BACKGROUND Disability of the shoulder joint is often caused by a tear in the rotator cuff (RC) muscles. Four RC muscles coordinate shoulder movement and stability, among them the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscle which are predominantly torn. The contribution of each RC muscle to tear pathology is not fully understood. We hypothesized that muscle atrophy and fatty infiltration, features of...

The effects of somatostatin analogue RC-160 and bombesin/gastrin releasing-peptide (GRP) antagonist RC-3095 were evaluated in Copenhagen rats bearing the anaplastic, androgen-independent Dunning R3327-AT-1 prostatic adenocarcinoma. In the first experiment, RC-160 was given in the form of microcapsules releasing 60 micrograms/day/rat. RC-3095 was administered from implanted Alzet osmotic minipum...

The chloride corrosion of reinforcing steel in reinforced concrete (RC) structures is a significant reason for premature deterioration and failure of RC structures in aggressive environments such as Persian Gulf region. This is one of the most important sources of engineering and economic problems in developed countries. So, the repair and maintenance of RC structures exposed to corrosive envir...

Abstract Background: Diabetes is a metabolic disorder with adverse effects on haematological parameters level, oxidative stress and antioxidant defence system. This study aimed to investigate the effects of Rosa canina (RC) fruit hydro alcoholic extract on oxidative stress, total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and haematological parameters in diabetic mice. <st...

OBJECTIVES Risk compensation (RC) could reduce or offset the biological prevention benefits of HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among those at substantial risk of infection, including men who have sex with men (MSM). We investigated the potential extent and causal mechanisms through which RC could impact HIV transmission at the population and individual levels. METHODS Using a stochastic ne...

A subset A of a space X is called regular open if A = IntA, and regular closed if X\A is regular open, or equivalently, if A= IntA. A is called semiopen [16] (resp., preopen [17], semi-preopen [3], b-open [4]) ifA⊂ IntA (resp.,A⊂ IntA,A⊂ IntA ,A⊂ IntA∪ IntA). The concept of a preopen set was introduced in [6] where the term locally dense was used and the concept of a semi-preopen set was introd...

PURPOSE The goals of this study are to describe the current state of residential care/assisted living (RC/AL) care and residents in comparison with nursing home (NH) care and residents, identify different types of RC/AL care and residents, and consider how variation in RC/AL case-mix reflects differences in care provision and/or consumer preference. DESIGN AND METHODS Data were derived from t...

Resistive companion (RC) modeling is an easy-to-use approach for electric circuit simulations. With a RC numerical solver, simulations of complex electric systems can be achieved based on RC models. In this study, the construction of RC battery models is investigated. A general battery model and a nickel±metal hydride cell model have been built. Simulations of RC battery models on virtual test ...

We have studied the relationships between the radio continuum (RC) and CO emission for a set of galaxies selected from the BIMA Survey of Nearby Galaxies. We find that the global CO-RC correlation is as tight as the global FIR-RC correlation for the 24 galaxies studied. Within 9 galaxies with ∼6′′ CO and RC data available, the CO and RC emission is as tightly correlated as its global value; the...