The piloneural collar in mammalian hairy skin comprises an intricate pattern of circumferential and longitudinal sensory afferents that innervate primary and secondary pelage hairs. The longitudinal afferents tightly associate with terminal Schwann cell processes to form encapsulated lanceolate nerve endings of rapidly adapting mechanoreceptors. The molecular basis for piloneural development, m...

BACKGROUND The paper aims to assess the prevalence of CVD risk factors taking into account the job type among CVD Prevention and Early Detection Program participants and to assess the likelihood of positive changes. MATERIALS AND METHODS A group of 393 Program participants was the subject of our observation twice (2006-2008, and 2009-2011). The study subjects had their arterial blood pressure...

a large number of authors have studied to find out how to control scouring around a pier along direct stream. the objective of this research is then to study a scour pattern around such piers on curves rivers due to the fact that there may be a difference between a flow pattern on a direct line and the meander. thus, this study tries to check whether the use of cable and collar alone and in a c...

The present study examines the use of collars and geobags for reducing local scour around bridge piles. The efficiency of collars and geobags was studied experimentally. The data from the experiments were compared with data from earlier studies on the use of single piles with a collar and with a geobag. The results showed that using a combination of a steel collar and a geobag yields the most s...

BACKGROUND An intubating laryngeal mask airway (ILMA) facilitates tracheal intubation with the neck in neutral position, which is similar to the neck position maintained by a rigid cervical collar. However, a cervical collar virtually obliterates neck movement, even small movements that normally facilitate airway insertion. We therefore tested the hypothesis that the ILMA will allow tracheal in...

OBJECTIVES The aim was to investigate the variation in risk of breast cancer between occupational groups with a focus on white-collar and blue-collar workers and to investigate to what extent the differences were explained by risk factors related to reproduction and lifestyle. METHODS Between 1991 and 1996, 14 119 women born between 1923 and 1950 and residents of Malmö, Sweden, were included ...

In this project, Dogma film and ceramic art were developed into interdependent objects, exhibitions, short films. The project Blue Collar – White started with the artists’ interest in global concern about fourth industrial revolution, often referred to as ‘the rise of robots’, where old professions seem disappear, central tasks are robotised. However, there seems be signs a new role for skills ...