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Teen's father says Navy sepoy assaulted him
A 45-year-old Indian Navy man was arrested for allegedly molesting a 17-year-old girl and assaulting her father on Wednesday.mumbai Updated: Apr 22, 2010 01:24 IST
A 45-year-old Indian Navy man was arrested for allegedly molesting a 17-year-old girl and assaulting her father on Wednesday.
Sepoy Vikramsinh Uddamsinh, attached to the Defence Security Corps of the Indian Navy, and posted at INS Shikara at Colaba, was allegedly drunk at the time, police said.
The girl's father, who registered the police complaint, said it happened near the Colaba fire brigade at 9.30 pm on Tuesday, when he and his daughter were walking back home after he had shut his garment shop in the Colaba market area.
Police records say as the two were passing by the INS Shikara gates, Uddamsinh began following the girl at a distance, then touched her inappropriately.
When her 50-year-old father objected, the Navy man hit him hard on the chest, and he fell to the ground.
"The accused, who seemed to be drunk, even tried to pull the girl inside the INS Shikara's gates," said a neighbour, who
was later narrated the story by the father.
The victim's father reportedly then raised an alarm, which drew more then 20 locals to the site. On seeing this, Uddamsinh went back inside the gates.
"When we asked the Navy guard posted at the gates to bring Uddamsinh out, he called at least 20 other Navy men, who
threatened to shoot us with their guns if we didn't leave. When we refused, they hit two of us with the butts of the rifles," said Vikramsing Rajpurohit, one of the locals.
Police Sub-Inspector Sachin More of the Colaba police station said: "We are recording statements of the accused, victim and witnesses."
Captain Manohar Nambiar, the Navy's chief public relations officer, said: "The accused has been handed over to the police
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Another witness said: "When the police arrived, the Navy did not allow them to enter the gates and arrest the accused".
The witnesses said the delay in making the arrest increased tension in the area. Additional personnel from nearby police stations were deployed to keep the situation under control.
"He was finally arrested at 2 am," said Suresh Naik, another witness.
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If you plan out what you're going to be wearing, you'll find getting dressed in the morning is considerably less stressful. Look through your closet and arrange clothes into outfits before trying them on to make sure that you feel great in all of them. Any items of clothing that don't make you feel good about yourself will inevitably never be worn, and will just be shoved to the back of your wardrobe taking up space. If you have something that doesn't work well with anything else, give yourself a month to purchase another item of clothing to make it into a killer outfit. If you can't find anything, give the item away, donate, or sell it online – life's too short to have a wardrobe full of unworn clothes. If you still don't feel confident, give yourself an extra five minutes in the morning to check yourself out in the mirror and change your outfit if you'd rather wear something else.
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Since a recent update, I've been unable to configure BadBoy by pressing Escape → Interface → Add-Ons. I haven't seen anyone report it yet. Is it only affecting me somehow?
funkydude, thank you for years of updating this add-on.
Since a recent update, I've been unable to configure BadBoy by pressing Escape → Interface → Add-Ons. I haven't seen anyone report it yet. Is it only affecting me somehow?
The Guild Group issue only crops up in a party. This is because there is no unit token for the player in a party (only in a raid). Consequently, the highest unit token in a party is "party4". The following should fix up GuildGroup.lua quite nicely:
function module.Widget:SetMatch(ItemLink, Tooltip)
if IsInGroup() then
local numGuildmates = 0
local numMembers = GetNumGroupMembers()
local kind = (IsInRaid() and "raid") or "party"
for i = 1, numMembers do
if UnitIsInMyGuild(kind .. i) then
numGuildmates = numGuildmates + 1
-- There is no unit token for the player as a party member, so increment the guildmates counter by 1 in a party.
if not IsInRaid() then
numGuildmates = numGuildmates + 1
module.CurrentMatch = floor((numGuildmates / numMembers) * 100)
-- We're solo... Maybe someone is doing a /passloot test.
module.CurrentMatch = 100
module:Debug(string.format("Guild Group: %s%%", module.CurrentMatch));
Also it would be nice if a rule could consist of only a zone name or zone type without having to specify something pertaining to the item directly. For instance, if I want to roll Need on everything that drops in Silithus, I should be able to set a single filter for Zone Name, without having to add a partial filter on Item Name using a regular expression.
Great addon, but I've run into two issues:
* Item Type filters: Miscellaneous - Mount and Quest - Any do not work (they do not match the Qiraji Resonating Crystals and the scarabs/idols that drop in AQ)
* The Group Size filter does not include the player when calculating the size of the group. If I set Group Size to 60 in a two-person group with a guildmate, then the rule does not match. I had to turn it down to 50 (because the addon thinks only 50% of the group is made up of guildmates).
