BACKGROUND Skin prick tests (SPT) are widely used both in clinical diagnostics and in research. The standardization of allergen extracts is well documented to be crucial for the validity of SPT, whereas less emphasis has been placed on reproducibility and the SPT procedure itself. The objectives of this study are to clarify how the double skin prick test procedure influence the sensitivity and ...

Liquefaction of sand is not a rare geological phenomenon. When it happens, causes great damage to people. However, 1 District, Ho Chi Minh city where despite being leading economic and political zone city, many buildings with different loads metro lines have been will be rebuilt, but liquefaction potential has assessed. This paper presents study on belonging the Pleistocene lithological complex...

The effect of large deep foundation excavations on the surrounding existing tunnels is a problem that cannot be avoided in current construction background. This difficult to assess precisely, especially when geometry and pits complex. In this paper, three-dimensional (3D) finite element model has been developed based case containing four complex intersecting pit. used hardening soil with small-...

Forty-one patients stung by wasp and 29 by bee were evaluated by comparing the correlation between skin prick test (SPT), Phadebas radioallergosorbent test (P-RAST) and Magic Lite SQ Specific IgE assay (LIA). All patients had had a systemic reaction to insect sting. In the patients stung by bee we found agreement between SPT and P-RAST, and SPT and LIA. Similarly, there were no significant diff...

To evaluate the small strain stiffness properties of undisturbed weathered granite, circular computer numerical control (CNC) abrasive wire sawing technology was applied to granite sample processing and a series resonance column tests were carried out study effects weathering degree effective consolidation pressure on dynamic shear modulus granite. The results show that have significant samples...

We conducted a prospective study at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, from June 2001 to November 2003, to identify the contribution of food allergy to urticaria in children. During the study period, 100 children with urticaria were enrolled, 36 of whom had a history suspicious of food allergy. Fifteen of 100 patients had fever (9 from upper respiratory tract infections, 4 from diarrhea and ...

BACKGROUND We developed skin prick test (SPT) reagents for common inhalant allergens that reflected the real exposure in Korea. The study aim was to evaluate diagnostic usefulness and allergen potency of our inhalant SPT reagents in comparison with commercial products. METHODS We produced eight common inhalant allergen SPT reagents using total extract (Prolagen): Dermatophagoides farinae, Der...

Padma Multipurpose Bridge is situated on a section of the river where soil condition highly heterogeneous and intermixed with different layers, for which pile design was critical part. This paper describes properties ground profiling Bridge. Different types field laboratory tests were carried out to obtain accurate parameters profiles along whole alignment bridge. Standard Penetration Tests, Co...

Liquefaction has occurred during most earthquakes, Niigata 1964, Tangshan 1976, Loma Prieta 1985, Kobe 1995, Chi-Chi Taiwan 1999, Turkey 1999, Haiti 2010, Mexicali 2010 and others. The performance of structures during the Niigata earthquake (1964) in Japan and the nature of damage suffered by them clearly brought out the fact that soil and soil foundation interaction play a significant role in ...

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