The concept of forest complexity has been recently adopted to represent the multiple horizontal and vertical forest structure and composition attributes that support ecological functions in a single measure or index. The index variables are often selected based on known associations with types of habitat and biodiversity potential. In modelling and mapping of forest complexity using geospatial ...

For better understanding of pathophysiological aspects of tuberculosis sequelae, we investigated the relationship between pulmonary hemodynamics and chest X-ray findings. One hundred and seven patients with sequelae of pulmonary tuberculosis were examined by the right cardiac catheterization, and pulmonary hemodynamic values were measured and calculated. Chest X-ray findings were defined and cl...

Certaines manifestations cutanees sont fre­quement rencontrees au cours du diabete sucre.  L'auteur decrit les lesions cutanees pro­pres au dia.bete e.: celles qui sc manifestent dans des syndromes associes au diabe:e. Bien que ces signes cutanes ne soient pas pathogno­moniques du diabete sucre, mais par leur acce­cibilite aux yeux du clinicien et par leur fre­quence ils peuvent faire penser a...

background: it is introduced that unintentional childhood poisoning can be as result of child home environment and characteristics of parents. this study aimed at quantifying the adjusted population attributable risk percentage of risk factor of unintentional childhood poisoning.  materials and methods: the hospital based case- control included 140 consecutive poisoned children who admitted to ...

Standard approaches to estimating population-attributable risk (PAR) include modelling estimates of exposure prevalence and relative risk. Here, we examine the associations between body mass index (BMI) and cancer risk and how effect modifications of these associations impact on PAR estimates. In 2008, sex- and population-specific risk estimates were determined for associations with BMI in a st...

INTRODUCTION A polymorphism (-14 A/T) affecting PAR1 expression on the platelet surface has recently been identified. A two-fold variation in receptor density, which correlated with the platelet response to PAR1-activating peptide (PAR1-AP), has been reported. MATERIALS AND METHODS We used flow cytometry to measure the correlation between the number of PAR1 receptors and platelet activation. ...

The notion of a local line bundle on a manifold, classified by 2cohomology with real coefficients, is introduced. The twisting of pseudodifferential operators by such a line bundle leads to an algebroid with elliptic elements with real-valued index, given by a twisted variant of the AtiyahSinger index formula. Using ideas of Boutet de Monvel and Guillemin the corresponding twisted Toeplitz alge...

OBJECTIVE This prospective study assessed the stability of Class II treatment with the Bionator, followed by fixed appliances, 10 years after treatment. MATERIAL AND METHODS The experimental group comprised 23 patients of both sexes (10 boys, 13 girls) at a mean initial age of 11.74 years (late mixed or early permanent dentitions), treated for a mean period of 3.55 years who were evaluated at...

Le traitement des hemorroides peut-etre dif­feren: selon l'intens,ite et la frequence de leur manifestations.  1. Crise hemorroidaire avec douleur, hemor­ragie et parfois peUt procidence, a la suite d'un repas, fatigue, etc ... sans precedent, est traiter par des moyennes medicaux apropries. 2. Les vrais hemorroides doivent etre traite soit par des methodes Sclerosantes, soit par des meth...