BACKGROUND This study is all about predicting the value of serum vaspin level in the amelioration of fatty liver and metabolic disturbance in patients with severe obesity after laparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty (LVBG). METHODS A total of 164 patients (from January 2012 to May 2015) with severe obesity were chosen and performed LVBG. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was performed to d...

Mr. C. F. Strickland has brought together in a convenient form the activities of the various organizations in India, governmental and other, which are actively helping the rural uplift movement in the country. The Government of India has made a sum of R,s. 31 crores available to the provincial governments as grants to assist them in developing ruralwelfare work. Some provinces such as Madras, B...

Historically, the gold standard for the treatment of congenital malformations has been planned delivery at tertiary care center with attempted post-natal repair or amelioration of the lesion. Over the last few decades however, rapid advances in imaging and instrumentation technology combined with superior knowledge of fetal pathophysiology has led to the development of novel intrauterine interv...

Despite the recognition of the Arabic language by the United Nations and its active development, there are no powerful interactive dictionaries to accompany efficiently this development. In addition, most of the existing dictionaries require knowledge of morphological rules to get the meaning of words. We studied in this paper the “Interactive Dictionary of Arabic Language”. This is, in our kno...

Tropical forests do far more than sustain biodiversity; they are homes to indigenous peoples, pharmacopeias of natural products, and provide vital ecosystem services, such as ̄ood amelioration and soil conservation. At regional and global scales, tropical forests also have a major in ̄uence on carbon storage and climate. I highlight these bene®ts, then assess the pattern and pace of tropical for...

Historically, the gold standard for the treatment of congenital malformations has been planned delivery at tertiary care center with attempted post-natal repair or amelioration of the lesion. Over the last few decades however, rapid advances in imaging and instrumentation technology combined with superior knowledge of fetal pathophysiology has led to the development of novel intrauterine interv...

Climate change is occurring: where is psychology? The conventional wisdom is that amelioration of the impacts of climate change is a matter for earth and ocean science, economics, technology, and policy-making. This article presents the basis for psychological science as a key part of the solution to the problem and describes the challenges to this both from within psychology and from other poi...

In this paper, we conduct two experiments within an agent-based double auction market. These two experiments allows us to see the effect of learning and smartness on price dynamics and allocative efficiency. Our results is largely consistent with the stylized facts observed in experimental economics with human subjects. From the amelioration of price deviation and allocative efficiency, the eff...

Prostacyclin analogs, such as epoprostenol, treprostinil, iloprost, and beraprost, have long been used for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) treatment, yet their relative efficiency remains disputed. Eligible randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving the 4 therapies mentioned above were retrieved from PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane (up to August 1, 2015). Odds ratios (ORs) were estimated ...