The necessity to help baccalaureate nursing students transition to clinical practice in a health care environment governed by change has compelled nurse educators to investigate alternative clinical instruction models that nurture academic-practice partnerships and facilitate student clinical learning. This article describes an academic-practice partnership in a community hospital using the Cli...

The three budding yeast CLN genes appear to be functionally redundant for cell cycle Start: any single CLN gene is sufficient to promote Start, while the cln1 cln2 cln3 triple mutant is Start defective and inviable. Both quantitative and apparently qualitative differences between CLN genes have been reported, but available data do not in general allow distinction between qualitative functional ...

The Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are the most common group of neurodegenerative disorders of childhood. While mutations in eight different genes have been shown to be responsible for these clinically distinct types of NCL, the NCLs share many clinical and pathological similarities. We have conducted an exhaustive Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) analysis of the human protein s...

Positive allosteric modulators of GABAA receptors (GAMs) acting at specific subtypes of GABAA receptors effectively restore compromised spinal pain control in rodents. Studies addressing a similar antihyperalgesic effect in humans are sparse and are hampered by sedative effects of nonselective GAMs available for use in humans. We present results from a randomized controlled double-blind crossov...

1980), the BBCH system (Lancashire et al., 1991), and Haun (1973). Zadoks et al. (1974) is an adaptation of The large area of rice (Oryza sativa L.) production worldwide is Feekes’ (1941) scale (with 23 subdivisions) but further critical to the well being of large numbers of the world’s people. Yet delineated. The IRRI (1980) scale is a 10-point system for rice, the most important single plant ...

The paper studies LiNbO3 (LN) crystals with a near-stoichiometric composition (NSLN). study establishes the possibility of different physical methods to reveal NSLN crystals’ exact composition. main goal was establish how precisely these can composition, including defective structure. This structure determines properties that are important for application crystals. Two Li/Nb ratio have been stu...

A 59-year-old man was referred by his family doctor for progressive renal failure. He was on lithium sulfate therapy since 32 years for bipolar disorder. The medical history revealed polyuria and polydypsia, which was persistent since several years. Family history was negative for hereditary nephropathies. Laboratory findings revealed a blood urea nitrogen concentration of 7.0 mmol/l and a seru...

BACKGROUND There are no specific therapeutic guidelines for thyroid cancers confined to the isthmus. To determine whether isthmic papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) can be treated with thyroid isthmusectomy and limited neck dissection, we analyzed factors related to central lymph node (CLN) metastasis in patients with clinically node-negative (cN0), solitary, isthmic PTC. METHODS We retrospect...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore the diagnostic value of ultrasound-guided (US-guided) fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), thyroglobulin measurement on fine-needle aspiration (FNA-Tg), combined US-guided FNAC, and the ratio between FNA-Tg and serum Tg (FNA-Tg/serum Tg) for patients with cervical lymph node (CLN) metastases from thyroid carcinoma. METHODS We selected 148 pati...