To compare the performance of seven currently available test systems in the detection of erythrocyte alloantibodies (ab), we tested in parallel 446 sera samples containing red cell ab [368 sera samples with ab that are assumed to be clinically significant (cs-ab) and 78 sera samples with ab that are assumed to be of minor clinical significance (ms-ab)] using the tube spin low-ionic-strength sol...

This paper briefly describes a technique for improving capacity and operational stability of busy mainline junctions and stations. The technique, called the SafeCap advisory system, employs a mixture of existing train monitoring and control technologies to introduce an advisory control layer on top of fixed-block signalling. We present the main design principles and illustrate the advantages of...

Soil-to-plant relationship/Transfer factor/Radiocaesium/Radiopotassium. In the present study we assessed the radiocaesium uptake by plants in order to piece together information on factors affecting the uptake processes, particularly K supply and plant species differences. Vegetation uptake from soil contaminated by the Chernobyl accident was compared at two semi-natural grasslands. The Cs/K di...

H. Alvarez-Pol1, J. Benlliure1, E. Casarejos1, D. Cortina-Gil1, I. Durán1, M. Gascón1, D. González1, and N. Montes1 1GENP, Dpto. Fı́sica de Partı́culas, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela. CALIFA is the calorimeter proposed for the detection of gamma-rays and light charged particles originated in nuclear reactions from relativistic exotic beams [1]. It would surr...

Background: Around one out of two mothers give births by cesarean section (CS) surgery in Iran and about half of this number is due to previous CS. Recently Health Sector Evolution (HSEP) program (started in April 2014) targets the high rate of CS in Iran. To assess the impact of the interventions, we emphasized that the First Birth Cesarean (FBC) proportion is one of the main indicators to ass...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether strength of social feedback, i.e. other people who concur (or do not concur) with one's own answer to a question, influences the way one answers health questions. METHODS Online prospective study. Two hundred and twenty-seven undergraduate students were recruited to use an online search engine to answer six health questions. Subjects recorded their pre- and po...

the aim of me present work was to investigate rhe potential utility of nanoparticles made of chitosan (cs) and also cs chemically modified with polyethylene glycol (cs-peg) as new vehicles for improving na^al vaccine delivery. for mis purpose, diphtheria toxoid (dt) was chosen as a model antigen. dt was entrapped within nanoparticles made of cs of different molecular weight, and also made of cs...