BACKGROUND The maternal-fetal interface has a unique immunological response towards the implanting placenta. It is generally accepted that a T-helper type-2 (Th-2) cytokine prevailing environment is important in pregnancy. The proportion of Th-2 cells in the peripheral blood and decidua is significantly higher in pregnant women in the first trimester than in non-pregnant women. Glycodelin-A (Gd...

EI ρA Wn(x) eigenfunction corresponding to the n th eigenvalue Tn(t) generalized function corresponding to the n th eigenvalue Fn(t) forcing function in terms of the n th eigenmode z the deflection of the beam in the complex plane x nondimensional length scale by chord length of the NACA0012 airfoil κ Reduced plunging frequency, ωc U∞ h non-dimensional amplitude,y/c ha maximum nondimensional am...

Background—Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) improves survival and confers neuroprotection in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), but TH is underutilized, and regional systems of care for OHCA that include TH are needed. Methods and Results—The Cool It protocol has established TH as the standard of care for OHCA across a regional network of hospitals transferring patients to a central TH-capable ...

BACKGROUND Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) improves survival and confers neuroprotection in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), but TH is underutilized, and regional systems of care for OHCA that include TH are needed. METHODS AND RESULTS The Cool It protocol has established TH as the standard of care for OHCA across a regional network of hospitals transferring patients to a central TH-capabl...

PURPOSE To report the immediate changes of intraocular (IOP) pressure after an intravitreal injection of 2.5mg (0.1 ml) of bevacizumab. METHODS Prospective, non-controlled, interventional case series of 45 patients undergoing intravitreal injection of 2.5mg (0.1 mL) of bevacizumab for a variety of retinal disorders. IOP was measured with a Goldmann tonometer at baseline, immediately after, 30...

BACKGROUND Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is one of three interventions that have demonstrated to improve patients' neurological outcome after cardiac arrest. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the 2010 resuscitation guidelines on TH implementation in various Italian Intensive Care Units (ICU). METHODS A structured questionnaire was submitted to Italian ICU. The questionnair...

Conditions are given which imply that certain non-autonomous analytic iterated function systems (NIFSs) in the complex plane C have uniformly perfect attractor sets, while other conditions th...

Pursuant to Article 1 of the Convention signed in Paris on 14 th December 1960, and which came into force on 30 th September 1961, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) shall promote policies designed: to achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising standard of living in member countries, while maintaining financial stability, and thus t...

The Volume Conjecture loosely states that the limit of the n-th colored Jones polynomial of a hyperbolic knot, evaluated at the primitive complex n-th root of unity is a sequence of complex numbers that grows exponentially. Moreover, the exponential growth rate is proportional to the hyperbolic volume of the knot. We provide an efficient formula for the colored Jones function of the simplest hy...

Pursuant to Article 1 of the Convention signed in Paris on 14 th December 1960, and which came into force on 30 th September 1961, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) shall promote policies designed: to achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising standard of living in member countries, while maintaining financial stability, and thus t...