OBJECTIVE Unilateral hydrocephalus (UH) is characterized by enlargement of just one lateral ventricle. In this paper, the authors will demonstrate their experiences in the neuroendoscopic management of this uncommon type of hydrocephalus. METHOD The authors retrospectively reviewed a series of almost 800 neuroendoscopic procedures performed from September 1995 to July 2010 and selected seven ...

Previous studies have revealed the influence of cultural values on volunteering; however, few focused Confucian value benevolence. This study examined relationship between benevolence and volunteering, as well mediating role volunteer motives. A total 473 Chinese college students completed questionnaires to assess benevolence, including familism, unity, harmony (UH), six functional motives volu...

In this paper, we develop a postprocessing derivative recovery scheme for the finite element solution uh on general unstructured but shape regular triangulations. In the case of continuous piecewise polynomials of degree p ≥ 1, by applying the global L2 projection (Qh) and a smoothing operator (Sh), the recovered p-th derivatives (S m h Qh∂ uh) superconverge to the exact derivatives (∂pu). Base...

According to the standard scenario of plasma emission, escaping radiations are generated by nonlinear development kinetic bump-on-tail instability driven a single beam energetic electrons interacting with plasmas. Here we conduct fully-kinetic electromagnetic particle-in-cell simulations investigate emission induced ring-distributed overdense Efficient excitations fundamental (F) and harmonic (...

results for error analysis of finite element methodWe consider the following four problems: 1:(E)w: Find u ∈ V such thata(u, v) = (f, v) for all v ∈ V .2:(Eh)w: Find uh ∈ Vh such thata(uh, vh) = (f, vh) for all vh ∈ Vh.3:(E)w: Find u ∈ V such thata (u , v) = (f, v) for all v ∈ V . DDM APPLIED TO RADIATION PROBLEMS389 4:(Eh )w: Find u Nh ∈ Vh such ...

A theoretical analysis of a first-order least-squares finite element method for second-order self-adjoint elliptic problems is presented. We investigate the coupling effect of the approximate solutions uh for the primary function u and σh for the flux σ = −A∇u. We prove that the accuracy of the approximate solution uh for the primary function u is weakly affected by the flux σ = −A∇u. That is, ...

OBJECTIVES The cumulative experience gleaned from the NICE trials suggests that adjunctive enoxaparin therapy for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), with or without concomitant abciximab therapy, is both safe and effective. However, no randomized studies have been conducted to compare the two strategies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety of combined enoxaparin...

Platelet aggregation, and activation of coagulation cascade are the key events in the development of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Patients with this syndrome are at high risk of adverse events, such as death and myocardial infarction (MI). Optimized medical treatment for the non-ST segment elevation ACSs should consist of a combined anti-thrombotic/anti-anginal regimen. Standard anti-thrombo...

Low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the unaffected hemisphere (UH-LF-rTMS) in patients with stroke can decrease interhemispheric inhibition from the unaffected to the affected hemisphere and improve hand dexterity and strength of the paretic hand. The objective of this proof-of-principle study was to explore, for the first time, effects of UH-LF-rTMS as add-on therapy ...

BACKGROUND It is hypothesized that patient position, supine or recline, and bladder filling status, empty or full, could change the Q-tip test result. This study evaluated the effect of the patient position and bladder filling status on the Q-tip angle for urethral hypermobility (UH). METHODS There was a measurement of the Q-tip angle in the supine position and at a 45° angle in a reclining p...