Leder nr. 4 2014

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Introduction THIS PAPER seeks to demonstrate how case study research (CSR) was used for rigorous enquiry in a study of work placements used by further education (FE) students on a health studies programme in the UK. These students use similar placements to higher education (HE) students on pre-registration nursing programmes in the UK. Consequently, the study offered insight into the student ex...

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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) occurring as the first manifestation of an acute myocardial infarction is associated with very high mortality rates. As in comatose patients the etiology of cardiac arrest may be unclear, especially in cases without ST-segment elevation on the surface electrocardiogram, the decision to perform or not to perform urgent coronary angiography can have a signifi...

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Carolyn K . Goldman , Philip Leder , And

The maturation of a pre-B cell to an immunoglobulin (Ig)-bearing B cell requires an effective recombination of a light chain variable (VL) 1 and joining (JL) gene segment (1-11). Man uses both light chain gene classes appreciably, expressing K light chain in -60% and ~ light chain in 40% of mature B cells. Despite their nearly equal usage, however, the rearrangement of human Ig light chain gene...

4–7 September 2014

Aim: To assess whether intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) offers any advantages compared to three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) when treating the ilio-inguinal lymph-node basin after therapeutic lymphadenectomy for melanoma. Method: 15 consecutive patients receiving adjuvant radiotherapy (48 Gy in 20 fractions) were selected for the study. Simulation, volume generation and goa...