We explored three genes of attachment (fbe and atlE) and adhesion (ica) in 27 and 10 Staphylococcus epidermidis strains involved in pacemaker-related infections (PMI) and intravascular-catheter-related infections (IVCI), respectively, and in 25 saprophytic strains. The detection rates of fbe and atlE were identical in PMI and IVCI strains, but ica detection rates were identical in PMI and sapro...

Characteristic electrocardiogram (ECG) features of posterior myocardial infarction (PMI) do not include typical ST-segment elevation and, therefore, carries the risk of delayed diagnosis and management. The aim of this study was to investigate how well PMIs are recognised and whether a lack of recognition translates to a larger infarction. This was a retrospective cohort study of patients sourc...

The success of anatomic reattachment of the tuberosities in proximal humeral fractures, treated with hemiarthroplasty, correlates with functional results. The purpose of this study was to determine the value of the upper edge of the pectoralis major insertion (PMI) as a landmark to establish the proper height and version of hemiarthroplasty implanted for proximal humeral fractures. Twenty cadav...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Rising prevalence of neurodegenerative disorders with a steady increase in aged-population necessitates studies of the human brain to understand their pathophysiology. As animal models are not available, medical centers have established "brain banks" to provide autopsy brain samples for such research. Frozen tissues must be of optimal quality to permit molecular and prot...

OBJECTIVES To analyze incidence, risk factors, clinical course, outcomes of PMI. Degree of anesthesia related to PMI, management, precipitating factors and corrective strategies. MATERIAL AND METHOD PMI cases were extracted from the Thai Anesthesia Incidents Study (THAI Study) database conducted between February 1, 2003 and January 31, 2004, and analyzed using descriptive statistics. RESULT...

Target based sentiment classification is able to provide more fine grained sentiment analysis. In this paper, we propose a similarity based approach for this problem. Firstly, a new measure of PMI-TFIDF by combining PMI (Pointwise mutual information) and TF-IDF (term frequency-inverse document frequency) is proposed to measure the association of words for extending related features for a given ...

Phosphomannose isomerase (PMI) plays a pivotal role in biosynthesis of GDP-mannose, an important precursor of many polysaccharides. We demonstrate in this study that Pseudomonas aeruginosa pslB encodes a protein with GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase/PMI dual activities. The PMI activity is Co2+-dependent and could be inhibited by GDP-mannose in a competitive manner. Furthermore, the activity could...

BACKGROUND The purpose was to evaluate the significance of panoramic radiomorphometric indices (mandibular cortical index [MCI], mental index [MI] and panoramic mandibular index [PMI]) as useful tools for identifying osteoporosis. METHODS One hundred healthy women aged ≥ 30 years were included. Digital panoramic images and bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spines were recorded. Radiomo...

Cristae are mitochondrial inner-membrane structures that concentrate respiratory chain complexes and hence regulate ATP production. Mechanisms controlling crista morphogenesis are poorly understood and few crista determinants have been identified. Among them are the Mitofilins that are required to establish crista junctions and ATP-synthase subunits that bend the membrane at the tips of the cri...