⋅Received:16 February 2015 ⋅Revised:16 June 2015 ⋅Accepted:22 June 2015 ⋅Correspondence to:Su Hee Jang Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Nasaret Korean Medical Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea Inchoen Namdonggu Gansuk 2dong 207-1 Tel:+82-32-435-5111, Fax:+82-32-435-5115, E-mail:[email protected] Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of pharmacopuncture in the treatmen...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have found a positive association between hypertension and risk of hysterectomy-confirmed uterine leiomyomata (UL). The association of hypertension with UL confirmed by ultrasound or other surgery is less clear. METHODS The present study evaluated the association of hypertension with UL incidence according to confirmation method (hysterectomy, other surgery or ultr...

The authors report the case of a 24-year-old man who presented with sudden onset quadriplegia while doing a bench press in the supine position. He had a history of cervical disc herniation at the C6/7 level. Plain x-rays showed no spinal fracture and no spinal canal stenosis. MRI revealed a C6/7 disc herniation that severely compressed the spinal cord. Physical exam showed complete spinal cord ...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether the model of service delivery affects the equity of the care provided across age groups. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Ontario. PARTICIPANTS One hundred thirty-seven practices, including traditional fee-for-service practices, salaried community health centres (CHCs), and capitation-based family health networks and health service organizations. MAIN OU...

Rationale—Molecular imaging has proven to be a vital tool in the characterization of stem cell behavior in vivo. However, the integration of reporter genes has typically relied upon random integration, a method that is associated with unwanted insertional mutagenesis and position effects on transgene expression. Objective—To address this barrier, we used genome editing with zinc finger nuclease...

When the Soviet Union collapsed a transition process started in Eastern Europe. This included a number of reforms to adapt the educational system to the new requirements of the job market. To assess the educational systems in Eastern Europe, this paper takes a look at the gap in PISA test scores between F inland, the best performing country, and seven Eastern European countries, as well as, bet...

a virtual, stationary object positioned at the estimated intersection point (Fig. 1b). The two angular-velocity profiles are very similar, indicating that the strategy is likely to be effective in concealing the motion of the shadower. In other male–male interactions, we observed variations in motion camouflage (Fig. 1c). During the first eight frames of filming, the lines connecting the two in...

BACKGROUND This study examines the spectrum of infections in a selected population of patients requiring long-term dialysis, enlarging the focus beyond infections associated with the dialysis process. METHODS Infection data were reviewed from complete archived inpatient and outpatient dialysis records of 433 patients who were treated at a single hospital-based dialysis program and its dialysi...

Three-dimensional (3D) point cloud models of trees were developed using the software packages Maya and MATLAB. These models are to be assembled into a forest scene that can be used for producing simulated Laser Detection and Ranging (LADAR) imagery of objects obscured beneath the canopy. This document describes the approach for modelling the trees using Maya then importing and completely recons...