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https://read.qxmd.com/read/29143572/socio-economic-integration-of-the-informal-recycling-sector-through-an-ngo-intervention-at-the-andralanitra-dumpsite-in-antananarivo-madagascar
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Harinaivo A Andrianisa, Fanilo M Randriatsiferana, Serge L Rakotoson, Fanja Rakotoaritera
The social status improvement and the degree of integration of the informal recycling sector, by using InteRa, made by the AKAMASOA association interventions at the Andralanitra dumpsite (Antananarivo, Madagascar) was assessed. 20% of the workers from the three activities at the site were interviewed: 325 scavengers, 12 compost producers and three soap manufacturers. It was found that the incomes of Andralanitra workers are relatively low compared to that of people working in the same field in other countries (30-60 USD/month)...
January 2018: Waste Management & Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28578616/integration-of-informal-recycling-sector-in-brazil-and-the-case-of-sorocaba-city
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REVIEW
Nathalia Silva de Souza Lima, Sandro Donnini Mancini
Catadores are people who collect and sell materials that can be recycled. This activity has been done informally in many countries for years. Recently, a recognition process has begun for the informal recycling sector, with public and private initiatives. In Brazil, catadores started out associating with each other in co-operatives in the 1980s. In 2010, the Solid Waste National Policy was approved, promoting the inclusion of theses co-operatives in the formal waste management system. However, only in 25 out of 5670 Brazilian municipalities have hired co-operatives as Private Service Providers...
July 2017: Waste Management & Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28507896/intraoperative-resection-control-using-arterial-spin-labeling-proof-of-concept-reproducibility-of-data-and-initial-results
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Thomas Lindner, Hajrullah Ahmeti, Isabel Lübbing, Michael Helle, Olav Jansen, Michael Synowitz, Stephan Ulmer
OBJECTIVES: Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging is a unique tool for visualizing structures during resection and/or for updating any kind of neuronavigation that might be hampered as a result of brain shift during surgery. Advanced MRI techniques such as perfusion-weighted imaging have already proven to be important in the initial diagnosis preoperatively, but can also help to differentiate between tumor and surgically induced changes intraoperatively. Commonly used methods to visualize brain perfusion include contrast agent administration and are therefore somewhat limited...
2017: NeuroImage: Clinical
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27935881/-contrast-free-mr-phlebography-as-a-method-of-screening-of-phlebothromboses-and-extravasal-compression-of-the-inferior-vena-cava-and-its-basin
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
V V Shebryakov, G G Karmazanovsky, Yu M Stoiko, K V Mazaishvili, D K Lyutarevich, S Yu Kim, M V Fel'dsherov, M N Yashkin
The study was aimed at assessing possibilities and determining diagnostic significance of the method of contrast-free magnetic resonance phlebography (MR phlebography) in diagnosis of diseases of the inferior vena cava (IVC) and its basin. Presented herein is experience with examining a total of 74 patients at two therapeutic-diagnostic facilities: the National Medical Surgical Centre named after N.I. Pirogov and the Medical Diagnostic Centre "Ramsey Diagnostics". The studies were carried out on magnetic resonance tomographs "Philips Intera Nova" and "GE Optima MR360", using a special protocol of contrast-free MR-phlebography in consequences at free breathing, followed by 3D reconstruction and processing of the obtained images as MIP and 3D...
2016: Angiology and Vascular Surgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27828960/cortical-morphology-differences-in-subjects-at-increased-vulnerability-for-developing-a-psychotic-disorder-a-comparison-between-subjects-with-ultra-high-risk-and-22q11-2-deletion-syndrome
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COMPARATIVE STUDY
Geor Bakker, Matthan W A Caan, Wilhelmina A M Vingerhoets, Fabiana da Silva-Alves, Mariken de Koning, Erik Boot, Dorien H Nieman, Lieuwe de Haan, Oswald J Bloemen, Jan Booij, Thérèse A M J van Amelsvoort
INTRODUCTION: Subjects with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) and subjects with ultra-high risk for psychosis (UHR) share a risk of approximately 30% to develop a psychotic disorder. Studying these groups helps identify biological markers of pathophysiological processes involved in the development of psychosis. Total cortical surface area (cSA), total cortical grey matter volume (cGMV), cortical thickness (CT), and local gyrification index (LGI) of the cortical structure have a distinct neurodevelopmental origin making them important target markers to study in relation to the development of psychosis...
