Objectives To assess the relationship between cross-sectional area of internal jugular veins and brain volumes in healthy individuals without neurologic disease. Methods A total of 193 healthy individuals without neurologic disease (63 male and 130 female; age > 20 to < 70 years) received magnetic resonance venography and structural brain magnetic resonance imaging at 3T. The internal jugular v...

Petersen hernia is a rare internal hernia that occurs after Roux-en-Y (R-Y) reconstruction. To our knowledge, there are a few reports on internal hernia, especially Petersen hernia after open gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Two rare cases of Petersen hernia are presented in this report. A man in his 70s was referred to our hospital due to a complaint of postprandial sudden abdominal pain. He ha...

Internal loops in RNA are important for folding and function. Consecutive noncanonical pairs can form in internal loops having at least two nucleotides on each side. Thermodynamic and structural insights into such internal loops should improve approximations for their stabilities and predictions of secondary and three-dimensional structures. Most natural internal loops are purine rich. A series...

OBJECTIVE We assessed the psychometrics of a self-administered survey modification of the Activity Card Sort (modified; ACSm) when used to track activity resumption after stem cell transplantation (SCT). METHOD Thirty-six participants completed the ACSm for a descriptive pilot study of recovery after SCT. Reliability was assessed by determining the longitudinal consistency of participants' de...

background: health locus of control (hlc) has been associated with a variety of ailments and health outcomes and de­signed to predict behaviors and cognitive processes relevant to mental and physical health. this study investigated the relation­ships between perceived health locus of control, self-esteem, and mental health status among iranian students. methods: in this analytical study the sub...

Proof: Maximum R′ G(x, y) includes λG(r) of the root r in G. Further, it should include the coalescence ranks of the internal nodes lying at the lowest levels of the either side of the root. For a height balanced complete binary gene tree, coalescence rank of each of the lowest level internal nodes is N (dlgNe 1) = N + 1 dlgNe. So, maximum R′ G(x, y) will twice include the values from (N + 1 dl...

objective: many investigators have attempted to examine the relationship between perceived locus of control and psychological problems. the present study examined this issue on a sample of iranian university students. methods: study subjects consisted of 134 iranian university students randomized from seven faculties of esfahan university of medical sciences. the subjects completed the symptom ...