BACKGROUND Peptide patterns of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were assumed to reflect the complex pathology of acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) better than clinical and inflammatory parameters and may be superior for outcome prediction. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS A training group of patients suffering from ALI/ARDS was compiled from equal numbers of ...

This article aims to analyze the social status, role and artworks of women artists in a society which defined itself as egalitarian utopian, through case study on Israeli kibbutz. My argument is that kibbutz express genderlessness, by Erik Olin Wright (2011). A social-historic analysis status artists, an artistic Idit Levavi Gabai, Marion Fuchs Tzila Liss, will demonstrate how kibbutz, at least...

Limb shortening is a problem associated with surgery for osteosarcoma of the lower extremity in adolescents, as the tumors frequently occur near the epiphysis. Herein we report the use of a less invasive stabilization system (LISS) and an intermittent fixation method to preserve the growth function of epiphysis in an 11-year-old patient with an osteosarcoma of the distal femur.The 11-year-old m...

© 2002 WILEY-LISS, INC. DOI: 10.1002/humu.9036 Received 17 January 2002; revised manuscript accepted 26 February 2002. A HOXA13 Allele With a Missense Mutation in the Homeobox and a Dinucleotide Deletion in the Promoter Underlies Guttmacher Syndrome Jeffrey W. Innis, Frances R. Goodman, Chiara Bacchelli, Thomas M. Williams, Douglas P. Mortlock, Praveen Sateesh, Peter J. Scambler, Wendy McKinnon...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: RoBANS: Risk of Bias Assessment Tool for Non-Randomized Studies; MIN: Intramedullary Nailing; LISS: Less Invasive Stabilization System; PRISMA: Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis; WHO: World Health Organization; ICTRP: International Clinical Trials Registry Platform; ISRCTN: International Standard Rando...

BACKGROUND The locking plates are often used for internal fixation of closed tibial fractures. The use of a locking plate as an external fixator is still controversial, particularly for closed fractures. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the results of external fixation using the femoral less invasive stabilization system (LISS) plate in proximal metaphyseal fractures of the tibia. MET...