OBJECTIVES To define the effects of annuloplasty rings (ARs) on the dynamic motion of anterior mitral leaflet (AML) and posterior mitral leaflet (PML). METHODS Fifty-eight adult, Dorsett-hybrid, male sheep (49 + or - 5 kg) had radiopaque markers inserted: eight around the mitral annulus, four along the central meridian (from edge to annulus) of the AML (#A(1)-#A(4)) and one on the PML edge (#...

29 The involvement of glutamatergic neurotransmission in the rostral ventrolateral 30 medulla/Bötzinger/pre-Bötzinger complexes (RVLM/BötC/pre-BötC) on the respiratory 31 modulation of sympatho-excitatory response to peripheral chemoreflex activation 32 (chemoreflex) was evaluated in the working heart-brainstem preparation of juvenile 33 rats. We identified different types of baroand chemosensi...

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OBJECTIVE Evaluate the Glasgow outcome scale (GOS) at discharge (GOS-HD) as a prognostic indicator in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHOD Retrospective data were collected of 45 patients, with Glasgow coma scale <8, age 25±10 years, 36 men, from medical records. Later, at home visit, two measures were scored: GOS-HD (according to information from family members) and GOS LATE (1...

Tactile stimulation of the oropharynx (TSO) elicits the gag reflex and increases heart rate (HR) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) in anesthetized patients. However, the interaction between upper-airway defense reflexes and the sympathetic nervous system has not been investigated in conscious humans. In Experiment 1, beat-by-beat measurements of HR, MAP, muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA),...

Deladenus cocophilus n. sp. was isolated from infested coconut fruits in Winder, Balochistan, Pakistan. Descriptions are given of the entomophagous (insect-parasitic females) and mycetophagous (fungus-feeding) free-living females, males, and juveniles. The new species D. cocophilus resembles those species in which the excretory pore is situated anterior to the hemizonid, namely, D. apopkaetusCh...

Bosutinib, an orally active, Src/Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has demonstrated clinical activity and acceptable tolerability in chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CP CML). This updated analysis of the BELA trial assessed the safety profile and management of toxicities of bosutinib versus imatinib in adults with newly diagnosed (≤6 months) CP CML after >30 months from accrual completion. ...

2 INTRODUCTION 3 PERSPECTIVES ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES 4 Research vs. Practice 5 Community Building Efforts 7 Framing the Issues 8 DEFINING DIGITAL LIBRARIES 11 Digital Libraries as Content, Collections, and Communities 11 Research-oriented Definitions 12 Defining Elements of Digital Libraries 16 Digital Libraries as Institutions or Services 17 Digital Libraries as Databases 19 INTO THE DIGITAL FUT...

1 2 3 Attentional modulation of affective vs sensory processing: functional connectivity and a top-down biased 4 activation theory of selective attention 5 Fabian Grabenhorst and Edmund T. Rolls 3 6 7 University of Oxford, Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford, OX1 3UD. 8 1 Present address: University of Cambridge, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Cambridge, 9 UK....

Results The group of 20 patients with expected growth (boys vs. girls: 10 vs. 10; etanercept vs. adalimumab: 16 vs. 4) was assessed. The mean age at anti-TNF treatment initiation was 12.03 years (SD ± 4.44). Median duration of disease was 3.25 years (range 0.89-10.23), 15 patients received corticosteroids in mean dose 0.273 mg/kg/day. All patients were identified as “responders” (ACR Paed 30) a...