I understand that, but none of the cases I describe involved full epic parties. In the screenshot, one of the followers is green. The follower in slot 2 is epic, but GMM also picked an epic follower there to begin with. All the epic followers GMM selected as part of the 3 proposed makeups resulted in non-100% outcomes.
I've had to dial down the full scan chunk size even further because I was still getting the odd disconnects with the default of 5. It's been much better otherwise.
Oh, another thing: the Manage Shopping Lists doesn't take you directly to that section in the options menu.
Thank you for this very useful addon.
I've run into a number of situations that lead me to believe GMM doesn't attempt all combinations. In particular, it seems the addon doesn't try to put two followers who share a counter?
For instance I've had item level 615, three-follower XP missions where GMM used epic follower 1 with counters A and B. GMM then tried to put an epic item level 607 follower (orange-con) with counter C in slot 2, then the carry follower in slot 3. However, manually placing a 615+ epic follower with counters C and A (duplicate counter) in slot 2 yielded 100% success. GMM didn't suggest that combination.
I've had other situations where GMM offered 3 choices with only 1 epic mount, while I could manually create a team with identical outcome but 2 or even 3 epic mounts.
Here's an example of a situation where GMM does not find an optimal solution:
Great addon. Would be even better if it could show time remaining on followers currently out on missions, and possibly take them into account when assigning missions.
Thanks for the tip. I went down the numbers and my disconnects stopped at 97. However, I'm not sure how significant this is, because even the default setting didn't always disconnect me. When my successful scan completed successfully, I did get the following message in red:
2 auctions returned empty results (out of 98302)
I'm definitely still getting disconnect rather frequently during a full scan.


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ASUS today introduced a dedicated external graphics card for laptops -- the XG Station. The XG Station is an external graphics card that allows laptop users to enjoy high end graphics performance while plugged in. As the XG Station is an external graphics it can be unplugged when portability is needed.
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The decision highlights growing tensions in the world's largest oil-exporting region between Sunni-ruled Arab countries and non-Arab Shiite power Iran, just across Gulf waters.
Bahrain's state-run Gulf Air also said in a statement on its website that all flights to Iran and Iraq had been suspended until March 31, without giving a reason.
Iran, which supports Shiite groups in Lebanon and Iraq, has strongly criticized the intervention in Bahrain by its neighboring Sunni-led Arab states.
Street protests against the intervention have also been held in Iraq and Lebanon, which along with Bahrain, are of the few Arab states where Shiites outnumber Sunnis.
"This decision was taken after the irresponsible comments and stances from Lebanon against Bahrain, its people and leaders," state-owned Bahrain news agency cited a statement from the Civil Aviation Affairs department as saying.
Flights by Gulf Air and Bahrain Air to and from Lebanon have been suspended indefinitely, it added.
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On Tuesday, Bahrain's Foreign Ministry warned Bahrainis not to travel to Lebanon for their own safety and said the ban was due to threats and interference.
Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah criticized Arab states for backing Bahrain's rulers, who called in troops from Sunni-led Saudi Arabia to help them quell protests.
A foreign ministry official denied to Alarabiya.net that what has been published in the Lebanese newspapers about barring the Lebanese nationals from entering Bahrain. He said that the reports were "untrue".
