Background and Purpose: Ischemic cerebrovascular disease in children and young adults usually affects the anterior circulation. Summary of Report: We describe two cases of cerebellar infarction in the territory of vertebral artery supply, associated with physical exertion, in a young adult and in a child. Review of 31 previous cases of cerebellar infarction occurring in the first 2 decades of l...

BACKGROUND Seasonal variations of reproductive functions in wild mammals are well known. Similar but blunted seasonal trends have also been described for humans. METHODS We performed a questionnaire-based study of 149 patients that was designed to search for environmental influence on symptom presentation among patients attending an open menopause service. RESULTS The evaluated data show a ...

Anaemia, a frequently encountered clinical entity, is commonly overlooked and considered secondary to underlying illness but it alters the length and quality of life. A number of epidemiologic studies have shown a correlation between white blood cell (WBC) counts and ischaemic events. E leva ted l eucocy tes i s cons ide red a r i sk f ac to r fo r ca rd iovascu la r and ischaemic diseases. Sin...

BY J. A. VAN DER VELDEN-, J. A. GROOT, G. FLIK, P. POLAK AND Z. I. KOLAR Department of Radiochemistry, Interfaculty Reactor Institute, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 15, 2629 JB Delft, The Netherlands, Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Department of Experimental Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Amsterdam, ...

objective: cryptosporidiosis is a parasitic disease that is causing small protozoan genus cryptosporidum and transmission take place through fecal- oral by direct contact or indirectly through food or drink. the aim of this study was detection of anti-cryptosporidum parvum immunoglobulin igg, in newborn balb/c infected with c. parvum. materials and methods: oocysts of c. parvum were obtained f...

application of archie equation in carbonate reservoirs is not easy due to high dependence of its parameters on carbonate characteristics. carbonates are very heterogeneous in nature and hydrocarbon reserve estimation in these reservoirs of mostly oil-wet and intermediate-wet is highly influenced by the input values of saturation exponent. to our knowledge, non representative oils have been used...

the dogleg severity is one of the most important parameters in directional drilling. improvement of these indicators actually means choosing the best conditions for the directional drilling in order to reach the target point. selection of high levels of the dogleg severity actually means minimizing well trajectory, but on the other hand, increases fatigue in drill string, increases torque and d...

Background and Purpose: Communication has become a core topic in nursing care and investigations on this topic could have a significant impact on increasing nursing quality services. The present study aims to evaluate the communication skills and nursing staff component focusing on emotional management, others' perception and self-expression. Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive-analy...