Objective: In a prospective non-randomized study, we tested the hypothesis that unilateral reduction pneumoplasty followed by completion of bilateral treatment at the reappearance of symptoms might result in more sustained improvements and better survival than one-stage bilateral treatment. Method: Fifty-nine patients undergoing bilateral thoracoscopic reduction pneumoplasty as a one-stage (n 1...

Reliable operation of a centrifugal pump unit, as an electric motor, which is reliable link in the composition depends on many factors, well important factor trouble-free unit reliability rolling bearings. The presented work devoted to study processes multi-stage failure parts bearing i.e., repeatedly occurring self-eliminating failures same nature - intermittent failures, establishing dependen...

Purpose: The objective of this study was to confirm the association between pretreatment Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA (pre-DNA) load and survival outcomes after long-term follow-up in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (LA-NPC). Materials and Methods: Between November 2009 and February 2012, a total of 1036 patients with LA-NPC were enrolled. There were 762 patients ...

BACKGROUND Bilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is required for many patients. There are few studies comparing the overall costs of staged and simultaneous bilateral TKA. METHODS The Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) was searched, and the total medical costs of 452 patients who received simultaneous bilateral TKAs were compared with those of 690 who received staged...

In this paper Multi-Staged Discrete Loops are introduced to narrow the gap between for-loops and general loops. Although multi-staged discrete loops can be used in situations that would otherwise require general loops it is still possible to determine the maximum number of iterations, which is trivial for for-loops but extremely difficult for general loops. Thus multi-staged discrete loops form...

A method for the preparation of developmentally staged microspores and young pollen from maize (Zea mays) has been devised. The preparations are of sufficient purity and quantity for biochemical analysis, including the analysis of steady-state protein and RNA populations associated with each stage. A major transition in protein populations occurs during the developmental period that encompasses...

OBJECTIVE It is unclear if brachio-basilic vein fistula should be performed as a primary or staged procedure, particularly for smaller basilic veins. Our aim was to report on a randomized controlled trial comparing these two techniques. METHODS Sixteen patients with a basilic vein ≥2.5 mm were randomized into primary transposed brachio-basilic vein (TBBV) fistula (n = 9) and staged TBBV fistu...