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Li B.-M.,General Hospital of PLA
Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry | Year: 2012
The aim of present work was to elucidate the role of actin-depolymerizing factor (ADF), an important regulator of actin cytoskeleton, in the oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL)-induced blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption. The primary mouse brain microvascular endothelial cells (MBMECs) were exposed to ox-LDL. Treatment with LDL served as control. It was found that ADF mRNA level and protein expression were decreased when exposed to ox-LDL in MBMECs. Then, we investigated the influence of ADF overexpression on ox-LDL-treated MBMECs. Structurally, overexpression of ADF inhibited ox-LDL-induced F-actin formation. Functionally, overexpression of ADF attenuated ox-LDL-induced disruption of endothelial barrier marked by restoration of transendothelial electrical resistance, permeability of Evans Blue and expression of tight junction-associated proteins including ZO-1 and occludin, and blocked ox-LDL-induced oxidative stress marked by inhibition of reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation and activity of NADPH oxidase and Nox2 expression. However, overexpression of ADF in control cells had no significant effect on endothelial permeability and ROS formation. In conclusion, overexpression of ADF blocks ox-LDL-induced disruption of endothelial barrier. In addition, siRNA-mediated downregulation of ADF expression aggravated ox-LDL-induced disruption of endothelial barrier and ROS formation. These findings identify ADF as a key signaling molecule in the regulation of BBB integrity and suggest that ADF might be used as a target to modulate diseases accompanied by ox-LDL-induced BBB compromise. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
An H.R.,309th Hospital of PLA
Zhonghua yu fang yi xue za zhi [Chinese journal of preventive medicine] | Year: 2011
To study the possible relationship between polymorphic N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) acetylator status and antituberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity and to elucidate the molecular mechanism of antituberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity. Blood samples from 101 tuberculosis cases with antituberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity and from 107 tuberculosis without antituberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity were collected for a case-control study. DNA of the subjects was extracted and amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The single nucleotide polymorphisms of NAT2 were determined by direct PCR sequencing. The genotype frequencies were compared between cases and controls by χ(2) test, using SPSS 12.0 software, and the association between the disease and genotypes was analyzed. Among the 101 patients with antituberculosis drug-induced liver injury, 36 patients (35.6%) were found with 282 T/T, 12 (11.9%) with 590 A/A, and 48 (47.5%) with 857 G/A or A/A. However, among the 107 controls, 9 patients (8.4%) were found with 282 T/T, 3 (2.8%) with 590 A/A, and 33 (33.8%) with 857 G/A or A/A. The patients with 282 T/T, 590 A/A, or 857 G/A or A/A genotype had a higher risk of antituberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity than those with 282 C/C or C/T, 590 G/G or G/A, or 857 G/G, and the OR values were 6.03 (95%CI: 2.88 - 12.62; χ(2) = 22.73, P < 0.05), 4.67 (95%CI: 1.42 - 15.44; χ(2) = 6.40, P < 0.05) and 2.03 (95%CI: 1.16 - 3.57; χ(2) = 6.08, P < 0.05) respectively. There were 40 patients with slow acetylator (39.6%) in cases with hepatotoxicity and 13 with slow acetylator (12.2%) in controls without hepatotoxicity. Patients with slow acetylator genotype (OR = 4.74, 95% CI = 2.42 - 9.28; χ(2) = 20.62, P < 0.05) had a significantly higher risk of antituberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity than those with rapid or intermediate acetylator genotypes. Among the cases, 19.8% (20/101) were found with NAT2(*)6A/7B, and 11.9% (12/101) with NAT2(*)6A/6A, whereas among the controls, 2.8% (3/107) were found with NAT2(*)6A/7B, and 2.8% (3/107) with NAT2(*)6A/6A respectively, the patients with NAT2(*)6A/7B and NAT2(*)6A/6A had a much higher risk of antituberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity, and the OR values were 8.40 (95%CI: 2.85 - 24.73; χ(2) = 14.90, P < 0.05) and 4.67 (95%CI: 1.42 - 15.44; χ(2) = 6.40, P < 0.05) respectively. Perhaps, the slow acetylation genotypes of NAT2 were the main risk factors of developing antituberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity.
Hu Y.L.,309th Hospital of PLA
Zhonghua zheng xing wai ke za zhi = Zhonghua zhengxing waike zazhi = Chinese journal of plastic surgery | Year: 2011
To examine the effect of RhoA/Rho kinase signal pathway on TGF-beta1-induced phenotypic differentiation of human dermal fibroblasts. The 4th generation of primary cultured human dermal fibroblasts were stimulated with TGF-beta1, (10 ng/ml). The expression of alpha-SMA was detected after treatment with TGF-beta1, for 0, 3, 6, and 24 h. The expression of alpha-SMA was also detected after treatment with different concentration of TGF-beta1 (0, 2, 10, 50 ng/ml). Then the human dermal fibroblasts (4th generation) were stimulated with TGF-beta1, (10 ng/ml) after being treated with the RhoA/Rho kinase signaling pathway inhibitor Y-27632 (10 umol/ml). The fibroblasts were treated with nothing as sham control, or with Y-27632 (10 umol/L) only as negative control group, or with TGF-beta1 (10 ng/ml) only as positive control group. The expression of alpha-SMA was detected in all the groups. Protein expression was analyzed with ANOVA statistical method. alpha-SMA expression in fibroblasts with 10 ng/ml TGF-beta1 stimulation for 0, 3, 6, 24 h was 1.0, 1.9 0.2, 2.1 +/- 0. 1, 3. 1 +/- 0.1, respectively. Alpha-SMA expression in 24 h group was significantly higher than that in other three groups (n = 4, P < 0.05). alpha-SMA expression in human dermal fibroblasts after stimulation with different concentration of TGF-beta1 (0, 2, 10, 50 ng/ml) was 1.0, 1.4 +/- 0.2, 3.2 + 0.1, 3.1 +/- 0.2, respectively. alpha-SMA expression in 10 ng/ ml group was significantly higher than that in 2 ng/ml group and control group (n = 4, P < 0.05). There was no statistical difference in alpha-SMA expression between 10 ng/ml group and 50 ng/ml group (n = 4, P > 0.05). With both Y-27632 (10 micromol/L) and TGF-beta1 stimulation, the cell phenotype differentiation was inhibited. Alpha-SMA expression in experimental group (1.2 +/- 0.2) was significantly reduced, when compared with that in positive control group (2.9 +/- 0.1) (n = 5, P < 0.05). There was no significant difference (n = 5, P > 0.05) in alpha-SMA expression between control group (1.0) and negative control group (1.1 +/- 0.1). RhoA/Rho kinase signaling pathway should be involved in TGF-beta1-induced phenotypic differentiation of human dermal fibroblasts.
