BACKGROUND After intradural cranial surgery, a dural substitute is often required for dural closure. Although preferred, limitations of autograft include local availability and additional surgical site morbidity. Thus, allografts, xenografts, and synthetics are frequently used. OBJECTIVE To report 6-month results of a randomized, controlled trial of a biosynthesized cellulose (BSC) composed d...

Blood circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is becoming popular in the search of promising predictive and prognostic biomarkers. Among these biomarkers, cfDNA methylation markers have especially gained considerable attention. A significant challenge in the utilization of cfDNA methylation markers is the limited amount of cfDNA available for analyses; reportedly, bisulfite conversion (BSC) reduce cf...

Executive Summary Since Kaplan and Norton introduced the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) in the early 1990s, it has become widely adopted by companies and divisions within companies. The BSC was conceived as way to operationalize a company's vision and strategy. In this regard, it is a management system, or as the originators note, a tool for change within the firm or unit. Not surprisingly, the swift...

2009;22(4) S Afr J Clin Nutr Conradie N, BSc(Dietetics), MNutr Herselman MG, BSc(Dietetics and Physiology), MNutr, PhD Marais ML, BSc(Dietetics), DipHospDietet Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University Tygerberg Hospital Academic Complex Correspondence to: Ms Nelene Conradie, e-mail: [email protected]

N Ferreira BSc, MBChB, FC Orth(SA), MMed(Orth), PhD LC Marais MBChB, FCS Orth(SA), MMed(Ortho), PhD C Aldous BSc, BSc(Hons), MSc, PhD 1 Tumour, Sepsis and Reconstruction Unit, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Grey’s Hospital, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal 2 Medical Research Scientist, School of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Kw...

Uncomplicated Gram-negative Bacteremia in a Tertiary Inistituition Yvonne Peijun Zhou, BSc (Pharm)(Hons); Sarah Tang, BSc (Pharm)(Hons); Yixin Liew, BSc (Pharm), MSc (ID); Jin Cheng Lim, MPharm (Hons); Andrea Kwa, PharmD; Winnie Lee, BPharm (Hons), MSc (Epi); Pharmacy, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; Department of Pharmacy, Singapore General Hospita...

 J. R. Berstock, MBChB, MRCS, Advanced Hip Research Fellow  A. D. Beswick, BSc, Research Fellow  E. Lenguerrand, BSc, MSc, PhD, Research Fellow  M. R. Whitehouse, PhD, MSc(Orth Eng), BSc, FRCS(Tr&Orth), Clinical Lecturer in Orthopaedics  A. W. Blom, MD, PhD, FRCS(Tr&Orth), Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Southmead Hospital, Musculoskeletal Research Unit, AOC (Lower Level), Westbury-onTrym...

Sharon Anne Maria Stevelink BSc, MSc1,*, Ingeborg Charlotte Wu BSc, MSc1, Carlijn Gabriëlle Nicolette Voorend Voorend BSc, MSc2, Wim Herman van Brakel MD, MSc, PhD1,3 1Athena Institute for Research on Innovation and Communication in Health and Life Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands 2Netherlands Leprosy Relief, Amsterdam, Netherlands 3Royal Tropic...