Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) is an engineered wood used in furniture industry as an alternative to solid wood. Bes ides using forest wood and rubber wood as the main source of fiber, oil palm biomass was proven as an excellent substitute. Regardless of any fiber used, identifying its strength level is the main issue. Therefore, prior to releasing processed fiberboards for manufacturing use, ...

In 24 non insulin-dependent diabetic patients [NIDDM-12 with (ND+) and 12 without (ND-) asymptomatic polyneuropathy] in stable metabolic control, and in 12 age-matched controls (C), we studied the functional properties of tibialis anterior muscle (TA) through an electrically elicited contraction. We recorded the surface EMG signal and analysed the median frequency of power spectrum (MDF), the a...

Two IL-6-dependent human multiple myeloma cell lines, ILKM2 and ILKM3, were established from the bone marrow of patients with IgG-K multiple myeloma. Both cell lines had the typical morphology and immunocytochemical features of myeloma cells. The surface phenotype of both cell lines was PCA-1+, OKT10+, CD10(J-5)-, CD19(B4)-, CD20(B1)-, CD21(B2)-, and OKIa-1-. A monoclonal cytoplasmic Ig, IgG-K ...

BACKGROUND Prednisolone and pentoxifylline (PTX) have been shown to be individually useful in severe alcoholic hepatitis with Maddrey discriminant function (MDF) score ≥32. Previous report suggests that PTX is probably superior to prednisolone alone. However the efficacy of PTX and prednisolone combination over PTX alone in the management of acute alcoholic hepatitis (MDF score ≥32) is yet unre...

The recently proposed probability representation of quantum mechanics is generalized to quantum field theory. We introduce a probability distribution functional for field configurations and find an evolution equation for such a distribution. The connection to the time-dependent generating functional of Green's functions is elucidated and the classical limit is discussed. The use of statistical ...

OBJECTIVE Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated to the morphological and componential characteristics of atheromatous plaques. It has proven that plaque textures are related to plaque components and beneficial for atherosclerotic risk stratification. The aim of this study is to compare plaque textures in patients with and without DM, and examine the relationship between HbA1c levels and the ultr...

El objetivo del estudio fue determinar la correlación entre el índice folicular (DF), densidad (IF) y media de diámetro fibra (MDF) según edad (jóvenes adultos) sexo en alpacas Huacaya, las instalaciones Fundo-Pichones Sur, perteneciente a Facultad Ciencias Agropecuarias Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre Grohmann Tacna. se obtuvieron muestras piel costillar medio 20 (10 machos 10 hembras). Las...

PURPOSE This article reports on a within-family study to identify factors that lead mothers to expect that a particular child will serve in the role of primary caregiver. DESIGN AND METHODS Data for this study were collected by in-person interviews with a representative sample of 566 mothers between the ages of 65 and 75 years residing in the greater Boston area, who provided detailed informa...

Two theoretical frameworks relevant to proper name learning in ageing make competing predictions about the effects of name frequency. Under an inhibition model, common (high-frequency; HF) proper names will be harder to learn and remember than rare (low-frequency; LF) names, whereas under a transmission deficit model, HF names will have the advantage. Young adults (ages 18-31) and two groups of...

Arachidonic acid (AA), precursor of the bisenoic prostaglandins was infused at a rate of 120 /xg/kg per min into the vena cava of dogs subjected to hemorrhagic shock to assess the effects of stimulation of the prostaglandin (PG) synthetase system on the shock state. Hemorrhagic shock was induced by bleeding to a mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) of 40 mm Hg for 150 minutes followed by reinfus...