during each event are also indicated. June 1982 to June 1983 (intense event, 1 transect); August 1986 to July 1987 (medium, 7 transects); October 1991 to May 1992 (marginal intensity, 2 transects); October 1992 to October 1993 (marginal, 3 transects); April 1994 to June 1995 (marginal, 8 transects); and April 1997 to April 1998 (intense, 15 transects). 12. To test biases caused by undersampling...

Brief Communication: Can recent ice discharges following the Larsen-B ice-shelf collapse be used to infer the driving mechanisms of millennial-scale variations of the Laurentide ice sheet? J. Alvarez-Solas, A. Robinson, and C. Ritz Dpto. Astrof́ısica y Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (LSCE)-UMR8212, France ...

We analysed the results of arthroscopic synovectomy of the wrist in 18 patients (19 wrists) with rheumatoid arthritis who had not responded to conservative treatment. The patients' symptoms were assessed using visual analogue scales for pain and satisfaction. Standard posteroanterior radiographs which were taken pre-operatively and at final follow-up were analysed using a modified Larsen scorin...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the mechanical joint score (MJS) in terms of its reliability between observers and over time, its ease of use and its relationship with conventional measures of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity, severity and functional outcome. METHODS The MJS was evaluated in 103 patients with reference to the following joints: total proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints, tot...

Solving the mathematical models of the electrical activity in the heart is difficult mainly due to the complexity of the models required to capture the electrochemical details of the organ. A variety of mathematical models has been developed to describe the electrical activity of individual heart cells. Cardiac cells respond to an electrical stimulus, causing ions to flow across the cell membra...

OBJECTIVE To explore the associations between individual subdimensions of the health assessment questionnaire (HAQ) and clinical variables in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS 304 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (73% female, mean (SD) age, 58 (13) years; disease duration 6 (9) years, 69% rheumatoid factor positive) completed the HAQ for functional capacity (0-3) and a 100 mm visu...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of large-joint damage and the association with small-joint damage in patients with RA after 8 years of low DAS (≤2.4)-targeted treatment with different treatment strategies. METHODS Radiological data of 290 patients participating in the BeSt study, a randomized trial comparing initial monotherapy and initial combination therapy strategies, were used. Radi...

BACKGROUND/AIMS To examine the correlation between radiological joint damage and serological parameters in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS This retrospective study reviewed the records of 216 patients diagnosed with RA and classified them according to disease duration: group 1, 24 months; and group 3, all patients combined. The extent of joint damage was ass...

Objective: To explore the associations between individual subdimensions of the health assessment questionnaire (HAQ) and clinical variables in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Methods: 304 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (73% female, mean (SD) age, 58 (13) years; disease duration 6 (9) years, 69% rheumatoid factor positive) completed the HAQ for functional capacity (0–3) and a 100 mm visu...

Linked article: C. Kursawe Larsen et al. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2021; 35: 1577–1581. https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.17148.