The effects of persistent Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) infection and multiclonality on subsequent risk of clinical malaria have been reported, but the relationship between these 2 parameters and their relative impacts on the clinical outcome of infection are not understood. A longitudinal cohort study was conducted in a seasonal and high-transmission area of Mali, in which 500 subjects aged 1-65 ...

ovine anaplasmosis is a tick-borne rickettsial disease, widespread in tropical and subtropical areas. in the present study, a pcr-rflp method based on major surface protein 4 (msp4) gene, was utilized for the detection of anaplasma infection in 119 sheep blood samples collected from different parts of ahvaz in the southwest of iran. pcr identified anaplasma infections in 87.4% (104/119) of the ...

OBJECTIVES The angled blade plate has been the historical standard in fixed-angle extramedullary subtrochanteric femur fracture fixation, but it requires an extensile lateral approach to the femur. Little formal evaluation exists for specifically designed percutaneous extramedullary implants. The purpose of this study was to compare 3 locked plating constructs, all with percutaneous insertion c...

A major factor affecting the clarity of graphical displays that include text labels is the degree to which labels obscure display features (including other labels) as a result of spatial overlap. Point-feature label placement (PFLP) is the problem of placing text labels adjacent to point features on a map or diagram so as to maximize legibility. This problem occurs frequently in the production ...

OBJECTIVES This study aims to compare the results of the proximal femoral locking plate (PFLP) and the 95°-angled blade plate in the treatment of AO/OTA 31-A3 reverse intertrochanteric fractures with fracture line extending to the greater trochanter. PATIENTS AND METHODS Forty-four patients with reverse intertrochanteric fracture which fracture line extending to the greater trochanter were re...

Cartographic label placement is one of the most time consuming tasks in the production of high quality maps and other high quality graphical displays It is essential that text labels used to identify various features and objects be placed in a clear and unobscured manner In this paper we are concerned with the placement of labels for point features Speci cally the point feature label placement ...

Objective: To compare and analyse retrospectively the clinical effect of Proximal Femoral Nail AntiRotation II (PFNA-II) and Proximal Femur Locking Plate (PFLP) for the treatment of intertrochanteric fracture in the elderly. Methods: A total of 161 elderly patients with intertrochanteric fracture, who underwent either PFNA or PFLP in our hospital from March 2012 to March 2013, were enrolled in ...

There have been numerous and varied research efforts to automate point-feature label placement (PFLP). It seems that many well-established precepts for pointfeature annotation used by human cartographers have been neglected so far. As a consequence, the currently implemented, fully automated solutions are limiting computer generated maps in their expressive power. In this paper we present a com...

Subtrochanteric fractures are common and result in significant morbidity and mortality. Various kinds of implants have been used to fix it. The aim of this study was to compare the biomechanical performance of PFN, DHS, DCS, and the PFLP in the treatment of subtrochanteric comminuted fractures.A total of 32 antiseptic human femurs from 16 donors were randomly allocated to 4 groups for fixation ...

This paper proposes a new learning method based on Hopfield Neural (HN) network to optimize the Point-Feature Labeling Placement (PFLP) problem. The learning method attains a balance between penalty function and original objective function based on the principle of a physical weight balance, and can converge to a solution with better stability. This improved algorithm also allows HN network to ...