Chen Y.P.,309th Hospital of PLA
Zhonghua nei ke za zhi | Year: 2013
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of tacrolimus in patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (MG). A total of 69 cases admitted to our hospital were given 2-6 mg/day tacrolimus (FK506) for 12 months. The MG absolute and relative clinical scores were used to monitor the efficacy of tacrolimus. Clinical evaluation was conducted at month 1, 3, 6, and 12, while the serum concentration of FK506 was measured at one month after administration of tacrolimus for one month. The therapeutic response presenting as improved muscular strength showed within one month after administration of tacrolimus. The overall response rates (MG relative clinical score ≥ 25%) at month 1, 3, 6 were 81.2%, 87.6%, 92.2% respectively. It reached 93.8% by the final visit at month 12. MG score to evaluate disease severity decreased significantly as the subjects continued to take tacrolimus. Statistic analysis suggested that the serum concentration of FK506 was correlated with its therapeutic effect. Serum trough levels in remission and response groups [(7.1 ± 3.9) μg/L and (6.3 ± 3.8) μg/L, respectively] were significantly higher than that of no response group [(3.4 ± 1.3) μg/L]. The most common adverse effects included hyperglycemia (5 cases), myelosuppression (3 cases), and dizziness tinnitus (3 cases), majority of which were temporary and manageable. Our study has shown that tacrolimus significantly improved muscular strength of generalized MG patients. The treatment is well tolerated. The therapeutic effect of tacrolimus is observed within 1 month after initial use. Adverse events were manageable and not common.
Wang W.,309th Hospital of PLA
Zhonghua jie he he hu xi za zhi = Zhonghua jiehe he huxi zazhi = Chinese journal of tuberculosis and respiratory diseases | Year: 2010
To describe the manifestations and diagnosis of pleural cavity extraskeletal osteosarcoma (ESO). One case of ESO diagnosed at the Research Institute of Tuberculosis, 309th Hospital of PLA was reported. Six cases reported in the literature were reviewed. Chest CT of a middle-aged man revealed an enormous heterogeneous neoplasm, about 10.9 cm x 9.2 cm x 17.7 cm in size, in the left pleural cavity. There was abundant calcification in the tumor, with signs of invasion into the diaphragm and the pleura. Pleural effusion of the left thoracic cavity was also seen on the chest CT. Osteosarcoma was confirmed by pathological study after surgical resection of the tumor. ESO is a rare malignant soft tissue sarcoma. Pleural cavity ESO is insidious and imaging studies often reveal a huge mass with abundant calcification. The differential diagnosis includes benign and malignant diseases of the thorax.
Chen Y.P.,309th Hospital of PLA
Zhonghua nei ke za zhi [Chinese journal of internal medicine] | Year: 2012
To investigation the clinical characteristics in myasthenia gravis (MG) patients with thymomas. A total of 856 MG patients admitted to the department during 2008.7 - 2010.12 were reviewed retrospectively. The patients with MG were divided into two groups based on thymic pathology, which were 162 cases with thymoma and 694 cases without thymoma. We compared the different clinical features including the gender, age of onset, MG symptoms and the incidence rate of myasthenia crisis. And the relationship between the WHO types, Maosaoka stages of thymoma and the severe of MG was also studied. The percentage of thymoma-associated MG patients was 18.9 percent of hospitalized MG patients at the same period. Of the 162 thymoma-associated patients, 94 were male and 68 were female, with a ratio of 1.38:1 and a mean age of (42.9 ± 12.4) years old. Thymoma was more frequent in middle-old aged patients than in children. Compared with non-thymoma MG, more thymomatous patients showed generalised MG, but not only ocular muscles weakness (90.1% vs 62.4%, P < 0.001). There were significant differences of the incidence rate of myasthenic crisis in the two groups (14.8% vs 2.3%). (2) WHO type B2 and Maosaoka I, II thymoma were the commonest types among all potentially MG-associated thymoma. No differences of Osserman MG classification was found in thymomatous patients with different pathologic changes. The thymomatous MG patients had its distinctive clinical features: thymomas occurred in about 19.7% of MG patients with more men than women, more common in generalized, higher incidence of myasthenia crisis, with B2 type thymic pathology and Maosaoka I, II stages. No correlation was found between pathologic and clinical stages.
