background and purpose: a 3-unit course is dedicated to general language in medical universities and the vocabulary and text structure of the courses have usually no relation to medical language. we examine whether teaching general language will be as effective as medical language as assessed through recall of general and medical vocabulary and text structure knowledge. methods: an experimental...

Despite the advances in the microsurgical technique and anatomical understanding of the anterior and middle skull base, anterior clinoidal meningiomas are still challenging lesions to resect completely and safely due to their intimate relationship with vital neurovascular structures. We report predictive factors for tumor recurrence and postoperative complications based on surgical outcome of p...

Exhaust thermal management is essential to allow engines meet the Euro VI emissions standards and reducing nitrogen oxide one of most important targets being pursued nowadays. Along these lines, in present study, engine’s performances have been evaluated on basis a WHTC test, namely transient engine dynamometer schedule defined by global technical regulation (GTR) developed UN ECE GRPE group (t...

Pedestrian impact testing is used to assess the relative level of protection from a vehicle to a pedestrian in the event of a collision. Testing is conducted as part of new car assessment programs (Euro NCAP, ANCAP), and for compliance with regulations in Europe and Japan. A key component of pedestrian impact testing is the head-form test, in which a dummy head-form is fired into the front of t...

Son V. Nguyen, T. Vo*, D. Priyadarshini, T. Haigh Jr., T. Nogami, S. Cohen1, P. Flaitz2, Y. Lin2,3, H. Shobha, A. Grill1, D. Canaperi and Roy Gordon3, IBM at Albany Nanotech and SUNY Polytechnique University*, 257 Fuller Rd, Albany, NY 12203 USA; 1IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, 1101 Kitchawan Road, Route 134, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 USA; 2IBM Semiconductor Research and Development Center, ...

School environments may contribute to adolescent behavior, reproductive physiology and body composition (BC). The Nutritional and Health Survey in Taiwan (2010) for 1458 junior high school students was geo-mapped for 30 school environs. Facilities for physical activity (fitness centers, gymnasia and sports stadiums, activity centers and parks), sedentary activities (reading material rental shop...

The study was designed to exploit the single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) to compare osteoblastic activity of two implant systems: an Endopore implant (Beaded implants) placed immediately into an extraction socket in conjunction with peri-implant autogenous grafting supplemented with a guided tissue regeneration (GTR) technique, and an Endopore implant placed immediately into...

BACKGROUND Ependymoma is the most common glial tumor of the adult spinal cord. Current consensus recommends surgical resection with gross total resection (GTR) whenever possible. We performed a comprehensive review of the literature to evaluate whether adjuvant radiotherapy after subtotal resection (STR) has any benefit. METHODS A PubMed search was performed to identify adult patients with sp...

The immunodominant lipopolysaccharide is a key antigenic factor for Gram-negative pathogens such as salmonellae where it plays key roles in host adaptation, virulence, immune evasion, and persistence. Variation in the lipopolysaccharide is also the major differentiating factor that is used to classify Salmonella into over 2600 serovars as part of the Kaufmann-White scheme. While lipopolysacchar...