When ACL reconstruction does not help: risk factors associated with not achieving the minimal important change for the KOOS Sport/Rec and QoL.

Objectives: To determine factors associated with not achieving a minimal important change (MIC) in the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) Function in Sport and Recreation (Sport/Rec), and Knee-Related Quality of Life (QoL) subscales 1 year after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACL-R).

Methods: This study used data from the Swedish National Knee Ligament Registry. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to identify factors associated with not achieving a MIC.

Numerical simulation of local heat transfer in rotating two-pass square channels.

3D turbulent air flow and heat transfer developing in a two-pass square channel rotating in the orthogonal mode are simulated using the high-Re k-epsilon turbulence model and a recently developed modification of wall functions. Auxiliary problem for accurate definition of inlet boundary conditions formed by a long unheated upstream section is considered. Details of flow structure are presented.

[Immunoenzyme method of the determination of human chorionic gonadotropin using polyclonal antibodies].

The authors developed a method for obtaining highly specific polyclonal antibodies reacting with different sites of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) and an immunometrical method for measuring HCG in human biological fluids, based on the use of these antibodies. The sensitivity of the method is 10-15 IU/liter HCG, specificity 100%, no cross reactions with LH or FSH were observed. The method was tried in testing urine samples for HCG in women at 1-2 to 34 weeks of gestations and in one cancer patient with the diagnosis of vesical mole.