Background: The difference in the perception between the perceived silhouette and the desired silhouette has been defined as body image dissatisfaction (BID). Objective: To review the type of methods for measuring BID, the frequency of BID among children and adolescents. Method: We searched studies through electronic databases (PubMed, Scielo and EBSCOhost), from cross-sectional studies publish...

Fig.5. Examples of T2W anatomical images and corresponding MWF maps from an RRMS patient (arrows indicate lesions). Fig.4. Examples of spiral T2W source images and MWF maps obtained with COMP T2prep showing severe artifacts (arrows). BIR-4 T2prep provides artifact free source images and MWF maps with exquisite details in the cortical areas. Robust adiabatic T2 preparation for fast whole brain s...

OBJECTIVES To compare the efficacies of medium-dose fluticasone propionate (FP), medium-dose triamcinolone acetonide (TAA), and combined low-dose FP plus salmeterol (SL). DESIGN Randomized, double-blind, triple-dummy, multicenter, 12-week clinical trial. SETTING Allergy/respiratory care clinics. PATIENTS Six hundred eighty patients with asthma previously uncontrolled with low-dose inhaled...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To investigate the potential for mometasone furoate (MF) to exert systemic effects following administration by dry powder inhaler (DPI) or metered-dose inhaler (MDI). DESIGN Three randomized, evaluator-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, 28-day studies. PATIENTS Adults with mild-to-moderate persistent asthma. INTERVENTIONS Study 1 (12 patients per treatment group; ...

We analyze a dynamic informationally restricted auction mechanism a rental car company created to sell its cars. All bids are submitted via the internet in continuous time in ascending price auctions that last for two minutes. Unlike English or Japanese auctions, bidders do not observe the number of other bidders in the auction or their bids. At any time in the auction each bidder only knows a)...

The release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria to the cytosol is a critical step for downstream caspase-mediated apoptotic signal transduction in ischemia-reperfusion (I/R)-induced myocardial tissue injury. 10-N-nonyl acridine orange (NAO), a cardiolipin-specific dye, has been shown to inhibit Bid-mediated cytochrome c release from isolated mitochondria in vitro; however, the possible protec...

Culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches were used to determine the relationship between the dehalogenase gene pool in bacteria enriched and isolated on 2,2-dichloropropionic acid (22DCPA) and the environmental metagene pool (the collective gene pool of both the culturable and uncultured microbes) from which they were isolated. The dehalogenases in the pure-cultures isolates, which ...