2016: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27429661/neural-correlates-of-reward-processing-in-adults-with-22q11-deletion-syndrome
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Esther D A van Duin, Liesbet Goossens, Dennis Hernaus, Fabiana da Silva Alves, Nicole Schmitz, Koen Schruers, Therese van Amelsvoort
BACKGROUND: 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is caused by a microdeletion on chromosome 22q11.2 and associated with an increased risk to develop psychosis. The gene coding for catechol-O-methyl-transferase (COMT) is located at the deleted region, resulting in disrupted dopaminergic neurotransmission in 22q11DS, which may contribute to the increased vulnerability for psychosis. A dysfunctional motivational reward system is considered one of the salient features in psychosis and thought to be related to abnormal dopaminergic neurotransmission...
2016: Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27403329/reduced-cardiac-volumes-in-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-associate-with-plasma-volume-but-not-length-of-disease-a-cohort-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Julia L Newton, Andreas Finkelmeyer, George Petrides, James Frith, Tim Hodgson, Laura Maclachlan, Guy MacGowan, Andrew M Blamire
OBJECTIVES: To explore potential mechanisms that underpin the cardiac abnormalities seen in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) using non-invasive cardiac impedance, red cell mass and plasma volume measurements. METHODS: Cardiac MR (MR) examinations were performed using 3 T Philips Intera Achieva scanner (Best, NL) in participants with CFS (Fukuda; n=47) and matched case-by-case controls. Total volume (TV), red cell volume (RCV) and plasma volume (PV) measurements were performed (41 CFS and 10 controls) using the indicator dilution technique using simultaneous 51-chromium labelling of red blood cells and 125-iodine labelling of serum albumin...
2016: Open Heart
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27175286/ventricular-longitudinal-function-is-associated-with-microvascular-obstruction-and-intramyocardial-haemorrhage
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Pankaj Garg, Ananth Kidambi, James R J Foley, Tarique Al Musa, David P Ripley, Peter P Swoboda, Bara Erhayiem, Laura E Dobson, Adam K McDiarmid, John P Greenwood, Sven Plein
BACKGROUND: Microvascular obstruction (MVO) and intramyocardial haemorrhage (IMH) are associated with adverse prognosis, independently of infarct size after reperfused ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Mitral annular plane systolic excursion (MAPSE) is a well-established parameter of longitudinal function on echocardiography. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate how acute MAPSE, assessed by a four-chamber cine-cardiovascular MR (CMR), is associated with MVO, IMH and convalescent left ventricular (LV) remodelling...
2016: Open Heart
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26941481/-1-h-23-na-and-35-cl-imaging-in-cementitious-materials-with-nmr
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L Pel, P A J Donkers, K Kopinga, J J Noijen
A set-up especially designed for semi-simultaneous measurements of (1)H, (23)Na and (35)Cl in ordinary cementitious materials using nuclear magnetic resonance was built. This setup makes use of the main field of a whole body magnetic resonance imaging system (Philips Intera), which has allowed us to combine two measurement setups into one, i.e., a (23)Na/(35)Cl and a (1)H insert. This 1.5 T field was chosen as a compromise between the signal-to-noise ratio of the spin-echo signal, which increases at higher frequencies, and the line broadening due to the presence of magnetic impurities of these materials, which leads to a decrease of the resolution at higher magnetic fields...
2016: Applied Magnetic Resonance
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26514962/what-is-the-pelvic-lymph-node-normal-size-determination-from-normal-mri-examinations
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Marjorie Ramirez, Pierre Ingrand, Jean-Pierre Richer, Guillaume Herpe, Guillaume Vesselle, Samy Boucebci, Jean-Pierre Tasu
PURPOSE: There are few previous reports on maximal pelvic lymph node sizes and no data on normal mesorectal nodes. Therefore, the aim of the study was to estimate the normal size of pelvic lymph nodes and to determine the upper limits of the normal range. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations were prospectively carried out using a Intera 1.5 T magnet (Philips, the Netherlands), on 36 healthy volunteers (22 females, 14 males, mean age 25 years)...
