BACKGROUND Self-monitoring (self-testing and self-management) could be a valid option for oral anticoagulation therapy monitoring in the NHS, but current evidence on its clinical effectiveness or cost-effectiveness is limited. OBJECTIVES We investigated the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of point-of-care coagulometers for the self-monitoring of coagulation status in people rece...

â â â  in this study, ability and skill of the nesting version of the regcm3 regional climate model in simulation of monthly and seasonal amount of precipitation and temperature using four different cumulus parameterization of grell-as, grell-fc, emanuel and kuo have been studied over khorasan area including three provinces of north khorasan, khorasan razavi and south khorasan. in this regards,...

introduction: it is recommended that the physician apply at least a semi-quantitative segmental scoring system in myocardial perfusion spect.  we aimed to assess the agreement between automated semi-quantitative analysis using qps (quantitative perfusion spect) software and visual approach for calculation of summed stress  score (sss), summed rest score (srs) and summed difference score (sds). ...

Canopies are common among autotrophs, increasing their access to light and thereby increasing competitive abilities. If viewed from above canopies may conceal objects beneath them creating a 'canopy effect'. Due to complexities in collecting 3-dimensional data, most ecosystem monitoring programmes reduce dimensionality when sampling, resorting to planar views. The resultant 'canopy effects' may...

The one photon absorption (OPA) cross section of a current carrying two-orbital quantum dot (QD) with strong electron-phonon interaction (polaron regime) is considered. Using the self-consistent non-equilibrium Hartree-Fock (HF) approximation, we determine the dependence of OPA cross section on the applied bias voltage, the strength of effective electron-electron interaction, and level spacing ...

This study aimed to replace the current discontinuous rail monitoring system by applying “Plug and Play” technology to rail system monitoring to enable real-time monitoring, and by confirming on-condition maintenance efficiency and reliability. It examined a wireless sensor monitoring system which uses SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) technology to monitor temperature changes in the axle box bearing...