Advances in technology and operator experience, and increased use of angiography early after myocardial infarction have led to greater use of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for chronic, total coronary artery occlusions. To better assess long-term outcome, 257 consecutive patients with successful PTCA of a total occlusion with late angiographic follow-up from 464 patients ...

The orthodontic management of congenitally missing maxillary lateral incisors has three common treatment approaches: space closure by means of canine substitution, the placement of an endosseous dental implant, and a tooth supported restoration. Replacement of the missing teeth with an endosseous dental implant is a viable option, especially when adjacent teeth are healthy and unrestored ( Koki...

A serie of 89 cases (55 men 34 women) of Tricophyton allergy is presented. All the patients had a clinical history and in 86 out of 89 lesions of dermatophytosis urticaria/angioedema was present in 57, eczema in 8, rhinitis in 12, conjunctivitis in 1 and asthma in 12. Skin prick tests to Tricophyton were positive in 53 (59,6%) of the patients and intradermal test in all. Specific IgE was found ...

In this paper, we present a nucromachmed diaphragm structure for integrated ultrasound transducers Tlus structure greatly reduces the parasltlc capacitance between the lower electrode and the conductive Sl substrate m a nommcromachmed structure The rmcromachlmng lmproves both senslfinty and nummum detectable signal It also reduces crosstalk between transducer elements

We prove a 0-1 law for the fragment of second order logic SO(89) over parametric classes of structures which allow only one unary atomic type, connrming partially a conjecture of Lacoste. This completes the investigation of 0-1 laws for fragments of second order logic (with equality) deened in terms of rst order quantiier preexes over, e.g., simple graphs and tournaments. We also prove a low os...

August 1, 2012. While preparing this column and in my periodic and frantic search for material of interest, I stumbled on this most appropriate motto: Optimum is maximum at a minimum – due to the nu-jazz artist Mr Gaus (no, this is not made up). In view of the coming ISMP festivities, this sounded a marvelous quote, at least if properly interpreted. Indeed, it would be completely wrong to sugge...

people's health that would tell of a simple shift "from the Poor Law to the National Health Service". By the time of the Great War, a huge and intricate fabric of services was in place, of various kinds, funded by diverse sources, and tailored for differing sectors of society with distinct conditions and needs. One of the great works of the NHS lay not in creating services but in systematizing ...

Objective: To examine the relationship between child maltreatment, clinically relevant adjustment problems, and dating violence in a community sample of adolescents. Method: Adolescents from 10 high schools (N = 1,419; response rate = 62%) in southwestern Ontario completed questionnaires that assessed past maltreatment, current adjustment, and dating violence. Logistic regression was used to co...