The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994a) conceptualization of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) includes three symptom clusters: reexperiencing, avoidance/numbing, and arousal. The PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C) corresponds to the DSM-IV PTSD symptoms. In the current study, we conducted exploratory fa...

Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) is a rare hematological malignancy with involvement of the heart and/ or pericardium. It belongs to the extra-nodal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). The most common histological type is diffuse large B cell lymphoma. It generally carries a poor prognosis due either to a delay in the diagnosis or to infiltration of heart structures. Here, we described a 68-year-old ma...

Poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) films reinforced with polylactide (PLA) microfibers were prepared by two methodologies: a) melt pressing of an electrospun PLA mat between two PCL films, and b) melt pressing of a co-electrospun mat composed of PLA microfibers and PCL nanofibers. Electrospinning conditions were selected for each polymer to obtain films loaded with 10, 20 and 30 wt% of PLA. Thermal and...

BACKGROUND Cholangiocarcinoma is a malignant tumor arising from the epithelium of the bile ducts. In this study, we prepared sorafenib-loaded biliary stents for potential application as drug-delivery systems for localized treatment of extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. METHODS A sorafenib-coated metal stent was prepared using an electrospray system with the aid of poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL), an...

polycaprolactone (pcl) and poly(butylene terephthalate) (pbt) blend was prepared by melt processing. the pcl/pbt blend showed similar morphology with that of pure pcl.the crystallization temperature of pcl was increased by the incorporation of pbt. it was also observed that the peak height in the dsc thermograms decreased and then disappeared by adding 40 % or more pbt which might be due to the...

Since its emerging in mid 90’s, MPEG-2 [1] has been widely accepted by the digital video industry. There have been huge amount of video content stored in MPEG-2 format. MPEG4 [2] is the latest video coding standard out of MEPG targeted at network video applications. The Simple Profile (SP) of MPEG-4 is often used in practical applications. Thus, it is often necessary to perform MPEG-2 to MPEG-4...

In this paper we review fast transcoding techniques for H.264/MPEG-2 B pictures. B pictures are a bidirectional prediction mode used by the H.264/AVC and MPEG-2 video compression standards. B pictures allow motion estimation (ME) to be performed using both backward and forward reference frames. This type of inter-prediction is highly effective but also highly complex making reduced complexity m...

BACKGROUND The neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinase B (TrkB) has diverse signaling roles in neurons and tumor cells. Accordingly, its suppressive targeting is of interest in neuroblastoma and other tumors, whereas its role in improving survival is focused in neurons. Here we describe targeting of TrkB-binding peptide-conjugated liposomes (PCL) to the TrkB-expressing mouse macrophage-like cell ...

Treatment of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is a matter of continued controversy in total knee arthroplasty. By using so-called cruciate ligament-substituting implant designs, retention and resection of the PCL produce equivalent clinical results. However, it remains unclear whether primary resection of the PCL leads to relevant instabilities of the flexion gap. Especially when the incre...

In our article by J. L. Skeem & D. J. Cooke, (2010), we outlined the dangers inherent in conflating the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; R. Hare, 1991) with psychopathy itself. In their response, R. Hare and C. Neumann (2010) seemed to agree with key points that the PCL-R should not be confused with psychopathy and that criminal behavior is not central to psychopathy; at the same time, the...