UNLABELLED Primary Sjögren syndrome (PSS) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) can be an extraglandular complication. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with PSS with ILD. METHODS Multicentre cohort study with 25 patients diagnosed with PSS and ILD. Data of PSS, prognostic factors, pulmonary involvement variables...

UNLABELLED We propose PEDOT PSS as a multi-functional composite material for an enhanced Li-air-battery air electrode. The PEDOT PSS layer was coated on the surface of carbon (graphene) using simple method. A electrode containing PEDOT PSS-coated graphene (PEDOT electrode) could be prepared without binder (such as PVDF) because of high adhesion of PEDOT PSS. PEDOT electrode presented co...

The steady-state stability limit and the system positive damping can be improved by conventional Power System Stabilizer (PSS). However, in order to have abilities such as the online tuning and optimal real-time damping in the entire operating range, robust design of PSS in required. A novel robust PSS design using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (ICA) for ...

The main purpose of this study was to determine the expression of interleukins-17/-23 (ILs-17/-23) and receptors of interleukins-17/-23 (IL-17R, IL-23R) in minor salivary glands (MSGs) of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). Expression of IL-17, IL-23 and receptors of IL-17/-23 was analyzed in MSGs from 25 patients with pSS, 25 patients with probable preclinical pSS, and 25 patients ...

BACKGROUND Although Perceived Stress Scale (PSS, Cohen, Kamarack & Mermelstein, 1983) has been validated and widely used in many domains, there is still no validation in sports by comparing athletes and non-athletes and examining related psychometric indices. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the measurement invariance of PSS between athletes and non-athletes, and examine const...

In the canine liver with portosystemic shunts (PSS), focal lesions consisting of cells with cytoplasmic brown pigments and lipid vacuoles are often observed in the hepatic parenchyma. Termed lipogranulomas, their histopathological characteristics have been little studied. In the present study, we examined liver biopsy samples from 144 dogs (age: 3 months-16 years; 65 PSS and 79 non-PSS cases), ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS To determine the prevalence of autonomic dysfunction among Korean patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS) and its associations with the clinical features of pSS. METHODS We analyzed 154 participants from the Korean Initiative of primary Sjogren's Syndrome (KISS) as a prospective pSS cohort and 154 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. A standardized 5-minute, supine, r...

during 2007-2008, 58 strains of p. syringae pv. syringae (pss) were isolated from various prunus species and other hosts such as sugar beet, pear, quince, oat, millet, wheat, barley, and rice in fars, isfahan, kohgiloye and boyer ahmad, chahar mahal-o-bakhtiari provinces of iran. the strains were tested for pathogenicity, the presence of the syrb gene and box pcr (box a1r primer). all teste...

Gilts, barrows and boars of Pietrain (P), Yorkshire (Y) and P-Y-Hampshire (H) breeding, Px P (PHY), were used to study accuracy of prediction of susceptibility to the porcine stress syndrome (PSS) by the luciferase method for blood creatine kinase (CK). At 10 weeks of age, pigs were classified as PSS if they displayed muscle rigidity within 5 min after commencing anesthesia with 3% halothane in...