The manipulation of the structure of phospholipid-based mesophases to induce a slow to fast drug release profile has potential for use in therapeutic situations where continuous absorption of drug is not desirable and reduce the frequency of injection for short acting or rapidly cleared drugs in treatments for diseases such as macular degeneration. This study had two aims; firstly to confirm th...

This paper describes the changes in Austrian regional administration from 1918 to 1925, distinguishing four periods (before 1918, 1918–1920, 1920–1925, since 1925). Several problems were discussed during all these periods: The term ‘double track’ was criticised (as manipulatory), and desired ‘democratisation’ of stood against idea its (judicial) responsibility parliament. Another pr...

s and/or oral presentations presented at American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2010, 2011 and 2012: 1. Pickens SR, Volin MV, Mandelin II AM, Shahrara S. Local expression of IL-27 ameliorate collagen induced arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 714: S298, 2010. Oral presentation 2. Pickens SR, Volin MV, Pope RM, Mandelin II AM, Shahrara S. Characterization of CCR7 and its ligands CCL19 and CCL21 in rheum...

To the Editor: While reviewing the scientific literature concerning the Materia Medica contained in Sherlock Holmes' adventures, I have fallen upon 2 articles published 2 decades ago in The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. Both articles reported a case of suicide disguised as a homicide, one in Poland and the other in the United States. Correctly, authors pointed out that th...

PATIENT Female, 14 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Postobstructive pulmonary edenma Symptoms: Chest indrawing • bilateral pulmonary crepitations • tachypnea MEDICATION - Clinical Procedure: Controlled ventilatory support • positive end expiratory pressure Specialty: Intensive care. OBJECTIVE Unusual clinical course. BACKGROUND Postobstructive pulmonary edema (POPE) is a life-threatening complication tha...

INTRODUCTION Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) constitutes a major health challenge in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. However, clinical phenotypes, symptom load, and treatment habits of patients with COPD in CEE countries remain largely unknown. This paper provides a rationale for phenotyping COPD and describes the methodology of a large study in CEE. METHODS/DESIGN ...

‎In The endoscopic classification of representations‎‎, ‎J‎. ‎Arthur has proved the Langlands' classification for discrete series of p-adic classical groups‎. ‎This uses endoscopy and twisted endoscopy‎. ‎In this very short note‎, ‎we remark that the normalization ‎$‎rm‎grave{a}‎$‎ la Langlands-Shahidi of the intertwining operators‎, ‎allows to avoid endoscopy‎. ‎This is based on the intertwini...

Noam Chomsky argues that only a meager percentage of the world, consisting of mainly large corporations and developed nations, prosper from globalization. As stated in Immanuel Wallerstein’s World-System Theory, the modern system of the world, which is constructed according to the economic status of nations, can be divided into three levels: the core, the semi-periphery, and the periphery. Whil...

The success of many activities of modern civilization crucially depends on careful planning. Some activities should be carried out during a certain period of the year. For example: When is the right time of the year to sow, when is the right time to plow? It is thus no surprise that calendars are found in literally every ancient civilization. The earth revolves around the sun in about 365.2422 ...