... examined by an expert ophthalmologist and routine ophthalmic examinations including visual acuity determination, slit lamp examination, ophthalmoloscopy and intraocular pressure measurement were ... cataract In: Tasman W, Jaeger A, eds Duane’s Clinical Ophthalmology Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven publishers, 2000:12-14 Kahn HA, et al The Framingham eye study I Outline and major prevalence findings ... cataract formation Na+ pump activity in lens is as in other cells and it is related to intracellular Na+ , extracellular K+ and eventually to serum concentrations of these ions [37,38] Clayton et al...
Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 09:49
Báo cáo hóa học: " Electronic States and Light Absorption in a Cylindrical Quantum Dot Having Thin Falciform Cross Section" pptx
... in parabolic potential approximation and their gap is increased with L1 This fact is explained by higher SQ portion in the particle energy One can see from Fig 2, with increasing of x¨ coordinate ... agrees with the result (16) Direct Interband Light Absorption Now, we consider direct interband light absorption by CQD with thin falciform cross section, in the strong SQ È É regime This means ... explained by reduction of confinement effect Finally, in Figs and comparisons are given of the AE values or the falciform cross section with parameters L1 ¨ and L2 in the cases when parabolic and...
Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 01:20
Báo cáo hóa học: " Electron States and Light Absorption in Strongly Oblate and Strongly Prolate Ellipsoidal Quantum Dots in Presence of Electrical and Magnetic Fields" pot
... direct inter-band light absorption inside SPEQDs in the strong SQ regime The absorption coefficient is given by the relation (20) In this particular case for the K and AE we obtained the following ... applications, in particular in large twodimensional focal plane arrays in the mid- and far infrared (M&FIR) region, having important applications in the fields of pollution detection, thermal imaging object ... electrical and magnetic fields are different: increase of the magnetic field intensity increases the particle energy, while increase of the electrical field intensity reduces the particle energy...
Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 19:20
Báo cáo y học: "Impaired glucose and nutrient absorption in critical illness: is gastric emptying only a piece of the puzzle" docx
... studies assessing intestinal absorption in ICU patients is a difficult task In particular, caution should be taken when interpreting the kinetics of 3-O MG (to represent glucose) absorption in the ICU ... Bjarnason I: Small intestinal transit, absorption, and permeability in patients with AIDS with and without diarrhea Gut 1999, 45:70-76 Martin GR, Meddings JB, Sigalet DL: 3-O methylglucose absorption ... ICU setting ICU patients indeed show pharmacokinetic differences compared with normal individuals, including increased volume of distribution and variable clearance of substances [9,10] In septic...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 19:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Selectivity of pyruvate kinase for Na+ and K+ in water/dimethylsulfoxide mixtures docx
... According to Buchbinder and Reed [21], Na+ and K+ bind to the divalent cation binding site I Thus, the inhibition shown in Fig would result from the Selectivity of pyruvate kinase for Na+ and K+ ... Solvation and energetic of binding of Na+ and K+ to pyruvate kinase It has been hypothesized [18] that the difference between Na+ and K+ in the activation and inhibition of pyruvate kinase could ... active and inactive conformations of pyruvate kinase [17,29,43] The spectral center of mass of pyruvate kinase and pyruvate kinase in complex with Mg2+ and phosphoenolpyruvate in the presence of Na+ ,...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 02:20
femtosecond laser absorption in fused silica numerical and experimental investigation
... drops and the reflectivity increases as the incident fluence is increased since the free electron plasma density increases with increasing fluence leading to greater change in the dielectric constant ... silica, and n = Reͱ is the corresponding refractive index The first term on the righthand side ͑RHS͒ in Eq ͑2͒ stands for laser diffraction in the transverse plane, the second term accounts for absorption ... proportional to the laser intensity as shown in Eq ͑4͒ because of the negligible free electron density, resulting in the slight increase in reflectivity When the laser fluence is further increased,...
