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Fetal and neonatal hydronephrosis : Obstructive uropathy

Routine second trimester ultrasound screening has resulted in more infants diagnosed with antenatal hydronephrosis. Current recommendations suggest postnatal evaluation of all infants with a renal pelvic diameter >5 mm with ultrasound and voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG.) There are many etiologies of obstructive uropathy including ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction, ureterovesical junction (UVJ) obstruction, posterior urethral valves (PUV), prune belly syndrome, and vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). Obstructive uropathy can result in tubular damage and decreased nephron number. Tubular damage can result in sodium wasting, hyperkalemic acidosis, and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Most patients do not require renal replacement therapy in the neonatal period; however, chronic renal insufficiency can occur if the neonate has a significant reduction in nephron number or progressive renal damage from obstruction or infection.
Can the Central Sympathetic Blockade Profile be Advantageous in the Management of Patients with Metabolic Syndrome

Metabolic syndrome, the association of obesity, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia in conjunction with impaired glucose tolerance or frank diabetes, is a rising global pattern and has been subjected to a useful consensus re-definition in recent months. Its origins are fixed in changing dietary and activity patterns across the developed world but also increasingly affecting all developing economies. The obvious sequelae of this spiraling pattern are increases of atherosclerotic vascular disease and subsequent occlusive vascular events, morbidity and premature mortality for affected patients. Given its emerging importance we should consider carefully the role of the sympathetic nervous system in the overlapping management of the pathophysiology of obesity and hypertensive vascular disease; the recognition of the metabolic syndrome and its definition in practice; and whether new trial results pertinent to managing hypertension in the overweight patient with metabolic syndrome using the central imidazoline antagonist drug, moxonidine, might prompt reconsideration of this established strategy for lowering blood pressure.
Health-related Quality Of Life In School Children: Association With Aerobic Fitness, Physical Activity And Bmi

RESULTS: There were no differences in MVPA min/day between NW and OW adolescents (52.8 vs 45.86 min/day, respectively, p=.28). Among NW adolescents, PA self-efficacy (p=.02) and nominated friends’ MVPA (p=.02) were associated with an increase in MVPA levels, whereas there were no significant associations with MVPA levels among OW participants. OW participants had greater amounts of screen time than NW adolescents (13.1 vs 8.9 hours/week, respectively, p=.04). Among OW adolescents, nominated friends’ screen times were positively associated (p=.02) with reported screen time; no similar association was observed for NW adolescents. CONCLUSIONS: Different correlates for MVPA were observed for NW and OW adolescents, despite similar MVPA levels. Future studies should focus on increasing PA self-efficacy and friends’ MVPA in NW adolescents, while interventions to reduce screen time in OW adolescents may need to incorporate additional focus on friends’ screen time.
Heart rate, cardiac rhythm and arrhythmia in normal infants and children

Electrocardiograms from 425 healthy Nigeria children aged from birth to 5 years of age were studied to determine heart rates, cardiac rhythm and the prevalence of arrhythmias. Heart rates decreased with increasing age. The highest rates of 180/min were found in the second day of life while it was 75/min in the 3-5 years old children. Two hundred and seventy three children (64.7%) were in normal sinus rhythm while 142 (33.4%) exhibited sinus arrythmia
Factors influencing Latino participation in community‐based diabetes education

The growing Latino diabetes epidemic merits the creation of culturally‐sensitive community diabetes education programs. Dining with Diabetes (DWD) was revised as an Extension program for Iowa‐residing Latinos based on focus group (FG) discussions of Latinos with diabetes. DWD (4 weeks) was taught in Spanish, used interactive strategies and taste‐testing. Despite initial interest attendance was insufficient. Five Latino adults interested in DWD participated in a Spanish‐speaking FG examining factors influencing participation. Transcripts were analyzed for common themes. FG results suggest multi‐session, local group classes led by an engaging Spanish speaking instructor, during the summer is ideal. Participants learned of DWD through friends and Extension staff; preferred recruitment methods were Spanish radio, local health clinics, and Spanish‐print media. Barriers to DWD attendance were family and work conflicts. Results suggest that scheduling conflicts and limited use of culturally preferred recruitment methods were barriers to DWD attendance. Future nutrition programs for Latinos may be more successful if offered during summer months and if culturally‐preferred marketing strategies are utilized.
The Neuroprotective Effect of Atorvastatin on Apoptosis of Hippocampus Following Transient Global Ischemia/ Reperfusion

