Titanium dioxide (TiO2) (nano)particles are produced in large quantities and their potential impacts on ecosystems warrants investigations into fate after disposal. TiO2 particles released wastewater retained by treatment plants accumulate digested sludge, which is increasingly incinerated industrialized countries. Therefore, we investigated the changes of Ti-speciation during incineration as-r...

BACKGROUND Many HIV treatment programs in resource-limited settings are plagued by high rates of loss to follow-up (LTFU). Most studies have not distinguished between those who briefly interrupt, but return to care, and those more chronically lost to follow-up. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 11,397 adults initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 71 Southern African Cat...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Fundamental frequency (F0) and intensity sound pressure level (SPL) of voice are controlled by intrinsic laryngeal muscle (ILM) activation and subglottal pressure (Psub). Their interactions were investigated. METHODS In an in vivo canine model, the thyroarytenoid (TA), lateral cricoarytenoid/interarytenoid (LCA/IA), and cricothyroid (CT) muscles were independently activa...

PURPOSE To quantify and characterize the difference between automated and manual segmentation of optic nerve head structures with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS Optic nerve head radial scans in 107 glaucoma patients and 48 healthy controls were conducted with SD-OCT. Independent segmentations of the internal limiting membrane (ILM) and Bruch's membrane opening ...

To predict the potential severity of outbreaks of infectious diseases such as SARS, HIV, TB and smallpox, a summary parameter, the basic reproduction number R(0), is generally calculated from a population-level model. R(0) specifies the average number of secondary infections caused by one infected individual during his/her entire infectious period at the start of an outbreak. R(0) is used to as...

Zu den Herausforderungen der Fachbereiche und IT-Abteilungen moderner Organisationen zählen sowohl das effektive und effiziente Management schwach strukturierter ("weicher") Informationen, insbesondere in Form von Dokumenten, als auch die Auflösung von Medienbrüchen in Geschäftsund Unterstützungsprozessen; beides stellt eine wichtige Voraussetzung für die weitere Steigerung der organisationalen...

INTRODUCTION Postoperative eccentric macular hole (MH) formation is an uncommon complication after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling for epiretinal membrane or MH treatment. Herein, we present a case of eccentric MH formation after PPV with ILM peeling for MH. CASE DESCRIPTION A 72-year-old female patient underwent 23-gauge PPV with ILM peeling for idio...

BACKGROUND/AIMS A retrospective consecutive case series to evaluate the efficacy of re-operation in patients with persistent or recurrent idiopathic full-thickness macular hole after initial surgery with internal limiting membrane peel (ILM). METHODS 491 patients underwent surgery for full-thickness macular hole from January 2004 to November 2007. Fifty-five patients either did not close or r...

Kehf sûresinin 60-82. âyetleri arasında nakledilen, Niyâzî-i Mısrî’nin eserlerinde önemli yer verdiği Hızır ile Musâ kıssası sûfîler için kavram ve işâretler ihtivâ etmektedir ki bunlardan birisi de Hz. Musâ’nın sefere çıkma sebebi olan ilm-i ledün’dür. İlm-i ledün kavramı kesbî/kitâbî bilginin karşısında Hak tarafından doğrudan ilham olunan ilim türünü ifade eder. İdrak organı akıl değil kalpt...

Illusory line motion (ILM) is the illusion that a line, preceded by a small dot (cue) near one end, is perceived to shoot out from the dot even though the line is physically presented at once. Does this illusion result from a low-level motion effect, a gradient of exogenous spatial attention, or both? Given that exogenous attention speeds visual processing unequally at isoeccentric cardinal loc...