... mechanically ventilated patients [17], and to explore the relationship of ventilator-associated pneumonia and bloodstream infections to pRBC transfusions [18,19] Subjects and endpoints Only incident cases ... exposure and the development of incident ARDS Univariate descriptive statistics were generated for the ARDS and No ARDS groups Continuous data were summarized as mean and standard deviation, and the ... contributions MDZ and AFS were responsible for the study design, data interpretation, and drafting the manuscript CC and MR were responsible for the study design and data interpretation PL, FV, and MSD...
... between: a) hemoglobin (mm) and time to first bloodproduct delivery (h), b) age (years) and time to first bloodproduct delivery (h) and c) iss and time to first bloodproduct delivery (h) The ... to first bloodproduct delivery, type and amount of blood products (RBC, FFP and PLT) in the first hours, 6-12, 12-24 hours and total amount during hospital stay, admission hematology and coagulation, ... -0.15 p=0.070 0 10 11 Hemoglobin (mM) 12 B 25 50 Time to first bloodproduct (h) 12 A Time to first bloodproduct (h) Time to first bloodproduct (h) 12 Page of C 2005-2007 (lower line) Rho=0.19 p=0.021...
... have a budget product, such as the Marriott Courtyards and Holiday Inn Express groups The rooms, furnishings and facilities are very similar from one hotel to 13 Six Sigma and the Product Development ... represent four standard deviations on either side of the mean encompass 99.994% of the data records, six 25 Six Sigma and the Product Development Cycle Table 2.2 Average and standard deviation ... hindsight, been placed too heavily on product quality and on infrastructure and too little on consumer products Some people are still using Motorola Micro-tac analogue handsets that must be a decade...
... QIAquick PCR purification kit for standard PCR products, or using the QIAEX II gel purification kit for error-prone PCR products), and then digested with both BspHI and PstI After subsequent purification ... cloning site of the vector by digestion with NcoI and PstI This vector backbone was excised from an agarose gel and purified For both standard and error-prone PCR amplification of hMnSOD genes, ... screening Error-prone PCR and DNA shuffling were separately used to create a randomized library of protein variants based on the Q143A hMnSOD template One hundred and fifty thousand QC774 transformants...
... generic product entered the market at a significant discount to the brand name firm, and this discount grew larger as the number of generic competitors for a particular brand name product expanded ... the pioneer brand John Vernon and I have completed studies of generic competition during the 1980s and 1990s.15 A distinctive pattern of competitive behavior for generic and brand name firms ... competitive advantages of being first in the market, superior sales and service efforts, secrecy and complexity of productions andproduct technology, as well as patents Both studies found that the...
... proper standards and norms for control and handling of milk and milk product; (d) maintenance of high standards of sanitary and hygienic conditions in the manufacture of milk and milk product; ... where raw materials and dairy products are handled or stored; 36 (c) wash their hands at least each time work is resumed and whenever contamination of their hands has occurred; and (d) cover wounds ... notification as a milk product; (h) “Dairy establishment” means a place where milk collection, processing, manufacturing, storage and handling of Milk and Milk Product is carried out and any type of...
... to assay for test article concentrations and anti -product antibodies, and whole blood was collected for the ex vivo PD assay For Group C, only whole blood samples were collected b For animal ... separate whole blood aliquots (for six monkeys) were stimulated simultaneously with either rhuIL-21 and Ab-02 (squares) or with rhuIL-21 and control IgG (triangles), and individual animal and median ... symbols and solid lines) and up to 36 days for Ab-02 (open symbols and dashed lines) post-dose Ab-01 and Ab-02 serum concentrations were measured by a specific ELISA, in which his-tagged rhuIL-21 and...
... method and Jacobi’s triple product identity, we shall show a general equation on the modified Jacobi theta function which covers several known and new theta function identities The main theorem and ... such as the quintuple, sextuple and septuple products and establish several new theta function identities through Section to in the rest of the paper Main Theorem and Proof By combining the functional ... sextuple product identity) x, xy; q ∞ = −qy, −x2 y; q ∞ − x −y, −qx2 y; q ∞ In fact, making the parameter replacements q → q , x → −qxy and y → 1/y and then applying Jacobi’s triple product identity,...
... Alon, I Dinur, E Friedgut and B Sudakov, Graph products, fourier analysis and spectral techniques, Geomatric And Functional Analysis 14 (2004) 913–940 [4] P J Cameron and C Y Ku, Intersecting ... Cartesian product of V (Γ1 ) and V (Γ2 ) such that two vertices (u1 , v1 ), (u2 , v2 ) are adjacent in Γ1 × Γ2 if u1 u2 is an edge of Γ1 and v1 v2 is an edge of Γ2 Let Γq denote the tensor product ... direct products, European Journal of Como binatorics 17 (1996), 727–730 [7] The GAP Group (2002), GAP–Groups, Algorithms and Programming, Aachen, St Andrews, Available from: http://www-gap.dcs.st -and. ac.uk/...