WeiPeng,309th Hospital of PLA |
Zhao G.,Chongqing Medical University |
Ma Y.,309th Hospital of PLA |
Yu H.,309th Hospital of PLA |
Wang X.,Chongqing Medical University
Vaccine | Year: 2011
Recent evidence demonstrates that PEG10 plays an essential role in hepatocarcinogenesis and development, thus it could be regarded as a therapeutical target for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In addition, transduction with recombinant, replication-defective adenoviral (Ad) vectors encoding tumor associated antigen into dendritic cells (DCs) is an efficient strategy to elicit antigen specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) for cancer therapy. In the present study, DCs were transduced with the PEG10 recombinant adenovirus, and were utilized to elicit CTLs in vitro.Moreover, the Trimera mice were immunized with the transduced DCs to elicit the immune response, the tumor growth and the life span of tumor bearing mice were observed. The results demonstrated that the transduced DCs could effectively induce specific CTL response against HCC without lysing autologous lymphocytes, but also significantly inhibit the tumor growth and prolong the life span of tumor bearing mice. These data suggest that PEG10 recombinant adenovirus transduced DCs can induce anti-tumor immunity against HCC expressing PEG10 in vitro and in vivo. Thus, the transduction of DCs with Ad-PEG10 provides a promising strategy for cancer immunotherapy of HCC. © 2011.
Loi P.,Free University of Colombia |
Yuan Q.,Free University of Colombia |
Yuan Q.,309th Hospital of PLA |
Torres D.,Free University of Colombia |
And 7 more authors.
Hepatology | Year: 2013
Interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) is an important transcription factor in Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling, a pathway that is known to play a critical role in liver ischemia-reperfusion injury. In order to decipher the involvement of IRF3 in this setting, we first compared the intensity of hepatic lesions in IRF3-deficient versus wildtype mice. We found increased levels of blood transaminases, enhanced liver necrosis, and more pronounced neutrophil infiltrates in IRF3-deficient mice. Neutrophil depletion by administration of anti-Ly6G monoclonal antibody indicated that neutrophils play a dominant role in the development of severe liver necrosis in IRF3-deficient mice. Quantification of cytokine genes expression revealed increased liver expression of interleukin (IL)-12/IL-23p40, IL-23p19 messenger RNA (mRNA), and IL-17A mRNA in IRF3-deficient versus wildtype (WT) mice, whereas IL-27p28 mRNA expression was diminished in the absence of IRF3. The increased IL-17 production in IRF3-deficient mice was functionally relevant, as IL-17 neutralization prevented the enhanced hepatocellular damages and liver inflammation in these animals. Evidence for enhanced production of IL-23 and decreased accumulation of IL-27 cytokine in M1 type macrophage from IRF3-deficient mice was also observed after treatment with lipopolysaccharide, a setting in which liver gamma-delta T cells and invariant natural killer T cells were found to be involved in IL-17A hyperproduction. Conclusion: IRF3-dependent events downstream of TLR4 control the IL-23/IL-17 axis in the liver and this regulatory role of IRF3 is relevant to liver ischemia-reperfusion injury. © 2012 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
Ma Y.Z.,309th Hospital of PLA |
Cui X.,309th Hospital of PLA |
Li H.W.,309th Hospital of PLA |
Chen X.,309th Hospital of PLA |
And 2 more authors.
