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Craniorachischisis Totalis with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia—A Rare Presentation of Fryns Syndrome

ABSTRACT Fryns syndrome is a multiple congenital anomaly syndrome with an autosomal recessive inheritance. Here we describe the autopsy case findings of a 19-week male fetus, born out of a consanguineous marriage. The dissection revealed left-sided diaphragmatic hernia, resulting in pulmonary hypoplasia and shift of heart to the right side. In addition, anencephaly and spina bifida throughout the vertebral column were observed. All six criteria for Fryns syndrome were met. Such a presentation of Fryns syndrome associated with Craniorachischisis Totalis has not been reported so far. We have also tabulated the overlapping features of some multiple congenital anomaly syndromes that need to be distinguished at autopsy for an accurate diagnosis.
Comparing Jumping Ability Among Athletes of Various Sports: Vertical Drop Jumping From 60 Centimeters

&NA; Kollias, I. , V. Panoutsakopoulos, and G. Papaiakovou. Comparing jumping ability among athletes of various sports: Vertical drop jumping from 60 centimeters. J. Strength Cond. Res. 18(3):546–550. 2004. —Drop jumping performance (DJP) is of high importance in order to achieve sporting performance in both team and individual sports. The purpose of the present study was to compare DJP among athletes from various sports. One hundred thirty‐eight male athletes (age: 22.3 ± 3.6 years, body height: 1.87 ± 0.08 m, body mass: 81.8 ± 10.8 kg) from 6 different sports performed drop jumps from 60 cm (DJ60) on a force plate. Results revealed that volleyball players jumped higher (p < 0.001) than other athletes. However, track and field athletes produced higher peak force and higher power output using a shorter upward phase (p < 0.001). Further examination using principal components analysis (PCA) revealed that team sport athletes and single scull rowers exhibited DJP utilizing force and time parameters differently than track and field athletes. Conclusively, DJP was different among athletes of various sports. Furthermore, PCA can be a useful method for evaluating the above mentioned differences and for monitoring drop jumping training programs.
A strong inapproximability gap for a generalization of minimum bisection

As a problem with similar properties to minimum bisection, we consider the following: given a homogeneous system of linear equations over Z/sub 2/, with exactly k variables in each equation, find a balanced assignment that minimizes the number of satisfied equations. A balanced assignment is one which contains an equal number of 0s and 1s. When k=2, this is the minimum bisection problem. We consider the case k=3. In this case, it is NP-complete to determine whether the object function is zero [U. Feige, (2003)], so the problem is not approximable at all. However, we prove that it is NP-hard to determine distinguish between the cases that all but a fraction /spl epsi/ of the equations can be satisfied and that at least a fraction 1/4-/spl epsi/ of all equations cannot be satisfied. A similar result for minimum bisection would imply that the problem is hard to approximate within any constant. For the problem of approximating the maximum number of equations satisfied by a balanced assignment, this implies that the problem is NP-hard to approximate within 4/3-/spl epsi/, for any /spl epsi/>0.
Unsupervised Vocabulary Selection for Domain-Independent Simultaneous Lecture Translation

In this work, we investigate methods to automatically adapt our simultaneous lecture translation systems to the diverse topics that occur in educational lectures. Utilizing materials that are available before the lecture begins, such as lecture slides, our proposed framework iteratively searches for related documents on the World Wide Web and generates lecture-speciﬁc models and vocabularies based on the resulting documents. In this paper, we propose a novel method for vocabulary selection, a critical aspect of simultaneous translation systems where the occurrence of out-of-vocabulary words signiﬁ-cantly degrades intelligibility. We propose a novel approach based on feature-based ranking and evaluate the effectiveness of 21 different features and their combinations for this task. On the interACT German-English simultaneous lecture translation system our proposed approach signiﬁcantly improved vocabulary coverage, reducing out-of-vocabulary rate, on average by 60% and up to 84% , compared to a lecture-independent baseline. Furthermore, a 40k vocabulary selected using our method obtained better coverage than a lecture-independent 300k vocabulary, improving intelligibility and reducing the latency of the end-to-end system.
Association Between Dioxins/Furans Exposures and Incinerator Workers’ Hepatic Function and Blood Lipids

