Bach Thorpe

ure and epidural anaesthesia.This study explores the interrelated roles of health and welfare state policies in the decision to take up disability insurance (DI) benefits due to work disability (WD), defined as the (partial) inability to engage in gainful employment as a result of physical or mental illness. We exploit the large international…[Read more]

Two studies conducted during the 2016 presidential campaign examined the dynamics of the objectivity illusion, the belief that the views of “my side” are objective while the views of the opposing side are the product of bias. In the first, a three-stage longitudinal study spanning the presidential debates, supporters of the two candidates…[Read more]

Primordial germ cells (PGCs) are common ancestors of all germline cells. In mammals, PGCs emerge in early-stage embryos around the timing of gastrulation at or near epiblast, and specification of PGCs from their precursor cells involves multiple growth factors secreted by adjacent cells. Recent advancements in germline stem cell biology have made…[Read more]

5%) for pneumatosis (Kappa = 0.29; 95% CI 0.10-0.48), 79/96 (82.3%) for portal venous gas (Kappa = 0.07, 95% CI 0.00-0.47) and 91/96 (94.8%) for pneumoperitoneum (Kappa = 0.52, 95% CI 0.11-0.93). Each finding was present more frequently on AUS than AXR. On AUS, pneumatosis and focal fluid collection were independently associated with a longer…[Read more]

Results There were 26 TB patients and 26 healthy control people. Serum ADA level at the beginning of TB treatment was higher than the level at the end of intensive phase treatment. There was a significant difference between serum ADA level before and after the intensive phase of TB treatment (P less then 0.001). Conclusions The examination of…[Read more]