This article analyzes the effectiveness of designated trauma centers in Florida concerning reduction in the mortality risk of severely injured trauma victims. A bivariate probit model is used to compute the differential impact of two alternative acute care treatment sites. The alternative sites are defined as (1) a nontrauma center (NC) or (2) a designated trauma center (DTC). An instrumental-v...

Schiff base containing symmetric bis-dithiocarbamate ligand Na2[dtc-SB-dtc] (SB = Bi-Schiff base Phenylene diamine) is synthesized and metallated with Co(II)Cl2.6H2O to form [Co(dtc-SB-dtc).2H2O]n Co(dtc-SB) infinite coordination polymer (ICP) nanowires [Co(dtc-SB) NWs]. Pair of Satellites in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectrum of Co 2p confirm the formation of hexa-coordinated Co(I...

To understand better how spontaneous motoneuron activity and intramuscular nerve branching influence motoneuron survival, we chronically treated chicken embryos in ovo with either d-tubocurarine (dTC) or muscimol during the naturally occurring cell death period, assessing their effects on activity by in ovo motility measurement and muscle nerve recordings from isolated spinal cord preparations....

BACKGROUND As direct-to-consumer personal genome testing (DTC-PGT) is increasingly available in Australia, knowledge of Australians' perceptions and attitudes towards this technology is needed in order to assess the (potential) impact it might have on the Australian public and healthcare system. AIMS To explore the knowledge and perceptions of DTC-PGT in an Australian sample. METHODS An onl...

PURPOSE The primary aim was to study the risk of cardiovascular mortality in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). Secondary aims were to evaluate all-cause mortality and explore the relation between thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH; also known as thyrotropin) level and these outcome parameters. PATIENTS AND METHODS Subjects from two cohorts were retrospectively compared by Co...

This paper deals with the direct torque control (DTC) of the induction motor. This type of control allows decoupling control between the flux and the torque without the need for a transformation of coordinates. However, as with other hysteresisbased systems, the classical DTC scheme represents a high ripple, in both the electromagnetic torque and the stator flux and a distortion in the stator c...

Diurnal temperature cycling is an intrinsic characteristic of many exposed microbial ecosystems. However, its influence on yeast physiology and the yeast transcriptome has not been studied in detail. In this study, 24-h sinusoidal temperature cycles, oscillating between 12°C and 30°C, were imposed on anaerobic, glucose-limited chemostat cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. After three diurnal ...

In recent years, permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM) have gained variety industrial applications, because of simple structures, high efficiency and ease of maintenance. But these motors have a nonlinear mathematical model. To resolve this problem several studies have suggested the application of vector control (VC) and direct torque control (DTC) with soft-computing (SC) technique. This ...

Identifying the socio-economic factors associated with supply and demand of health facilities (HF), can contribute to decision-making creation HF. This study aims this issue, in competitive context tuberculosis diagnosis treatment centres (DTC), describe spatial distribution residence TB patients DTC, understand DTC attendance' rate city Douala, Cameroon. The Spatial analysis was performed acce...

BACKGROUND Justification for adjuvant radio-iodine (I-131) therapy in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is purely based on retrospective data. This is true for ablative therapy and even more so for high-dosage adjuvant schedules. Randomized trials on the latter application are considered impossible due to anticipated formidable sample sizes required in a disease with an overall excellent prog...