Many of the future GNSS ranging codes produce correlation functions that have two or more prominent sidelobes immediately adjacent to the primary peak. These more complex code modulations have inspired numerous inventive techniques for reliable code tracking. Most of these techniques have been conceived principally to prevent the accidental tracking of the sidelobes. They have also been evaluat...

OBJECTIVE To determine the validity of an electronic health record (EHR) in the identification of patients with left ventricular dysfunction in a primary care setting. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING Nine clinics participating from the Providence Research Network (PRN) comprising 75 physicians serving approximately 200,000 patients. All clinics utilise the Logician EHR for all patie...

Background: Black pod rot disease of cocoa caused by (Phytophthora palmivora Butl.) is one the major diseases on plantations worldwide. Many attempts have been made to prevent or reduce infection pathogens, but they not provided optimum results. This study aims detect antibiotic genes in endophytic bacteria that can suppress black disease. Methods: Eight were isolated from healthy pods and twig...

background applying an appropriate method of analgesia in labor without alteration in its progression is of high importance. previous literature did not provide much information about the effect of various kinds of anesthesia on the duration of active phase of labor. objectives to assess the effect of painless labor methods on the duration of active phase of labor. patients and methods 80 pregn...

our purpose was to determine the effect of epidural analgesia on nulliparous labor and delivery. nonnal term nulliparous women in spontaneous labor were divided into two groups in a quazi-experimental study, 100 in each group. the first group received epidural analgesia and the second had no analgesia at all. in the first group, an epidural catheter was placed in 3-4 cm cervical dilatation and ...

In this paper, the performance of cognitive radio (CR) code divisionmultiple access (CDMA) networks is analyzed in the presence of receive beamforming at the base stations (BSs). More precisely, we analyze, through simulations, the performance achievable by a CR user, with and without spectrum sensing, in a three-cell scenario. Uplink communications are considered. Three different schemes for s...

The stringent response (SR) is a regulatory mechanism that enables bacteria to adapt to nutrient stress through the production of the alarmone (p)ppGpp. The aim of the current study was to understand how the SR affects the antifungal (AF) activity of Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23. Two SR mutants were generated, PA23relA and PA23relAspoT, that no longer produced (p)ppGpp. Both mutants exhibited ...

Mumps virus-neutralizing antibodies are believed to be the most predictable surrogate marker of protective immunity. However, assays used to detect neutralizing antibodies, such as the plaque reduction neutralization (PRN) assay, are labor- and time-intensive and consequently are often supplanted by the more rapid and inexpensive enzyme immunoassay (EIA) technique. For virus infections for whic...

Abstract Background Bordetella pertussis is a gram-negative bacterium causing the highly contagious respiratory infection in over 151 000 individuals annually worldwide. A tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis (Tdap) vaccine combined with CpG 1018 adjuvant (Tdap-1018) may induce higher antibody titers than existing aluminum-adjuvanted Tdap vaccines used as booster adults. Methods In this randomized, act...

Abstract Postoperative recovery depends on a complex interplay of patient-related factors which mobility is an essential part. The aim this study to evaluate correlations between perioperative physical activity, quality life, and postoperative nursing workload in colorectal surgery. A prospective was used assess footsteps, workload. Number footsteps recorded from preoperative day 5 3. Patients ...