International Orthopaedics | Year: 2012
Purpose: There are few articles in the literature comparing outcomes between anterior and posterior instrumentation in the management of thoracic and lumbar spinal tuberculosis (TB). Methods: Between January 2004 and December 2009, 217 adult patients, average age 39 (range 16-67) years with thoracic and lumbar spinal TB were treated by anterior radical debridement and fusion plus instrumentation, anterior radical debridement with fusion and posterior fusion with instrumentation, posterolateral debridement and fusion plus posterior instrumentation or transpedicular debridement and posterior fusion with instrumentation in a single- or two-stage procedure. We followed up 165 patients for 22-72 (mean 37) months. Of these, 138 underwent more than three weeks chemotherapy with isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide and ethambutol, and the remaining 27 underwent operation for neurological impairment within six to 18 hours of the same chemotherapy regimen. In no case did relapse occur. Apart from eight patients with skip lesions treated by hybrid anterior and posterior instrumentation, anterior instrumentation was used in 74 patients (group A) and 83 patients (group B) were fixed posteriorly. Results: In both groups, local symptoms were relieved significantly one to three weeks postoperatively; ten of 14 patients (71%) in group A and 14 of 19 (74%) in group B with neurological deficit had excellent or good clinical results (P>0.05). Erythrocyte sedimentation rates (ESR) returned from 43.6 mm/h and 42.7 mm/h, respectively, preoperatively to normal levels eight to 12 weeks postoperatively. Kyphosis degree was corrected by a mean of 11.5° in group A and 12.6° in group B, respectively (P<0.01). Correction loss was 6.8° in group A and 6.1° in group B at the last follow-up (P<0.01). Fusion rates of the grafting bone were 92.5% and 91.8%, respectively, at final follow-up (P>0.05). Severe complications did not occur. Conclusion: These results suggest that both anterior and posterior instrumentation attain good results for correction of the deformity and maintaining correction, foci clearance, spinal-cord decompression and pain relief in the treatment of thoracic and lumbar spinal TB providing that the opeartive indication is accurately identified. However, the posterior approach may be superior to anterior instrumentation to correct deformity and maintain that correction. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.
Guo L.X.,309th Hospital of PLA
Zhongguo gu shang = China journal of orthopaedics and traumatology | Year: 2010
OBJECTIVE: To investigate clinical outcome of short-course chemotherapy in retreating spinal tuberculosis after radical operation. METHODS: Forty-six retreating patients with spinal tuberculosis were included in this series, 29 males, 17 females with the age from 27 to 61 years (average of 43.7 years). All patients were treated with radical operation and short-course anti-tuberculous chemotherapy from March 2005 to March 2008. The tuberculous focus located thoracic spine in 17 cases, thoracic-lumbar in 13 and lumbosacral vertebrae in 16 cases. Of them, 5 cases had sinuses of tuberculosis and 7 cases had incomplete palsy in lower limbs (Frankel C-D). CT or MRI showed obvious sequestra, cold abscess within spinal focus. Surgical procedures including debridement, auto-bone grafting, and one-stage internal fixation, was performed at the 4 to 6 weeks after chemotherapy. Chemotherapy regimes were 3HRZ/6-9HRE in majority of patients. Clinical effect and focus healing were evaluated at follow-up period. RESULTS: Tuberculous symptoms and local pain of vertebral volume were obvious in all patients before chemotherapy,with average ESR 65.3 mm/h and average CRP 37.4 mg/L. After 4-6 weeks chemotherapy, tuberculosis symptoms and vertebral pain improved in all patients, and the average ESR decreased to 38.3 mm/1h, the average CRP decreased to 17.2 mg/L. Two to three months after operation, tuberculous symptoms and local pain relived in all patients,ESR and CRP became normal in 37 cases. Six to twelve months after operation, bonegraft complex in each patient became stable and there were no instrument loosening or deformity correction loss. Six patients with incomplete palsy recovered and 1 case improved from Frankel C to D grade. Focus healing was achieved in 44 cases (95.7%) after short-course chemotherapy (3HRZ/6-9HRE), and there were no resurgence in 2 to 4 years follow-up period. Drug fast 2 cases for RFP+INH cured at the 15 months after chemotherapy. CONCLUSIONS: Removed tubercular focus for the treatment of retreating spinal tuberculosis can improve clinical effect and shorten chemotherapy course.


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Reviewed by Marc J (Whittier, CA) — Jun 06, 2013 12:46 AM
PROS: quality made parts... looks good in engine compartment... IT IS C.A.RB. EXEMPT AND PASSES SMOG REQUIREMENTS EVEN IN CALIFORNIA!!! AWESOME!!! CONS: some parts are metric and some are standard... when I received the part it did not come WITH C.A.R.B Exempt sticker. I had to call the manufacturer to have them mail it out seperately... I had to rebend the brackets that came with it to get everything to line up directly. All in all... GREAT PRODUCT!!! went right through smog and I'm very happy
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I like it, but do I love it?