Learning ObjectivesRecall the clinical abnormalities reported in epidemiological studies to be more frequent in workers at waste incinerating plants.Identify any associations between high or low blood levels of dioxins/furans and altered blood lipid levels.Describe the changes in liver enzymes, if any, associated with high exposure of waste-burning workers, and note any interactive effect of dioxins/furans and hepatitis B infection on enzyme levels. This study examined the effects of dioxins/furans on blood lipids and hepatic function and assessed potential interaction between hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and dioxins on hepatic function for 133 male workers of municipal waste incinerators. We found that total cholesterol levels in workers with blood dioxins/furans levels of 15.4–59.0 pg TEQ/g lipid (high-exposure workers) averaged 13.5 mg/dL higher than workers with 5.5–15.3 pg TEQ/g lipid (low-exposure workers). The adjusted odds ratio for total cholesterol abnormality (>220 mg/dL) was 2.8 (95% confidence interval = 1.0–7.9) between high and low-exposure workers. High-exposure workers showed consistently, although not statistically significantly, higher abnormality in &ggr;-glutamyltransferase (>52 U/L), alanine aminotransferase (>41 U/L), and aspartate aminotransferase (>37 U/L) than did low-exposure workers. However, there was no statistically significant interaction between dioxins/furans and HBV on these hepatic enzymes among incinerator workers.
What is the optimal age for starting lipid lowering treatment? A mathematical model

Coronary heart disease is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in industrialised countries. The Framingham cohort study has identified the quantitative impact of different risk factors and their interactions,1–3 and large intervention studies have confirmed that drug treatment to reduce risk factors decreases progression to heart attack and stroke.4 5 However, with this increased understanding have come additional problems. The treatments to reduce cholesterol concentrations or blood pressure are often expensive, and the population that might benefit is vast. Indeed if every individual who might benefit was treated with a statin or fibrate, a large portion of the total drugs budget would be consumed.6 Thus some form of rationing is inevitable, and various recommendations have emerged in an attempt to contain cost while targeting treatment at those who stand to gain the most. Current UK policy recommends treatment should be offered to anyone with an absolute annual risk of 3% or more.7 Others, however, favour a 1.5%-2% absolute threshold before beginning treatment, 8 9 and some have argued that estimates of relative risk should form the basis for treatment guidelines.10 Since age is the major determinant of absolute risk, treatment thresholds based on absolute risk will tend to postpone treatment to older age, whereas guidelines based on relative risk will tend to lead to treatment of younger people. #### Summary points Lipid lowering drugs are expensive and the population that might benefit from treatment is potentially vast Current guidelines recommend targeting treatment to those who will gain the most; gain being cardiovascular events avoided over a fixed period of 5 or 10 years Modeling of lifetime risk of cardiovascular disease suggests that many individuals will have accumulated most of their risk before they become eligible for treatment It is possible to predict an age at …
THE MECHANISM OF CLAVICULAR FRACTURE

A consecutive series of 150 patients with clavicular fractures is presented. In 81% detailed information regarding the mechanism of the injury was available and, of these, 94% had fractured their clavicle from a direct blow on the shoulder; only 6% had fallen on the outstretched hand. This finding, at variance with commonly held views regarding the mechanism of this injury, was further investigated by biomechanical analysis of the forces involved in clavicular fractures. The biomechanical model supported the clinical findings.
Subarachnoid hemorrhage due to cerebral aneurysmal rupture during pregnancy

