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T he process of debridement is an important step in the preparation of the wound bed in chronic wounds. Ways in which wound debridement can be achieved include surgical, sharp, mechanical, enzymatic and autolytic debridement. Expert opinion and clinical experience suggest that removal of the material such as necrotic tissue and fibrinous slough from the surface of a wound is necessary for the p...

Educational practitioners often assume that students will be more motivated, learn more effectively and attain higher-order learning outcomes when they learn on the web, but little empirical evidence exist to confirm this. This study investigated how the student (subject) interacted with the web (tools) using WebQuest in the learning process (production) to generate the observed learning outcom...

Acknowledgement This preliminary research is possible thanks to a grant from the Dean of Education Office at The University of Western Ontario. The grant program is set up to give faculty members the opportunity to formulate larger research grant proposals as well as investigate issues related to policy and planning in formal education. In this instance I want to pursue a historical and present...

We present Barvinok’s 1994 and 1999 algorithms for counting lattice points in polyhedra. 1. The 1994 algorithm In [2], Barvinok presents an algorithm that, for a fixed dimension d, calculates the number of integer points in a rational polyhedron. It is shown in [6] and [7] that the question can be reduced to counting the number of integer points in a k-dimensional simplex with integer vertices ...

This paper provides an overview of the numerous technological tools available to distance education teachers. It is becoming common to incorporate a variety of tools for design and implementation of distance learning programs. The distance learning environment is significantly different from that of a traditional classroom, and therefore requires considerable reflection on the part of the teach...

1. Tsurumi M, Kawabata H, Sato F. Present status and epidemiological investigation of Carios (Ornithodoros) capensis in the colony of the black-footed albatross Diomedea nigripes on Tori-shima, Izu Islands, Japan [in Japanese]. Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology. 2002;10:250–6. 2. Kawabata H, Ando S, Kishimoto T, Kurane I, Takano A, Nogami S, et al. First detection of Rickettsia...

BACKGROUND Traditional genetic testing focusses on analysis of one or a few genes according to clinical features; this approach is changing as improved sequencing methods enable simultaneous analysis of several genes. Neonatal diabetes is the presenting feature of many discrete clinical phenotypes defined by different genetic causes. Genetic subtype defines treatment, with improved glycaemic co...

Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the source is credited. DOI 10.3109/17453674.2011.581265 Among the 55 million people in Europe diagnosed as having diabetes mellitus (www.diabetesatlas.org), the lifetime risk of developing a...

Foxm1, a mammalian Forkhead Box M1 protein, is known as a typical proliferation-associated transcription factor. Here, we find that Foxm1 was essential for maintenance of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) quiescence and self-renewal capacity in vivo in mice. Reducing expression of FOXM1 also decreased quiescence in human CD34+ HSCs and progenitor cells and its downregulation was associated with a s...