A retrospective, single-center study was performed from September 2012 to June 2017. Thirty-five common femoral arteries (CFAs) were treated with self-expandable nitinol stents. Two thirds of the cases for critical limb ischemia and one third claudication. Technical success 100% without complications. Although mean follow-up only ∼2.5 years, estimated 5-year primary assisted patency rates 80% 9...

Over 800,000 people die due to suicide every year and there are many more who attempt suicide. Hence, many millions of people are affected or experience suicide bereavement every year. Suicide occurs throughout the lifespan and was the second leading cause of death among 15-29 year olds globally in 2012. It is a global phenomenon in all regions of the world; Suicide accounted for 1.4% of all de...

The Islamic Emirate established in northern Mali 2012 was brought down less than a year later by French military intervention, provoked the Emirate’s belligerent posture. This article explains why leaders of appeared to govern way that jeopardized state’s survival, despite AQIM’s leadership calling for cautious approach. Based on novel primary sources, this provides detailed view governance pra...

The UK is a global leader in stop-smoking support-providing free behavioral support and cessation medication via stop smoking services (SSS) without charge to smokers. This study aimed to explore the client and service characteristics associated with abstinence 52 weeks after quitting. A prospective cohort study of 3057 SSS clients in nine different areas of England who began their quit attempt...

One of the main and most dynamic challenges confronting South Africa is high unemployment rate, which has been increasing more rapidly than country’s economic growth. The rate every year, supplemented with financial crisis as African economy experiencing a drastic recession jobs are getting lost. In 2012, National Planning Commission (NPC) implemented new long-term strategy, Development Plan Vi...

Our patient was a 4-year-old female with acute myeloid leukemia complicated right calcaneal osteomyelitis due to Mycobacterium abscessus subcutaneous abscesses extending the popliteal and groin regions after two courses of induction chemotherapy according NOPHO-AML 2012 protocol. She required multiple operations prolonged anti-mycobacterial therapy. A high index suspicion for mycobacterial infe...

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0 7 4 0 7 4 5 9 / 0 0 / $ 1 0 . 0 0 © 2 0 0 0 I E E E ground. We agree with F.G. Harold’s concept of “optimal heterophily”1 and use the term software engineering to include information technology. Y2K presented a formidable (albeit welldefined) challenge: find the date problems and fix them (see our “Congratulations” in the accompanying sidebar). Post-Y2K presents a more formidable challenge: a...

Mainstream Information Technology professionals have misunderstood the Pick environment for many years. The Pick environment has been conceived, designed and built with business solutions as its key driver. At its heyday there were over 3,000 business applications available across a very wide range of hardware platforms supporting from 1 to thousands of real time users. The tentative economic r...