ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the effect of a brace designed to stabilize the patellofemoral joint to that of a patella-shaped neoprene sleeve with patella cut out in patients with patellofemoral osteoarthritis.Methods: Fifty-seven patients with femoro-patellar osteoarthritis were allocated to two groups: patients with femoro-patellar functional b
A scholarly communication system needs to register, distribute, certify, archive, and incentivize knowledge production.The current article-based system technically fulfills these functions, but suboptimally.I propose a module-based communication infrastructure that attempts to take a wider view of these functions hfcs1lp and optimize the fulfillmen
Seasonal declines in avian clutch size are well documented, but seasonal variation in other reproductive parameters has received less attention.For example, the probability of complete brood mortality typically explains much of the variation in reproductive success and often varies seasonally, but we know little about the underlying cause of that v
Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean ranges from thin new ice to thick deformed ridges.Changes in thickness are due to melting and freezing, and to physical rearrangement of existing ice to form leads and pressure ridges.As a brittle solid, fractures are created when the ice cover moves and deforms.Openings along fractures are sites of local heat exchange b
Hibernating 13-lined ground squirrels are characterized by tolerance of severe hypothermia and hypoperfusion during torpor, followed by periodic warm reperfusion during IBA, conditions which are lethal amundsen field slacks herre to nonhibernating mammals.The aim of the present study was to determine whether protection from apoptosis was specific t