Abstract This paper reports on an experimental investigation of the chemical impact nanosecond repetitively pulsed (NRP) glow discharges a laminar methane-air flame. The chosen configuration was lean wall stabilized flame where NRP were generated across front. After careful selection excitation lines, planar laser induced fluorescence OH and CH conducted. Comparisons between base (without plasm...

background: morning reports are one the most popular clinical education in hospital setting. the first step to improve quality of this educational method is to know about current situation. the aim of this study was to study the effect of educational workshop on quality of morning report in golestan university of medical sciences. methods: in this interventional study, using census sampling 147...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE It has been suggested that the risk of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) in patients with total hip arthroplasty (THA) may be underestimated if based only on arthroplasty registry data. We therefore wanted to estimate the "true" incidence of PJI in THA using several data sources. PATIENTS AND METHODS We searched the Danish Hip Arthroplasty Register (DHR) for primary THAs...

Today, electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) are widely used as a replacement to portal films for patient position verification, but the image quality is not always optimal. The general aim of this study was to optimize the acquisition parameters of an amorphous silicon EPID commercially available for clinical use in radiation therapy with the view to avoid saturation of the system. Special...

Each year in the US, some four hundred thousand newborns need help breathing when they are born. Due to the frequent need for resuscitation at birth, it is vital to have evidence-based care guidelines and to provide effective neonatal resuscitation training. Every five years, the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) reviews the science of neonatal resuscitation. In the US, t...

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is almost uniformly fatal; however, some improvement in overall survival has been achieved with the introduction of nanocarriers that deliver irinotecan or paclitaxel. Although it is generally assumed that nanocarriers rely principally on abnormal leaky vasculature for tumor access, a transcytosis transport pathway that is regulated by neuropilin-1 (NRP-1...

A multiplexed, ratiometric method is described that can confidently distinguish between cancerous and noncancerous epithelial prostate cells in vitro. The technique is based on bright surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS) biotags (SBTs) infused with unique Raman reporter molecules, and carrying cell-specific peptides. Two sets of SBTs were used. One targets the neuropilin-1 (NRP-1...

Objectives: To determine the role of CHADS-VASc Score in predicting No Reflow phenomenon STEMI patients undergoing primary PCI. 
 Study Design: Analytical cross-sectional study.
 Place and Duration Study: This study was carried out at a Tertiary Cardiac Care Center from Feb to May 2022.
 Methodology: A total (n = 320) who underwent PPCI Armed Forces Institute Cardiology 4th Febru...

Despite the multi-objective nature of nurse rostering problem (NRP), most NRP formulations employ a single evaluation function that minimizes weighted sum constraint violations. When solving in practice, focus should be on obtaining compromise solutions: those with appropriate trade-offs between different constraints. Due to real-world characteristics problem, may vary substantially across inst...

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an emerging theranostic modality for various cancer as well as non-cancer diseases. Its efficiency is mainly based on a selective accumulation of PDT and imaging agents in tumor tissue. The vascular effect is widely accepted to play a major role in tumor eradication by PDT. To promote this vascular effect, we previously demonstrated the interest of using an active-...