Spinal cord injury during high-risk spinal deformity correction surgery occurs rarely despite best efforts to avoid it. Current neurophysiological monitoring strategies can only report an injury after it happens and some injuries fail to be captured intraoperatively. This catastrophic complication is usually irreversible. Using adult rats and an established spinal cord injury model, the objecti...

The purpose of this study was to compare 1 repetition maximum (1RM) strength, maximum power (MP), linear momentum (Mp), and the loads of 1RM responsible for maximum power (MP%) and for linear momentum (Mp%) generated in explosive concentric bench press (CBP) motion among athletes from different sports. A total of 56 athletes (13 sprinters, 16 basketball players, 16 handball players, 5 volleybal...

The paper introduces a class of specialized temporal net models, called Multimedia P-Time Petri Net (MP-RdPT), to model the synchronization aspects of multimedia scenarios. Several types of synchronization are introduced, and a number of temporal relations between multimedia objects are presented. After translation of the derived MP-RdPT net to an equivalent t-time Petri net, it is claimed that...

Effects of different treatment regimens of methylprednisolone on rat diaphragm contractility, immunohistochemistry and biochemistry. R.H.H. van Balkom, H.F.M. van der Heijden, H.T.B. van Moerkerk, J.H. Veerkamp, J.A.M. Fransen, L.A. Ginsel, H.Th.M. Folgering, C.L.A. van Herwaarden, P.N.R. Dekhuijzen. ERS Journals Ltd 1996. ABSTRACT: Systemic corticosteroid therapy may affect diaphragm structur...

Background. Needleless-intravenous-connectors (NC) with desired patient safety design may facilitate effective intravenous line care and reduce the risk for central lineassociated bloodstream infections (CLA-BSIs). We conducted a meta-analysis to determine the risk for CLA-BSI associated with the use of MaxPlusTM Tru-SwabTM Positive Displacement Connector (MP), a newer generation NC with improv...

In Daphnia (Cladocera, Crustacea), parthenogenetic reproduction alternates with sexual reproduction. Individuals of both sexes that belong to the same parthenogenetic line are genetically identical, and their sex is determined by the environment. Previously, non-male producing (NMP) genotypes have been described in species of the Daphnia pulex group. Such genotypes can only persist through phas...

Abstract Background A predictive model for risk of Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP)-related hepatitis in MP pneumonia pediatric patients can improve treatment selection and therapeutic effect. However, currently, no is available. Methods Three hundred seventy-four with/without serologically-confirmed infection ninety-three health controls were enrolled. Logistic regressions performed to identify the ...

Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) encodes a movement protein (MP) which forms tubules in vivo and mediates the translocation of virus particles through plasmodesmata. The relationship between CaMV MP structure and function, in isolation from the complete virus infection, was studied by using MP expression in insect cells. The study allowed the MP domains necessary for tubule formation to be ident...