Diabetic microangiopathy is better called diabetic microcirculatory disease, because it is characterized by as well dysfunction of small vessels and as increased capillary basal membrane thickness. Its role for the development of tissue damage is not fully understood and might vary in different organs. Therefore, the two diabetic complications which are assumed to be typical manifestations of t...

OF DISCUSSION In discussing the paper, Dr. 0GILVY said when the patient of Case I first passed through his orthopa!dic se rvice he had intended to have him use braces and crutches, so severe and extreme had the spasticity seemed to him. The second case (not shown in person) had absolutely no spasticity after operation, and the contracture in the biceps and long flexors of the hand could not be ...

Dyson d e s c r i b e d seve ra l "missed opportunities," in pa r t i cu l a r his o w n a d v a n c e g l impse o f M a c d o n a l d ' s etafunct ion ident i t ies . I p r e s e n t he re the h i s to ry o f F i n e ' s part i t ion t h e o r e m s and the i r combina to r i a l p roofs . As the r eade r will see, m a n y o f the resu l t s cou ld and pe rha ps should have b e e n d i s c o v...

Virtual Environments(VEs) are proving to be valuable resources in many elds, and they are even more useful when they involve multiple users in distributed environments. Many useful VEs were designed to be stand-alone applications, without consideration for integrating them into a distributed VE. Our approach to connecting VEs is to de ne an abstract model for the interconnection, use integratio...

-Until r e c e n t l y t h e c o n t r o l a n d n a v i g a t i o n o f m o b i l e r o b o t s was m a i n l y p e r f o r m e d b a s e d on e x t e r o c e p t i r e s e n s o r i n g . R e c e n t i n v e s t i g a t i o n on t h e c o o p e r a t i o n of m u l t i p l e r o b o t i c a g e n t s w i t h c e n t r a l i z e d c o n t r o l has u s h e r e d in sma l l a n d less s o p h i...

Background: Function prediction by transfer of annotation from the top database hit in a homology search has been shown to be prone to systematic error. Phylogenomic analysis reduces these errors by inferring protein function within the evolutionary context of the entire family. However, accuracy of function prediction for multi-domain proteins depends on all members having the same overall dom...

The goal of asthma treatment is to prevent exacerbations, achieve daily asthma control and prevent adverse effects with a minimum of medication. In preschoolers, children and adolescents with mild persistent asthma, the most effective therapy remains daily use of low-dose inhaled corticosteroids. Why then consider intermittent therapy over maintenance inhaled corticosteroids? The intermittent a...

BACKGROUND The risk of pre-term birth (PTB) associated with the use of protease inhibitors (PIs) during pregnancy remains a subject of debate. Recent data suggest that ritonavir boosting of PIs may play a specific role in the initiation of PTB, through an effect on the maternal-fetal adrenal axis. The primary objective of this study is to compare the risk of PTB among women treated with boosted...

BACKGROUND Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is among the most common spinal deformities affecting adolescents. The Scoliosis Research Society-22 questionnaire is commonly used to assess health-related quality of life in AIS patients, including pain. The objective of this study is to verify the psychometric properties of the Scoliosis Research Society-22 French version (SRS-22fv) questionna...

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a complex 3D deformation of the musculo-skeletal system of the trunk, with a prevalence of about 1% to 3% in the general population. Scoliosis is clinically apparent by observing the asymmetry of spinous processes, ribs, and scapulae, imbalance between the top and bottom of the spine, and left-right asymmetry of the trunk. Among patients with AIS, about ...