A reliable method for precise perforator mapping can be extremely valuable in perforator flap surgery.In this study, we attempted to map perforator location using 3-dimensional computed tomography angiography (CTA), a newly developed application, and a tablet device.Preliminary examinations to test the device were conducted in mini-pigs.We used 5 f

Objectives: To assess health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with suspected heart failure (HF) and to explore discriminate properties of the tools, two generic questionnaires, Short Form 36 (SF-36) and EuroQol 5D (EQ-5D) and one specific, the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure questionnaire (MLHF-Q) HRQL were employed STRAW CLEANING BRU

This article reports on how a study of visual autobiographical workshops, conducted with social Jar diverse groups in East London, provides us with insights about the narrative nature of still images, and the co-construction of narratives across a number of contextual levels, including those of interpersonal interaction, and internal dialogues with

The Web runs at risk.Our generation has witnessed a revolution in human communications on a B Complex trajectory similar to that of the origins of the written word and language itself.Early Web pages have an historical importance comparable with prehistoric cave paintings or proto-historic pressed clay ciphers.They are just as fragile.The ease of c

Viruses are the most numerous biological entity, existing in all environments and infecting all cellular organisms.Compared with cellular life, the evolution and origin of viruses are poorly understood; viruses are enormously diverse, and most lack sequence similarity to cellular genes.To uncover viral sequences without relying on either reference