Reviewed by Gail B (Commerce Township, MI) Reviewed for a 2000 Dodge Dakota — Jul 26, 2008 3:41 PM
It was easy enough to take the stock intake system out of my Dodge. I didn't have too much of a problem putting the Volant system in, but I had to bend one of the brackets to make it fit better. (Maybe they sent me the wrong one?) It is also a very tight fit. The filter part is rammed up against the front of the truck, resulting light scratches along the heat shield. For the price... I wish it would've fit a little better, but I am happy with the results. The truck has a better throttle response and the MPG may have increased (I haven't calculated)
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Consider Funeral Planning – C of E Funeral Costs to Increase Again
The cost of funerals held by the Church of England is set to rise once again.
The C of E has voted to increase costs from £102 to £160 from January next year – a rise of over 50%. It has defended itself by saying the new costs are necessary for it to cover lighting and administration fees.
Not all members of the Church are in agreement however, correctly pointing out that this will inevitably have a negative impact on lower income families.
Whether you agree or not that the Church needs to view its activity as almost a business operation in order to remain sustainable, this fee increase is certainly going ahead and so you need to plan in order for your loved ones to remain debt free after you've gone.
The average cost of a funeral is now around £7000. With this in mind, many people who have the funds available are choosing to plan now with a funeral planning service. Speak to your Will writing expert who will advise you of ways in which you can prepare financially for the inevitable.
Seek Help with DIY or Online Wills
A lady wrote into a national newspaper recently saying that her husband had purchased a DIY Will from a newsagent. When making a will, he left the family home to all five of his grandchildren once they reached the age of 25.
On the face of it, this seemed to be a fair and straightforward instruction. However, as the legal advisor rightly pointed out, this would in fact mean that the Executors of the Will would then need to look after the interests of the home until the first grandchild reached 25. This could mean that if the Executors decided to sell the home to make it a cash asset rather than a property inheritance, the gentleman's wife may be forced to move out.
This is an excellent example of why, although buying cheap online wills or templates and writing it yourself may seem like a great idea, you should always seek legal advice when preparing it to ensure that you have avoided the numerous legal pitfalls and remembered to include everything.
Remember too that a professional Will writer should also be able, whilst preparing the document, to advise you on making decisions which will benefit your next of kin in the best way possible, including planning your Estate specifically to minimise the amount of Inheritance Tax which will fall due.
Making a Will – DIY Wills Cause Confusion
A case whereby a man appeared to sign a new, handwritten Will on his deathbed continues to cause debate and indecision, eight years on.
Martin Lavin signed an initial Will in 2002, a fact which was concealed from the court by his niece, who had been a legal secretary. For reasons unknown, he was said to have signed another Will, prepared by his niece Hanora Bem, only hours before his actual death – a Will which left most of his Estate to his sister, Anne Liston, Hanora's mother.
Mrs Liston unfortunately died only a few months later – leaving behind a case which has been dragged through the courts ever since by Ms Bem and Mr Lavin's other nephew.
This case has come before the courts four times, with the Will declared invalid then valid then invalid again.
Why? Because although those present at the time of the signing swore that Mr Lavin had signed the document himself (whether or not he was of sound mind at the time is also up for debate), later evidence and testimony revealed that Mrs Liston had in fact "helped" her brother to sign it as he was so weak.
All the more reason then, to ensure that you have your Will formally prepared right now and not only file a copy but circulate copies around any beneficiaries that you have mentioned.
In the meantime, legislation is being presented to try and prevent last minute, making a will from being legally recognised.
When Someone Dies Abroad – Overseas Probate
If your partner or relative dies abroad whilst you are still in the UK, and you are responsible for picking up the pieces, you should be notified by the police. However, should you hear the dreadful news from anyone else, you should always contact the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to confirm the facts. Staff from this office will liaise with the British Consul regarding your wishes for the funeral until the deceased is buried or returned to the UK.
If, however, you are with the person abroad when they die, the British Consul will prove invaluable in helping you with any funeral arrangements and overseas probate.
Wherever you are, the death will need to be registered with the appropriate authorities and a Death Certificate obtained. However, it should be noted that it is not possible to register the death with British authorities in a number of locations including Gibraltar or South Africa.
Should you decide to bring the deceased home, the coroner back home where the funeral will take place, should be informed as if you require a cremation, a Certificate for Cremation will need to be supplied by the coroner.
Special arrangements will need to be made to bring the deceased home and for this purpose, an international funeral director will be required.
