UNLABELLED This study is to investigate the characteristics of premature infants' general movements (GMs) and the effect of early intervention on their GMs. METHODS The survey was carried among 285 premature infants. (1) Before intervention, the correlation between the gestational age/ birth weight and the GMs was evaluated. (2) The cases were divided into early intervention group (n=145) and...

Rivers not only provide the most basic water resources but also pertain to national strategic with crucial implications. When it comes international relationships, transboundary management is a major topic under discussion. Nowadays, numerous riparian countries worldwide are involved in issue of governance. Better cooperative governance among could facilitate economic progress and enhance susta...

Two motilides, EM574 (N-demethyl-N-isopropyl-8,9-anhydroerythromycin A 6,9-hemiacetal) and EM523 (N-demethyl-N-ethyl-8,9-anhydroerythromycin A 6,9-hemiacetal) have strong gastrointestinal motor stimulating (GMS) activity. When administered orally to dogs, these agents showed strong GMS activity, but their plasma levels were very low and the metabolites which have been determined so far using th...

Galloway-Mowat Syndrome (GMS) is an autosomal recessively inherited condition which manifests with severe encephalopathy, featuring microcephaly, developmental delay, and early-onset intractable epilepsy. Patients typically show also renal involvement from the onset. We report two siblings with GMS presenting with early-onset, intractable epilepsy and neurological deterioration, later followed ...

In this paper, an architecture for communication support for collaborative applications is described. The motivation for the design of this architecture is the observation that generic support for group communications is an area which received not much attention until now. The design is based on two components, a group management system (GMS) and group communication support (GCS). The GMS is re...

Background ASEAN integration aims to transform the GMS into a single market with free flows of products, services, and skilled labor, as well as investment openness, which will ultimately force regional economic growth. Therefore, this integration is likely to bring about a big change to this area in the new era; it can subsequently cause many problems as well, including mental health issues of...

A controversial body of literature demonstrates associations of geomagnetic storms (GMS) with numerous cardiovascular, psychiatric and behavioural outcomes. Various melatonin hypotheses of GMS have suggested that temporal variation in the geomagnetic field (GMF) may be acting as an additional zeitgeber (a temporal synchronizer) for circadian rhythms, with GMS somehow interfering with the hypoth...

PURPOSE The tumor microenvironment is recognized as an important determinant of progression and outcome in colorectal cancer. The aim of the present study was to evaluate a novel tumor microenvironment-based prognostic score, based on histopathologic assessment of the tumor inflammatory cell infiltrate and tumor stroma, in patients with primary operable colorectal cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN ...

BACKGROUND Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has become a public health problem. New interventions to slow or prevent disease progression are urgently needed. In this setting, cell therapies associated with regenerative effects are attracting increasing interest. We evaluated the effect of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) on the progression of CKD. METHODS Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected ...

The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) has low transmission of Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax and is a prime region for malaria elimination based on evidence. The extent of GMS based research is unknown. Pub Med-identified research articles from the GMS were selected based on defined criteria and classified into 24 research areas. A research questionnaire was sent to WHO country offices, nation...