in the present study, the effects of growth defects and chromium content loss on the degradation of corrosion andpassivation of cathodic arc evaporation (cae-pvd) of stainless steel coating were investigated in 2 m sulphuricacid solution. eds analysis indicated that the micro-particles were obtained during the coating growth. in addition,it was detected that the growth defects had poor adhesion...

expense and have acceptably low revenue implications. Disturbances of cardiac rhythm are common in general practice,68 and Shaper was able to show electrocardiographic evidence of ischaemic heart disease in 15% of a large sample of men aged 40-59.9 Perhaps most tellingly, home care of patients with acute myocardial infarction cannot be contemplated without establishing the diagnosis. More recen...

conclusions our findings suggest a strong relationship between eds and obesity, particularly morbid obesity. therefore, physicians must be familiar with eds as a mixed clinical entity indicating careful assessment and specific treatment planning. results sleepiness was not affected by gender in cases or controls. the sleepiness prevalence was 29 (52.7%) in the cases group and 17 (30.9%) in the ...

The aim of the present work was to determine the effects of liver growth factor (LGF) on the regeneration process of rat testes after chemical castration induced by ethane dimethanesulfonate (EDS) by analyzing some of the most relevant proteins involved in cholesterol metabolism, such as hormone sensitive lipase (HSL), 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3β-HSD), scavenger receptor SR-BI, and othe...

BACKGROUND The role of physical trauma in the onset of symptoms in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) has never been characterized. We sought to search and describe brain lesions EDS patients also having personal history of physical trauma. We systematically performed brain magnetic resonance imaging in a first cohort of patients with a hypermobility type of EDS which described the onset of their dis...

It is common knowledge that collecting EDS data with dual large area SDD detectors from 180 degree opposing geometries has proven extremely beneficial with highly topographic samples [REF 1]. Traditionally, using high kV, the high count rates achievable from today’s SDD EDS detectors have been used to significantly reduce the time needed to acquire the statistical data necessary for X-ray analy...

The edge dominating set (EDS) and edge cover (EC) problems are classical graph covering problems in which one seeks a minimum cost collection of edges which covers the edges or vertices, respectively, of a graph. We consider the generalized partial cover version of these problems, in which failing to cover an edge, in the EDS case, or vertex, in the EC case, induces a penalty. The objective is ...

The Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDSs) comprise a heterogeneous group of diseases, characterized by fragility of the soft connective tissues and widespread manifestations in skin, ligaments, joints, blood vessels and internal organs. The clinical spectrum varies from mild skin and joint hyperlaxity to severe physical disability and life-threatening vascular complications. The current Villefranche c...

BACKGROUND European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) model is a widely used quality management system (QMS) worldwide, including Iran. Current study aims to verify the quality assessment results of Iranian National Program for Hospital Evaluation (INPHE) based on those of EFQM. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2012 on a sample of emergency departments (EDs) affiliat...