On 25 cases of hypertension and 16 cases of postapoplectic patients with hypertension the cerebral carbohydrate metabolism was estimated, simultaneously with the cerebral hemodynamics, using Kety's N20 method. The cerebral, glucose consumption was generally smaller in these patients than that of healthy subjects. It was found not to stand in such a close relationship with cerebral oxygen consum...

nary artery disease has provided an intense stimulus for expansion of our present knowledge of the coronary circulation. In the experimental animal laboratory, the electromagnetic flowmeter has proved to be an excellent tool by which one can study dynamic aspects of the coronary circulation. A flowmeter is clearly unsuitable for human investigation; therefore, the search for a simple method of ...

The odds of a current syndicate relationship between two lenders depend upon their previous alliances. The odds are significantly higher [lower] and strongest for a current lead–participant relationship with a continuation [reversal] of their previous roles. To illustrate, the odds are nearly four times higher when two lenders have allied in the previous 5 years. The strength of lead–participan...

BACKGROUND This study evaluated Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP), Quantitative sensory testing (QST), and thermography as diagnostic methods for nerve injury. METHODS From 2006 through 2011, 17 patients (mean age: 50.1 years) from OOOO Hospital who sought care for altered sensation after dental implant treatment were identified. The mean time of objective assessment was 15.2 months after...

Phosphorus-doped silicon oxynitride layers have been deposited by a Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition process from N20, 2% SiH4/N2 and 5% PHdAr gaseous mixtures. The PH3/Ar flow rate was varied to investigate the effect of the dopant to the layer properties. As-deposited and annealed (600, 800, 900 and 1000 OC) layers were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Ruther...

This paper investigates the impact of sovereign defaults on the ability of the corporate sector in emerging nations to finance itself abroad. The hypothesis here is that defaults have a negative spillover effect on the private sector through credit rationing. We explore a novel dataset covering the vast majority of corporates and municipals in emerging nations that received foreign capital betw...

Numerous economic historians have suggested that institutions which supported contract enforcement were necessary for impersonal exchange to emerge in medieval Europe. Yet this literature cannot account for the bill of exchange, an important financial instrument that was legally enforced in both the medieval Islamic and Christian worlds but remained relegated to personal networks in only the fo...

Abstract Introduction Establishing neurological prognosis after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) safely and early in those patients who remain a coma at 72 hours of admission. Purpose To analyze the prognostic performance neuron-specific enolase (NSE), Somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) electroencephalogram (EEG) these patients. Methods Prospective observational study, including all O...