Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked muscle disease with weakness, loss of ambulation, and premature death.DMD patients have reduced bone health, including decreased femur length (FL), density, and fractures.The mdx mouse model has paradoxically greater FL, density, and strength, positively correlating with muscle mass.Bone morphology h
Abstract Objective The objective of this trial is to investigate the effects of protective lung ventilation on regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO2) during dura opening, that is from Ta (after dura opening) to Tb (before dura closing), in patients undergoing intracranial tumor surgery.Methods This is a randomized controlled trial which will ng
The Companies Act 71 of 2008 (the Companies Act) was promulgated in April 2009 and came into effect on 1 April.The purpose of this Act is, among other things, to promote compliance with the Bill of Rights as provided for in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (the Constitution), in the application of company law.This gives recogn