Over the past decade, the understanding of autoimmune diseases and the development of biological agents have radically changed the treatment paradigm for severe rheumatoid arthritis. Several tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-a inhibitors are available for clinical use, relieving symptoms and reducing the likelihood of relapse in patients not responding successfully to disease-modifying antirheumatic...

Based on shear strength reduction finite element method, stability of retaining wall with relieving plate has been analyzed. Due to the structure character of retaining wall with relieving plate, it can be found that fracture surface could hardly cross the triangle area of between lower wall and soleplate, between upper wall and relieving plate, so the second fractured surface occurred at there...

We investigated whether and how a juvenile's history of experiencing sexual abuse affects public perceptions of juvenile sex offenders in a series of 5 studies. When asked about juvenile sex offenders in an abstract manner (Studies 1 and 2), the more participants (community members and undergraduates) believed that a history of being sexually abused as a child causes later sexually abusive beha...

Using the dog as an experimental model, the relationship of the Thoracic Compression Reflex (TCR) to the Heimlich Maneuver (HM) was examined. TCR was equally effective as lateral chest compression in relieving artificially induced choke. Destruction of the TCR by vagotomy rendered relief of choke by HM ineffectual in 5 of 8 dogs. It was concluded TCR may be a factor in HM, but that mechanical c...