Background: Hippocampus CA1 cells are highly sensitive to ischemia. Because of anti-oxida­tive property, atorvastatin by eliminating free radicals and other constituent due to cell lesions prevents damages or death of intact cells. The aim of this study is to determine neuroprotective effect of atorvastatin on apoptosis of hippocampus CA1 cells in male rats. Material and Meth­ods: In an experimental study 24 male rats –Wistar adult race- were divided into four groups: Ischemic, vehicle, treatment and control. In order to make an ischemic- reperfusion model, common carotid artery was clamped bilaterally for 20 minutes. In treatment group, the first dose of Atorvastatin (10mg/kg) was injected six hours after ischemic- reperfusion and 24, 48 and 72 later intraperitoneally. Four days after ischemic- reperfusion tissue section were obtained and stained using Nissl method. Then intact healthy pyramidal CA1 hippocampus cells were counted. TUKEY and One Way ANOVA were used for analyzing the obtained results. Results: No significant difference was found in numbers of healthy intake pyramidal and apoptotic cells of CA1 hippocampus region between treatment group (10mg/kg Atorvastatin) and controls, whereas a significant reduction of these cells was observed in ischemia and vehicle groups in comparison to controls (P<0.05). Conclusion: Using 10mg/kg atorvastatin following cerebral ischemia- reperfusion has a protective effect on pyramidal cells of CA1 region in hippocampus in male rats leading to reduction of degeneration and apoptosis. [GMJ.2016;5(2):82-89]
The granin protein family in cardiac disease

258 Text: 3289 Tables: 1 Figures: 7 Corresponding author: Helge Røsjø, MD, Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Sykehusveien 27, 1478 Lørenskog, Norway. Tel: +47 915 02900 Fax: +47 67962190 e-mail: helge.rosjo@medisin.uio. no
TRATAMIENTO DEL CÁNCER DE PRÓSTATA CON BRAQUITERAPIA DE ALTA TASA COMO MONOTERAPIA RESULTADOS PRELIMINARES

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: The brachytherapy for prostate cancer has taken in the last years a critical role and front line in the treatment of patients with prostate cancer diagnoses with disease confined. In this report we want to show the experience and preliminary result of the high dose rate as mono-therapy in the prostate cancer treatment of low risk in the patients treated with the Unit of Radiation Oncology GURVE Medical Institute la Floresta. METHOD: A total of 58 patients have been treated since September 2008, all the cases with localized disease in the prostate cancer and values of prostatic antigen around 10 ng, Gleason 7 or less. The prostatic volume calculated with value less than 50 cm3, Ipss less than 15. RESULTS: The global survival rate at 3 years is 100 %, with free survival rate of biochemical recurrence of 98.28 %. The main complicated acute was dysuria 19 %. There was no case of urinary retention. As chronic complicated the most frequently reported was the oligospermia in 9 %. CONCLUSIONS: It is still early to provide final conclusions of our experience with brachytherapy high-dose rate as monotherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer patients with a low risk. However the preliminary analysis predicts a magnificent outcome of the proceedings with an excellent control local, bothersome biochemist, introauction complications and excellent tolerance, similar to results of international literature.
Evaluación de la aptitud cardiopulmonar en individuos con hemiparesia tras accidente vascular encefálico

