heparin has an unpredictable pharmacokinetics and the responses of individuals may vary distinctly. therefore, different dosing nomograms have been proposed. the aim of this study was to compare two prevalent nomograms to adjust heparin doses in hospitalized patients with acute coronary syndrome.  one hundred and forty patients received heparin infusions based on one of two nomograms. group 1 r...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Achieving local control of gliomas with photodynamic therapy (PDT) requires the delivery of adequate light fluences to depths of 1-2 cm in the resection margin where the majority of local recurrences originate. This is clinically impractical with current single-shot, intraoperative PDT treatments due to the length of time required to deliver adequate fluences. Multiple ...

Regular magnetic daily quiet time (Sq) variations in total intensity of about 30 nT amplitude are determined in Universal Time (UT) from satellite magnetic field measurements. The CHAMP satellite traverses all hours of local time in 132 days and the Sq variations in total intensity are therefore calculated as an average over the 132 days for each hour of UT. Results are compared with the Sq dai...

Reduced order modeling approach enables practical testing of changing conditions like ventilation and room layout.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS A popliteal block is effective in managing postoperative pain for foot surgery, but since the duration of analgesia is limited following a single-shot popliteal fossa block technique, methods to prolong effective postoperative analgesia are mandatory. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of adjuvants to ropivacaine on the duration of sensory and motor block. METH...

We present high-resolution VLA observations at 8.4 GHz of the seventeen FRII radio galaxies with 0:15 < z < 0:30 and LAS < 190 arcsec from the sample of Laing, Riley & Longair (1983), together with 5-GHz MERLIN observations of one source. Jets have been discovered in 3C20, 4C14.11, 3C 234 and 3C436, and well imaged for the rst time in a number of other objects; the fraction of objects in the sa...