BACKGROUND Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is common in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock, but the best approach to categorization is unknown. We assessed the association of common measures of diastolic function with clinical outcomes and tested the utility of a simplified definition of diastolic dysfunction against the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 2009 definition...

This study aims to explore the robustness of applicability Fama-French and Carhart asset pricing models on Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) equity market. It uses data all companies listed traded in ASE, over period 2002 2018. The time-series regression approach Black et al. (1972). To estimate models, applies ordinary least squares (OLS) method. found that fail capture cross-section average returns ...

This study aims to present a true image of social responsibility accounting (SRA) in Jordanian companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE). A survey questionnaire was employed check level SRA practice, and checklist used discover disclosure which collected from annual reports firms ASE. The questionnaires were collect information 104 financial, services, industrial sectors for this study...

This paper presents a detailed theoretical and experimental study of the impact of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) on self-phase modulation in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs). A theoretical model of pulse propagation in SOAs is developed that includes the ASE power and its effect on gainsaturation and gain-recovery. We study the impact of ASE on the nonlinear phase shift, frequency...

The functions of the 11 classes of exposed chemosensory neurons of C. elegans were tested by killing cells with a laser microbeam. One pair of neurons, the ASE neurons, is uniquely important for chemotaxis: killing the ASE neurons greatly reduced chemotaxis to cAMP, biotin, Cl-, and Na+. Additional chemosensory function is distributed among several other cell types. Thus, 3 pairs of chemosensor...

We reported the ~2 μm amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) performance of highly Tm-doped (3.76 × 10 ions/cm) tungsten tellurite single-mode fibers. The double-cladding fiber was pumped by a commercial 792 nm laser diode without any reflectors. Broadband ASE spectra with the bandwidth (FWHM) varying from ~45 nm to ~140 nm were achieved in a fiber length of 34 cm. The maximum output power was ~3...

With aging the kidney exhibits progressive deterioration, with a decrease in renal function. Most of the filtered Na+ is actively reabsorbed in the proximal tubules through different transporters located in apical membrane. This process is possible because basolateral Na+/K+-ATP-ase generates electrochemical conditions necessary for energetically favorable Na+ transport. The a-subunit is the ca...

A series of oligo(p-phenylenevinylene) derivatives were fully characterized. Compounds with herringbone packing exhibited amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) thresholds as low 7.2 ?J cm?2, while those ?-stacked structures did not show ASE.

The effect of varying film thickness (h) on the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) properties of 0.5  wt.% perylenediimide-doped polystyrene waveguides is reported. The threshold dependence on h, not previously investigated in detail, is analyzed in terms of the film absorption and photoluminescence, the confinement of the fundamental waveguide mode (TE0), and the presence of high-order modes...