FUNDAMENTO: Debido a la hemiparesia, la evaluacion de la aptitud cardiorrespiratoria de individuos despues de accidente vascular encefalico (AVE), por medio de pruebas ergometricas con protocolos convencionales, se ha vuelto en un reto. OBJETIVO: Llevar a cabo prueba cardiopulmonar (PCP) en hemipareticos para una evaluacion pre participacion que busca una criteriosa prescripcion de ejercicio aerobico. METODOS: Participaron en el estudio 8 individuos con hemiparesia cronica, que se sometieron a PCP realizado con protocolo individualizado en rampa, desarrollado a partir de la informacion de la velocidad de marcha de los individuos previamente evaluados en prueba de pista. Se considero como la propuesta de inclinacion variando entre el 0% y el 10%, velocidad inicial correspondiente a un 70% del ritmo de caminata confortable y velocidad maxima el 40% superior a la velocidad maxima en la prueba de pista, en la expectativa de que el PCP, con este incremento gradual y constante de la intensidad, durase entre 6 y 8 minutos RESULTADOS: El 100% de los evaluados, la motivacion para la interrupcion de la prueba fue fatiga periferica. El VO2 de pico alcanzado fue de 20,6 ± 5,7 ml/kg.min. Se identifico el Umbral I en todos los examenes, situandose en 82,64 ± 4,78% de la FC de pico y 73,31 ± 4,97% del VO2 de pico. El cociente respiratorio (R) del grupo fue de 0,96 ± 0,09, y tres de los 8 individuos (37,5%) alcanzaron R superior a 1,00, siendo el umbral II identificado en estos sujetos. Se encontraron relaciones positivas entre variables del PCP y scores de equilibrio, desempeno en la prueba de marcha de 6 minutos y velocidad de marcha en el suelo. CONCLUSION: La prueba se revelo util para prescripcion de actividad fisica en estos individuos.
GUIDELINES Management of hip fracture in adults: summary of NICE guidance

This is one of a series of BMI summaries of new guidelines based on the best available evidence; they highlight important recommendations for clinical practice, especially where uncertainty or controversy exists. Further information about the guidance, a list of members of the guideline development group, and the supportingevidence statements are in the full version on bmj.com. Hip fracture resulting from a fall from standing height or lower in people with osteoporosis or osteopenia (fragil ity fracture) is major, growing health problem associated with population ageing. It has an annual UK incidence of 70-75 000, with a medical and social care cost of about £2bn (€2.3bn; $3.3bn),' and one month and one year mortality of about 10% and 30% respectively2 (usually resulting from comorbidity rather than from the fracture itself). A compre hensive multidisciplinary approach, avoidance of delay, and continuity of management are needed from presentation to follow-up, including after transition from hospital back into the community. This article summarises the most recent recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) on the management of hip fracture.3 The recommen dations are for all adults but are based on surgical, anaes thetic, and orthogeriatric evidence and expertise acquired among older patients (the group in whom hip fracture is most common). Prevention of hip fracture is covered by other NICE guidance (on falls" and osteoporosis5').
Slower Compilation Times + Generates High Quality Code + Utilizes Profiling Information Optimizing Compiler Compiler Traits Baseline Compiler Optimizing Compiler Compilation Cycle

Byte addressable, Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) is emerging as a revolutionary technology that provides near-DRAM performance and scalable memory capacity. To facilitate the usability of NVM, new programming frameworks have been proposed to automatically or semi-automatically maintain crash-consistent data structures, relieving much of the burden of developing persistent applications from programmers. While these new frameworks greatly improve programmer productivity, they also require many runtime checks for correct execution on persistent objects, which significantly affect the application performance. With a characterization study of various workloads, we find that the overhead of these persistence checks in these programmer-friendly NVM frameworks can be substantial and reach up to 214%. Furthermore, we find that programs nearly always access exclusively either a persistent or a non-persistent object at a given site, making the behavior of these checks highly predictable. In this paper, we propose QuickCheck, a technique that biases persistence checks based on their expected behavior, and exploits speculative optimizations to further reduce the overheads of these persistence checks. We evaluate QuickCheck with a variety of data intensive applications such as a keyvalue store. Our experiments show that QuickCheck improves the performance of a persistent Java framework on average by 48.2% for applications that do not require data persistence, and by 8.0% for a persistent memcached implementation running YCSB. CCS Concepts •Hardware→ Non-volatile memory; • Software and its engineering → Just-in-time compilers; Source code generation.
A TASK CQNTROL ARCHITECTURE FOR AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS

