OBJECTIVE Ankaferd blood stopper (ABS) is comprised of a mixture of the plants Thymus vulgaris, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Vitis vinifera, Alpinia officinarum, and Urtica dioica. ABS is used as a topical hemostatic agent due to its antihemorrhagic effect, yet its hemostatic mechanism of action remains to be investigated. ABS does not affect the levels of coagulation factors II, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI...

In this paper, following our previous work on civil service examinations in imperial China, we investigate women's role in a Chinese historical family line using an agent-based simulation (ABS) model with a grid oriented genetic algorithm (GOGA) framework. We utilize a GOGA framework, because our ABS had such large parameter spaces with real values that it required much greater computational re...

classes of‎ ‎abaffy-broyden-spedicato (abs) methods have been introduced for‎ ‎solving linear systems of equations‎. ‎the algorithms are powerful methods for developing matrix‎ ‎factorizations and many fundamental numerical linear algebra processes‎. ‎here‎, ‎we show how to apply the abs algorithms to devise algorithms to compute the wz and zw‎ ‎factorizations of a nonsingular matrix as well as...

classes of‎ ‎abaffy-broyden-spedicato (abs) methods have been introduced for‎ ‎solving linear systems of equations‎. ‎the algorithms are powerful methods for developing matrix‎ ‎factorizations and many fundamental numerical linear algebra processes‎. ‎here‎, ‎we show how to apply the abs algorithms to devise algorithms to compute the wz and zw‎ ‎factorizations of a nonsingular matrix as well as...

bismuth sulfide nano-rods and nano-flowers were synthesized via a hydrothermal reaction at a relatively low temperature. thioglycolic acid is used as sulfur source and capping agent simultaneously. bi2s3 nanostructures were then added to acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (abs) copolymer. the thermal stability behavior of abs filled with bismuth sulfide nano-rods were investigated by thermogravime...

IMPORTANCE Most patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and many with NMO spectrum disorder have autoantibodies against aquaporin-4 (AQP4-Abs), but recently, myelin-oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies (MOG-Abs) have been found in some patients. Here, we showed that patients with NMO/NMOSD with MOG-Abs demonstrate differences when compared with patients with AQP4-Abs. OBJECTIVE To charact...

IMPORTANCE Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and autoimmune encephalitis with antibodies against neuronal surface antigens (NSA-abs) may present with similar clinical features. Establishing the correct diagnosis has practical implications in the management of care for these patients. OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of NSA-abs in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with suspected CJD and in...

OBJECTIVE to evaluate the prevalence and clinical significance of anti-chromatin antibodies (Abs) in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). METHODS IgG anti-chromatin Abs were detected by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), in sera of 94 children with JRA (10 children with systemic, 38 with polyarticular and 46 with oligoarticular disease onset). As control group, 33 age- and-sex-matc...

Secretory immunoglobulin A (S-IgA) was investigated in human secretions for the presence of natural antibodies (Abs) acting as the first "immune barrier" to infection before induction or boosting of specific responses. These molecules could be the secretory counterpart of the natural Abs in serum that were previously shown by our laboratory to be polyreactive to autoantigens. Significant levels...