Comparison Views

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In general, wherever possible the initial films should be viewed by an experienced paediatric radiologist before the use of comparison views. This is more cost-efficient and delivers less radiation to patients compared to obtaining them routinely. 

The identification of a fracture of a developing bone can be extremely difficult. A radiograph taken of the uninjured side for comparison can be a useful tool. The routine use of comparison radiographs is a more debatable practice. It is possible to find major authorities who would use comparison views liberally (Swischuk 1994) and others who point out limitations of this practice (Ozonoff 1992). Both agree that local custom and practice play a major role in the use of comparison views. 

An experienced clinician should examine the radiographs before repeats or comparison views are obtained. 

For all children having an injury to the elbow, the two standard views that should be obtained are the anteroposterior (AP) view with elbow fully extended and the forearm fully supinated (if possible). The other view is the lateral with the elbow at 90 of flexion and the forearm in neutral position. Comparison views of the other elbow should not be part of normal radiographic practice and should only be performed in exceptional circumstances, because of the radiation exposure to the child. 

Another view of this theme was our analysis of spectral densities. A comparison of LN spectral densities, as computed for BPTI and lysozyme from cosine Fourier transforms of the velocity autocorrelation functions, revealed excellent agreement between LN and the explicit Langevin trajectories (see Fig, 5 in [88]). Here we only compare the spectral densities for different 7 Fig. 8 shows that the Langevin patterns become closer to the Verlet densities (7 = 0) as 7 in the Langevin integrator (be it BBK or LN) is decreased. 

The relationship of the selectivity of an electrophile to its reactivity is a separate issue, because the above quantitative correlations of reactivity can be used empirically, without accepting that they allow comment about the reactivity of electrophiles. There is no direct evidence for the view that differences in the selectivities of electrophiles are related in a simple way to their different reactivities. Indeed, it is difficult to grasp the meaning of comparisons attempted between electrophiles of very different structures, which bring about reaction under disparate conditions by different mechanisms. 

Kinetic data are available for the nitration of a series of p-alkylphenyl trimethylammonium ions over a range of acidities in sulphuric acid. - The following table shows how p-methyl and p-tert-h xty augment the reactivity of the position ortho to them. Comparison with table 9.1 shows how very much more powerfully both the methyl and the tert-butyl group assist substitution into these strongly deactivated cations than they do at the o-positions in toluene and ferf-butylbenzene. Analysis of these results, and comparison with those for chlorination and bromination, shows that even in these highly deactivated cations, as in the nitration of alkylbenzenes ( 9.1.1), the alkyl groups still release electrons in the inductive order. In view of the comparisons just... 

Comparison of data for the nitration of alkyl- and halogenobenzenes with those for the related p-nitro-compounds supports the view that the rate of nitration of highly electron-deficient systems is determined by polarizability factors which enhance the reactivity of the substituted by comparison with that of the unsubstituted system. 

We tend to take the efficacy of modern drugs for granted One comparison with the not too distant past might put this view into better perspec tive Once sulfa drugs were introduced in the United States the number of pneumonia deaths alone de creased by an estimated 25 000 per year The sulfa... 

Since the preparation of the specimen began with such a dilute solution, there seems to be little doubt that the particles are individual polymer molecules rather than clusters thereof. The diameters of the blobs are of the right order of magnitude for random structures, although this comparison must be used cautiously in view of item (1). 

James L. Unmack, "A Comparison of Periodic Versus Random Sampling From an Information Theory Point of View," presented at CMA Exposure Assessment Workshop, Washington, D.C., 1986. 

In view of the facts that three-dimensional coUoids are common and that Brownian motion and gravity nearly always operate on them and the dispersiag medium, a comparison of the effects of particle size on the distance over which a particle translationaUy diffuses and that over which it settles elucidates the coUoidal size range. The distances traversed ia 1 h by spherical particles with specific gravity 2.0, and suspended ia a fluid with specific gravity 1.0, each at 293 K, are given ia Table 1. The dashed lines are arbitrary boundaries between which the particles are usuaUy deemed coUoidal because the... 

