The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of orthodontic malocclusion with periodontal status, dental caries, and sociodemographic status. Our study population consisted of a sample of 836 school children (384 male and 452 female, aged 11-14 years). Four experienced orthodontists and two experienced periodontists performed the clinical examinations. The Treatment Priority Index (T...

The present work gives an insight into some key measurement and signal processing considerations in terahertz pulsed imaging (TPI). TPI is increasingly used for the measurement of the spatial variation of coating thickness on coated solid dosage forms. The potential of TPI for the assessment of coating thickness distributions and the use in process development is described in recent literature....

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to evaluate the utility of the stroke thrombolytic predictive instrument (s-TPI) in predicting clinical outcome in patients with acute ischaemic stroke treated with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA). METHODS The study assessed the external validity of the s-TPI in 301 consecutive stroke patients treated with intravenous t-PA. Clinical outcome...

First-trimester prenatal diagnosis was undertaken by chorionic villus DNA analysis in two unrelated families with the inherited glycolytic disorder triosephosphate isomerase (TPI) deficiency. The propositus in each family was shown to be homozygous for a missense mutation (GAG + GAC) at codon 104 of the TPI gene. In the first case the fetus was heterozygous for the codon 104 mutation and therefore

Ten normal, non-asthmatic subjects performed an 18 min graduated exercise test on a static exercise bicycle on 3 separate days. They received either no medication, or propranolol 80 mg orally 2 h before, or ipratropium bromide 0.216 mg by inhalation 30 min before, the start of exercise. With no medication, transpulmonary index (TPI), a measure of airway resistance, fell linearly during exercise...

TPI ist eine weltweit anerkannte Methode zur Testprozessverbesserung. Ein internationales Autorenteam der Firma Sogeti hat zum 17. November 2009 eine neue, völlig überarbeitete Version der Methode angekündigt. Als eine Qualitätssicherungsmaßnahme wurden im August mehrere Feldtests bei Testorganisationen durchgeführt, unter anderem drei in Deutschland. Der Beitrag erläutert die ersten Erfahrunge...

INTRODUCTION Clinical practice guidelines recommend different levels of dietary protein intake in predialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. It is unknown how effectively these recommendations perform in a multi-ethnic Asian population, with varied cultural beliefs and diets. We assess the profi le of protein intake in a multi-ethnic Asian population, comparing healthy participants and ...

Serum a-thiol protease inhibitor (a-TPI) concentration was assayed by radial immunodiffusion in normal subjects, pregnant women, and in a wide variety of diseases. The normal concentration (448 (SD 75) mg/1) increased significantly (p < 0 001) in pregnancy to 575 (89) mg/I, and in prostatic cancer treated by oestrogens to 666 (87) mg/l. Inconsistent changes were observed in inflammatory and mal...

Although the treponema immobilization test (TPI) is often an essential requirement in reaching a diagnosis, and as soon as facilities permit should be done in every case of syphilis, it is not inviolable. It would be wrong, for example, to delay treatment in an otherwise undoubted case of syphilitic optic atrophy or general paralysis of the insane simply to await the results of this test. Equal...

Population samples from Angola, Mozambique, and S. Tomé e Príncipe were screened for the TPI gene promoter variants -5A-->G, -8G-->A and -24T-->G. Three haplotypes were identified in the three populations: the haplotype -5A-8G-24T (average frequency 65.3%) and two less common haplotypes -5G-8G-24T (average frequency 24.7%) and -5G-8A-24T (average frequency 10.0%). A population sample from Centr...