BACKGROUND Associations between glutamine (Gln) enriched nutrition support and surgical patients with gastrointestinal (GI) tumor remain controversy. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to assess the effect of Gln enriched nutrition support on surgical patients with GI tumor in term of relevant biochemical indices, immune indices, and clinical outcomes. METHODS Six databases were systematic...

Based on a model developed for hardwood fiber strength-pulp property relationships, multiple-regression equations involving fiber strength, fiber length, and sheet density were determined to predict the properties of kraft pulps of slash pine (Pinus elliottii) . Regressions for breaking length and burst factor accounted for 88 and 90 percent, respectively, of total variation in these properties...

In Morphologically Rich Languages (MRLs), sentences are composed of ambiguous space-delimited tokens that ought to be disambiguated with respect to their constituent morphemes. Previous work on Morphological Disambiguation (MD) of MRLs has had variable success, with Semitic languages having sub-par results for downstream applications. Here we propose novel MD transition-based systems, both word...

We propose a hybrid model, coupling lattice Boltzmann (LB) and molecular dynamics (MD) models, for the simulation of dense fluids. Time and length scales are decoupled by using an iterative Schwarz domain decomposition algorithm. The MD and LB formulations communicate via the exchange of velocities and velocity gradients at the interface. We validate the present LB-MD model in simulations of tw...

We demonstrate the stochastic nature of cavitation in a binary metallic liquid Cu46Zr54 during hydrostatic expansion by employing molecular dynamics (MD) simulations using a quantum mechanics (QM)-derived potential. The activation volume is obtained from MD simulations and transition-state theory. Extrapolation of the pressure dependence of the activation volume from our MD simulations to low t...

PURPOSE To examine the association of myopia with the visual field (VF) defects in open-angle glaucoma (OAG) using paired eyes to eliminate the effect of unknown confounding factors that are diverse among individuals. METHODS One hundred eighteen eyes of 59 subjects with myopia (spherical equivalent [SE] ≥ -2 diopter [D] and axial length ≥ 24.0 mm) whose intra-ocular pressure between paired e...

Using the Cottingham formula, we give an estimate of the electromagnetic mass splitting of pseudoscalar heavy mesons in the beauty and charm sector. We include in the dispersion relation the Born term, the 1 resonance and the positive parity 1 resonance. We also evaluate the contribution to the mass difference from the isospin breaking quark mass differences. Our results: mB+ − mB0 = −0.83 ± 0....

Membrane distillation has the potential to concentrate solutions to their saturation level, thus offering the possibility to recover valuable salts from the solutions. The process performance and stability, however, is strongly dependent upon the features of membranes applied. In addition, several other parameters, membrane thickness and thermal conductivity significantly affect the process per...

aromatase inhibitors (ais) as effective candidates have been used in the treatment of hormone-dependent breast cancer. in this study, we have proposed 300 structures as potential ais and filtered them by lipinski’s rule of five using druglito software. subsequently, they were subjected to docking simulation studies to select the top 20 compounds based on their gibbs free energy changes and also...