To assess adherence to real-time changes in guidelines for influenza diagnosis and use of oseltamivir during the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic, we reviewed medical records of patients with confirmed or suspected influenza-like illness (ILI) and those with no viral testing in a large Los Angeles (California, USA) hospital. Of 882 tested patients, 178 had results positive for influenza; 136 of ...

ESS germination strategies are studied in a model of annual plant population dynamics in a randomly varying environment. The possible strategies are different values of the annual germination fraction G, either constant over time or varying in response to a "cue" correlated with upcoming environmental conditions. The model generalizes D. Cohen's model (1966, J. Theor. Biol. 12, 119-129; 1968, J...

INTRODUCTION The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of self-diagnosis of malaria and other febrile illnesses in Bo, Sierra Leone. METHODS All households in two neighboring sections of Bo were invited to participate in a cross-sectional survey. RESULTS A total of 882 households (an 85% participation rate) that were home to 5410 individuals participated in the study. Of th...

CAN J ANESTH 55: 6 www.cja-jca.org June, 2008 References 1 Melarkode K, Prinzhausen H. Hemoglobin M variant and congenital methemoglobinemia: methylene blue will not be effective in the presence of hemoglobin M. Can J Anesth 2008; 55: 129–30. 2 Schweitzer SA. Spurious pulse oximeter desaturation due to methaemoglobinaemia. Anaesth Intensive Care 1991: 19: 269–71. 3 Cassady G. Transcutaneous mon...

In continuing the search to eliminate the use of toxic reagents in the laboratories of the South African sugar industry,. the results of evaluating a high wavelength polarimet~r WhICh operates at a wavelength of 882 nanometers and IS thus able to read darkly coloured solutions are presented. No clarification agent is required. The solutions, although dark in colour, must not contain any turbidi...

§ 29.9% of the Portuguese population with ages between 50 and 64 yo were officially retired. § Among these, 13.1% were retired due to RD (3.9% of overall population). § The estimated annual indirect cost following premature retirement caused by RD was €910 million (€555 per capita; €1,625 per self-reported RD patient and €13,592 per early retiree due to RD). § Females contributed with 84% for t...

882 prosthetic mean gradient (83 mm Hg), indicat‐ ing valve obstruction. Transesophageal echocar‐ diography (TEE) showed mobile structures at‐ tached to the prosthesis, typical for bacterial veg‐ etations (Figure 1A) and inflammatory infiltration (22 × 8 mm) at the level of the non–coronary si‐ nus of Valsalva, involving the aortic and mitral curtain (Figure 1B). An evident perivalvular ab‐ sce...

| The study was carried out to examine the pathological lesions in lungs of slaughtered cattle and buffalo carcasses in Chittagong Metropolitan area. A total of 882 (660 cattle and 222 buffalo) were examined in three different slaughterhouse where 128 (14.51%) cases were found with different pathological lesions in lungs. Among 128 (cattle 105 and buffalo 23) cases with lung lesions, the freque...

The recent identification of DNMT3A mutations in de novo acute myeloid leukemia prompted us to determine their frequency, patterns and clinical impact in a cohort of 98 patients with either therapy-related or secondary acute myeloid leukemia developing from an antecedent hematologic disorder. We identified 24 somatic mutations in 23 patients with a significantly higher frequency in secondary ac...

The gene for proline iminopeptidase from Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis DSM 7290 coding for an enzyme that hydrolyses the synthetic substrate L-prolyl-beta-naphthylamide (Pro-beta NA) was cloned in Escherichia coli. An enzymic plate assay was used to screen for positive clones. The gene, designated pepI, was subcloned into vector pUC18 and sequenced. The nucleotide sequence revealed an...