IMPORTANCE Retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filters were designed to provide temporary protection from pulmonary embolism, sparing patients from long-term complications of permanent filters. However, many retrievable IVC filters are left in place indefinitely. OBJECTIVES To review the medical records of patients with IVC filters to determine patient demographics and date of and indication...

BACKGROUND Obesity is one of the most common health problems in the world and is assuming epidemic proportions in both developed and developing countries. AIM The present study aimed to provide population-based data on the prevalence of obesity and estimation the risk of some of demographic factors associated with obesity. SUBJECTS AND METHODS From May 2007 through December 2008, we conduct...

OBJECTIVES To determine the MIC distributions of itraconazole, voriconazole and posaconazole and non-azole drugs for wild-type cyp51A, as well as TR(34)/L98H and TR(46)/Y121F/T289A cyp51A mutants of Aspergillus fumigatus. METHODS We retrieved MIC and cyp51A sequence data for 952 clinical A. fumigatus strains isolated in or referred to our reference laboratory, during the January 2010 to Decem...

Nowadays the video game industry is facing a big challenge: keep costs under control as games become bigger and more complex. Creation of game content, such as character models, maps, levels, textures, sound effects and so on, represent a big slice of total game production cost. Hence, the video game industry is increasingly turning to procedural content generation to amplify the cost-effective...

Kirja-arvio teoksesta Esa Kirkkopelto: Logomimesis: Tutkielma esiintyvästä ruumiista. Tutkijaliitto, Helsinki 2020. 351 s. ISBN 978-952-7093-19-1. Kirkkopellon tutkielma ruumiista asettaa vastakkain mimetologian eli länsimaisen ajatteluperinteen pyrkimykset ottaa mimēsis, performatiivinen tai esityksellinen jäljittely ja siihen liittyvät ilmiöt, haltuun käsitteellisten teoreettisten diskurssien...

Polyglycylation, a posttranslational modification of tubulin, was discovered in the highly stable axonemal microtubules of Paramecium cilia where it involves the lateral linkage of up to 34 glycine units per tubulin subunit. The observation of this type of posttranslational modification mainly in axonemes raises the question as to its relationship with axonemal organization and with microtubule...

Antti Lindqvist Engendering Group Support Based Foresight for Capital Intensive Manufacturing Industries Case Paper and Steel Industry Scenarios by 2018 Lappeenranta 2009 251 p. Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis 364 Diss. Lappeenranta University of Technology ISBN 978-952-214-853-7, ISBN 978-952-214-854-4 (PDF) ISSN 1456-4491 In recent times of global turmoil, the need for uncertainty manage...