OBJECTIVE Unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) are relatively common lesions that
may cause devastating intracranial hemorrhage, thus producing considerable suffering and …

Injection drug use contributes to considerable global morbidity and mortality associated with
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and AIDS and other infections due to blood-…

Background: The importance of early and aggressive management of trauma-related coagulopathy
remains poorly understood. We hypothesized that a trauma exsanguination protocol (…

Methods: Our institution’s exsanguination protocol (TEP) involves the immediate delivery of
products in a 3: 2 ratio of RBC: FFP and 5: 1 for RBC: platelets. All patients receiving TEP …

Charcot‐Marie‐Tooth disease type 1A is a dominantly inherited demyelinating disorder of
the peripheral nervous system. It is most frequently caused by overexpression of peripheral …

Background: Cross-sectional studies have suggested that co-occurring epidemics or “syndemics”
of psychosocial health problems may accelerate HIV transmission among men who …

… The above topics are organized as follows: In the first chapter, Review of Relevant Continuum
Mechanics, by AM Robertson, the basic kinematical and dynamical issues that are at the …

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A is most commonly caused by a duplication of a 1.5
Mb region of chromosome 17 which includes the peripheral myelin protein 22 gene (PMP22). …

Gradual collagen recruitment has been hypothesized as the underlying mechanism for the
mechanical stiffening with increasing stress in arteries. In this work, we investigated this …

Rheology is the science of the deformation and flow of materials. It deals with the theoretical
concepts of kinematics, conservation laws and constitutive relations, describing the …