It has recently been demonstrated that variability in blood phenylalanine levels is inversely correlated with IQ and is a better predictor of IQ in early and continuously treated patients with phenylketonuria (PKU) than mean blood phenylalanine levels. This suggests that stability of blood phenylalanine should be a therapeutic goal in patients with PKU. The purpose of this study was to determin...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke consists of various mechanical and pharmacologic modalities used for recanalization of arterial occlusions. We performed this study to determine the relationship among procedure time, recanalization, and clinical outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke undergoing endovascular treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS We an...

This Report is a collation of the information supplied to EOARD 2014-2017 comprising the original Proposal, intermediate Reports consisting of PowerPoint slides (Feb. 2015) and interim Progress Report (June 2015) and the Final Report. The EOARD funding award ($50k) was used in its entirety to purchase a bespoke midinfrared quantum cascade laser (MIR-QCL) for use in far-field and near-field asse...

BACKGROUND The cardiac renin-angiotensin system has been suggested to be involved in the development of left ventricular hypertrophy. In humans, a strong correlation has been found between plasma angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) activity and the insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the ACE gene, which has been reported to be associated with myocardial infarction, ischemic and idiopathi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE MCA is a common location of intracranial stenosis. It is relatively more peripherally located and of a smaller caliber, and could therefore be a site technically more challenging and risky for angioplasty and stenting. The study aimed to evaluate the clinical outcome, restenosis rate, and procedural safety of Wingspan stent placement for atherosclerosis in the MCA compare...

BACKGROUND Pediatric cancer distribution and outcomes have not been examined in Canadian Aboriginal children. The objective of this study was to describe the distribution, event-free survival, and overall survival of Aboriginal children with malignancies who reside in Ontario compared with non-Aboriginal children. METHODS This population-based study included 10,520 Ontario children (aged <18 ...

0017-9310/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.11.043 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +82 53 950 7951; fax E-mail addresses: [email protected] (M. Sa (Y. Park), [email protected] (J.M. Lopez), yhdo@knu In this paper natural convection flows in a vertical annulus filled with a fluid-saturated porous medium has been investigated when the inner wall is ...

BACKGROUND Fecal incontinence is frequently associated with rectal prolapse, but little is known about recovery after treatment of the prolapse. OBJECTIVE We therefore aimed to investigate the long-term outcome of fecal incontinence in a cohort of patients suffering from full-thickness rectal prolapse. DESIGN A database of 145 patients diagnosed with full-thickness rectal prolapse was compi...

BACKGROUND Diabetes care requires management of complex clinical information. We examine the relationship between diabetic outcomes and practices' use of information. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional, secondary analysis of baseline data from 50 community primary care practices participating in a practice improvement project. Medical record review assessed clinical targets for diabetes (...

0017-9310/$ see front matter 2008 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.09.025 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 585 475 6728; fax E-mail addresses: [email protected] (S.G. Kandlik [email protected] (W.E. Domigan), [email protected] t.edu (M.W. Benedict). Uniform flow distribution is critical to obtaining high performance in many heat and mass transfer devices. It also plays an importan...