BACKGROUND Previous studies demonstrated that constipation and painful defecation are associated with stool toileting refusal (STR), but whether they are the result of STR or occur before this behavior is not known. OBJECTIVE To determine whether constipation and painful defecation occur as a result of STR or occur before STR. METHODS Three hundred eighty children between 17 and 19 months o...

Monozygotic twins can be co-identified by genotyping of short tandem repeats (STRs); however, for distinguishing them, STR genotyping is ineffective, especially in the case of murder. Here, a rarely occurring tri-allelic pattern in the vWA locus (16, 18, 19) was identified only in the DNA of one identical twin, which could help to exonerate the innocent twin in a murder charge. This mutation wa...

Treatment of Buruli ulcer, or Mycobacterium ulcerans disease, has shifted from surgical excision and skin grafting to antibiotic therapy usually with 8 weeks of daily rifampin (RIF) and streptomycin (STR). Although the results have been highly favorable, administration of STR requires intramuscular injection and carries the risk of side effects, such as hearing loss. Therefore, an all-oral, pot...

❆❜str❛❝t ✕ ❆ss❡ss✐♥❣ s♦❢t✇❛r❡ q✉❛❧✐t2 ❛ttr✐❜✉t❡s ✭s✉❝❤ ❛s ♣❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡✱ r❡❧✐❛❜✐❧✐t2✱ ❛♥❞ s❡❝✉r✐t2✮ ❢r♦♠ s♦✉r❝❡ ❝♦❞❡ ✐s ♦❢ t❤❡ ✉t♠♦st ✐♠♣♦rt❛♥❝❡✳ ❚❤❡ ♣❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡ ♦❢ ❛ s♦❢t✇❛r❡ s2st❡♠ ❝❛♥ ❜❡ ✐♠♣r♦✈❡❞ ❜2 ✐ts ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ ❛♥❞ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♦♥✳ ❚❤❡ ❛✐♠ ♦❢ t❤❡ ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ ❛♥❞ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♦♥ ✐s t♦ s♣❡❡❞ ✉♣ ❜2 ♣r♦✈✐❞✐♥❣ t❤❡ ♠❛1✐♠✉♠ ♣♦ss✐❜❧❡ ❝♦♥❝✉rr❡♥❝2 ✐♥ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ s❡❣♠❡♥ts✳ ■t ✐s ❛...

❆❜str❛❝t ✕ ❆ss❡ss✐♥❣ s♦❢t✇❛r❡ q✉❛❧✐t2 ❛ttr✐❜✉t❡s ✭s✉❝❤ ❛s ♣❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡✱ r❡❧✐❛❜✐❧✐t2✱ ❛♥❞ s❡❝✉r✐t2✮ ❢r♦♠ s♦✉r❝❡ ❝♦❞❡ ✐s ♦❢ t❤❡ ✉t♠♦st ✐♠♣♦rt❛♥❝❡✳ ❚❤❡ ♣❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡ ♦❢ ❛ s♦❢t✇❛r❡ s2st❡♠ ❝❛♥ ❜❡ ✐♠♣r♦✈❡❞ ❜2 ✐ts ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ ❛♥❞ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♦♥✳ ❚❤❡ ❛✐♠ ♦❢ t❤❡ ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ ❛♥❞ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♦♥ ✐s t♦ s♣❡❡❞ ✉♣ ❜2 ♣r♦✈✐❞✐♥❣ t❤❡ ♠❛1✐♠✉♠ ♣♦ss✐❜❧❡ ❝♦♥❝✉rr❡♥❝2 ✐♥ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ s❡❣♠❡♥ts✳ ■t ✐s ❛...

❆❜str❛❝t ✕ ❆ss❡ss✐♥❣ s♦❢t✇❛r❡ q✉❛❧✐t2 ❛ttr✐❜✉t❡s ✭s✉❝❤ ❛s ♣❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡✱ r❡❧✐❛❜✐❧✐t2✱ ❛♥❞ s❡❝✉r✐t2✮ ❢r♦♠ s♦✉r❝❡ ❝♦❞❡ ✐s ♦❢ t❤❡ ✉t♠♦st ✐♠♣♦rt❛♥❝❡✳ ❚❤❡ ♣❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡ ♦❢ ❛ s♦❢t✇❛r❡ s2st❡♠ ❝❛♥ ❜❡ ✐♠♣r♦✈❡❞ ❜2 ✐ts ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ ❛♥❞ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♦♥✳ ❚❤❡ ❛✐♠ ♦❢ t❤❡ ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ ❛♥❞ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♦♥ ✐s t♦ s♣❡❡❞ ✉♣ ❜2 ♣r♦✈✐❞✐♥❣ t❤❡ ♠❛1✐♠✉♠ ♣♦ss✐❜❧❡ ❝♦♥❝✉rr❡♥❝2 ✐♥ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ s❡❣♠❡♥ts✳ ■t ✐s ❛...

❆❜str❛❝t ✕ ❆ss❡ss✐♥❣ s♦❢t✇❛r❡ q✉❛❧✐t2 ❛ttr✐❜✉t❡s ✭s✉❝❤ ❛s ♣❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡✱ r❡❧✐❛❜✐❧✐t2✱ ❛♥❞ s❡❝✉r✐t2✮ ❢r♦♠ s♦✉r❝❡ ❝♦❞❡ ✐s ♦❢ t❤❡ ✉t♠♦st ✐♠♣♦rt❛♥❝❡✳ ❚❤❡ ♣❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡ ♦❢ ❛ s♦❢t✇❛r❡ s2st❡♠ ❝❛♥ ❜❡ ✐♠♣r♦✈❡❞ ❜2 ✐ts ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ ❛♥❞ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♦♥✳ ❚❤❡ ❛✐♠ ♦❢ t❤❡ ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ ❛♥❞ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♦♥ ✐s t♦ s♣❡❡❞ ✉♣ ❜2 ♣r♦✈✐❞✐♥❣ t❤❡ ♠❛1✐♠✉♠ ♣♦ss✐❜❧❡ ❝♦♥❝✉rr❡♥❝2 ✐♥ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ s❡❣♠❡♥ts✳ ■t ✐s ❛...

Metal detoxification of waste water and industrial effluents are of increasing importance to industrialization in the twenty first century. The ability of coconut (cocos nucifera L) coir dust (CD), carbohydrate toluenediisocyanate resin (CTR) and sulphonated toluenediisocyanate resin (STR) to remove Pb(II) ions from aqueous solution by ion exchange was studied. Percentage ion exchange efficienc...

* Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany. † Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany. ‡ Department of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany. § Institute for Radiology, Hannov...

Scene text recognition (STR) enables computers to read in natural scenes such as object labels, road signs and instructions. STR helps machines perform informed decisions what pick, which direction go, is the next step of action. In body work on STR, focus has always been accuracy. There little emphasis placed speed computational efficiency are equally important especially for energy-constraine...