1 Fowler AA, Hyers TM, Fisher BJ, Bechard DE, Center KM. WTebster RO. The adult respiratory distress syndrome: cell populations and soluble mediators in the airspaces of patients at high risk. Am Rev Respir Dis 1987; 136:1225-31 2 Siler TM, Swierkosz JE, Hyers TM, Fowler AA, Webster RO. Immunoreactive interleukin-1 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of high-risk patients and patients with the adul...

Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of skin-stretching devices for closing defects on the extremities of dogs. Antebrachial skin defects were created on the limbs of 24 dogs randomly divided into three groups. Skin stretchers included staples and sutures passing through them (group A), sutures and hypodermic needles (group B), and Pavletic device (group C). Wounds on the left were f...

This study discussed rhetoric and the philosophy of Christianity in Clive Staples Lewis' Mere Christianity. It focused on how C.S. Lewis used rhetorical symbols, key terms, clusters around them to induce his readers' actions. The cluster criticism approach was adopted. Katz Lazarsfeld's 1955 Personal Influence theory explained opinion leaders or rhetors indirectly establish media (print) effect...

OBJECTIVE To describe a new technique of paravaginal repair, utilizing Prolene mesh and a hernia stapler. METHODS We conducted a retrospective case series review of 12 patients who underwent laparoscopic bladder neck suspension, who were clinically diagnosed with cystocele caused by paravaginal defects. The patients had paravaginal repair performed utilizing mesh and staples. Prolene mesh was...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is responsible for lower respiratory tract infections and annually results in 200,000 deaths worldwide. Despite the burden of RSV-associated disease, treatments and preventative measures are limited. In this issue of JCI, Bird and colleagues describe their work using a peptide stapling technique that allowed synthesis of a stable peptide mimic of a portion of t...

PURPOSE We investigated the performance of a novel device for adult circumcision, that is the circular cutter with stapled anastomosis for circumcision. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 62 men with a mean ± SD age of 28 ± 8 years were enrolled from June to September 2012 to undergo circumcision using the circular cutter with stapled anastomosis. The device used 18 staples for anastomosis, whi...

The incidence of bronchopleural fistula in 130 patients who had pneumonectomies has been reviewed. Patients were divided into two groups according to the type of automatic stapler used to close the bronchus. From January 1979 to February 1982 the parallel jaw stapler (TA-55) was used in 71 patients (group 1). The new hinged jaw stapler (Premium TA-55) was used in 59 patients from March 1982 to ...

An 11-year-old female consulted our department with complaints of urinary incontinence and pyuria. She had had a cloacal repair 7 years ago. The radiograph showed four stones in the pelvis. Magnetic resonance imaging showed two diverticula next to the urethra and several low intensity masses in one diverticulum were regarded as stones. Voiding cystourethrography showed normal urinary bladder co...

This article considers an aggregated national market represented by a staples basket and analyzes changes in its spatial integration during 1992 to 2019. In integrated market, interaction of demand supply the space, not regional determines price good. Based on this, extent dependence prices quantities demanded serves for measuring degree integration.

Glycemic index (GI), a measure of blood glucose level as influenced by foods has become a concern due to the increasing cases of diabetes in Ghana. In spite of this, little is known of the GI of commonly consumed carbohydrate-rich foods of the Ghanaian diet. The GI of five Ghanaian staples: fufu (locally pounded), kenkey (Ga), banku, Tuo Zaafi (TZ), and fufu (Processed powder) were determined i...