Their experience had shown that the weakest part of the prosthesis was the bone implant interface. Their studies had shown that there were defects in the laminations beneath the collar and beneath the lower part of the stem. They had developed the larger straight stemmed prosthesis. This provided better weight transmission and the large size of the prosthesis filled to a large part the cavity o...

The distribution of total plasma homocysteine concentrations in relation to the sex and age is described, in a population of Shiraz, South West of Iran and compared to those reported in other populations.  Two hundred and one healthy males and 201 healthy females aged >15 y were randomly selected.  Total Plasma homocysteine concentrations were measured using high performance liquid chromatograp...

Leg Equalization by Epiphyseal Arrest 1952-1970 Mr. J. G. H. James (Cardiff and Neath) reviewed a personal series of 246 cases of leg disparity: 114 had been followed to maturity and 67 cases of epiphyseal stapling were analysed in detail. The intention was to staple one or both epiphyses under direct vision with accurate placement of the posterior femoral and lateral tibial staples particularl...

Fifty-nine patients with ureteric obstruction were divided into 2 groups, determined by the severity of the insult received by the affected kidney. In each renogram the slope of the second phase of the curve of the affected kidney was expressed as a percentage of that of the normal kidney, and termed the 'function index'. The transit time for the affected kidney was expressed as a multiple of t...

two new species of the genus duvalius delarouzã©e from south west iran and one new perileptus schaum from south east iran are described. duvalius koeni sp. n. was collected in khuzestan and duvalius mohammadzadehi sp. n. in fars. the species are compared with d. hetschkoi matilei deuve. perileptus jelineki sp. n. was collected in baluchestan and hormozgan, and compared with other perileptus spe...

We wish to acknowledge the assistance that we received from the following people and organizations. First, we thank the University of South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, funded by the Office of Rural Health Policy, for sponsoring the study and the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the West Virginia Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for agreeing to prov...

The diplomatic ties between Africa and Southeast Asia (SEA) have historically been sporadic and erratic. The only country in the SEA that the first decades after independence maintained a relatively narrower link to some African countries was Indonesia, because of political and ideological reasons. Today, trade has gained momentum, being South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria, the largest trading part...

This study describes the geochemical distribution of lead (Pb) and identifies the critical factors that significantly control Pb distribution and speciation in coastal and estuarine sediments around India by using published data from the literature. Crustal sources influence the abundance of Pb in coastal sediment from the south-east and central-west coast of India. Parts of north-east, north-w...