May 2016: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy: SRA
https://read.qxmd.com/read/25497064/threshold-segmentation-algorithm-for-automatic-extraction-of-cerebral-vessels-from-brain-magnetic-resonance-angiography-images
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rui Wang, Chao Li, Jie Wang, Xiaoer Wei, Yuehua Li, Yuemin Zhu, Su Zhang
BACKGROUND: Cerebrovascular segmentation plays an important role in medical diagnosis. This study was conducted to develop a threshold segmentation algorithm for automatic extraction and volumetric quantification of cerebral vessels on brain magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) images. NEW METHODS: The MRA images of 10 individuals were acquired using a 3 Tesla MR scanner (Intera-achieva SMI-2.1, Philips Medical Systems). Otsu's method was used to divide the brain MRA images into two parts, namely, foreground and background regions...
February 15, 2015: Journal of Neuroscience Methods
https://read.qxmd.com/read/25288981/genetic-diversity-and-differentiation-of-colletotrichum-spp-isolates-associated-with-leguminosae-using-multigene-loci-rapd-and-issr
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Farshid Mahmodi, J B Kadir, A Puteh, S S Pourdad, A Nasehi, N Soleimani
Genetic diversity and differentiation of 50 Colletotrichum spp. isolates from legume crops studied through multigene loci, RAPD and ISSR analysis. DNA sequence comparisons by six genes (ITS, ACT, Tub2, CHS-1, GAPDH, and HIS3) verified species identity of C. truncatum, C. dematium and C. gloeosporiodes and identity C. capsici as a synonym of C. truncatum. Based on the matrix distance analysis of multigene sequences, the Colletotrichum species showed diverse degrees of intera and interspecific divergence (0.0 to 1...
March 2014: Plant Pathology Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/25287016/ataxia-and-tremor-due-to-lesions-involving-cerebellar-projection-pathways-a-dti-tractographic-study-in-six-patients
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
M Marek, S Paus, N Allert, B Mädler, T Klockgether, H Urbach, V A Coenen
Focal lesions of brainstem, thalamus, and subcortical white matter may cause movement disorders that are clinically indistinguishable from cerebellar symptoms. It is suspected that ataxia in these cases is due to damage of efferent or afferent pathways of the cerebellum. However, the precise anatomical correlate often remains undefined. We used deterministic diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DTI) tractography to study the anatomical relationship between lesions causing ataxia and efferent cerebellar pathways...
January 2015: Journal of Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/25176451/automatic-segmentation-and-quantitative-analysis-of-white-matter-hyperintensities-on-flair-images-using-trimmed-likelihood-estimator
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rui Wang, Chao Li, Jie Wang, Xiaoer Wei, Yuehua Li, Chun Hui, Yuemin Zhu, Su Zhang
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Quantitative analysis of white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) images provides information for disease tracking, therapeutic efficacy assessment, and cognitive science research. This study developed an automatic segmentation method to detect and quantify WMHs on FLAIR images. This study aims to assess the accuracy and reproducibility of the proposed method. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The FLAIR images of 82 patients (58-84 years) with different WMH burdens were acquired with the same 3T scanner (Intera-achieva SMI-2...
December 2014: Academic Radiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/24914419/diagnostic-accuracy-of-mr-imaging-to-identify-and-characterize-focal-liver-lesions-comparison-between-gadolinium-and-superparamagnetic-iron-oxide-contrast-media
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Simone Maurea, Pier Paolo Mainenti, Annamaria Tambasco, Massimo Imbriaco, Carmine Mollica, Ettore Laccetti, Luigi Camera, Raffaele Liuzzi, Marco Salvatore
To compare the diagnostic value of gadolinium (Gd) and ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) contrast media for characterization of focal liver lesions (FLL), we retrospectively evaluated the results of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in 68 patients (40 M, 28 F, age from 22 to 81 yrs) of which 36 with diagnosis of colo-rectal cancer, 26 with hepatic cirrhosis and 6 with incidental imaging detection of FLL. MR (Gyroscan Intera 1.5 T, Philips Medical Systems) study was performed using T1 and T2 fast-field-echo (FFE) and T2 turbo-spin-echo (TSE) sequences in axial and coronal views...