Check to see whether funeral costs will be covered by travel insurance in which case, the insurance company will make the necessary arrangements for you. If not, you will need to meet all associated costs including bringing the deceased home and any hospital bills.
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Avoiding Inheritance Tax – How Can I Make Gifts?
In addition to the permitted annual gift of £3000 in any one year, each parent of a couple being married (whether a traditional wedding or a civil partnership) is able to make a gift to the couple of up to £5000, and each grandparent can give £2,500. Otherwise, a wedding guest can make a present of up to £1000.
So, whether your child, grandchild, friend or member of the family is getting married and you have the funds available, consider giving them a gift in the form of money. In these difficult economic times, they will no doubt welcome the additional cash and you will benefit from using your exemptions and avoiding inheritance tax.
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Grandparents are able to invest up to £3,600 a year into each grandchild's stakeholder pension until they turn 18.
Existing Child Trust Funds (scrapped by the government in January 2011) can also provide a route for investing funds which will then be placed outside the remit of IHT. Up to £1,200 can be invested in each account annually. These investments are also exempt from any other tax.
Introduced in November 2011, junior ISAs are a valid alternative to Child Trust Funds in that they allow annual investments of up to £3,600. Whereas a child cannot access the funds from their CTF until they are 18, a junior ISA will allow them to manage their account from the age of 16 although again, they may not access the money until they are 18.
To find out how to manage your money effectively now, to avoid your loved ones having to pay a large Inheritance Tax bill after your death, contact a estate planning professional today.
Probate Dispute Over Inheritance
Law Firm Probate Fraud
Having read an article recently about a former legal executive from an East Sussex law firm, I was astounded to read that despite being placed in charge of Will writing and probate, she had absolutely no formal legal training.
Leanne Harris of Arscotts Solicitors in Hove went on to commit probate fraud; stealing almost £500,000 from clients. It is reported, that this was to maintain a lifestyle many of us can only dream of.
Mrs Harris made transactions between clients' accounts and wrote several false cheques to obtain the money. She also took advantage of one client, for whom she had been given power of attorney, taking almost £65,000 from the woman.
This case continues to highlight the need for the Will writing industry to be regulated – a move which is absolutely supported by IWC Ltd. Currently, the industry is self-regulated but it is highly unlikely that Mrs Harris would ever have been accepted within any of the industry bodies without having had any formal training.
This is a lesson to all of us – when looking for a Will writing and probate expert, always check that they are a member of an appropriate organisation.
How to Prevent Probate Fraud and Will Forgery
An interesting, yet sickening case has been highlighted, whereby a woman has been charged with forgery, after inventing a Will after her partner was found dead at his home.
After finding her partner dead, Karen Phillips went on to forge a Will before notifying the deceased's family and indicating that he had written a Will prior to his death – a Will in which it is claimed that she was to be the sole beneficiary of his Estate, worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Unfortunately for the accused, the Will was obviously full of errors which raised the suspicions of the deceased's family members during probate. They then went on to contact the police.
It is unfortunate that the man in question, particularly being the owner of a business, had not had a Will professionally prepared and several copies distributed to its principal beneficiaries and family members, before he died.
Although he was only in his forties, and so no doubt felt that he was in the prime of his life, making a will would have removed any doubt about what should happen and how his Estate should be distributed, thus preventing any probate fraud from taking place.
Want to reduce your Inheritance Tax liability?
Despite the suspected economic recession, rise in living costs and freeze on salaries, most of us are still able to retain our homes and assets which means that a high percentage of people will find that they have assets which have pushed them over the Inheritance Tax threshold of £325,000.
If you suspect that this is the case with your Estate (bearing in mind, the value of your home will also be taken into account), then there are ways to bring you back within the threshold, if you act now to prevent the tax man taking 40% of the value of your Estate.
Your first task should be to prepare a Will, if you haven't done so already. If you've had a simple Will prepared without having planned specifically to reduce Inheritance Tax liability, have it looked at again.
It is worth noting that transfers between spouses and formally recognised civil partners are recognised as being exempt, known as the IHT nil-rate band. This means that when the first partner dies, their entire Estate can be transferred to the surviving spouse, without any Inheritance Tax being charged. When the survivor themselves die, any nil-rate band not used when the first partner died, can be claimed.
If you own a business, your next of kin may be able to claim Business Property Relief upon your death. This could mean that if you pass your business assets onto your children, they could claim IHT exemption for up to 100% of the value of your entire business assets.
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Band: The band covers totally around the body. When purchasing a new bra, the band must feel snug on the loosest hook setting. If there is a lot of space or if you are able to easily pull your bra away from your body from the front, then the band is too huge.
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