Cerebral aneurysmal complications rarely occur during pregnancy. Telling the difference between eclampsia and cerebral hemorrhage due to aneurysmal rupture can prove to be difficult. Aneurysmal management should be performed in an emergency but fetal prognosis should be considered. We report a series of eight pregnant women presenting aneurysmal complications and we have assessed their management and outcome. Both maternal and perinatal mortality rates were correlated with the maternal clinical score. We stress the role of combined care by both neurosurgeons and obstetricians. An emergency cesarean section followed by aneurysmal treatment appears to be a widely accepted strategy in pregnant women with cerebral aneurysmal complications.
Passive radars utilizing pulse radars as illuminators of opportunity

Much of the current research on passive radar is focused on the exploitation of commercial emitters providing continues wave illumination of surveillance area. It is also possible to exploit another kind of the illuminator - pulse surveillance radar. This paper presents the concept of passive radar exploiting the mechanically scanned foe and friend radars for providing extended radar surveillance. The paper presents theoretical analyses of coverage of single passive radar, the set of single active radars and a number of passive radars for different data fusion schemata. The results of real-life experiments conducted are also presented.
Routines and Creativity: From Dualism to Duality

Whereas scholars have historically treated routines and creativity as contradictory concepts, I adopt a dynamic ontology of routines that recasts them as a duality. Using data from a case study at a midsize retail organization, I theorize that artifacts, auxiliary routines, and external comparisons shape the enactment of routines that accomplish seemingly contradictory patterns of novelty and familiarity. From this analysis, I theorize two mechanisms—personalizing and depersonalizing—to explain how enacting a routine can produce patterns that allow an organization to achieve recognizable creativity on an ongoing basis. The findings contribute to research by theorizing the routine as a central concept that explains the ongoing accomplishment of recognizable creativity. By theorizing routines as an inherent part of creativity, and creativity as an inherent part of routines, I shift the way that scholars have traditionally viewed how organizations foster creativity among employees. For routine dynamics research, this study elaborates on the agency of routine actors who skillfully integrate their idiosyncratic backgrounds and experiences with the routine in ways that create complex patterns. It also unpacks the pivotal role of broader contexts and nonroutine actors in shaping routines.
Quality assessment of watermarked 3D polygonal models

In this paper, we present the design and results of subjective tests for evaluating the perceptibility of digital watermarks in 3D polygonal models. Based on the results we investigate different types of metrics with respect to their usefulness as predictors for the perceived visual quality of models that have been modified using a specific watermarking algorithm. We describe two experiments with models that have been watermarked using controlled free form deformations. The first experiment was conducted in supervised mode with still images of rendered models as stimuli and used the Two Alternative Forced Choice (2AFC) method. The second experiment was based on animated sequences and run in 2AFC mode with additional ratings of the perceived differences, but without assistance by the experimenter. We present a transparency analysis of the results and investigate the ability of image-based and geometry-based metrics to predict the perceived quality of the watermarked models. Our results show that the effectiveness of prediction depends on the type of model and in particular on the feature positions selected by the watermarking algorithm. The results of previous experiments with simplified polygonal models are confirmed, in that geometric measures are good predictors of quality ratings. We found that the symmetric Haussdorf distance is a promising candidate to evaluate the visual impact of the watermarking algorithm used in our experiments.
Anti-Mullerian Hormone Is a Significant Marker for Male Infertility

To evaluate serum anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) in men with normal, reduced sperm concentration and in azoospermic men as a possible clinical marker of male factor infertility. Prospective study Private clinic of Dr. Yasir Al-Wattar and Al-Batool Teaching Hospital in Mosul. This study was conducted on one hundred male subjects aged less than 50 years for the period from July to November 2011, infertile men were classified according to their sperm count into oligospermics (n=28) and azoospermics(n=47), twenty five men were normal (n=25). Serum concentrations of FSH and Testosterone were measured using ELISA, serum Anti-Mullerian hormone concentrations were measured using AMH/MIS enzyme linked immunosorbant assay kit. Significant differences in serum AMH, FSH and Testosterone concentrations were found between normal, oligospermic & azoospermic men. AMH negatively correlated with FSH in oligospermic and azoospermic men and positively with testosterone in azoospermics and negatively with testosterone in oligospermics. Anti-Mullerian hormone should be evaluated in patients with oligospermia and azoospermia, it may serve as a marker of male infertility.
Germline Mutations in the BRIP1, BARD1, PALB2, and NBN Genes in Women With Ovarian Cancer.

