SummaryBackgroundAssessing inflammatory activity is useful in the management of persistent symptomatic sarcoidosis patients. 18F-FDG PET (PET) has been shown to be a sensitive technique to assess inflammatory activity in sarcoidosis. The aim of this study was to evaluat...

SummaryInitiation and successive development of organs induce mechanical stresses at the cellular level. Using the tomato shoot apex, a new study now proposes that mechanical strain regulates the plasma membrane abundance of the PIN1 auxin transporter, thereby reinforci...

Abstract Objectives To evaluate the early and mid-term results of hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) for aorto-iliac reconstruction. Design Prospective survey. Materials and methods Between February 2002 and January 2004, 46 patients received an aortobifemoral by...

We discuss existence and multiplicity of positive solutions of the one-dimensional prescribed curvature problem -(u'/root 1+u'(2))' = lambda f(t, u), u(0) = 0, u(1) = 0, depending on the behaviour at the origin and at infinity of the potential integral(u)(0) f(t, s)ds. ...

Abstract We solve a long-standing open problem by proving that the automorphism group of any thick Payne derived generalized quadrangle with ambient quadrangle S a thick generalized quadrangle of order s, s ⩾ 5 and odd, with a center of symmetry, is induced by the autom...

Abstract A novel silicon-based microelectrode array with one- and two-dimensional variants was developed in the framework of the EU-funded research project NeuroProbes. The electrode array comprises complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor based integrated circuitry to i...

AbstractWe present an abstract interpretation framework for a subset of Java (without concurrency). The framework uses a structural abstract domain whose concretization function is parameterized on a relation between abstract and concrete locations. When structurally in...

The construct M of metered spaces and contractions is known to be a superconstruct in which all metrically generated constructs can be fully embedded. We show that M has one point extensions and that quotients in M are productive. We construct a Cartesian closed topolog...

Abstract Objective To estimate the impact of medication adherence on the cost–effectiveness of mass-screening by bone densitometry followed by alendronate therapy for women diagnosed with osteoporosis. Methods A validated Markov microsimulation model with a Belgian heal...

Abstract Wage subsidies are an important form of active labour market policy in many countries. This article draws on general, mostly economic research literature to discuss the main types and dimensions and the pros and cons of wage subsidies, and their relevance for t...