In the UK, hospitals with annual platelet use of less than 500 pools, like our institution, usually do not store platelets on-site and these are only ordered from the national blood service (NBS) when a transfusion is required. In 2016, we piloted routine on-site storage of one pool of A RhD negative PLT. Data were collected retrospectively on units of PLTs ordered from NBS, units transfused to...

A small organizing center, the quiescent center (QC), maintains stem cells in the Arabidopsis root and defines the stem cell niche. The phytohormone auxin influences the position of this niche by an unknown mechanism. Here, we identify the PLETHORA1 (PLT1) and PLT2 genes encoding AP2 class putative transcription factors, which are essential for QC specification and stem cell activity. The PLT g...

BACKGROUND The extent of acute aortic dissection (AAD) was correlated with inflammation positively. On the other side, inflammation was negatively correlated with mean platelet volume (MPV), which can reflect platelet (PLT) activation. The aim of this study was to clarify the relationship between the extent of dissection and PLT activation. METHODS Between February 2010 and October 2013, 147 ...

In-house PLT (Powerline Telecommunication) enables new and highly convenient networking functions without the need for additional cables on mains-powered devices. Since wireless networks are not able to reach sufficient throughput between different rooms or even floors, PLC is considered to be the ideal backbone home network medium, providing complementary and seamless interaction with wireless...

1. Most Latin verbs in -înâre/-înârî are transparently denominative, based on adjectives in -înus: e.g. supînâre [Virg.+] ‘throw onto the back’ (cf. supînus [Plt.+] ‘lying on the back’), or peregrînârî [Cic.+] ‘sojourn abroad’ (cf. peregrînus [Plt.+] ‘foreign’). The pattern is disrupted only slightly in a case like coquînâre/coquÈnâre [Plt.] ‘be a cook’ (cf. coquînus ‘pertaining to cooking’, co...

Our experimental compiler translates Java to PLT Scheme; it enables the use of Java libraries within Scheme programs, and it makes our Scheme programming tools available when programming with Java. With our system, a programmer can extend and use classes from either language, and Java programmers can employ other Scheme data by placing it in a class using the Java native interface. PLT Scheme’s...

Pseudomonas sp. M18, isolated from the watermelon rhizosphere, is antagonistic against a number of soil-borne pathogens. This strain produces an uncharacterized red pigment, pyoluteorin (Plt), and two N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs). A previously isolated red-pigment-defective mutant, M18-T510, contains an insert within a gene similar to rhlI in P. aeruginosa PAO1. The M18 rhlI gene product is...

BACKGROUND Buffy-coat processing allows for the use of platelet additive solutions (PASs). PASs reduce plasma-associated transfusion reactions and conserve plasma for transfusion or fractionation. Platelet (PLT) storage in plasma was compared to storage in three commercially available PASs compared to assess their influence on in vitro laboratory variables. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Platelet c...