BACKGROUND Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynecological malignancy, responsible for 13 000 deaths per year in the United States. Risk prediction based on identifying germline mutations in ovarian cancer susceptibility genes could have a clinically significant impact on reducing disease mortality. METHODS Next generation sequencing was used to identify germline mutations in the coding regions of four candidate susceptibility genes-BRIP1, BARD1, PALB2 and NBN-in 3236 invasive EOC case patients and 3431 control patients of European origin, and in 2000 unaffected high-risk women from a clinical screening trial of ovarian cancer (UKFOCSS). For each gene, we estimated the prevalence and EOC risks and evaluated associations between germline variant status and clinical and epidemiological risk factor information. All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS We found an increased frequency of deleterious mutations in BRIP1 in case patients (0.9%) and in the UKFOCSS participants (0.6%) compared with control patients (0.09%) (P = 1 x 10(-4) and 8 x 10(-4), respectively), but no differences for BARD1 (P = .39), NBN1 ( P = .61), or PALB2 (P = .08). There was also a difference in the frequency of rare missense variants in BRIP1 between case patients and control patients (P = 5.5 x 10(-4)). The relative risks associated with BRIP1 mutations were 11.22 for invasive EOC (95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.22 to 34.10, P = 1 x 10(-4)) and 14.09 for high-grade serous disease (95% CI = 4.04 to 45.02, P = 2 x 10(-5)). Segregation analysis in families estimated the average relative risks in BRIP1 mutation carriers compared with the general population to be 3.41 (95% CI = 2.12 to 5.54, P = 7×10(-7)). CONCLUSIONS Deleterious germline mutations in BRIP1 are associated with a moderate increase in EOC risk. These data have clinical implications for risk prediction and prevention approaches for ovarian cancer and emphasize the critical need for risk estimates based on very large sample sizes before genes of moderate penetrance have clinical utility in cancer prevention.
The Role of Hyaluronan Degradation Products as Innate Alloimmune Agonists

Dendritic cells (DCs) play a key role in initiating alloimmunity yet the substances that activate them during the host response to transplantation remain elusive. In this study we examined the potential roles of endogenous innate immune agonists in activating dendritic cell‐dependent alloimmunity. Using a murine in vitro culture system, we show that 135 KDa fragments of the extracellular matrix glycosaminoglycan hyaluronan induce dendritic cell maturation and initiate alloimmunity. Priming of alloimmunity by hyaluronan‐activated DCs was dependent on signaling via TIR‐associated protein, a Toll‐like receptor (TLR) adaptor downstream of TLRs 2 and 4. However, this effect was independent of alternate TLR adaptors, MyD88 or Trif. Using an in vivo murine transplant model, we show that hyaluronan accumulated during skin transplant rejection. Examination of human lung transplant recipients demonstrated that increased levels of intragraft hyaluronan were associated with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome. In conclusion, our study suggests that fragments of hyaluronan can act as innate immune agonists that activate alloimmunity.
Finite element analysis and diagnosis of the one broken bar fault in the squirrel cage induction motors

The paper deals with the finite element analysis of the electromagnetic field in a medium power squirrel cage induction motor and with the diagnosis of a rotor fault based on the time and space dependent magnetic field outside the motor. The effects of the one broken bar fault on the electromagnetic torque, on the rotor-stator interaction force and on the external magnetic field are evaluated. The harmonics of the output voltage of a coil sensor are determined for the motor without and with magnetic steel encasing, thick enough with respect the diffusion of the main traveling electromagnetic field of the motor. The influence of the motor load on the fault diagnosis efficiency based on the output voltage harmonics is analyzed.
Activity‐dependent conduction block in multifocal motor neuropathy

