An elderly patient with demonstrated asymmetrical intraventricular septal hypertrophy and ventriculo-aortic pressure gradient was anaesthetized with nitrous oxide with oxygen, narcotic, and muscle relaxant for abdominal surgery. In addition to the cardiovascular variables customarily monitored, a systolic time interval (STI) measured from the Q wave of the ECG to the foot of the radial pulse (t...

The widespread of mobile ad hoc networking calls for a careful design of network functions in order to meet the application requirements and economize on the limited resources. In this paper we address the problem of distributing query messages among peers in mobile ad hoc networks. We assume that peers are organized in classes. Each peer possesses a local database and can answer queries posed ...

Microtubules (MT) and neurofilaments (NF) are linked by frequent crossbridges in situ. In order to answer the question of what makes these crossbridges, we performed the immunogold procedure on rat spinal cord motor neurons using an affinity-purified polyclonal antibody against rat brain MAP2 and gold-labeled anti-rabbit IgG goat IgG. A quick-freeze, deep-etch technique (QF-DE) in conjunction w...

Introduction: In 1997 the Galileo spacecraft observed a huge eruption at Pillan, on the jovian satellite Io, which emplaced at least 56 km of lava which covering more than 5000 km in less than 200 days [1-3]. By considering varying effusion rate QF following the treatment of Wadge (1981) [4], we estimate peak values of QF in the range 1.87 x 10 to 5.94 x 10 m s. This is in the range proposed fo...

Sex chromosome aneuploidies occur commonly in the general population, with an incidence of 1 in 400 newborns. However, no tests specifically targeting sex chromosomes have been carried out in prenatal diagnosis or newborn screening, resulting in late recognition of these diseases. In this study, a rapid diagnostic method for sex chromosome aneuploidies was established using Quantitative Fluores...

Proper muscle activation is a key feature of survival in different tasks in daily life as well as sports performance, but can be impaired in elderly and in diseases. Therefore it is also clinically important to better understand the phenomenon that can be elucidated in humans non-invasively by positron emission tomography (PET) with measurements of spatial heterogeneity of glucose uptake within...

Ž. Utility of gains losses can be measured in four distinct ways: riskless vs risky Ž. choices and gains losses alone vs the gain-loss trade-off. Conditions forcing these measures all to be the same lead to functional equations, three of which are y1 w x y 1 w x F F X qF yY ZsF F XZ qF yYZ F : 0,1 ª 0, 1 ii w Ž. Ž. w w w Ž. w Ž. Ž. We determine all strictly increasing, surjective and thus conti...

If / > 0 and n > 1, let qf (n) denote the number of partitions of/? into an even number of parts, where each part occurs at most / times and Set qf(n) denote the number of partitions of n into an odd number of parts, where each part occurs at most/times. \ii>0, \etqf(0)= 1 andqf(0) = 0. For/ >Oandn > 0, \v\Aj(n) = qJ(n)-q°(n). For/= 1, it is well known [1] that , A (n) = I ~ i f n = f ^ orsome ...

The aim of this study was to establish the pharmacokinetics of levofloxacin (LVFX) and determine the optimal dose of this drug in critically ill patients receiving continuous hemodiafiltration (CHDF). The results of in vivo and in vitro studies showed the pharmacokinetics of LVFX total clearance (CLtotal) according to the creatinine clearance (CLCre), dialysate flow (QD), and ultrafiltrate flow...

Neural circuit mapping and manipulation are facilitated by independent control of gene expression in pre- and post-synaptic neurons. The GAL4/UAS and Q binary transcription systems have the potential to provide this capability. Of particular use in neural circuit mapping would be GAL4 and QF drivers specific for neurotransmitters and neurotransmitter receptors. Recently available Drosophila gen...