tended time is not equal to the sum of unattended times. The length of the unattended time depends on the laboratory organization. In some laboratories, workers can use short periods of walkaway time to leave the analyzer unattended while they perform other tasks. The maximum labor productivity (maximum RPI) is obtained when all walkaway periods can be used to perform other tasks. Therefore, th...

BACKGROUND Experience with the use of biventricular assist device (BiVAD) support to bridge small children to heart transplantation is limited. METHODS AND RESULTS We used BIVAD support (Berlin EXCOR) in 9 pediatric heart transplant candidates from 4/05 to 7/07. The median patient age was 1.7 years (12 days to 17 years). The median patient weight was 9.4 kg (3 to 38 kg). All children were sup...

Plasmodium falciparum malaria is a leading global cause of infectious disease burden. In areas in which P. falciparum transmission is holoendemic, such as western Kenya, severe malarial anemia (SMA) results in high rates of pediatric morbidity and mortality. Although the pathophysiological basis of SMA is multifactorial, we recently discovered that suppression of unexplored hematopoietic growth...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the structure and measurement invariance religious identity, practice, beliefs across cultures in six world regions (Asia, non-Western Europe, North America, Oceania, South Western Europe) Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic (WEIRD) non-WEIRD regions. Confirmatory factory analysis examined whether hypothesized model fits data; several multi-...

Low inertia levels are typical in island power systems due to the relatively small rotational generation. Displacing generation units with static inertia-less PV results a significant increase frequency volatility. Virtual provided by inverter-storage can resolve this issue. However, low short circuit ratio (SCR) at point of common coupling together fast phase locked loop (PLL) will compromise ...

MicroRNAs are widely studied as circulating biomarkers for early stage diagnosis of several diseases. Detection and quantification miRNAs is currently performed through complex time consuming procedures. Herein we demonstrate a rapid, multiplex, one-pot detection method based on two-step amplification the signal measured by Reflective Phantom Interface (RPI) label-free optical biosensor. We ach...

BACKGROUND Phytophthora infestans, causing late blight in potato, remains one of the most devastating pathogens in potato production and late blight resistance is a top priority in potato breeding. The introduction of multiple resistance (R) genes with different spectra from crossable species into potato varieties is required. Cisgenesis is a promising approach that introduces native genes from...

Our objectives are to evaluate inter-continental source-receptor relationships for fine aerosols and to identify the regions whose emissions have dominant influence on receptor continents. We simulate sulfate, black carbon (BC), organic carbon (OC), and mineral dust aerosols using a global coupled chemistry-aerosol model (MOZART-2) driven with NCEP/NCAR reanalysis meteorology for 1997–2003 and ...

Pest and pathogen losses jeopardise global food security and ever since the 19(th) century Irish famine, potato late blight has exemplified this threat. The causal oomycete pathogen, Phytophthora infestans, undergoes major population shifts in agricultural systems via the successive emergence and migration of asexual lineages. The phenotypic and genotypic bases of these selective sweeps are lar...