Ngày tải lên: 06/05/2014, 08:55
Báo cáo khoa học: "Relation between ecological conditions and fir decline in a sandstone region of the Vosges mountains (northeastern France) Anne-Laure Thomasa, Jean-Cl." potx
... into Arc/Info format, free disposal of data), Centre Interrégional Informatique de Lorraine (data encoding and validation, mapping) and INRA/Ministry of Agriculture (overall co-ordination by ... yellowing of the foliage (34% in class and 1% in class 3) (figure 2) The two damage symptoms were 3.3 Statistical modelling A step by step discriminant analysis was carried out by introducing the ... relying on a “classical” geographic database remains nevertheless very interesting; it helps testing and upscaling the results from a few research sites and allows defining critical thresholds and...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:20
Báo cáo y học: "Glucose absorption and gastric emptying in critical illness" pps
... Physiology and pathophysiology of intestinal absorption Am J Clin Nutr 1992, 55(1 Suppl):299S-308S 23 Hernandez G, Velasco N, Wainstein C, Castillo L, Bugedo G, Maiz A, Lopez F, Guzman S, Vargas C: Gut ... expected to increase the rate of nutrient absorption in these patients Factors other than slow GE also appear to limit absorption in critically ill patients and investigation into small intestinal abnormalities ... statistical analysis and drafting of the manuscript MB, KJ and BC were involved in study design and scintigraphic data acquisition and interpretation AR provided technical support for studies and data...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:22
Saturable absorption and two photon absorption in graphene
... for optical limiting Many RSA materials that have been developed and studied include Cr3+-doped alexandrite, indanthrones, phthalocyanines and naphthalocynanines, 25 Chapter Introduction heavy ... number of layer increased up to 6, the saturable absorption signal increased linearly, which indicates that the nonlinear optical signal can be enhanced by increasing the stacking of graphene ... optical absorption in nanocarbon materials; and Section 1.3 outlines the objectives for the research to be reported in this thesis, and defines the scope of this thesis 1.1 Nonlinear optical absorption...
Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 17:55
A modelling study of h2s absorption in pure water and in rainwater
... MODELLING STUDY OF H2S ABSORPTION IN PURE WATER AND IN RAINWATER iv TABLE OF CONTENTS APPENDIX C : RAINWATER ANALYSIS 105 A MODELLING STUDY OF H2S ABSORPTION IN PURE WATER AND IN RAINWATER ... these interactions can be classified into two types, namely long range interaction and short range interaction Long range interaction is mainly induced from ion-ion interactions which are dominated ... (Robinson et al., 1985) The MPR EOS was applied to both aqueous and non aqueous phase for several binary mixtures (Peng and Robinson, 1980) The binary mixtures included water and A MODELLING...
Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 14:04
Cambridge.University.Press.War.Land.on.the.Eastern.Front.Culture.National.Identity.and.German.Occupation.in.World.War.I.May.2000.pdf
... necessity and dynastic politics, Lithuania drew closer to the Kingdom of Poland, culminating in constitutional fusion and the creation of a joint commonwealth Decline and then partitions by surrounding ... strikingly, after suppressing the 1863 revolt, Russia banned Coming to war land 37 printing of Lithuanian in Latin letters, seeking thus to remove Lithuanians from Polish inXuence, bringing them closer ... living Indo- Coming to war land 31 European tongue, a linguistic coelacanth fascinating to scholars Along with other Baltic tribes, they had inhabited these shores since 3000 BC In the Grand...
Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 11:02
The graphs below show the numbers of male and female workers in 1975 and 1995 in several employment sectors of the republic of Freedonia
... women worked in finance and banking institutions in 1975, the number increased to 450 000 by 1995 The number of men grew only marginally from 425 000 to 480 000 over the same period In defence, ... decades later The number of men in this sector remained stable over the period, at around 700 000 Women also made gains in both the finance/banking industries and in the defence-related public ... 1975 and 1995 brought significant changes in the representation of women in Freedonia's work force, according to the graphs In 1975, for example, some 300 000 men and 250 000 women worked in the...