... and Riordan [8] and holds for any board B ⊆ Bn Identity (1.4) holds for all Ferrers boards B = F (b1 , , bn ) and is due to Goldman, Joichi and White [6] Identity (1.5) is due to Garsia and ... respect to A, sgn, and sgn This general product formula is new and vastly extends the range of any of the product formulas that have appeared in the literature Our general product formula specializes ... We shall also prove q-analogues and (p, q)-analogues of our general product formula and describe the connection between other q-analogues and (p, q)-analogues of product formulas that have appeared...
... molecule, and the two glycoproteins, gC and gE, have a synergistic effect on mediating immune evasion[30,31] And gC of HSV-1 and -2, BHV-1, PRV, and Equine herpes virus types and (EHV-1 and -4) ... cytoplasm And after 60 hr, fluorescence was gently dispersed (Figure 7) Discussion In this study we expand our initial observations, in which we identified and characterized the DPV gC gene and found ... Figure Identification and characterization of pMD18-T/gC and pET32a-gC with restriction enzyme and PCR-based amplification (a) Identification of pMD18-T/gC with restriction enzyme and PCR-based amplification...
... is measured The molarities of both ions in the compound are now determined and an Ion Product is calculated This Ion Product must be equal to Ksp EXAMPLE: When 123.0 mL of a 0.0467 M KF solution ... Analysis schemes [MH5; page 436] – 157 – Solubility and pH (and Complexation) Problems [MH5; 16.2] • The solubility of many substances influences, and is influenced by, the pH of the solution • Metal ... [Ksp for PbCR2 is 1.7 x 10 —5] – 150 – Saturated and Unsaturated Solutions • The term “saturated” implies that there is equilibrium between solid and solution • If the quantity of a substance in...
... decisions as in D1, D2, and D3 D1 handles a design issue that occurs in the design of feature F2 D2 handles a design issue that occurs in the design common to features F3 and F4 D3 handles a design issue ... its impact on productivity, support for traceability between features and code has received much attention in single system and SPL engineering research However, no comprehensive and practical ... corresponding candidate design decisions The core of my problem focuses on the explicit documentation of these candidate design decisions and their implications on the design of the system, and the...
... position and with wearing noseclips The best results for FVC and FEV1 were taken and percent predicted values were calculated according Quanjer et al [18] Blood pressure, medication and other ... high blood pressure regardless of its medical treatment - B HBP or medication: high blood pressure or the use of antihypertensive medication - C HBP and medication: high blood pressure and the ... between the abovementioned classes of high blood pressure and antihypertensive medication and lung function outcomes Additionally, high blood pressure and antihypertensive medication were used...
... and serve as antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents [12, 13] as well as hepatoprotectants [14] and neuroprotectants [15] However, the effects of naringin and hesperidin on metabolic rate and ... double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled protocol to compare the effects of p-synephrine alone and in combination with different amounts of hesperidin and naringin on: (1) resting metabolism, (2) blood ... hesperidin and 600 mg naringin Group 4: Advantra Z® with 100 mg hesperidin and 600 mg naringin Group 5: Advantra Z® with 1,000 mg hesperidin and 600 mg naringin After remaining seated and resting...
... used in weight loss and weight management products in combination with caffeine, polyphenolics, and other constituents [4-7] These products are designed to promote thermogenesis and increase metabolism, ... in heart rate, and systolic and diastolic blood pressures for up to five hours Of interest is the fact that Min et al [18] used this same product in a similarly designed study and saw no effect ... oxygen uptake (VO2) and carbon dioxide production (VCO2) The non-protein respiratory exchange ratio (RER) value was calculated from VO2 and VCO2 The RER was used as an index of fat and carbohydrate...
... fractions from sweet potato leaves The controls were ND and obese diabetic untreated mice 2.5 Bloodand liver collection and biochemical analysis The blood of mice fasted for 12h was collected from retro-orbital ... significant Results and discussion 3.1 Body weight, biochemical parameters of ND and HFD fed mice Table indicated that the body weight, blood lipid parameters, such as TC, TG, LDTc, and plasma insulin ... mice) Moreover, blood glucose and insulin concentration unusually increase in obese mice in comparison with the control (ND mice) Namely, blood glucose level increased by 48.11% and plasma insulin...
... in order to avoid blood- borne risks associated with blood transfusion Awareness and incorporation of such interventions is mandatory and should be followed by all surgeons and all patients have ... respected and have driven large medical institutes to establish Bloodless Surgical Measures and Schemes [12] Today, many centers worldwide and over 50 in the United States alone practise bloodless ... allogenic blood transfusion, poses limitations for surgeons and renders mandatory the establishment of Bloodless Surgery Programs; each gynecologist should be informed about the available blood conservation...
... of high blood pressure with risk for CHD.162-167 This association holds for men and women and younger and older persons Even below categorical hypertension, subjects with high-normal blood pressure ... reducing CHD risk through short-term and long-term control of high serum cholesterol and related disorders of lipid and lipoprotein metabolism Thus, on the one hand, high serum cholesterol can be ... lipids and lipoproteins Cholesterol is a fat-like substance (lipid) that is present in cell membranes and is a precursor of bile acids and steroid hormones Cholesterol travels in the blood in...