minimum pH (pHmin) without exclusions in a) compared to with exclusions in b); equation for regression line and r value; a) 21 HV, 6 ME and 5 MA; y=−43·x+329, r=−0.56; all recorded data lie within the 95% individual prediction interval of HV; b) pHmin >6.50: after exclusion of 10 HV: 11 HV, 5 ME, 4 MA; y=−99·x+710, r=−0.77; 2 ME and 1 MA data point lie outside of the 95% individual prediction i...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and associations of the impaired visibility of the hepatic veins (HV) on the multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT) in cirrhotic patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty-seven consecutive cirrhotic patients undergoing triphasic liver MDCT were enrolled. The patency of the HV and the direction of the blood flow in the main portal vein, inhomogeneity o...

PURPOSE To compare the ability of qualitative fludeoxyglucose F 18 positron emission tomography (QPET), qualitative MR imaging (QMR), and quantitative MR imaging with hippocampal formation volumetric assessment (HV MR) to lateralize the seizure focus in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. METHODS Sixteen consecutive patients undergoing presurgical examination for temporal lobe seizures had ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the optimal selection of proximal fusion level for degenerative scoliosis (DS) and investigate the long-term proximal-related complications. METHODS Profiles of 95 consecutive patients with DS who underwent posterior long instrumented fusion were analyzed retrospectively. Perioperative parameters were reviewed stratified into 3 groups according to the relationship betwe...

This paper considers broadband signal transmission via high-voltage/broadband over power lines (HV/BPL) channels associated with overhead power transmission. To determine the end-to-end channel characteristics of various overhead HV/BPL multiconductor transmission line (MTL) configurations, the chain scattering matrix or T -Matrix (TM) method is adopted. The overhead HV/BPL transmission channel...

The phylogeny of reptilian herpesviruses (HVs) relative to mammalian and avian HVs was investigated by using available gene sequences and by alignment of encoded amino acid sequences and derivation of trees by maximum-likelihood and Bayesian methods. Phylogenetic loci were obtained for green turtle HV (GTHV) primarily on the basis of DNA polymerase (POL) and DNA binding protein sequences, and f...

Consider a linear multiplicity free action by a compact Lie group K on a finite dimensional hermitian vector space V . Letting K act on the associated Heisenberg group HV = V × R yields a Gelfand pair. In previous work we have applied the Orbit Method to produce an injective mapping Ψ from the space ∆(K,HV ) of bounded K-spherical functions on HV to the space h ∗ V /K of K-orbits in the dual of...

1. Twelve young men were given for periods of 20 d, each of three mixed diets, namely a low-protein (LP) diet (9% total energy as protein, 67% of animal origin), a high-animal-protein (HA) diet (16% total energy as protein, 67% of animal origin) and a high-vegetable-protein (HV) diet (16% total energy as protein, 67% of vegetable origin). Retention of calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc and copper a...

OBJECTIVE To test, with a sample of adolescent mothers (16-20 at childbirth) and their first-born infants/toddlers (average age 1 year), whether the impact of a home visiting (HV) child maltreatment prevention program was moderated by maternal depression. METHODS The study design was a randomized controlled trial of Healthy Families Massachusetts, a statewide child maltreatment prevention pro...