Clinical assessment and various diagnostic tools, particularly magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), of tumours of peripheral nerves are used to get an accurate diagnosis and to plan surgical intervention. Our purpose was to examine the usefulness of MRI in assessing nerve tumours in the upper extremity. Medical records of 19 patients (20 MRI examinations) with 29 histopathologically verified benign n

This thesis concerns a sociological analysis on the role of generations in the processes of the construction of national identities, and long-distance nationalism in diasporic settings. The empirical case taken is a political generation of Kurds from Turkey who once arrived in Sweden as political refugees. The primary aim of the thesis is to study how national identities are constructed and maint

Abstract Background. The increasing incidence of cancer combined with prolonged survival times seen throughout the western world increases the need for rehabilitation. Diagnosis and treatment for cancer may have substantial effects on the patients' physical, psychological, social and existential well-being. The aim of this paper is to describe the current situation in cancer rehabilitation in the

A remote sensing system for combined fluorescence spectral recordings and multi-colour fluorescence imaging of vegetation will be presented. The system configuration will be explained and data from several field campaigns will be shown. The excitation light pulses for remote fluorescence detection are produced by a frequency tripled Nd:YAG laser emitting at 355 nm and shifted to 397 nm in a deuter

Background In 1997, the SIPAP classification was introduced, a guide designed for MRI, to characterize pituitary adenomas with emphasis on extrasellar extensions and impact on adjacent structures. To our knowledge no previous evaluation of the inter-observer agreement of the SIPAP classification has been performed. Purpose To evaluate the inter-observer agreement of the SIPAP classification. Mater

Calculates the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the phonon broadening function for Li, Na, K and Al at different temperatures. A theory is used which employs the ionic pseudopotential, rather than, as in Bergersen et al's (1971) theory, a bare Coulomb potential. Despite the fact that a pseudopotential in a general sense is weaker than a Coulomb potential the authors find that the former gives

Short essay on the aesthetics of Swedish video artist Lena Mattsson

Endotracheal suctioning consists of the mechanical aspiration of pulmonary secretions from the endotracheal tube (ETT) to prevent obstruction. The optimal frequency of ETT suctioning has not been defined.

BACKGROUND: We describe a new principle for enhancing the effects of sensory re-education following nerve injury and repair. The outcome from nerve repair in adult patients is generally poor. One reason is the functional cortical reorganisation which always occurs because of axonal misdirection at the repair site. In healthy individuals selective anaesthesia of the forearm results in improved hand

Objective. In the treatment of reduced bladder capacity, matrix grafts have been used as a scaffold into which cell elements from the native bladder grow, eventually forming a new bladder segment. Functioning motor nerve endings in such segments in the rat have been demonstrated, although little is known about nerve distribution. We compare the pattern of nerve distribution in scaffold-augmented r