Methods 27 consecutive female AIS patients aged 11-18 were measured prior to commencement of ScolioGold physiotherapy treatment with HPD, FPD and Inclinometry with measures repeated on completion of treatment. All measures were taken by one therapist (JM). FPD data considered was Cervical Apex (CA), Vertebral Prominence (VP), Lordotic Apex (LA) and Dimple Middle (DM). Correlation was studied be...

In the present study, we examined the effects of dopamine (DA) receptor antagonists infused into the nucleus accumbens septi (NAS) on analgesia induced by intra-ventral tegmental area (VTA) infusions of the substance P (SP) analog, DiMe-C7 or morphine and intra-NAS infusions of amphetamine. Rats received intra-NAS infusions of either the mixed DA receptor antagonist flupenthixol (1.5 or 3.0 mic...

The mechanism of resistance of gram-negative bacteria to killing by complement was investigated. Complement consumption and uptake of purified, radiolabeled complement components on bacteria was studied using a serum- sensitive and a serum-resistant strain of Salmonella minnesota. Twice as many molecules of (125)I C3 were bound per colony-forming unit (CFU) of the smooth, serum-resistant S. min...

S. Bethke,(7)j(a) G. Abrarns,c7) C. E. Adolphsen,t2) C. Akerlof,(‘) J. P. Alexander,(g)y(i) M. Alvarez,(3)y(b) A. R. Baden,(7)y(‘) J. Ballam, B. C. Barish,(‘) T. Barklow, B. A. Barn&t,(‘) J. Bartelt,cg) D. Blockus,(5) G. Bonvicini,(8) A. Boyarski,cg) J. Bayer,(7) B. Brabson,(5) A. Breakstone,(4) J. M. Brorn,(5)~(j) F. Bulos,(g) P. R. Burchat,c2) D. L. Burke,cg) F. Butler,(7) F. Calvino,(3)j(b) ...

Post-transplantation infection causes high mortality and remains a significant challenge. High clinical risk factors for bacterial infection in recipients are often found in critically ill patients. However, for some recipients, bacterial infections are inevitable. It is conceivable that this susceptibility may be related to the genetics of the donor and recipient. Using expression quantitative...

For posterior cervical surgery, if the operation only involves the lower cervical area, counting from C2 is impractical and the level may not be visible on X-rays. In such cases, we usually place a marker at the top of the incision and also rely on the size and monofid shape of the C7 spinous process. Relying on the C7 morphology, however, we initially instrumented the wrong levels in a case wh...

A graph G is called normal if there exist two coverings, C and S of its vertex set such that every member induces a clique in G, an independent C∩S≠∅ for C∈C S∈S. It has been conjectured by De Simone Körner 1999 does not contain C5, C7 C7‾ as induced subgraph. We disprove this conjecture.

We study the dynamic stability of fidelity networks, which are networks that form in a mating economy of agents of two types (say men and women), where each agent desires direct links with opposite type agents, while engaging in multiple partnerships is considered an act of infidelity. Infidelity is punished more severely for women than for men. We consider two stochastic processes in which age...