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At ISB Atma Luhur, there is a web application specifically for students in accessing academic information in which the usage is good enough, but felt less practical and effective. After logged in, a student must provide some input, such as clicking on buttons and menus to display academic information. This web applicat... |
This article examines the similarities and differences in the form of state-funded places allocated by the Ministry of Agriculture with the main agrarian changes taking place in Russia and foreign countries. To identify such similarities or refute them, certain evaluation criteria are given, according to which an educa... |
To avoid electron leakage and energy consumption as in present‐day bipolar junction transistor, the magnetic analog of the bipolar junction transistor using magnetic vortices proves to be an excellent alternative. This alternative exploration is implemented using micromagnetic simulations, which use spin‐polarized curr... |
Medical cyber-physical systems (MCPSs) extend the notion of conventional medical devices to more complex technical systems in close connection to humans, e.g., acquiring sensor data, controlling a treatment, or monitoring recovery. Typically, these systems include the patient in the loop and require a high degree of de... |
De Mattia cut growth, an important fatigue test, of a number of crosslinked elastomers based on terpolymers of isobutylene, p-methylstyrene, and p-bromomethylstyrene brominated isobutylene paramethylstyrene copolymers (BIMS), butadiene rubber (BR), and blends of BR and natural rubber (NR) has been studied. In these com... |
A major reason why people don't use security tools online is that they perceive them as difficult and challenging, resulting in the lack of self-efficacy. Previous research has looked at improving user security attitude and practices through a variety of interventions, including transformational games. These games, tar... |
A high incidence of root and crown rot of strawberries was observed in production districts in the Swan Coastal Plain north of Perth during 2005 and 2006. Fifty samples of affected and asymptomatic plants were collected randomly. Crown and roots of individual plants were examined and soil surrounding roots was tested f... |
A 63-year-old man was referred to our hospital for rapid deterioration of his renal function. He had worked as a metal founder for more than 40 years, and had been diagnosed as having silicosis. Laboratory data on admission showed severe anemia, thrombocytopenia, and end-stage renal failure (BUN 88.8 mg/dl, serum creat... |
In a previous paper (cf. [7], Chapter II) we associated with any connected and simply connected solvable Lie group a series of geometric objects, called loc. cit. generalized orbits. In the nilpotent case these coincide with the orbits of the coadjoint representation, which A. A. Kirillov employed to parametrize the un... |
We present a new method for the design and implementation of modulated filter banks with perfect reconstruction. It is based on the decomposition of the analysis and synthesis polyphase matrices into a product of two different types of simple matrices, replacing the polyphase filtering part in a modulated filter bank. ... |
Formaldehyde (HCHO) observations from satellites have been widely used to constrain volatile organic compound (VOC) emission estimates. The oxidation of anthropogenic organic compounds accounts for only a small fraction(~7%) of the total HCHO column on global average (Stavrakou et al., 2009). Therefore, the use of sate... |
The effect of cortical spreading depression, a proposed initiating event for migraine pain, on cortical blood flow (laser Doppler method) and on the spontaneous firing rate and stimulus-evoked responses of trigemino-cervical neurons with craniovascular input was studied in 17 neurons in 8 cats anesthetized with chloral... |
Objective To investigate the hypothesis that weight reduction with orlistat plus mild caloric restriction leads to better blood pressure control than diet alone in obese individuals with inadequately controlled hypertension. Design This was a 1-year, prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicente... |
This study develops a modified cellular automata (CA) model to simulate the flash flood inundation extent on a case study of an urban sub-catchment, in New York City. Based on the soil composition, the Horton equation is modified with threshold infiltration rates and applied to different land cover types. Further, the ... |
There are several things that can happen following surgery. 1. Bleeding: Bleeding can occur following surgery. To reduce the possibility of bleeding, the following instructions are given. a. Limit activities for at least 48 hours. b. Keep the operative site elevated (if appropriate). c. If surgery was on the face, head... |
Chronic inflammations of the distal Achilles tendon correspond frequently to a mechanical irritation of the subcalcaneal bursa. On grounds of the biomechanical analysis an excessive inward bending of the hindfoot is postulated as the reason. So a conception for the clinical therapy is detected. The first measure will b... |
This special issue of Journal of Vision is devoted to ‘‘Crowding,’’ a failure of object recognition. An object is ‘‘crowded’’ when clutter jumbles its appearance, making it impossible to identify. Clutter impairs perception of objects. As every child knows, Waldo is hard to find. Long-range effects of non-overlapping d... |
PHYSICIANS and other US medical team members who go downrange to The Box contend—among other challenges—with pudding, battle rattle, and Groundhog Day. American GIs always have been quick to provide nicknames for the places and circumstances they face, and the nowextended (until mid 1998) North Atlantic Treaty Organiza... |
Native and recombinant forms of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) are synthesized predominantly as biologically latent complexes. Physicochemical analysis demonstrates that the more recently described TGF-beta 2 and TGF-beta 3 are also latent, and reveals a common series of sharply defined parameters for a... |
The concept of occupational air requirement (OAR), representing the quantity of air required to dilute the vapor concentration in the work environment resulting from 1 l product to a concentration below the occupational exposure limit (OEL), was considered to have potential to discriminate between paints that can and c... |
Abstract Chemotactic factors, the ionophore A23187, and arachidonic acid aggregate polymorphonuclear neutrophils. They appear to act in part by causing neutrophils to take up extracellular calcium and to metabolize arachidonic acid. Hence, the aggregation response to these stimuli requires extracellular calcium, is enh... |
