Operative treatment modalities for calcaneal fracture are still controversial. The outcome of intra-articular calcaneal fracture is mainly influenced by the soft tissue and the subtalar joint. Percutaneous method of internal fixation has been attempted to avoid the problems. Patients with displaced intra-articular calcaneal fracture types IIA, IIB and IIC were treated by initial distraction of ...

UNLABELLED A case of spontaneous regression of colon cancer is reported. The patient, an 80-year-old man, was referred to hospital in January 2004. Colonoscopy revealed a type 2 tumour in the transverse colon which was diagnosed as an adenocarcinoma. A computed tomography scan also revealed a right renal tumour. Urological examination disclosed renal cell cancer. The patient subsequently refuse...

Objetivo: Avaliar a cerclagem cervical como moduladora da idade gestacional no parto. Métodos: Tratou-se de uma coorte histórica onde foram estudadas 93 gestantes, sendo 43 com IIC e cercladas pela técnica Mac Donald 50 gestantes do baixo risco obstétrico. O presente estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê Ética Pesquisa Faculdade Medicina Barbacena. Resultados: A média das pacientes 29,40 + 7,1 as méd...

BACKGROUND There are few biological markers, which strictly show the severity of congestive heart failure (CHF). METHODS AND RESULTS Lymphocyte G-protein coupled receptor kinase (GRK) mRNA expression was measured by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in 15 CHF patients: 5 patients classified as New York Heart Association class-II treated with angiotensin converting e...

A sequencing batch reactor fed mainly by acetate was operated to perform enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR). A short-term pH shock from 7.0 to 6.0 led to a complete loss of phosphate-removing capability and a drastic change of microbial communities. 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing showed that large proportions of glycogen accumulating organisms (GAOs) (accounted for 16% of bacteria) blo...

Actualmente, está en proceso un ambicioso proyecto de reconstrucción y análisis la Subestructura II C Calakmul, Campeche, México. Su programa escultórico, con al menos dos frisos, igual número mascarones fachadas, resulta especial interés, ya que podría darnos una clave para interpretar entender el lugar. Este breve estudio se enfoca identificar los personajes representados estas imágenes, como...

In this paper, interleave-division multiple access (IDMA) is used for overloaded multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. An iterative interference cancellation multiuser detection (IIC-MUD) method is proposed, which has almost the same complexity but can achieve almost optimal (MAP) performance, much better than that of elementary s...

This work presents a CMOS integrated interface circuit (IIC) enabling highly efficient energy transfer from piezoelectric generators (PGs) to a storage element, e.g. a large capacitor. Due to the low power consumption of 4.7 μW assuming a supply voltage of 2.5 V, the IIC can be supplied totally by the storage capacitor. The storage capacitor can be passively charged via a bypassing circuit if i...

UNLABELLED A 77-year-old man with early synchronous double primary gastric and esophageal cancer showed complete response (CR) to chemoradiotherapy (CRT) with fluorouracil (5-FU) and cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (CDDP) and 60 Gy total dose of radiation. Gastrointestinal endoscopy had revealed type IIc squamous cell carcinoma in the lower oesophagus and type IIc adenocarcinoma in the mid-stomach...