Ultrasound (US) is an ideal diagnostic tool for paediatric patients owning to its high spatial and temporal resolution, real-time imaging, lack of ionizing radiation bedside availability. In the current World Federation Societies Ultra-sound in Medicine Biology (WFUMB) paper series so far (part I) topic has been introduced technical require-ments explained. present use US lung analysed. Lung di...

Protein polarization underlies differentiation in metazoans and in bacteria. How symmetric polarization can instate functional asymmetry remains elusive. Here, we show by super-resolution photo-activated localization microscopy and edgetic mutations that the bitopic zinc-finger protein ZitP implements specialized developmental functions - pilus biogenesis and multifactorial swarming motility - ...

A polyethylene/wood-fiber composite loaded with nano-ZnO was prepared by a facile hot-press method and was used for the photocatalytic degradation of organic compounds as well as for microwave absorption. ZnO nanoparticles with an average size of 29 nm and polyethylene (PE) powders were dispersed on the wood fibers' surface through a viscous cationic polyacrylamide (CPAM) solution. The reflecti...

Syndicat CFTC v. CPAM provided an excellent opportunity for the Court of Justice European Union (‘CJEU’) to reconsider its position taken in Hofmann case, regarding question what extent additional maternity leave can be exclusively reserved female workers without infringing Directive 2006/54. Whilst CJEU has narrowed grey zone, it refrains from clearly indicating boundaries between ‘maternity’ ...

Transl Androl Urol 2014;3(4):E5-E6 www.amepc.org/tau From December 2014, Translational Andrology and Urology (TAU) is officially endorsed by the Genitourinary Medical Association of China International Exchange and Promotive Association for Medical and Health Care (GUA-CPAM) and will be the official publication for GUA-CPAM. This is a meaningful milestone for TAU as an acknowledgement for its i...

BACKGROUND As part of the NHS desire to move services closer to where people live, and provide greater accessibility and convenience to patients, Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) underwent a review of their anticoagulation services during 2008. The outcome was to shift the initiation and monitoring service in secondary care for non-complex patients, including domiciliary pat...