We present an architecture for controlling robots tha~ 'nave multiple tasks, operate in dynamic dol.alns, and require a fair degree of autonomy. The architecture is bu~lt on several layers of functionality, including a distributed commualca-tion layer, a behavior layer for querying sensors. expanding goals. and executing commmdr, and a task level for managlnp the temporal aspects of planning and achieving goals, coorc(. inating tasks. allocating resources, monitoring, and recovering from er:ors. Application to a lcggeo planetary rover and an indoor mobile manipulator is described.
Loss of phosphodiesterase 10 A expression is associated with progression and severity in Parkinson ’ s disease

The mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration and loss of dopaminergic signalling in Parkinson’s disease are still only partially understood. Phosphodiesterase 10A (PDE10A) is a basal ganglia expressed dual substrate enzyme, which regulates cAMP and cGMP signalling cascades, thus having a key role in the regulation of dopaminergic signalling in striatal pathways, and in promoting neuronal survival. This study aimed to assess in vivo the availability of PDE10A in patients with Parkinson’s disease using positron emission tomography molecular imaging with C-IMA107, a highly selective PDE10A radioligand. We studied 24 patients with levodopa-treated, moderate to advanced Parkinson’s disease. Their positron emission tomography imaging data were compared to those from a group of 12 healthy controls. Parametric images of C-IMA107 binding potential relative to nondisplaceable binding (BPND) were generated from the dynamic C-IMA107 scans using the simplified reference tissue model with the cerebellum as the reference tissue. Corresponding region of interest analysis showed lower mean C-IMA107 BPND in the caudate (P50.001), putamen (P5 0.001) and globus pallidus (P = 0.025) in patients with Parkinson’s disease compared to healthy controls, which was confirmed with voxel-based analysis. Longer Parkinson’s duration correlated with lower C-IMA107 BPND in the caudate (r = 0.65; P = 0.005), putamen (r = 0.51; P = 0.025), and globus pallidus (r = 0.47; P = 0.030). Higher Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale part-III motor scores correlated with lower C-IMA107 BPND in the caudate (r = 0.54; P = 0.011), putamen (r = 0.48; P = 0.022), and globus pallidus (r = 0.70; P50.001). Higher Unified Dyskinesia Rating Scale scores in those Parkinson’s disease with levodopa-induced dyskinesias (n = 12), correlated with lower C-IMA107 BPND in the caudate (r = 0.73; P = 0.031) and putamen (r = 0.74; P = 0.031). Our findings demonstrate striatal and pallidal loss of PDE10A expression, which is associated with Parkinson’s duration and severity of motor symptoms and complications. PDE10A is an enzyme that could be targeted with novel pharmacotherapy, and this may help improve dopaminergic signalling and striatal output, and therefore alleviate symptoms and complications of Parkinson’s disease.
Modeling of cargo transport via molecular motors

The motor protein kinesin-1 plays an essential role in transporting cellular cargoes within eukaryotic cells. When bound to a microtubule in the presence of ATP, kinesin-1 motors repeatedly take steps along the microtubule’s protofilaments. A group of kinesins “walking” together can cooperatively transport various cellular cargo over relatively long distances. While much is known about the transport by individual kinesin-1 molecules, very little is known about the specific mechanisms of cooperative kinesin-based transport. Here, we developed a two-dimensional stochastic model of cargo transport via multiple kinesins and compared our simulation results with experimental data. The simulation focuses on the modeling of quantum dot cargoes transported along a microtubule. We found that high motor densities lead to increased run lengths, increased association times and decreased velocities, and that our stochastic model recapitulates experimental data reasonably well.
The Influences of Student and Institutional Characteristics on Two-Year College Student Attrition in Korea.

