Background: Lateral epicondylitis (LE) most commonly affects the Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis (ECRB) tendon andpatients are generally treated with injection therapy. For optimal positioning of the injection, as well as an estimation ofthe surface area and content of the ECRB tendon to determine the volume of the injectable needed, it is important toknow the exact location of...

Cycle-linear hybrid automata (CLHAs), a new model of excitable cells that efficiently and accurately captures action-potential morphology and other typical excitable-cell characteristics such as refractoriness and restitution, is introduced. Hybrid automata combine discrete transition graphs with continuous dynamics and emerge in a natural way during the (piecewise) approximation process of any...

Developments in computer-mediated communications are not only providing new opportunities for educators but also changing roles and competencies in learning and teaching environments. Experts agree that teaching online requires different roles and competencies. The literature includes several studies on roles and competencies for online teaching. However, as Le Boterf underlines, roles and comp...

Lysosomal membrane glycoprotein (lamp)-1 and lamp-2 are the most abundant glycoproteins within the lysosomal membrane. A small amount of lamp-1 and lamp-2 molecules, however, can be present on the cell surface. We have shown previously that highly metastatic colonic carcinoma L4 cells express more lamp-1 and lamp-2 on the cell surface than low metastatic SP cells (Saitoh, O., Wang, W.-L., Lotan...

organophosphorus compounds are known to inhibit the esteratic site of acetylcholinesterase by phosphorylation. the phosphorylated esteratic site of acetylcholinesterase undergoes hydrolytic regeneration at a slow or negligible rate. nucleophilic agents such as hydroxytamine, hydroxamic acids, and oximes reactivate the enzyme more erapidfy than does spontaneous hydrolysis. the red cell cholinest...

Large scale distributed le systems supporting 100s to 1000s of hosts are becoming increasingly important as distributed systems rapidly grow in scale. Our examination of the workload in one large commercial environment shows that widespread sharing of unstable les is also common in such large systems. This increase in scale and sharing places a heavy load on critical resources such as le server...

The sensitivity of a reagent strip test for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis by detecting circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) in urine was evaluated under field conditions using 251 stool and urine samples collected from a Schistosoma mansoni-endemic area of Ethiopia. The specificity of the test was evaluated in an area where schistosomiasis is not endemic. Stool samples were examined microscopi...