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Tracheal aspirate pH is alkaline in pre-term human infants.

The pH of sputum and exhaled breath condensate is abnormal in several pulmonary disorders. Though airway pH regulatory proteins may be abnormally expressed in human development, the tracheal aspirate pH of infants born prematurely has not been studied. Undiluted mid-tracheal aspirate samples were obtained on the first day of life from pre-term (23-30 weeks' gestation) and term (> or =37 weeks' ...

TASTE: To aspirate, or not to aspirate, remains a question

INTRODUCTION Coronary artery thrombus aspiration is a simple, rapidly performed, and relatively inexpensive adjunctive therapy in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). It may protect the microcirculation from distal embolization and improve distal coronary blood flow, although this is not a universal finding. Furthermore, a recent meta-analysis pointed to an increased risk of stroke...

Fuzzy method for pre-diagnosis of breast cancer from the Fine Needle Aspirate analysis

BACKGROUND Across the globe, breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death among women and, currently, Fine Needle Aspirate (FNA) with visual interpretation is the easiest and fastest biopsy technique for the diagnosis of this deadly disease. Unfortunately, the ability of this method to diagnose cancer correctly when the disease is present varies greatly, from 65% to 98%. This article int...

To Aspirate or Not to Aspirate: That Is the Question.

Finite groups have even more centralizers

For a finite group $G$‎, ‎let $Cent(G)$ denote the set of centralizers of single elements of $G$‎. ‎In this note we prove that if $|G|leq frac{3}{2}|Cent(G)|$ and $G$ is 2-nilpotent‎, ‎then $Gcong S_3‎, ‎D_{10}$ or $S_3times S_3$‎. ‎This result gives a partial and positive answer to a conjecture raised by A‎. ‎R‎. ‎Ashrafi [On finite groups with a given number of centralizers‎, ‎Algebra‎ ‎Collo...