BACKGROUND The application of coronary stents, especially drug-eluting stents (DESs), has made percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) one of important therapeutic methods for CHD. DES has reduced the in-stent restenosis to 5%-9% and significantly improved the long-term prognosis of patients with CHD. The study aimed to investigate the long-term efficacy and safety of domestic drug-eluting ste...

eparate paradigms and services for elder abuse and domestic violence raise the concern that S intimate partner violence in older couples is under-recognised (Box). These paradigms are associated with age-specific characteristics, with very different implications for management when compared with younger age groups. In addition, there is also a higher risk of death in older domestic violence vic...

In this paper we estimate a time-series model of the financial asset portfolio shares in Egypt, distinguishing between assets of varying degrees of liquidity and between domestic currency and foreign currency deposits. While financial liberalization and financial stability are found to have encouraged domestic residents to increase the share of their portfolio composed of domestic currency asse...

This paper examines the value relevance of Local Accounting Standards (LAS) earnings and their voluntarily disclosed reconciliations to the International Accounting Standards (IAS). The empirical evidence is from Finland where, as discussed in our paper, restricted shares (available only to domestic investors) and unrestricted shares (available to both foreign and domestic investors) were liste...

The authors present an introductory overview of the principal groups of ectoparasites (flukes, leeches, crustaceans, insects, arachnids, lampreys and vampire bats) associated with domestic animals. Currently-accepted higher-level classifications are outlined for these parasites. Almost all significant ectoparasites of domestic animals are invertebrates, the majority being arthropods (crustacean...

This paper focuses on an analysis of demand response in a smart grid context, presenting the model considerations and architecture. Domestic consumption is divided into groups in order to cover the adequate modeling. A fuzzy subtractive clustering method is applied to demand response on several domestic consumption scenarios and results analyses are presented. The demand response developed mode...

Dissimilarities Between Domestic and Foreign Money Management at Home: Evidence from Italy Reasons of financial sophistication of investment strategies and institutional biases lead to the assumption that money managers may behave differently from one country to another. Using data from Italy, this study investigates whether domestic and foreign mutual funds differ in terms of management approa...

OBJECTIVES to compare and contrast how midwives working in either hospital- or community-based settings address domestic violence by evaluating their views on: prevalence of domestic violence; their role in addressing domestic violence; the acceptability of routine enquiry; and barriers encountered in asking clients questions about violence and abuse in pregnancy. DESIGN a postal survey quest...