This work outlines the etiological factors for exercise-related foot blisters and the pertinent prevention strategies related to these causes. Blisters result from shear forces within the epidermis causing cell necrosis. The extent of skin shear is influenced by friction at the skin and other interfaces, various skin characteristics, bony movement, and the shear modulus of the foot ware. The nu...

Genetically targeted anatomical and behavioral characterization of the cornu ammonis 2 (CA2) subfield of the mouse hippocampus

Diabetic neuropathic foot ulcers represent a serious health care burden to patients and to society. While the management of chronic diabetic foot ulcers has improved in recent years, it remains a frustrating problem for a variety of clinicians. This review examines the scientific underpinnings supporting the use of becaplermin (Regranex((R)); Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Raritan, NJ), or recomb...

We experienced a living donor liver transplantation for a 26-month-old girl with complement factor H deficiency. Complement factor H is a plasma protein that regulates the activity of the complement pathway. Complement overactivity induced by complement factor H deficiency is associated with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome. Liver transplantation can be the proper treatment for this condition...

We compare single factor Markov-functional and multi factor market models for hedging performance of Bermudan swaptions. We show that hedging performance of both models is comparable, thereby supporting the claim that Bermudan swaptions can be adequately risk-managed with single factor models. Moreover, we show that the impact of smile can be much larger than the impact of correlation. We use t...

In answering questions from [7] we prove a triangulation result that is of independent interest. In more detail, let R be an o-minimal field with a proper convex subring V , and let st : V → k be the corresponding standard part map. Under a mild assumption on (R, V) we show that definable sets X ⊆ V n admit a triangulation that induces a triangulation of its standard part st(X) ⊆ k n .

Although language-impaired children have been observed to follow many nor­ mal language acquisition patterns, research to date has not fully explored the re­ lationships between various linguistic domains. The hypotheses investigated in this study are that language-impaired children produce fewer logical proposi­ tions per utterance and evidence less control of formal syntactic markers. lan­ gu...