We present a unique view of mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in the North Sea based on a new time series of larvae caught by the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) survey from 1948-2005, covering the period both before and after the collapse of the North Sea stock. Hydrographic backtrack modelling suggested that the effect of advection is very limited between spawning and larvae capture in the CPR s...

(ii) number and duration of hospitalization ; (iii) number of drugs taken by the patients; (iv) life quality; mild renal failure; treatment complications related to CAPD, and (v) survival. Nine patients suffering from CHF NYHA class IV were enrolled. All patients had significant residual

enal replacement therapy for patients with ESRD includes several options, the main categories being renal transplantation, hemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis. In this chapter hemodialysis (HD) is subdivided into center and home hemodialysis whereas peritoneal dialysis (PD) refers to predominantly continuous ambulatory PD (CAPD) and continuous cycling PD (CCPD) with a small subgroup of other ...

Staphylococcus epidermidis is the most frequent cause of peritonitis complicating continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. We studied factors that might influence the growth of S. epidermidis in commercially available peritoneal dialysis solution (PDS). Test strains were inoculated into PDS and incubated overnight at 37°C. Samples were removed at appropriate intervals, bacterial counts were p...

Study sample Power calculations were not used to determine the sample size. A total of 154 patients entered the randomisation phase, and 147 began the study. 29 patients were assigned to the conventional group with a mean (SD) age of 39.7 (19) years, 57 patients were assigned to the Y system group with a mean (SD) age of 43.2 (21.3) years, and 61 patients to the twin bag group with a mean (SD) ...

The number of patients undergoing ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and the number of publications using this technique to evaluate the risks and effects of high blood pressure on target organs has been increasing, and dramatically so, in the last 5 years. Much of this growth has centered on the role of the blood pressure load (the percentage of systolic or diastolic readings above a ...