1570-8705/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier B.V doi:10.1016/j.adhoc.2011.07.007 ⇑ Corresponding author. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (Q. Li), (W. Gao), [email protected] (S. Zhu), [email protected] 1 In this paper, a social tie means an interpersonal strong or weak category defined by Granovetter [5]. Existing routing algorithms for Delay Tolerant Networks (DTNs) assume that nodes are willin...

The aetiology of recurrent miscarriage (at least three consecutive miscarriages) usually remains unsolved. The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family of proteins, together with their receptors and the Tie (tyrosine kinase with immunoglobulin and epidermal growth factor homology domains) receptors, are crucial for embryonic development. Therefore, we used immunohistochemistry to analys...

BACKGROUND Tongue-tie (more formally known as ankyloglossia) is a congenital anomaly characterized by an abnormally short lingual frenulum, which may restrict the mobility of the tongue tip impairing its ability to fulfil its functions. Ankyloglossia is uncommon, but not rare. Incidence figures reported in the literature vary widely, ranging from 0.02% to 4.8%. Incidences of upto 10.7% have bee...

INTRODUCTION This study was performed to assess the early diagnostic, risk stratification, and prognostic value of the angiopoietin-2/angiopoietin-1 ratio (Ang-2/Ang-1) and angiopoietin-1/tyrosine kinase with immunoglobulin-like loop epidermal growth factor homology domain 2 ratio (Ang-1/Tie-2) and to compare these factors with procalcitonin (PCT) and the Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsi...