Abstract Background P. aeruginosa (PSA) is one of the most common Gram-negative organisms causing infections in hospitalized patients. Prompt administration an effective antimicrobial crucial for patients with systemic PSA infection. We evaluated vitro activity ceftazidime-avibactam (CAZ-AVI), ceftolozane-tazobactam (C-T), meropenem-vaborbactam (MEM-VAB), imipenem-relebactam (IMI-REL), and many...

BACKGROUND A blood pressure (BP) monitoring system (PASESA(®)) can be used to easily analyze the characteristics of central and peripheral arteries during the measurement of brachial BP. METHODS We enrolled 108 consecutive patients (M/F = 86/22, age 70 ± 10 years) who underwent coronary angiography (CAG) due to suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) in whom we could measure various parameter...

The combined influence of TAS2R38 genotype and PROP phenotype on oral sensations is still to be clarified. present work investigates their the intensity basic tastes somatosensory stimuli (capsaicin, aluminium sulphate), using a large cohort 1117 individuals. possible influences gustin fungiform papillae density were also assessed. was mainly associated with AVI/AVI individuals reporting lowest...

The options framework provides a concrete way to implement and reason about temporally extended actions. Existing literature has demonstrated the value of planning with options empirically, but there is a lack of theoretical analysis formalizing when planning with options is more efficient than planning with primitive actions. We provide a general analysis of the convergence rate of a popular A...

This paper deals with approximate value iteration (AVI) algorithms applied to discounted dynamic programming (DP) problems. For a fixed control policy, the span semi-norm of the so-called Bellman residual is shown to be convex in the Banach space of candidate solutions to the DP problem. This fact motivates the introduction of an AVI algorithm with local search that seeks to minimize the span s...

Travel time has been identified as an important variable to evaluate the performance of a transportation system. Based on the travel time prediction, road users can make their optimal decision in choosing route and departure time. In order to utilize adequately the advanced data collection methods that provide realtime different types of information, this paper is aimed at a novel approach to t...

Abstract This work studies the influence of a vibration isolator on response flexible base structure. Two strategies are compared: passive and active isolation (PVI, AVI). Although multiple advantages AVI over PVI techniques well known, their effect in structure has not to date been compared. interaction an important role performance general control system, especially when system is only or the...