BACKGROUND: Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) fills a niche between the facemask and endotracheal tube. For LMA insertion, use of only propofol as sole induction agent has less success rate. So many co-induction agents had been tried to get better success rate. Aim: To evaluate whether midazolam or mini-dose succinylcholine eases LMA insertion during propofol anaesthesia. MATERIALS AND METHOD: 75 adu...

Feature modeling is an important approach to dealing with variability at an abstract level in a hierarchical manner extensively used in software product lines. For its use in conjunction with other UML models and MDA approach, it is important to correctly integrate feature modeling into UML. In this paper, we present an approach to integrating feature modeling into UML that respects abstractnes...

Next generation middleware must support applications in the face of increasing diversity in interaction paradigms, end system types and network styles. Therefore, to secure applications, security policies must be configured and indeed reconfigured at runtime. In this paper, we propose an approach combining the openness of reflective middleware with the flexibility of programmable security to me...

We present photoionization modeling of galaxy populations at $z\sim0$, $2$, and $> 6$ to bridge optical far-infrared (FIR) emission-line diagrams. collect galaxies with measurements and/or FIR ([O III] 88 $\mathrm{\mu m}$ [C II] 158 m}$) emission line fluxes plot them on the [O III]$\lambda5007/\mathrm{H\beta}$--[N II]$\lambda6585/\mathrm{H\alpha}$ (BPT) L([O III]88)/SFR--L([C II]158)/SFR diagr...

1. I N T R O D U C T I O N 1.1. T h e E q u i l i b r i u m P r o b l e m in C l a s s i c a l G a m e T h e o r y In recent years, t he re has b e e n a p ro l i fe ra t ion of app l ica t ions of n o n c o o p e r a t i v e g a m e t h e o r y t o economics~ pol i t ica l science, evo lu t i ona ry biology, and o the r disciplines. A typ ica l research *Supported by DARPA/ARO Contract DAAL03-...

Let G be a compact Lie group and kG a G spectrum (as defined in [3, Section I.2]). Greenlees and May ([2]) have defined an associated G-spectrum t(kG) called the Tate spectrum. They observe that if kG is a ring G-spectrum then there is an induced ring G-spectrum structure on t(kG), and that if kG is homotopy-commutative then t(kG) will also be homotopycommutative (see [2, Proposition 3.5]). It ...

We have deduced the cross section for 237 U(n, f) over an equivalent neutron energy range from 0 to 20 MeV using the surrogate ratio method. A 55 MeV 4 He beam from the 88 inch cyclotron at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory was used to induce fission in the following reactions: 238 U(α, α f) and 236 U(α, α f). The 238 U reaction was a surrogate for 237 U(n, f), and the 236 U reaction was us...

The chloroquine-resistant Oak Knoll strain of Plasmodium falciparum, recently adapted to the owl monkey (Aotus trivirgatus), was insusceptible to chloroquine therapy. Two chlorinated lincomycin analogues tested in this host-parasite system cured blood-induced infections. Acute infections were treated orally for 7 consecutive days with either 15 or 75 mg of clindamycin hydrochloride (U-21) per k...

BACKGROUND Pragmatic methods for dose optimization are required for the successful basal management in daily clinical practice. To derive a useful formula for calculating recommended glargine doses, we analyzed data from the Add-on Lantus® to Oral Hypoglycemic Agents (ALOHA) study, a 24-week observation of Japanese type 2 diabetes patients. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The patients who init...

Tło: W badaniu laboratoryjnym porównano skuteczność Bravecto® (fluralaner) tabletki do rozgryzania i żucia ze skutecznością Advocate® (imidakloprid/moksydektyna) – roztwór do nakrapiania w leczeniu spontanicznej uogólnionej nużycy u psów. Metodyka: Szesnaście psów, u których rozpoznano uogólnioną nużycę , zostało losowo przypisanych do dwóch równoważnych grup. Tabletki do rozgryzania i żucia Br...