AIMS To evaluate the relation between refractive error and electrophysiological retinal abnormalities in children referred for investigation of reduced vision. METHODS The study group comprised 123 consecutive patients referred over a 14 month period from the paediatric service of Moorfields Eye Hospital for electrophysiological investigation of reduced vision. Subjects were divided into five...

Novalis Tx ExacTrac X-ray system has the 6D adjustment ability for patient setup. Limited studies exist about the setup uncertainty with ExacTrac X-ray system for IMRT prostate treatment with fiducial markers implanted. The purpose of this study is to investigate the marker-based prostate IMRT treatment setup uncertainty using ExacTrac 6D IGRT ability for patient setup. Forty-three patients wit...

OBJECTIVES To construct a prediction model of preference-adjusted health status (SF-6D) for Cushing's syndrome using a disease-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measure (CushingQoL). METHODS Data were obtained from the original multicenter, multinational study to validate the CushingQoL questionnaire. HRQOL was measured using the CushingQoL and the SF-36 questionnaires. SF-6D sc...

BACKGROUND A variety of instruments are used to measure health related quality of life. Few data exist on the performance and agreement of different instruments in a depressed population. The aim of this study was to investigate agreement between, and suitability of, the EQ-5D-3L, EQ-5D Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-5D VAS), SF-6D and SF-12 new algorithm for measuring health utility in depressed pa...

The purpose of this study is to identify regions of spinal column in which more than three contiguous vertebrae can be reliably and quickly aligned within 1 mm using a 6-degree (6D) couch and full body immobilization device. We analyzed 45 cases treated over a 3-month period. Each case was aligned using ExacTrac x-ray positioning system with integrated 6D couch to be within 1° and 1 mm in all s...

Dr. Cox has recently pointed out that before the question of the pay of the panel doctor can be settled for the future it is necessary to determine the nature of the service to be required of him, or, in other words, whether there is to be any modification in the terms of the present contract, apart from minor matters. He has also pointed out that, after the end of this year, 7s. 3d. only per h...

Effect of photoperiod and food duration on body weight gain, energy intake, energy expenditure, and sexual development were investigated in two strains of Japanese quail ( Coturnix c. japonica ), bred for meat (broilers) or egg production (layers), from 7 to 71 days of age. In a first experiment chicks were subjected to 18L:6D, 15L:9D, 12L:12D, 9L:15D, or 6L:18D, with ad lib food during the lig...

Effect of photoperiod and food duration on body weight gain, energy intake, energy expenditure, and sexual development were investigated in two strains of Japanese quail ( Coturnix c. japonica ), bred for meat (broilers) or egg production (layers), from 7 to 71 days of age. In a first experiment chicks were subjected to 18L:6D, 15L:9D, 12L:12D, 9L:15D, or 6L:18D, with ad lib food during the lig...

BACKGROUND Pressure ulcers are wounds that result from reduced mobility, and can have a significant impact on morbidity, mortality and quality of life. As pressure ulcers are a consequence of a wide range of conditions and interventions, it is unclear whether the best means of capturing the quality of life impacts is via generic or condition specific Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs). T...

We construct chiral N = 1 gauge theories in 4D by compactifying the 6D BlumIntriligator (1, 0) theories of 5-branes at Ak singularities on T 2 with a nontrivial bundle of the global U(1) symmetry of these theories. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]