conclusions this study showed that pcs and mcs score were slightly more than overall results while kdcs was slightly less than overall results. in addition, dialysis adequacy with kt/v between 1 and 1.2 is associated with lower rate of hospitalization. patients and methods a total of 6,930 chronic hemodialysis (hd) patients enrolled. kdcs-sf version 1.3 questionnaire was used to assess the heal...

There is evidence that recent developments in Augmented Reality (AR) technology has the potential to be applied as pervasive media on multiple devices in different ways and contexts, especially with low-cost devices including Mobile Augmented Reality (MAR) applications on smart phones or Pocket-PCs. In this paper we present a framework in order to combine the pervasive e-education concept with ...

In this paper, I present four trends that point toward the increasing importance of mobile device research in HumanComputer Interaction (HCI). These trends indicate a future in which the gap between the user and the desktop is even wider than today, mobile devices have proliferated even further in society, and computer use is more intermittent and in a greater variety of contexts than our curre...

Pre-Crash Systems (PCS) integrate the features of active and passive safety systems to reduce both crash and injury severity. Upon detection of an impending collision, PCS can provide an early warning to the driver and activate automatic braking to reduce the crash severity for the subject vehicle. PCS can also activate the seatbelt pretensioners prior to impact. This paper identifies the oppor...

we introduce a new concept of general $g$-$eta$-monotone operator generalizing the general $(h,eta)$-monotone operator cite{arvar2, arvar1}, general $h-$ monotone operator cite{xiahuang} in banach spaces, and also generalizing $g$-$eta$-monotone operator cite{zhang}, $(a, eta)$-monotone operator cite{verma2}, $a$-monotone operator cite{verma0}, $(h, eta)$-monotone operator cite{fanghuang}...

background: osteoporosis is a chronic disease that contributes substantially to decrease physical activity and decline in the quality of life. osteoporosis can be diagnosed easily with the use of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (dxa) equipment. the aim of this study was to investigate the magnitude of bone loss on proximal femur and lumbar spine ls in pre- and post-menopausal women from isfaha...

introduction: intramedullary nailing (imn) of high tibia fracture has some mechanical and biological advantages over the other form of fixation. however, valgus, apex anterior malalignment and anterior displacement of proximal fragment commonly occur after isolated imn fixation of proximal high tibia fracture. the purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of using 3.5-mm locking c...

Developing an effective preventative vaccine against HIV-1 has proved to be a great challenge. The classical and proven vaccine approach has failed so far or produced a modest effect, new approaches are needed. In this study we evaluated the immunogenicity of the sequences around the protease cleavage sites (PCS) and the population coverage of a vaccine targeting HIV-1 PCS. The sequence conserv...

HYPOTHESIS The complication and success rates in patients treated with either percutaneous cryosurgery (PCS) or percutaneous radiofrequency (PRF) for unresectable hepatic malignancies are similar. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING University hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS Sixty-four patients were treated with either PCS (n = 31) or PRF (n = 33). Patient treatment was based on the random...

The major cause of death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is cardiovascular disease. Here, p-Cresyl sulfate (PCS), a uremic toxin, is considered to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in CKD. However, our understanding of the vascular toxicity induced by PCS and its mechanism is incomplete. The purpose of this study was to determine whether PCS enhances the production of re...