Ngày tải lên: 04/10/2012, 10:02
Báo cáo y học: "Management of chest pain: exploring the views and experiences of chiropractors and medical practitioners in a focus group interview"
... educational institution offering a training program coordinated by a medical physician However, this is in its infancy and much needs to be worked out This does indicate a growing level of interest in ... of clinical information that may improve current and future cross-disciplinary coordination of care for chest pain patients Clinical and health services research It is apparent that there is insufficient ... made that medical training includes developing skills/competencies in referral practices (e.g., standardized referral forms are used in medical academic practice and teaching clinics) Discussion...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06
Báo cáo y học: " High blood pressure, antihypertensive medication and lung function in a general adult population"
... Conclusions Our findings are in line with previous observations showing an inverse association between blood pressure and lung function Furthermore, our analysis indicates that BBL medication and ... Munich, Asklepios Hospital Gauting and Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany 6Department of Internal Medicine B - Cardiology, Intensive Care, Pulmonary Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University ... function and blood pressure in Chinese men and women of Beijing and Guangzhou PRC-USA Cardiovascular and Cardiopulmonary Epidemiology Research Group Int J Epidemiol 1998, 27(1):49-56 Schnabel et...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:45
Báo cáo y học: "Trace Elements, Heavy Metals and Vitamin Levels in Patients with Coronary Artery Diseas"
... levels and mortality Arch Intern Med 2002; 162: 2443-2449 31 Rock E, Winklhofer-Roob BM, Ribalta J, et al Vitamin A, vitamin E and carotenoid status and metabolism during ageing: functional and ... vitamins A (retinol), D (cholecalciferol) and E (α-tocopherol) in patients with CAD MATERIALS AND METHODS The study population included 30 patients having angiographically demonstrated CAD and ... having normal coronary arteries attending cardiology clinic at Yuzuncu Yil University Hospital The study was approved by the local ethics committee according to the declaration of Helsinki, and...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:51
Báo cáo y học: "A Comparison of Immuncapture Agglutination and ELISA Methods in Serological Diagnosis of Brucellosis"
... Faculty of Medicine from various clinics were included in the study and kept at -70ºC until performing laboratory study Coombs anti-brucella test (Vircell, S.L., Spain), ELISA Ig G and Ig M (Vircell, ... titers and the advantage of identifying different classes of antibodies in comparison to other agglutination methods Different results may be obtained depending on the nature of anti-globulin This ... Gutierrez P, Duenas A Serological follow-up of brucella patients using an immunocapture-agglutination test (Brucellacapt), Coombs anti-Brucella and LPS-ELISA tests Clinical Microbiology and Infection...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:56
Báo cáo y học: "Effect of Acute Administration of an Herbal Preparation on Blood Pressure and Heart Rate in Humans"
... treatment ingestion After eating, an increase in heart rate occurred in all three treatment groups The increase in heart rate does not coincide with the pharmacokinetics including blood levels and ... Muller GJ Coronary spasm and thrombosis in a bodybuilder using a nutritional supplement containing synephrine, octopamine, tyramine and caffeine So African Med J 2008; 98: 372-373 Sander LC, Putzbach ... mg octopamine and undisclosed amounts of other ingredients including catechin polyphenols The hemodynamic effects of a single dose of a C aurantium extract (Advantra Z®) that contained 46.9 mg...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:10
Báo cáo y học: "Prevalence of Overactive Bladder, its Under-Diagnosis, and Risk Factors in a Male Urologic Veterans Population"
... Definition Eur Urol 2005; 48:622 Irwin D, Milsom I, Hunskaar S, Reilly K, Kopp Z, Herschorn S, et al Population-based survey of urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, and other lower urinary ... patient population in the US; Poster Paris, France: International Continence Society Annual Meeting 2004 10 Cheung WW, Khan NH, Choi KK, Bluth MH, Vincent M Prevalence, evaluation and management of ... have declared that no conflict of interest exists References Temml C, Heidler S, Ponholzer A and Madersbacher S Prevalence of the overactive bladder syndrom by applying the International Continence...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:35
Báo cáo y học: "NITRIC OXIDE (NO), CITRULLINE – NO CYCLE ENZYMES, GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE AND OXIDATIVE STRESS IN ANOXIA (HYPOBARIC HYPOXIA) AND REPERFUSION IN RAT BRAIN"
... hypoxia) and reperfusion damage in brain The increased activities of AS and AL indicate the effective recycling of citrulline to arginine and suggest a functional role to citrulline –NO cycle enzymes ... citrulline-NO cycle (18) Arginine in brain is also utilized by arginase (EC 3.5.3.1) for production of ornithine Co-induction of AS, cationic amino acid transporter-2, and NOS in activated murine ... AL and arginase in the study AS and AL activities increased in all the three brain regions significantly in anoxia suggesting an increased utilization of citrulline for the production of arginine...
Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:07