To our knowledge, there are no studies that compare the effectiveness of manual chest percussion (MN), mechanical chest percussion (MC), and no percussion (NP) for removing the proteinaceous material found in the alveoli of patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) while undergoing whole-lung bronchopulmonary lavage (BPL). We analyzed the optical densities (OD) of 27 bottles of effluen...

To improve the blocking probability (BP) performance and enhance resource utilization, a correct decision of routing strategy which is most adaptable to network configuration traffic dynamics essential for adaptive in optical datacenter networks (DCNs). A neural (NN)-assisted decision-making scheme proposed find optimal DCNs by predicting BP various candidate strategies. The features an DCN arc...

Bigraphical Reactive Systems (BRSs) have been proposed as a formal metamodel for global ubiquitous computing that encompasses process calculi for mobility, notably the π-calculus and the Mobile Ambients calculus, as well as graphical models for concurrency such as Petri Nets. In this paper we demonstrate that BRSs also allow natural formalizations of programming languages used in practice. We d...

Autoimmune diseases are a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by immune reactions against either a major or a limited number of the bodies own autoantigens, causing inflammation and damage to tissues and organs. Thus, identification of autoantigens is an important first step to understanding autoimmune diseases. Here we demonstrate a simple screening method for identification of autoa...

Biotin protein ligase (BPL) catalyzes the biotinylation of the biotin carboxyl carrier protein (BCCP) only at a special lysine residue. Here we report the first structure of BPL.BCCP complex crystals, which are prepared using two BPL mutants: R48A and R48A/K111A. From a detailed structural characterization, it is likely that the mutants retain functionality as enzymes but have a reduced activit...

Based on two very large samples of repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs), i.e. FRB 20121102A and 20201124A observed by the FAST telescope, we study statistical properties energy waiting time. The bent power-law (BPL) model, thresholded (TPL) model Band function are used to fit distribution energy, BPL exponential (EXP) It is found that no single can or time well in full range. To investigate possi...

A method is described for quantifying the quality of wideband speech codecs. Two parameters are derived from signal-based speech quality model estimations: (i) a wideband equipment impairment factor Ie,WB and (ii) a wideband packet-loss robustness factor Bpl,WB. The equipment impairment factor can be combined with impairment factors for other quality degradations to form an estimate of the over...

Introduction The Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) was launched in 2005 as a response to high maternal mortality in India. The scheme was driven by global evidence that conditional cash transfers enable behaviour change, in this case, rise in institutional delivery. The scheme had a differential incentive entitlement based on urban or rural areas and high or low performing states. The incentives for...

Abstract Introduction There is little data on the effect of One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass (OAGB) Haematinics, Vitamins D, and Parathyroid Hormone levels. It further unclear if an OAGB with a Bilio-Pancreatic Limb (BPL) 150 cm (OAGB-150) would deliver better outcomes than that BPL 200 (OAGB-200). Methods We investigated our records to obtain information patients who underwent OAGB-200 or OAGB-1...

Os laboratórios universitários são instituições peculiares devido à sua tríplice função de se dedicar tanto pesquisa, como ao ensino e extensão. Este trabalho teve objetivo relatar a experiência da realização uma oficina sobre Boas Práticas Laboratório (BPL). As BPL um sistema gestão qualidade laboratorial que vão muito além normas regulam conduta dentro do laboratório. A foi realizada forma re...