BACKGROUND Recent research indicates that temporary deteriorations of variables monitored continuously in the course of the therapeutic relationship are important characteristics of psychotherapeutic change. These so-called rupture-repair episodes were assessed by different authors using different mathematical methods. METHODS The study deals with the criteria for identifying rupture-repair e...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Despite several landmark studies, the natural history of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIA) remains uncertain. Our aim was to identify or confirm factors predictive of rupture of UIA being observed conservatively with serial CT angiography (CTA) in a North American patient population. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of patients with UIA being followed w...

Background: The objective of this study was to review the patient characteristics and operative results in patients with postinfarction ventricular septal rupture (VSR) based on infarct-related vessel.

BACKGROUND Safety analyses of transcranial therapeutic ultrasound procedures require knowledge of the dependence of the rupture probability and rupture time upon sonication parameters. As previous vessel-rupture studies have concentrated on a specific set of exposure conditions, there is a need for more comprehensive parametric studies. METHODS Probability of rupture and rupture times were me...

Accurate prediction of the intensity and variability of strong ground motions for future large earthquakes depends on our ability to simulate realistic earthquake source models. While there has been considerable progress in characterizing the complexity of earthquake ruptures, recent devastating earthquakes have exhibited rather unexpected behavior. Moderate-size events occurred with surprising...

Background Uterine rupture in a term pregnancy is an adverse and rare event with serious maternal and fetal consequences. The history of uterine septum resection is considered as a risk factor for uterine rupture. Women with such circumstances are thus recommended to be considered as having a high-risk pregnancy. Accordingly, their prenatal care should be implemented in shorter intervals during...

The Smoluchowski-Chapman-Kolmogorov functional equation is applied to the electric signals that precede rupture. The results suggest a non-Markovian character of the analyzed data. The rescaled range Hurst and detrended fluctuation analyses, as well as that related with the "mean distance a walker spanned," lead to power-law exponents, which are consistent with the existence of long-range corre...

Clinical analysis and neuropsychological criteria derived from experimental studies of human amnesic syndromes, particularly the alcoholic Korsakoff's syndrome, have been used to characterise an unusual form of amnesia that occurred in two patients after rupture of an anterior communication cerebral artery aneurysm. Intraoperative observation and multiple CT scans did not reveal focal brain dam...

AIM Intracranial aneurysm rupture is followed by high mortality and morbidity. In order to understand the aneurysm's natural course, it is necessary to recognize the predisposing factors for the rupture. MATERIAL AND METHODS Analysis included 142 operated aneurysms (94 hemorrhaging and 48 unruptured) in the period from 2008 to 2010. RESULTS The ratio between the width of the aneurysm neck a...

Uterine rupture in women undergoing trial of labor after cesarean (TOLAC) has been associated with induction and length. Contemporary definitions normal progress, based on data collected by the Consortium Safe Labor depicted Zhang’s partogram, allow for longer duration, but excluded a uterine scar. Here, we present characteristics TOLACs complicated rupture, context contemporary management guid...