Several architectures, in particular those speciically designed for digital signal processing, have a memory structure that consists of a number of banks with diierent characteristics (waitstate, size, ...). There may also exist constraints on the accessibility of these banks, as some bank combinations can be accessed ... |
An aminopeptidase activity capable of hydrolysing leucine 4-nitroanilide and alanine 4-nitroanilide at pH 7.0 was detected in saponin-CaCl2 extracts and homogenates of adult Schistosoma mansoni. The extracts were also capable of acting on synthetic dipeptides at the same pH, preferentially hydrolysing peptide bonds fol... |
It appears that solid state sintering provides an effective technique for fabricating large single crystals and microsphere resonators. Such capabilities provide many avenues for further research leading to novel applications of ceramic lasers. In a word the authors provide a comprehensive forward-looking over view of ... |
Osteoporosis is characterized by reduced bone strength. Bone size and bone mineral density (BMD) are major bone strength determinants. Identification of genes affecting the variability of these traits should improve prognosis and management of osteoporosis. This research was aimed to test the hypothesis of association ... |
Osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma and tumors of the Ewing group are the most frequently observed primary malignant bone tumors. In an Internet homepage recently constructed for the Orthopedic Hospital Rizzoli Bologna, Italy, these tumors have represented the majority of 4423 malignant bone tumors in the archives of this ins... |
As an important length ratio measurement system, the indoor large length standard device has important scientific research value, and the laser interferometer measurement system is responsible for the data acquisition task of the indoor large length standard device. In this paper, the plane measurement and analysis of ... |
Lupus nephritis (LN) is a severe clinical manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Assessment of severity and activity of renal involvement in SLE requires a kidney biopsy, an invasive procedure with limited prognostic value. Noninvasive biomarkers are nee... |
Stimulus transmission across dentine, in conditions such as dentine hypersensitivity, is considered to occur via a hydrodynamic mechanism. This fluid flow in dentine may then induce a mechanoreceptor response in pulpal nerves. However, when fluid flows through a porous structure electrical potentials are also generated... |
Factors hzfluencing distribution of free-roaming cattle were studied on shortgrass steppe in northeastern Colorado. Spatial units selected for grazing were plant communities (soil-plant associations) and a stock-watering area. Regression models of grazing patterns were derived for growingand dormant-season grazing patt... |
There is a risk when company stakeholders make decisions using accounting information with varied qualities in the same way. In order to evaluate the accounting information quality, this paper proposed an approach to the evaluation of the quality of accounting information based on relative entropy in fuzzy linguistic e... |
This study was performed to investigate further the mechanisms underlying the sexual dimorphism of the pressor responses to vasopressin. We have confirmed our earlier findings that the pressor response to graded infusions of vasopressin in conscious unrestrained male rats is similar to that in estrous females and great... |
Recent experimental and theoretical works examining the double photoionization of H2 have uncovered surprising changes in the resulting fully differential cross sections as the kinetic energy released to the outgoing protons is varied. In this work, a complementary study is made of the angular distributions arising fro... |
BACKGROUND |
Aim of the present study was to ascertain if a combination of leukocyte and platelet-rich fibrin (L-PRF) + autogenous bone graft (ABG) may be a clinically "non-inferior" treatment modality as compared with the association of Enamel Matrix Derivative (EMD) with ABG in the management of intrabony defects (IBDs). |
METHODS |
Forty-four patients, exhibiting at least one unfavourable intraosseous defect, were treated by L-PRF associated with ABG (22 patients; test group) or EMD+ABG (control group) in each defect. At baseline and 12 months, a complete clinical and radiographic examination was done. Pre- and post-therapy clinical (probing pock... |
RESULTS |
Clinical and radiographic parameters significantly improved 12 months after surgery in both test and control sites, without inter-groups differences for each measurement. The control group - test group differences for the parameters CAL gain -0.248mm (-0.618 to 0.122), PPD Reduction -0.397mm (-0.810 to 0.015), GR Chang... |
CONCLUSION |
Our results suggest that the L-PRF+ABG combined treatment of non-contained intrabony defects produces non-inferior results in terms of CAL gain, PPD reduction, GR increase and DBL gain in comparison with the EMD+ABG combination. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Functional Characterization of ... |
Antibody-directed liposomes (immunoliposomes) are frequently used for targeted drug delivery. However, delivery of large biotherapeutic molecules (i.e.peptides, proteins, or nucleic acids) with immunoliposomes is often hampered by an inefficient cytosolic release of entrapped macromolecules after target cell binding an... |
BACKGROUND |
We tested the hypothesis that the ProSeal laryngeal mask airway (PLMA) is a more effective ventilatory device than the Classic laryngeal mask airway (LMA) for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. |
METHODS |
Eighty anaesthetized, paralyzed patients (ASA 1-2, aged 18-80 yr) were randomly allocated for airway management with the PLMA or LMA. Ease of insertion and efficacy of seal were determined. Peak airway pressures were recorded immediately before and after carboperitoneum to 2.0 kPa. The inspired oxygen concentration and... |
RESULTS |
First-time insertion success rates were higher for the LMA (40/40 vs 33/40; P = 0.02). Seven patients required two attempts with the PLMA. Oropharyngeal leak pressure was higher for the PLMA [29 (SD 6) vs 19 (4) cm H2O; P < 0.001]. There was a similar, significant increase in peak airway pressure after carboperitoneum ... |
CONCLUSION |
The PLMA is a more effective ventilatory device for laparoscopic cholecystectomy than the LMA. We do not recommend the use of the LMA for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Evaluating noise exposure levels of laboratories in civil engineering education |
One of the most highly found physical contaminants in the working environment is noise, which cause negative health effects associated with the hearing system that could lead to temporary or permanent deafness. Therefore, occupational noise is a risk that is being monitored at work places by measuring exposure levels a... |
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