This gives two choices ia interpreting calculated NRR values, ie, a direct comparison of NRR values for different options or a comparison of the NRR value of each option with a previously defined NRR cutoff level for acceptabiUty. The NPV, DTC, and NRR can be iaterpreted as discounted measures of the return, iavestment, and return rate, analogous to the parameters of the earher example. These three parameters characterize a venture over its entire life. Additional parameters can be developed to characterize the cash flow pattern duting the early venture years. Eor example, the net payout time (NPT) is the number of operating years for the cumulative discounted cash flow to sum to zero. This characterizes the early cash flow pattern it can be viewed as a discounted measure of the expected operating time that the investment is at risk. 

Comparison with Eq. (4-20) provides an example of the parallelism that exists between the eqnaOons for a constant-composition sohiOon and those for the corresponding partial properties. This parallelism exists whenever the sohidon properties in the parent equation are related hnearly (in the algebraic sense). Thus, in view of Eqs. (4-17), (4-18), and (4-19) ... 

The recent development and comparative application of modern separation techniques with regard to determination of alkylphosphonic acids and lewisite derivatives have been demonstrated. This report highlights advantages and shortcomings of GC equipped with mass spectrometry detector and HPLC as well as CE with UV-Vis detector. The comparison was made from the sampling point of view and separation/detection ability. The derivatization procedure for GC of main degradation products of nerve agents to determine in water samples was applied. Direct determination of lewisite derivatives by HPLC-UV was shown. Also optimization of indirect determination of alkylphosphonic acids in CE-UV was developed. Finally, the new instrumental development and future trends will be discussed. 

Fig. 23-14 Close proximity of a PE-coated DN 600 gas pipeline and a 380-kV high-voltage line, (a) Plan view, (b) comparison between measured and calculated pipeline potentials without connected grounds, and (c) comparison between measured and calculated pipeline potentials with connected grounds.

The World Wide Web has transformed the way in which we obtain and analyze published information on proteins. What only a few years ago would take days or weeks and require the use of expensive computer workstations can now be achieved in a few minutes or hours using personal computers, both PCs and Macintosh, connected to the internet. The Web contains hundreds of sites of Interest to molecular biologists, many of which are listed in Pedro s BioMolecular Research Tools (http // www.fmi.ch/biology/research tools.html). Many sites provide free access to databases that make it very easy to obtain information on structurally related proteins, the amino acid sequences of homologous proteins, relevant literature references, medical information and metabolic pathways. This development has opened up new opportunities for even non-specialists to view and manipulate a structure of interest or to carry out amino-acid sequence comparisons, and one can now rapidly obtain an overview of a particular area of molecular biology. We shall here describe some Web sites that are of interest from a structural point of view. Updated links to these sites can be found in the Introduction to Protein Structure Web site (http // WWW.ProteinStructure.com/). 

The preference for endo attack in 7,7-dimethylnorbomene is certainly steric in origin, with the 7-methyl substituent shielding the exo direction of approach. The origin of the preferred exo-attack in norbomene is more subject to discussion. A purely steric explanation views the endo hydrogens at C—5 and C—6 as sterically shieldihg the endo approach. There probably is also a major torsional effect Comparison of the exo and endo modes of reproach shows that greater torsional strain develops in the endo mode of... 

Perhaps the most significant complication in the interpretation of nanoscale adhesion and mechanical properties measurements is the fact that the contact sizes are below the optical limit ( 1 t,im). Macroscopic adhesion studies and mechanical property measurements often rely on optical observations of the contact, and many of the contact mechanics models are formulated around direct measurement of the contact area or radius as a function of experimentally controlled parameters, such as load or displacement. In studies of colloids, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has been used to view particle/surface contact sizes from the side to measure contact radius [3]. However, such a configuration is not easily employed in AFM and nanoindentation studies, and undesirable surface interactions from charging or contamination may arise. For adhesion studies (e.g. Johnson-Kendall-Roberts (JKR) [4] and probe-tack tests [5,6]), the probe/sample contact area is monitored as a function of load or displacement. This allows evaluation of load/area or even stress/strain response [7] as well as comparison to and development of contact mechanics theories. Area measurements are also important in traditional indentation experiments, where hardness is determined by measuring the residual contact area of the deformation optically [8J. For micro- and nanoscale studies, the dimensions of both the contact and residual deformation (if any) are below the optical limit. 

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