classic anti reflux procedures on children with a history of posterior urethral valve does not usually yield good results and often ends up with ureteral obstruction and even permanent urinary diversion. from 1981 through 1988,21 boys with history of posterior urethral valve (puv) underwent evaluation for vesicoureteral (vu) reflux 17 boys had vu reflux. following valve ablation, reflux disappe...

While a multithreading approach provides a convenient sensor application developing environment with automatic control flow and stack managment, it is considered to have a larger data memory requirement and energy consumption than an event-driven model. Current threaded sensor operating systems unfortunately do not provide appropriate solutions. This paper presents multithreading optimization t...

Diabetic nephropathy is becoming the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) worldwide. Although the prognosis of patients with diabetes and ESRD receiving Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) has improved greatly, the presence of pre-existing cardiovascular disease means that the survival and medical rehabilitation of diabetics continue to be inferior to that of non-diabetics. RRT should be...

BACKGROUND Patellar dislocations are common, particularly in the adolescent polulation. Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioners are healthcare professionals who can appropriately manage these injuries to minimise the risk of chronicity. METHODS This is a case study which uses a clinical examplar from the authors practice focusing on the assessment, diagnosis and managment of patellar dislocat...

10/08 Duodenal and pancreatic injury continues to challenge the trauma surgeon. The relatively rare occurrence of these injuries, the diffi culty in making a timely diagnosis, and high morbidity and mortality rates justify the anxiety these unforgiving injuries invoke. These issues also likely explain the hesitancy of many to address pancreatic injuries with operative intervention and the most ...

Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is regarded as the gold standard investigation in diagnosis & managment of thyroid swellings , also distinguish benign and malignant lesions, especially to rule out need of surgery. To study role of FNAC in Thyroid lesions.2) To correlate the cytological findings with histopathological diagnosis. A Total of 79 patients with Thyroid swellings submitted for ...

This paper summarizes the methods and results from our analyses of the ERASMUS 1 autonomous strategic deconfliction concept. An international team of researchers from R&D labs and universities across Europe and the US generated conclusive performance results via real-time and fast time simulations and human-in-the-loop experiments during a 30month study of the impact that machine-generated, sub...