Investment traits--the tendency to seek out and engage in cognitive activity--might affect intellectual growth across the life span, specifically the development from fluid to crystallized intelligence. Here we explore how childhood IQ at age 11 years, IQ at age 79, and the investment trait Typical Intellectual Engagement (TIE) at age 81 affect the mean level and change in verbal fluency scores...

Une technique améliorée de fixation du pansement pour l´immobilisation des greffes cutanées en utilisant un pansement hydrocellulaire, in Can occult primary melanoma of the urethra:a long-term survival case, in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, A clinical investigation on the characteristics and outcomes of treating chronic lower extremity wounds using thetissueTech autograft system, in The I...

Little attention has been given to the measurement of the concept of tie strength. Using survey data on friendship ties, we apply multiple indicator techniques to construct and validate measures of tie strength. We conclude that: (1) there may be two distinct aspects of tie strength, having to do with the time spent in a relationship and the depth of the relationship; (2) a measure of "closenes...

One hundred and eighteeeee!! Amazing. I've just managed to break my New Year's resolutions in one fell swoop. The bottle of wine is empty, so is the box of doughnuts , and I'm still on the couch. It's nonsense trying to make lifestyle changes in January. The days are short and cold, the paperwork pile is still here from last year, and the waiting room is stuffed with miserable people who like m...

BACKGROUND A tie-over dressing is the accepted method to secure skin grafts in order to prevent haematoma or seroma formation. We describe the novel application of a barbed suture tie-over for skin graft dressing. The barbs act as anchors in the skin so constant tensioning of the suture is not required. METHODS From January 2014 to August 2014 we used the technique in 30 patients with skin de...

Angiopoietins are ligands of the Tie2 receptor that control angiogenic remodeling in a context-dependent manner. Tie signaling is involved in multiple steps of the angiogenic remodeling process during development, including destabilization of existing vessels, endothelial cell migration, tube formation and the subsequent stabilization of newly formed tubes by mesenchymal cells. Beyond this crit...

ii Acknowledgements I would like to thank my project supervisor, Dr Rob Irving, whose endless patience, advice and assistance has been greatly appreciated. I would also like to thank Dr Helen Purchase for her efforts in securing a faculty scholarship that has enabled me to attend the MSc Information Technology course over the last twelve months. Abstract The Scottish Foundation Allocation Schem...

Moderate spatial resolution satellite data from the Landsat-8 OLI and Sentinel-2A MSI sensors together offer 10 m to 30 m multi-spectral reflective wavelength global coverage, providing the opportunity for improved combined sensor mapping and monitoring of the Earth’s surface. However, the standard geolocated Landsat-8 OLI L1T and Sentinel-2A MSI L1C data products are currently found to be misa...

Here is a rare case of lingual leiomyomatous hamartoma (LLH) with bifid tongue tip and tongue-tie in a patient with non-oral-facial-digital syndrome (OFDS). A 29-year-old male consulted for a painless tumor over the midline of the tongue dorsum measuring 2 × 1.5 cm. The tumor was excised and the tongue-tie was corrected. Diagnosis of LLH was based on histo-pathologic and immuno-histochemical st...