results the findings indicated that ucoc%/oc% was positively and significantly associated with percentage change in max force production during elbow extension (β = 0.28, p = 0.034), however, all other associations were non-significant. background muscles and bones are interconnected. recent studies suggest that undercarboxylated osteocalcin from bone may affect muscle mass and strength. there ...

introduction: palmoplantar psoriasis could hardly be differentiated from chronic tylotic eczema both clinically and histologically. the most commonly used therapeutic options for palmoplantar psoriasis are long-term therapy with topical corticosteroids and local puva. frequently, it is a recalcitrant disease. we investigated the efficacy  and tolerability of the combination of topical calcipotr...

context randomized controlled trials (rcts) are important tools for evidence-based health care decisions. it is, therefore, important that they be conducted and reported with the highest possible standards. the aim of this study was to evaluate the reporting quality of the rcts published in nephrology urology monthly journal and to examine whether there was a change over time in the reporting q...

background: preterm birth is the major cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of prophylactic vaginal progesterone on decreasing preterm birth rate and neonatal complications in a high-risk population. materials and methods: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was performed on 100 high-risk singleton pregnancies. v...

We study a context -dependent problem that arises in an m-learning environment: how to print a document when being in a generic place. We implement a working solution, and argue about the general value of our approach. We examine the printing problem because it has a practical value, and at the same time it turns out to be a prototype for a class of other problems that can be encountered when m...

We explore the escape rate of a dimer crossing a potential barrier using both analytical and numerical approaches. We find that for small coupling strength k, the barrier hopping can be well approximated by a two step reaction scheme where one monomer hops over the barrier and is then followed by the other. In this regime the escape rate increases with k showing that the cooperativity between m...

ASYMPTOTIC VALUES AND THE GROWTH OF ANALYTIC FUNCTIONS IN SPIRAL DOMAINS J . E . BRENNAN AND A . L . VOLBERG In this note we present a simple proof of a theorem of Hornblower which characterizes those functions analytic in the open unit disk having asymptotic values at a dense set in the boundary. Our method is based on a kind of ó-mollification and may be of use in other problems as well .