This paper introduces the concept of Triple Helix systems as an analytical construct that systematizes the key features of university-industry-government (Triple Helix) interactions into an ‘innovation system’ format defined according to systems theory as a set of components, relationships and functions. This conceptual framework offers a broad perspective for understanding the sources and deve...

We use geometrical arguments based on grain boundary symmetries to introduce crystalline interfacial energies for interfaces in polycrystalline thin lms with a cubic lattice. These crystalline energies are incorporated into a multi{phase eld model. Our aim is to apply the multi{phase eld method to describe the evolution of faceted grain boundary triple junctions in epitaxially growing microstru...

Objective To evaluate the effect of acupuncture on rehabilitation of motor function, reduction in lymphoedema and improvement in perceived heaviness and tightness in the arms of women who had undergone breast cancer surgery. Subjects and Methods Twenty nine women who had had mastectomy or segmentectomy with axillary dissection, presenting with lymphoedema and/or a decrease in movement amplitude...

ACUPUNCTURE IN MEDICINE 2007;25(1-2):22-28. 22 www.acupunctureinmedicine.org.uk/volindex.php Introduction The use of acupuncture in Australia has significantly increased over recent years. From 1993 to 2000, the percentage of the population that consulted an acupuncturist in the previous 12 months increased from 2.0% to 2.8%. Similar prevalence estimates have been reported for other countries. ...

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Background Studies by individual acupuncture practitioners have given an indication that offering acupuncture in primary care may reduce the need for referral to secondary care and reduce the costs of prescriptions. It would be informative to find out whether these findings can be supported by data from other practices. The aim of this study was to test the feasibility of surveying national dat...

background the prevalence of peptic ulcer disease in hemodialysis patients is more than the general population. they are also more prone to complications including upper gastrointestinal bleeding. the aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of 14 days hybrid regimen with 14 days triple therapy for helicobacter pylori ( h . pylori ) eradication in hemodialysis patients. methods forty hemod...

The aim of this paper is to establish new series transforms of Bailey type and to show that these Bailey type transforms work as efficiently as the classical one and give not only new q-hypergeometric identities, converting double or triple series into a verywell-poised 10Φ9 or 12Φ11 series but can also be utilized to derive new double and triple series Rogers-Ramanujan type identities and corr...

BACKGROUND In the Czech Republic, around 6,500 women get breast cancer each year; out of this number, nearly 1,000 women are triple negative subtype. Triple negative breast cancer is characterized by lack of expression of α-estrogen, progesterone, and HER2 receptors. Vast majority of these cases are low-differentiated carcinomas, majority belonging to the basal-like subgroup defined originally ...