OBJECTIVES To evaluate the safety of treatment interruption (TI) guided by CD4+ count in HIV-infected patients followed-up prospectively. METHODS Patients on HAART with a CD4+ cell count >500 cells/mm3 discontinued therapy with instructions to start therapy again before their CD4+ count dropped below 200 cells/mm3. RESULTS We report data on 112 HIV-infected patients. The median follow-up af...

Let X be a finite graph. Let C(X) be the hyperspace of all nonempty subcontinua of X and let μ : C(X) → R be a Whitney map. We prove that there exist numbers 0 < T0 < T1 < T2 < · · · < TM = μ(X) such that if T ∈ (Ti−1, Ti), then the Whitney block μ(Ti−1, Ti) is homeomorphic to the product μ(T )× (Ti−1, Ti). We also show that there exists only a finite number of topologically different Whitney l...

Although powerful, the transaction model adopted in traditional database systems is found lacking in functionality and performance when used for new applications, such as CAD/CAM, and design environments. Various extensions to traditional transaction model have been proposed to address these drawbacks'. In order to analyse these ad hoc extensions and in search for a good implementation sup port...

In this work, TiN/Ti(C,N)/Al2O3 multilayer coatings were deposited using an industrial-scale thermal CVD system. Two polymorphs of Al2O3, the stable α- and metastable κ-Al2O3, obtained by deposition specific bonding layers at Al2O3/Ti(C,N) interface. The comparable hardness elastic moduli κ-Al2O3 measured. tribological behavior Al2O3 was studied room temperature 24CrMoV5-1 balls; friction coeff...

Nowadays, steel shear walls are used as efficient lateral-load-resistant systems due to their high lateral stiffness and carrying capacity. In this paper, the effect of substituting a shape memory alloy (SMA) material is investigated instead of using conventional steel in the shear wall. A numerical study is conducted using finite element method (FEM) by OpenSees software. For this purpose, at ...

Abstract A metastable polymorph of Ti 3 Sn (called c-Ti Sn) exhibiting the cubic Cr Si-type structure was prepared by a mechanochemical route. At temperatures about 450 °C, it transforms to well-known hexagonal phase (Ni type, called h-Ti Sn). 0.5% iron incorporated into material originating from steel beaker and balls. However, quantum-chemical calculations show that this should not lead stabi...

Environmental degradation and Economic growth are two important proofs in sustainable development which are followed by steel industry. In this case, energy and environmental damages as sustainability patterns of environment have been investigated in three different dust collectors to select the most environmentally suitable dust collector for electric furnace. In this article, the consumption ...