BACKGROUND Assessing primary rehabilitation needs in patients with acquired brain injury is a challenge due to case complexity and the heterogeneity of symptoms after brain injury. The Rehabilitation Complexity Scale-Extended (RCS-E) is an instrument used in assessment of rehabilitation complexity in patients with severe brain injury. The aim of the present study was to translate and test the f...

Elizabeth F. McIlwain, MHS, RCS, FASE (Chair), Patrick D. Coon, RCCS, RDCS, FASE, Andrew J. Einstein, MD, PhD, Carol K. C. Mitchell, PhD, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RT(R), FASE, Gregory W. Natello, DO, FASE, Richard A. Palma, BS, RDCS, RCS, FASE, MargaretM. Park, BS, RDCS, RVT, FASE, Frank Ranallo, PhD, andMarsha L. Roberts, RCS, FASE,NewOrleans, Louisiana; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York, New York;...

This perspective focuses on illustrating the underappreciated connections between reactive carbonyl species (RCS), initial binding in the nonenzymatic glycation (NEG) process, and nonenzymatic covalent protein modification (here termed NECPM). While glucose is the central species involved in NEG, recent studies indicate that the initially-bound glucose species in the NEG of human hemoglobin (Hb...

BACKGROUND To understand the influence of the number of years spent at an Australian rural clinical school (RCS) on graduate current, preferred current and intended location for rural workforce practice. METHODS Retrospective online survey of medical graduates who spent 1-3 years of their undergraduate training in the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Rural Clinical School. Associations wi...

In this cross-sectional study, clinical performances of the hybrid capture 2 assay using an automated instrument (i.e., rapid capture system) (hc2-RCS) and the high-risk human papillomavirus GP5+/6+ PCR-enzyme immunoassay (EIA) test were compared using cervical scrape specimens from 8,132 women that participated in a population-based screening trial. The hc2-RCS test scored significantly more s...

It is well-known that, at low frequency, far-field RCS can be measured using a suitable implementation such as outdoor range or large anechoic chamber. The aim of this paper is to propose a new algorithm to predict RCS from near-field measurements. The comparison between RCS values obtained from the proposed method and those obtained from direct far-field values shows a good agreement between t...

Viruses employ a variety of strategies to hijack cellular activities through the orchestrated recruitment of macromolecules to specific virus-induced cellular micro-environments. Adenoviruses (Ad) and other DNA viruses induce extensive reorganization of the cell nucleus and formation of nuclear Replication Compartments (RCs), where the viral genome is replicated and expressed. In this work an a...

The fluorescence kinetics of cyanobacterial photosystem II (PSII) core particles with closed reaction centers (RCs) were studied with picosecond resolution. The data are modeled in terms of electron transfer (ET) and associated protein conformational relaxation processes, resolving four different radical pair (RP) states. The target analyses reveal the importance of protein relaxation steps in ...

We investigated the capacity of Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) rat retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells to take up all-trans-retinol (ROL) (vitamin A) and to metabolize it into retinyl esters (RE). Cultures of RPE cells were established from RCS and control newborn rats. All-trans-ROL was delivered to the apical surface of the RPE monolayer. Retinoids were analyzed by high-performance liquid...

PURPOSE To measure the intraretinal oxygen environment at different stages in the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) rat model of retinal degeneration to determine whether changes in oxygen level are an important aspect of the disease. METHODS Oxygen-sensitive microelectrodes were used to measure oxygen tension as a function of depth through the retina of anesthetized, mechanically ventilated RC...