Background Diagnosing an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture based on a physical examination remains a challenge for both surgeons and physical therapists. The lever sign test was developed to overcome the practical limitations of other tests and to optimize diagnosis. An evaluation of the measurement properties of the lever sign test is needed to make adequate interpretations in practice....

Abstract The solutions of a particle’s Dirac equation contains negative kinetic energy (NKE) branch. Such an spectrum has upper limit but no lower limit, so that the system with this spectrum, called NKE system, is temperature. Fundamental formulas statistical mechanics and thermodynamics systems are presented. All have same forms those positive (PKE) systems. Almost all thermodynamic quantitie...

The three-dimensional Gaussian core model (GCM) for soft-matter systems has repulsive interparticle interaction potential ? ( r ) = ? exp [ ? / ? 2 ] , with the distance between a pair of atoms, and positive constants setting energy length scales, respectively. is mostly soft in character, without typical hard present fluid models. We work out thermodynamic Ricci curvature scalar R GCM, particu...

The aim of present study was to relate the urine bilirubin with milk likeliness Bilirubin is a substance yellow color produced during normal process body when red blood cells are broken down. It fluid in liver. helps digestion body. If it may be sign liver disordered. A test performed by using strips for this purpose. students which show positive had more attention towards drinking as compare n...

In this study we asked whether Helicobacter pylori whole cells and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) utilize sugar moieties of Lewis (Le) antigenic determinants to interact with DC-SIGN (dendritic cell specific ICAM grabbing nonintegrin) receptor on dendritic cells (DCs). For this purpose the soluble DC-SIGN/Fc adhesion assay and the THP-1 leukemia cells with induced expression of DC-SIGN were used. We ...

To cite: Raturi S, Chandran S, James TE-leong H, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014205510 DESCRIPTION A twin male infant weighing 820 g was born at 26 weeks of gestation. At birth he received mechanical ventilation, surfactant and subsequently indomethacin treatment for a large patent ductus arteriosus. On day 8 of life he had frequent epi...

Background: Resident work hour regulations have provided clear benefits but have also increased discontinuity in care. Residents now routinely transfer the care of hospital patients several times per day via sign-out. This process has been linked to medical error in case reports, yet national surveys show it is often haphazardly conducted and data on best practices is limited. The Joint Commiss...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Mural thickening and permeability changes in patients with amyloid angiopathy (CAA) and chronic hypertension are implicated in the pathophysiology of multiple, chronic subclinical microbleeds. The Spot sign, contrast extravasation on CT angiography, predicts hematoma expansion and is presumed to represent acute vessel damage. We hypothesize that the Spot sign is more comm...

Negative symptoms are still a major obstacle in the recovery of schizophrenic patients. Many attempts to develop novel drugs affecting negative symptoms of schizophrenia have yielded insignificant results. This study evaluates the effects of bromocriptine, a dopamine agonist, on negative symptoms of schizophrenia utilizing a placebo-controlled crossover double-blind clinical trial. Methodology:...