The main goal of this work was to know the value of ventricular function in addition to perfusion Tc-99m sestamibi images in the assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD) when using dipyridamole (DIP) associated to isometric exercise. We analyzed 52 patients with suspected CAD; 40 of them had coronary lesions > or = 50% and 12 patients without CAD, conforming study and control groups, respect...

OBJECTIVE Heberden's nodes are often used as a marker for osteoarthritis (OA). This study examined how often Heberden's nodes and radiological distal interphalangeal (DIP) osteophytes coexist in the same digit and the sensitivity, specificity, and positive predicative value of each for OA at different sites or generalised disease. METHODS This was a population-based study of 660 middle ages w...

Background: Quantitative bacteriologic workup of BAL fluid (BALF) has evolved as a sensitive and specific technique for the diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia. Conventional quantitative cultures are expensive, time-consuming, and often unavailable on a 24-h basis. Therefore, we evaluated a dip slide method for the semiquantitative measurement of bacterial cultures in BALF specimens and com¬ pared...

Introduction Intermolecular multiple-quantum coherences (iMQCs) have generated much interest and controversy over past decades. One of the fierce controversies arises from so called correlation distance, defined as π/γGδ. Capuani and co-workers have done a lot of work on this aspect [1], and suggested that when the correlation distance was comparable to the averaged length-scale of sample heter...

This preliminary study aimed to adapt the Dysarthria Impact Profile (DIP) in French and to confirm its relevance for the assessment of the psychosocial impact of dysarthria in Parkinson's disease (PD). The DIP scale was administered to 10 people with PD and 10 age-matched control subjects. The DIP psychometric properties were calculated (discriminant validity, internal consistency, and concurre...

Arthrodesis of the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint is a reliable means of achieving pain relief in a symptomatic DIP joint afflicted by a variety of degenerative, inflammatory, or posttraumatic conditions. Successful arthrodesis is more reproducible when rigid compression of the joint is achieved. The emergence of an increasing number of commercially available headless or variable pitch comp...

Studies on the catabolism of allatostatins (ASTs) provided the rationale for the design of a series of Dip-allatostatin-derived pseudopeptide mimetic analogues. In vitro, the Dip-ASTs and pseudopeptides show varying degrees of resistance to catabolism and all show significant inhibition of juvenile hormone (JH) biosynthesis. This study was undertaken to determine whether potent Dip-ASTs and/or ...

Nanoparticles functionalized with active target ligands have been widely used for tumor-specific diagnosis and therapy. The target ligands include antibodies, peptides, proteins, small molecules, and nucleic acid aptamers. Here, we utilize dipeptide Ser-Glu (DIP) as a new ligand to functionalize polymer-based fluorescent nanoparticles (NPs) for pancreatic cancer target imaging. We demonstrate t...

Texture attributes describe the spatial arrangement of neighboring amplitudes values within a given analysis window. We chose a statistical texture classification method, the gray-level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM), and its derived attributes, to produce a semiautomated description of the spatial arrangement of seismic facies. The GLCM is a measure of how often different combinations of neighbor...

For more than half a century, drug induced Parkinsonism (DIP) has captured the attention of the physicians and researchers alike. More and more drugs underwent extensive scrutiny and causal agents were penned down from notorious antipsychotics [1] to more innocent anti-arrhythmic agents [2]. Earlier studies kept DIP as commonest cause of secondary Parkinsonism and the second commonest cause of ...