Several viscosupplement treatments are available for patients suffering from painful osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, but few comparative clinical trials have been conducted. The primary objective trial was to demonstrate non-inferiority Synolis VA (80 mg hyaluronic acid and 160 sorbitol) (Group HA1) Synvisc-One (48 hylan GF-20) HA2) at Day 168 in terms pain relief efficacy with knee OA (Kellgr...

In September 2008, Heisuke Hironaka gave a series of lectures at the Clay Mathematics Institute explaining his program for the resolution of singularities in positive characteristic [Hi1]. In the course of the lectures, Hironaka relied on results of the author from an unpublished manuscript written in 2003 [Ha1]. The quoted results investigate the main obstruction for resolution in positive cha...

The haemagglutinin (HA) complex of Clostridium botulinum type C toxin is composed of three types of subcomponents: HA33, HA17 and HA70 (also known as HA1, HA2 and HA3, respectively). Here, a 260 kDa HA17-HA70 complex was crystallized. His-tagged HA17 and maltose-binding-protein-tagged HA70 were expressed in Escherichia coli and their complex was affinity-purified using a combination of amylose ...

This study aims to determine the effect of product quality, promotion, Brand Image and Trust on purchasing decisions for Toyota cars (a case Avanza in Lhokseumawe City Communities). The research method preparing this thesis uses quantitative methods. sampling a non-probability method, because population studied is infinite whose number identity members unknown). results conclusion obtained that...

Job satisfaction as a favorable or unfavorable situational condition and how employees view their work. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect job workload on employee performance at PT Inkabiz Indonesia partially, simultaneously. method used in conducting research is quantitative. results are has positive significant performance. Hypothesis test obtained value t count > table...

A/Taiwan/1/86 is representative of newly emerged antigenic variants of influenza A(H1N1) viruses which are readily distinguishable from all previous A(H1N1) isolates. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the haemagglutinin HA1 coding region of A/Taiwan/1/86 suggests that this virus has evolved from viruses circulating in the Hong Kong region in 1982 to 1983. The considerable alteration in antigenici...

Bessel beams are widely used in optical metrology mainly because of their large Rayleigh range (focal length). Radial/azimuthal polarization of such beams is of interest in the fields of material processing, plasma absorption or communication. In this paper an experimental set-up is presented, which generates a Bessel-type vector beam with a spatial polarization, oscillating along the optical a...