BACKGROUND Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease associated with several impacts; especially regarding patients' health-related quality of life (HRQL). EuroQol 5 Dimensions questionnaire (EQ-5D) provides self-reported analysis of HRQL and utility scores. Although the British algorithm to convert EQ-5D responses into utility is the most used in the literature, national settings is more ap...

The Brazilian Symposium on Programming Languages (SBLP) is the main event in South America devoted to programming languages. Its scope includes all aspects of programming languages, including language design and implementation, formal semantics, domain-specific languages, and theoretical foundations of programming languages. The Symposium is a yearly event supported by the Brazilian Computer So...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the characteristics, management, and outcomes of disc battery ingestion in children. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of children admitted to Mofid Children's Hospital due to disc battery ingestion from January 2006 to January 2010. Clear history, clinical symptoms and results of imaging studies revealed diagnosis of disc battery inges...

Horner syndrome (HS) occurs when there is interruption of the oculosympathetic pathway. The causes of HS are various, but HS originated from herniated cervical disc is very few. HS attributable to the lesion of the first-order neuron of cervical spinal cord is extremely rare. A 41-year old male was admitted for sudden onset of left ptosis and right side numbness. Neurological examination reveal...

The spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of some T Tauri stars display a deficit of near-IR flux that could be a consequence of an embedded Jupiter-mass planet partially clearing an inner hole in the circumstellar disc. Here, we use two-dimensional numerical simulations of the planet-disc interaction, in concert with simple models for the dust dynamics, to quantify how a planet influences the d...

Evaluation of the optic nerve head includes both observational and functional studies. Direct study of the optic disc often employs the hand held ophthalmoscope with the accessory use of a green light to allow improved visualization of the nerve fiber layer. Comprehensive analysis of the optic disc is better achieved using a stereoscopic view, which can be obtained directly through the use of v...

We report the successful management of a patient who suffered embolisation of a Bjork-Shiley mitral prosthetic valve disc after fracture of the minor strut. Emergency surgical treatment was responsible for her survival. The disc was recovered through the abdominal aorta at a subsequent operation, performed once the condition of the patient had stabilised. This experience confirms previous repor...

Authors, define and establish a new subclass of harmonic regular schlicht functions (HSF) in the open unit disc through the use of the extended generalized Noor-type integral operator associated with the ξ-generalized Hurwitz-Lerch Zeta function (GHLZF). Furthermore, some geometric properties of this subclass are also studied.