The abdominal aorta (AA) begins at the aortic hiatus of the diaphragm, in front of the lower border of the body of the last thoracic vertebra and descending in front of the vertebral column and ends on the body of the fourth lumbar vertebra, commonly a little to the left of the middle line by dividing into the two common iliac arteries. The celiac trunk (CeT) and superior mesenteric artery (SMA...

We assess the random and systematic uncertainties affecting the central England temperature (CET) record since 1878 on daily, monthly and annual time scales. The largest contribution to uncertainty in CET on all these time scales arises from areal sampling, followed for annual and monthly CET by thermometer calibration. For the daily series, random thermometer precision and screen errors are th...

Previous studies have reported promising results regarding the effect of repeated virtual cue exposure therapy on nicotine dependence. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of virtual cue exposure therapy (CET) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for nicotine dependence. Thirty subjects with nicotine dependence participated in 4 weeks of treatment with either virtual CET (n=15) or CB...

BACKGROUND Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and a high body mass index (BMI) can both affect pulmonary volumes as well as exercise tolerance, but their combined effect on these outcomes is not well known. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of increased BMI during constant workrate cycle ergometry in patients with COPD. METHODS Men with COPD and hyperinflation wer...

This thesis presents a novel formal modelling language, complex event types (CET s), to describe behaviours in agent-based simulations. CET s are able to describe behaviours at any computationally represented level of abstraction. Behaviours can be specified both in terms of the state transition rules of the agent-based model that generate them and in terms of the state transition structures th...

UDP-galactosyltransferase (UDP-Gal-T) is a key enzyme in the synthesis of mucus glycoprotein which plays an important role in gastric mucosal defensive mechanisms. Analysis of gastric UDP-Gal-T activity should clarify the mechanisms of the action of antiulcer drugs regarding gastric defensive factors. Here, we examined UDP-Gal-T activity in rat gastric mucosa treated with the antiulcer drugs ge...

5526 Background: The standard of care for locally advanced HNSCC remains concurrent cisplatin (CIS) and radiotherapy (RT). In British Columbia patients ineligible for CIS (eg. renal or cardiac dysfunction, hearing loss), receive cetuximab (CET) and RT. We conducted a population based retrospective review at the British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA) to compare deliverability, toxicity and outcom...

Abstract This article examines the changes taken place over decades after a test-based accountability system was in and proposes an agenda for consequential research of testing program. The starts with review theories (Supovitz, Journal Educational Change 10:211–227, 2009) socially grounded, integrated approach to test validation (Chalhoub-Deville, Language Testing 33:453–472, 2016; Chalhoub-De...

The central nucleus of amygdala (CeA) is important in regulating alcohol consumption and plays a major role in the anxiogenic response to ethanol withdrawal. We showed previously that acute ethanol augments GABA(A) receptor-mediated IPSPs and IPSCs, possibly by a presynaptic mechanism. Here, we have examined the interaction of acute ethanol with the GABAergic system in chronic ethanol-treated (...