Article: Sit-up tests have been included in most youth and adult fitness test batteries. One logical reason for their inclusion is the possible relationship between poor abdominal strength and the incidence of low back pain. Therefore, a number of timed field tests have been proposed to measure abdominal function. However, the published data on the validity of field test measures are sparse. Th...

Pulsed high intensity focused ultrasound (pHIFU) enhances delivery of doxorubicin in a preclinical model of pancreatic cancer Tong Li, Yak-Nam Wang, Tatiana D. Khokhlova, Samantha D’Andrea, Frank Starr, Hong Chen, Jeannine S. McCune, Linda J. Risler, Afshin Mashadi-Hossein, Joo Ha Hwang 1 Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle...

This note presents purely mechanical proofs of the Levi commutator problem in group theory. The problem was solved first by using the theorem prover EQP, developed by William McCune at the Argonne National Laboratory. The fastest proof was found by using Peers-mcd, the Clause-Diffusion parallelization of EQP, developed by the author at the University of Iowa. 1 The Levi commutator problem The L...

We have used the first-order model-searching programs MACE and SEM to study various problems in lattice theory. First, we present a case study in which the two programs are used to examine the differences between the stages along the way from lattice theory to Boolean algebra. Second, we answer several questions posed by Norman Megill and Mladen Pavičić on ortholattices and orthomodular lattice...

McCune-Albright syndrome is a rare fibro-osseous syndrome characterised by a classic triad of fibrous dysplasia (FD), café-au-lait macules and various underlying endocrinopathies. This case report describes how a patient was rediagnosed by a general dental practitioner following attendance for a routine dental examination. The patient had been previously diagnosed with the condition 28 years ea...

A 26-year-old female patient suffered from intermittent back pain for 4 years and a fall from bicycle aggravated the symptom. Physical and imaging examinations revealed the diagnosis of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia in McCune-Albright syndrome. No neurological symptom was found. A vertebral fracture was seen at the eighth thoracic body. Percutaneous kyphoplasty was performed at the fractured le...

McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) is characterized by a triad of poly/monostotic fibrous dysplasia, café-au-lait macules and hyperfunctioning endocrinopathies including human growth hormone excess. Acromegaly as a manifestation of endocrine hyperfunction with MAS is uncommon. Surgical excision may be challenging due to the associated severe fibrous dysplasia of the skull base. Through the endoscop...

In the pituitary gland, activating mutations of the GNAS1 (Gsalpha) gene at Gln227 have been identified in adrenocorticotrophin secreting, growth hormone secreting, and prolactin secreting adenomas. To date, mutations at the codon encoding R201, typically underlying the McCune-Albright syndrome and isolated fibrous dysplasia of bone, have been demonstrated only in growth hormone secreting pitui...

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The decrease in the incidence of MAS in the period of a decade has been attributed to the reduction in post-term delivery, aggressive management of abnormal heart rate monitoring, and decreased number of infants with a low Apgar score. [4]Elective induction of labour for pregnancies at or beyond 41 weeks has been shown to be associated with significant reduction in the incidence of MAS and fewe...