Previous studies suggested that activity‐dependent conduction block (CB) contributes to weakness in multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN). Obtaining more robust evidence for activity‐dependent CB is important because it may be a novel target for treatment strategies. We performed nerve conduction studies in 22 nerve segments of 19 MMN patients, before and immediately after 60 seconds of maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) of the relevant muscle. We employed supramaximal electrical stimulation, excluded nerves with marked axonal loss, and adopted criteria for activity‐dependent CB. Per segment, the segmental area ratio [area proximal compound muscle action potential (CMAP)/area distal CMAP] was calculated and, per nerve, total area ratio (area CMAP at Erb's point/area distal CMAP) was obtained. MVC induced no changes in mean area ratios and induced no activity‐dependent CB. In segments with CB before MVC, the MVC induced increased duration prolongation. In MMN, MVC induced temporal dispersion but no activity‐dependent CB. Muscle Nerve, 2011
THE EFFECTS OF MANDUCA SEXTA DIURETIC HORMONE ON FLUID TRANSPORT BY THE MALPIGHIAN TUBULES AND CRYPTONEPHRIC COMPLEX OF MANDUCA SEXTA

1. Manduca sexta diuretic hormone (Mas-DH) stimulates fluid secretion by adult Malpighian tubules of M. sexta, demonstrating its site of diuretic action in M. sexta for the first time. It was not possible to develop a suitable bioassay to measure fluid secretion in larval proximal tubules. 2. Mas-DH has an antidiuretic action on the cryptonephric complex of larval M. sexta because it increases fluid absorption from the rectum. It appears that in this complex Mas-DH is acting on a Na+/K+/2Cl- co-transporter, presumably on the basal membrane of the cryptonephric Malpighian tubules, because Mas-DH-stimulated fluid absorption by the cryptonephric complex is inhibited by bumetanide or the removal of Cl-, Na+ or K+ from the haemolymph side of the tissue. This is the first demonstration of hormonal control of fluid absorption by the cryptonephric complex. 3. Concomitant with the stimulation of fluid transport, Mas-DH increases the amount of cyclic AMP secreted by adult Malpighian tubules and the cryptonephric complex. In addition, Mas-DH promotes cyclic AMP production by the larval proximal tubules.
A dualband and broadband antenna array for ambient RF energy harvesting

In this paper, a new 2×2 circular microstrip antenna array with air dielectric layer for ambient RF energy harvesting has been proposed. Two pairs of arc-shaped slots located close to the boundary of the circular microstrip patch has been designed for making dualband and extending the frequency bandwidth. The antenna has the frequency bandwidth from 1.85GHz to 1.93GHz and from 2.0GHz to 2.1GHz which can cover GSM-1800 and UMTS-2100 bands. At the frequency of 1.89GHz and 2.05GHz, the measured gain is 5.3dBi and 6.6dBi, respectively, and high gain of 3.8dBi-9.3dBi has been achieved over the whole band.
2 ENTERPRISE PORTALS : EXTANT LITERATURE

Enterprise portals are being viewed as the next generation application platform of choice, offering benefits over both client/server and thin client arrangements. By providing a mediating layer between the information applications and resources of the organisation and the individuals using them, enterprise portals appear to provide a unique context to allow both the organisational and individual perspectives of information systems to be addressed. This study seeks to examine these often competing perspectives of information systems by using an exploratory empirical survey to investigate the actual deployment of enterprise portals within a range of different organisations. It is found that both the individual and organisational benefits that enterprise portals can offer appear to have been recognised, and coherent sets of services addressing each of these perspectives are being developed. Consistent with diffusion and acceptance of technology models, organisations appear to be commencing their portal developments with services that will ensure utilisation by individuals, and are subsequently seeking to realise organisational level benefits.