This longitudinal study examined the drop-out rates of two-year college students in Korea and explored which characteristics influence student attrition. In 1996, a pilot study was undertaken in 18 schools, with a cohort of 1,865 students. This study involved questionnaires and in-depth interviews with 18 students. In 1998 and 1999, for the final study, another survey was distributed to 1,662 students with the same questions. Results indicated that: (1) four individual independent variables had significant effects on dropout-grades, mother's job, parents' financial contribution, and plans to transfer to another college; (2) there was a greater tendency to drop out among female students, which appeared to be influenced by reduced parental financial aid; (3) male students' educational aspirations exceeded those of females; (4) male students' dropout may be categorized as "positive attrition"-while temporarily out of college, it is assumed that male students are preparing to enter a four-year college; this is not so for female dropouts; (5) academic integration into the institution was a significant influence for females but not for males; and (6) most students perceived two-year colleges to be located at the bottom of the academic hierarchy, which contributed to their feeling of being second-class students. (Contains 59 references.) (EMH) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. The influences of student and institutional characteristics on two-year college student attrition in Korea Paper presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association April, 2002 New Orleans Part of the paper session in International Relations Committee U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) A-This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. Soo yeon Kim, Ph.D. Department of Education, College of Education Ewha Womans University 11-1 Daehyun Dong, Seodaemun Gu Seoul, Korea 120-750 Ph. (82 -2) 3277-4330 Fax (82-2) 3277-2727 E-mail: mirinea@ewha.ac. kr ESTCOPYAVAILABLE 2 PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY
Cu2O/CuO photocathode with improved stability for photoelectrochemical water reduction

A p-type cuprous oxide (Cu2O) photocathode covered with a thin layer of cupric oxide (CuO) was prepared by fast annealing of a copper foil via H2–O2 flame. The as-prepared composite photocathode is characteristic of a junction structure formed between the (110) plane of Cu2O and the (111) plane of CuO. The Cu2O/CuO composite photocathode showed improved stability for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water reduction by increasing the coverage of CuO on Cu2O.
Case Report : Nodding Syndrome , Western Uganda , 1994

Nodding syndrome (NS) is a poorly understood condition, which was delineated in 2008 as a new epilepsy syndrome. So far, confirmed cases of NS have been observed in three circumscribed African areas: southern Tanzania, southern Sudan, and northern Uganda. Case–control studies have provided evidence of an association between NS and infection with Onchocerca volvulus, but the causation of NS is still not fully clarified. We report a case of a 15-year old boy with head nodding seizures and other characteristic features of NS from an onchocerciasis endemic area in western Uganda, with no contiguity to the hitherto known areas. We suggest that the existence of NS should be systematically investigated in other areas.
Digital WPI Major Qualifying Projects ( All Years ) Major Qualifying Projects June 2016 Biological Models With Time Delay

This Major Qualifying Project can be divided into three main chapters. For each chapter, we studied three different mathematical models, which are the Logistic Growth model, the SIR model and the Chemostat model. These biological mathematical models all have time delay in part of their processes. Based on the specific phenomenological assumptions, we have different ways of building up the model through ordinary differential equations. In this way, we can push the basic model into a more realistic level. The goal of this project is to investigate three models with time delay. Specifically to perform phase plane analysis and find the concept of Basic Reproduction Number (denoted by R0) for SIR model with time delay. We will also perform global sensitivity analysis for each model and study how uncertainty in the output of each model can be attributed to different sources of uncertainty in the model input. Applications for each model with time delay will be provided in this project with numerical results.
Attributes of Knowledge a Transfer Scenario

The inference of causal ambiguity of the knowledge itself is of primary importance, since the inability to map relationships between a capability and a performance outcome is widely regarded as a commonality, thus, is a direct effect from successful or unsuccessful knowledge transfer. Contemporary literature identifies a perspective definition of what role these relationship concepts play in human cognitive understanding of knowledge and any underpinning relationship characteristics, only that they may exist to interfere with the transfer of knowledge at some obscure point. Most literature assumes this myopic biased view regarding actors interaction surrounding knowledge interpretation, as a consequence, performance differences between groups or businesses are often examined by simply using prescriptive asymmetries linked to knowledge transfer success, but without definition of success. With this view in mind, we will therefore examine various literature perspectives in which both business success and competitive advantage are linked to knowledge transfer.