analyze data quantitatively. the analysis indicated that over the four textbooks, 95.71 percent of all vi...

this paper aims at finding the long term coupled effect of high temperature and constant high relative humidity on the corrosion rehabilitated patches of chloride contaminated steel reinforced concrete. this paper is an extension of previous research in which the authors experimentally corroborated re-corrosion in the repaired reinforced concrete (rc) patches in the form of macro-cells. in prev...

METHODS: Retrospective analysis of data from patients who underwent toric iris-fi xated pIOL (Artifl ex® and Artisan®) implantation in Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central between 2009 and 2013. Th e main parameters evaluated were best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), manifest refraction, intraocular pressure (IOP), central endothelial cell count (ECC) and complicat...

  Abstract   Meningeal melanocytoma is a rare tumor of nervous system, which originates from leptomeningeal   melanocytes. The locations of melanocytoma in the nervous system are most frequently in the posterior fossa or along the spinal cord, and usually appear as an extra-axial mass. The manifestations of tumor are most often due to its compressing effect on adjacent nervous structures that c...

purpose: to report a case of spinal cord tumor with visual symptoms and papilledema due to increased intracranial pressure. patient and findings: a 24-year-old woman was referred because of recent blurred vision in both eyes. visual acuity was 20/25 and 20/20 in the right and left eyes, respectively. fundoscopy revealed bilateral papilledema. other ophthalmic examinations were normal. visual fi...

Background: Many physical and mechanical phenomena occur during the acupuncture and tuina regime, and pressure is one of the most basic mechanical phenomena. Objectives: To understand the cellular bio-physical mechanism of basic mechanical stimulation via acupuncture and tuina by investigating the effect of different in vitro pressures on the cel...

carbon dioxide flooding is considered to be one of the most effective enhanced oil recovery methods for the light oil reservoirs. depending on the operating pressure, the process might be miscible or immiscible. minimum miscibility pressure (mmp) is the most important parameter for assessing the applicability of any miscible gas flood for an oil reservoir. the miscibility condition is determine...