Abstract Introduction In neck of femur (NOF) patients presenting with co-existent history malignancy, it is regarded as good practice to obtain pre-operative full-length X-Rays (FLF-XRs) identify metastatic disease distal the fracture site and aid operative planning. Whether availability FLF-XRs in trauma meeting influences surgeon's choice fixation method between intramedullary nail (IMN) or d...

Intertrochanteric fractures (ITFs) are the most common type of fractures requiring surgical intervention. They also have the highest surgical mortality among orthopedic operations. Among the many different techniques used for fixation of this type of fracture, use of the Dynamic Hip Screw (DHS) has gained wide acceptance. This current study was designed to assess positive predictive value of ti...

Sphingolipid long-chain bases and their phosphorylated derivatives, for example, sphingosine-1-phosphate in mammals, have been implicated as signaling molecules. The possibility that Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells also use long-chain-base phosphates to regulate cellular processes has only recently begun to be examined. Here we present a simple and sensitive procedure for analyzing and quantifyi...

INTRODUCTION In spite of a high prevalence of HIV infection among adolescents and young adults in sub-Saharan Africa, uptake of HIV testing and counseling among youth in the region remains sub-optimal. The objective of this study was to assess factors that influence uptake of HIV testing and counseling among youth aged 15-24 years in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS This study used the Demographic...

We report the demonstration of CdTe/MgxCd1-xTe double heterostructures (DHs) with a carrier lifetime of 3.6 μs and an interface recommendation velocity of 1.2 cm/s, comparable to or even better than the best values reported for GaAs/Al0.5Ga0.5As (18 cm/s) and GaAs/Ga0.5In0.5P (1.5 cm/s) DHs. Combined with a p-contact layer (8 nm a-SiCy:H + 4 nm a-Si:H), devices consisting of MgxCd1-xTe/CdTe/Mg0...

Doubled haploid (DH) populations are useful to scientists and breeders in both crop improvement and basic research. Current methods of producing DHs usually need in vitro culture for extracting haploids and chemical treatment for chromosome doubling. This report describes a simple method for synthesizing DHs (SynDH) especially for allopolyploid species by utilizing meiotic restitution genes. Th...

Dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome (DHS) can be classified as a ‘drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms’ (DRESS). It has a variable course, it is not dose dependent and may present with different clinical and laboratory abnormalities. In some cases it may be fatal. We describe a 31 year old man with lepromatous leprosy in whom DHS developed 4 weeks after initiation of World Health...

Abstract Introduction The goal of treatment an intertrochanteric femoral fracture is restoration patient's mobility as early possible. dynamic hip screw (DHS) has been used for several decades to treat these fractures. Proximal nails (PFN) are reported have advantage in such This study aims at comparing the results unstable fractures femur treated with PFN and DHS. Method was a prospective, ran...

BACKGROUND There has been limited work comparing survey characteristics and assessing the quality of child anthropometric data from population-based surveys. OBJECTIVE To investigate survey characteristics and indicators of quality of anthropometric data in children aged 0-59 months from 23 countries in the West Central Africa region. METHODS Using established methodologies and criteria to ...