OBJECTIVE To determine the percentage of postmenopausal women who need treatment using the various criteria as set out in clinical practice guideline published by the Royal College of Orthopaedic Surgeons of Thailand (RCOST) and the Thai Osteoporosis Foundation (TOPF). MATERIAL AND METHOD A cross-sectional investigation conducted at five university hospitals around Thailand, evaluated three c...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the current study was to assess whether calcaneal broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) can predict whole body and regional dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA)-derived bone mass in healthy, Australian children and adolescents at different stages of maturity. METHODS A total of 389 boys and girls across a wide age range (four to 18 years) volunteered to participate. T...

Since the introduction of combined antiretroviral (cART), life expectancy of HIV-1 infected patients increased up to be comparable to non-HIV-1 infected population. Several studies reported early occurrence of aging-related effects in HIV-1 infected patient such as reduced bone quality and osteoporosis1-5. This condition is currently considered the result of the interplay among host, HIV-relate...

Context and motivation. User stories are an increasingly popular textual notation to capture requirements in agile software development [6]. User stories only capture the essential elements of a requirement: who it is for, what is expected from the system, and, optionally, why. Popularized by Mike Cohn [2], the most well-known format is: “As a 〈type of user〉 , I want 〈goal〉, [so that 〈some reas...

Zusammenfassung Ultraschall ist eine sich im Gewebe ausbreitende mechanische Welle, die von den lokal vorherrschenden akusto-mechanischen Gegebenheiten in ihrem Ausbreitungsverhalten beeinflusst wird. Durch geeignete Verarbeitung der rückgestreuten und vom Ultraschallwandler empfangenen Signale kann daher auf Gewebeparameter, wie wirkende Kompressionsmodule, Massendichte, Schallgeschwindigkeit,...

Shape transformations of two-component vesicles in which the spontam .. 'Qus curvature depends on the local compositions in the two monolayer:s are invest igated theoretically. Even if the two components do not ellhibit la1l.'ral phase separation in spherical ve~icles, temperature-induced shape transformations cause lateral phase segregat ion. Vesiculation of sma ller buds is favored in the two...