June 2014: Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/24764909/2-chloro-n-4-meth-oxy-benzo-yl-benzene-sulfonamide
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
S Sreenivasa, B S Palakshamurthy, K J Pampa, N K Lokanath, P A Suchetan
In the title compound, C14H12ClNO4S, the dihedral angle between the aromatic rings is 82.07 (1)° and the dihedral angle between the planes defined by the S-N-C=O fragment and the sulfonyl benzene ring is 82.46 (3)°. In the crystal, the mol-ecules are linked into C(4) chains running along [001] by strong N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. A C-H⋯O intera-ction reinforces the [001] chains: its graph-set symbol is C(7). The chains are cross-linked into (100) sheets by further C-H⋯O inter-actions as C(6) chains along [001]...
February 1, 2014: Acta Crystallographica. Section E, Structure Reports Online
https://read.qxmd.com/read/24757619/the-effect-of-diabetes-mellitus-on-short-term-mortality-and-morbidity-after-isolated-coronary-artery-bypass-grafting-surgery
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Vahideh Koochemeshki, Hamid Reza Salmanzadeh, Hojjat Sayyadi, Morteza Amestejani, Shahyad Salehi Ardabili
BACKGROUND: This study was conducted to determine whether Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a predictor of short term mortality ; morbidity, or early readmission to hospital after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG). METHODS: We analyzed a large cohort of 952 patients who had undergone isolated CABG. The preoperative, intera operative and postoperative risk factors as well as the complications and 30-day mortality rates were compared between the diabetics and non-diabetics...
June 2013: International Cardiovascular Research Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/24683169/magnetic-resonance-imaging-of-single-co-labeled-mesenchymal-stromal-cells-after-intracardial-injection-in-mice
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
J Salamon, D Wicklein, M Didié, C Lange, U Schumacher, G Adam, K Peldschus
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to establish co-labeling of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) for the detection of single MSC in-vivo by MRI and histological validation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Mouse MSC were co-labeled with fluorescent iron oxide micro-particles and carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester (CFSE). The cellular iron content was determined by atomic absorption spectrometry. Cell proliferation and expression of characteristic surface markers were determined by flow cytometry...
April 2014: RöFo: Fortschritte Auf Dem Gebiete der Röntgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin
https://read.qxmd.com/read/24594508/the-neural-basis-of-maternal-bonding
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ming Wai Wan, Darragh Downey, Hilary Strachan, Rebecca Elliott, Steve R Williams, Kathryn M Abel
BACKGROUND: Accumulating evidence suggests that mothers show a different pattern of brain responses when viewing their own compared to other infants. However, there is inconsistency across functional imaging studies regarding the key areas involved, and none have examined relationships between brain and behavioural responses to infants. We examined the brain regions activated when mothers viewed videos of their own infant contrasted with an unknown infant, and whether these are associated with behavioural and self-reported measures of mother-infant relations...
2014: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/24575265/thrombocytopenia-and-associated-factors-in-neonates-admitted-to-nicu-during-years-2010_2011
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Z Eslami, M H Lookzadeh, M Noorishadkam, A Hashemi, R Ghilian, A Pirdehghan
BACKGROUND: Thrombocytopenia is the most common hematological abnormality which is encountered in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The incidence in neonates varies greatly, depending upon the population studies. According to the frequency of thrombocytopenia and its complications and because of lack of such research in Iran, this study was performed on neonates admitted to Shahid Sadughi NICU during years 2011-2012. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a retrospective study, 350 neonates who were admitted to NICU were enrolled in the study...
2013: Iranian Journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
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