For the determination of amantadine (1-ADA), 2-adamantanamine (2-ADA), memantine (MEM), and rimantadine (RIM) in melanin binding studies, the simultaneous determination of 1-ADA or 2-ADA, MEM, and RIM is investigated by high-performance liquid chromatographic assay with dansyl chloride as a fluorescent derivative reagent. Dansyl derivatives with fluorescent intensity are detected at an excitati...

Information System (IS) studies traditionally conceptualize and operationalize ‘intrinsic motivation toward using systems’ as perceived enjoyment (PE). Enlightened by Vallerand’s (1997) theorization, we develop a tri-dimensional, second-order construct – Rich Intrinsic Motivation (RIM), specifically targeting at mandatory use contexts (e.g., workplaces). RIM contains three aspects: intrinsic mo...

INTRODUCTION Mooren's ulcer is a rare disorder of unknown etiology that is refractory to treatment. It can affect not just the cornea but also the scleral tissue and can involve both eyes. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a 74-year-old man with a history of bilateral and malignant Mooren's ulcer. The patient had undergone an exenteratio bulbi of the left eye because of the perforation of...

In [6] Schensted constructed the Schensted algorithm, which gives a bijection between permutations and pairs of standard tableaux of the same shape. Stanton and White [8] gave analog of the Schensted algorithm for rim hook tableaux. In this paper we give a generalization of Stanton and White’s Schensted algorithm for rim hook tableaux. If k is a fixed positive integer, it shows a one-to-one cor...

Patients with syndromic craniosynostosis suffering from shallow orbits due to midface hypoplasia can be treated with a Le Fort III advancement osteotomy. This study evaluates the influence of Le Fort III advancement on orbital volume, position of the infra-orbital rim and globe. In pre- and post-operative CT-scans of 18 syndromic craniosynostosis patients, segmentation of the left and right orb...

The evolution of the ejected liquid sheet, or lamella, created after impact of a liquid drop onto a solid surface is studied using high-speed video in order to observe the detailed time evolution of the thickness of the rim of the lamella. Since it has been suggested that splashing behavior is set at very early times after impact, we study early times up to D0 /U0, where D0 and U0 are the diame...

Glaucomatous neuroretinal rim loss can occur in a sequence of sectors with the temporal inferior disc sector as the first and the nasal superior disc sector as the last to be affected. This study evaluated whether the position of the central retinal vessel trunk is correlated with this pattern of glaucomatous rim loss. Morphometrically stereo colour optic disc photographs of 157 glaucomatous ey...

Matching IT infrastructure with the needs of a business is a CIO’s biggest challenge. The increasing complexity of IT infrastructure and the constant pressure to reduce its costs, forces CIOs to maximize the use of existing resources and to enhance productivity of key technical people. Downtime, however brief, can result in revenue losses, unhappy customers and a loss of productivity. Instead o...