Siu-Hin Wan, BS The large dark cluster in the left corner looks all but conquered by the infiltrating cells gone awry. The bright flower-shaped blossom amid the speckles like a winter snowstorm signals a massive battle about to commence between two giant forces. Yet to understand the true meaning of what lies ahead requires a lower magnification: the ability to synthesize information obtained f...

Chronic diseases place a substantial burden on the health of affected individuals as well as on society. More than 90 million people in the United States are living with chronic diseases, and more than 75% of U.S. medical care costs are spent caring for them [1]. The toll on human life is also significant, with chronic diseases accounting for 70% of all deaths and one third of the years of pote...

Complicity in the common law system has been subject of different practices countries for many years. It is unlike practice majority continental criminal justice systems. However, court and principles established over time certain have had greater effects than some other using same system. English an example. with strongest influence. Its regarding complicity was a long ago 1861 Accessories Abb...

Background Since the 1980s, Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS) has been used to evaluate cognitive aging in disease (AD) and is considered gold standard for assessing efficacy of medications treatment AD. One criticism original ADAS (oADAS) that this measure not sensitive pre-dementia syndromes such as mild impairment (MCI). Previous studies have found increasing age associated with po...

Aging is a worldwide phenomenon which causes health, social and economic problems. Healthy aging has been the focus of many scholarly investigations, particularly with regard to cardiovascular disease and postural control problems causing falls. Arterial compliance is an index reflecting artery function, and it is closely related to cardiovascular health. Decreased arterial compliance is associ...

A new algorithm of generating 3D model from multiple uncalibrated images is presented. Images are taken from an objects rotating in front of a stationary camera. The object is segmented from these multiple uncalibrated images using active contouring. The boundary points of the object are obtained from the active contour, a wireframe containing triangles of the 3D model can be generated. The tex...

This paper explores two related questions: Does unsecured debt help households supplement lost earnings during unemployment, and does limited access to such credit have important welfare implications? These questions have become particularly relevant as consumers increasingly rely on unsecured debt to finance consumption. Growth in unsecured debt has been most striking among the poor. Some rese...

Introduction. The value of tablet computer use in medical education is an area of considerable interest, with preliminary investigations showing that the majority of medical trainees feel that tablet computers added value to the curriculum. This study investigated potential differences in tablet computer use between medical students and resident physicians. Materials & Methods. Data collection ...

Let (M, J) be a minimal compact complex surface of Kähler type. It is shown that the smooth 4-manifold M admits a Riemannian metric of positive scalar curvature iff (M,J) admits a Kähler metric of positive scalar curvature. This extends previous results of Witten and Kronheimer. A complex surface is a pair (M,J) consisting of a smooth compact 4-manifold M and a complex structure J on M ; the la...