Objective The primary aim of this retrospective observational clinical study was to explore the risk factors for fracture in patients with fibrous dysplasia (FD) of the proximal femur.Methods We investigated body mass index, bilateral radiographs on both sides, femoral neck shaft angle measurements, and markers of bone metabolism in patients with F

Tourism attractions of a destination are not limited to natural and historical sites, and art centers.Indeed every event could be an important source of attracting tourists, especially in cases that.destinations have less well known physical attraction.Tourism events have vast variety with respect to their types: from rehearsal of songs by resident

This paper investigates the analysis and synthesis of networked vehicle platoons with communication Cushion delays, packet dropouts and disorders.In order to deal with the effects of the communication constraints, we introduce a novel Smart Data Processor (SDP) for each vehicle, by which the latest data packets from logic Data Packet Processor and

Background: With an estimated 174 million undiagnosed cases of diabetes mellitus worldwide and 80% of them occurring in low- and middle-income countries an effective point-of-care diagnostic tool is key to fighting this global epidemic.Glycated hemoglobin has become a Incense reliable biomarker for the diagnosis and prognosis of diabetes.Objective:

Shih-Hung Lin,1 Kao-Jean Huang,1,2 Ching-Feng Weng,1 David Shiuan1 1Department of Life Science and Institute of Biotechnology, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan, Republic of China; 2Development Center of Biotechnology, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China Abstract: Cholesterol plays an important role in living cells.However, a very high le