A new method for determining absolute left ventricular (LV) volumes from radio nuclide gated blood pool images has been validated at our institution (1). Only four parameters are needed to determine LV volumes: the LV count rates from an LAO and an RPO image (180° opposed to the LAO), a venous blood sample, and a patient thickness measurement. The procedure can easily be performed as a part of ...

Crystals of the ortho-rhom-bic phase La(4)Mo(7)O(27) (lanthanum molybdenum oxide) were obtained from a non-stoichiometric melt in the pseudo-ternary system La(2)O(3)-MoO(3)-B(2)O(3). In the crystal structure, distorted square-anti-prismatic [LaO(8)] and monocapped square-anti-prismatic [LaO(9)] polyhedra are connected via common edges and faces into chains along [010]. These chains are arranged...

OBJECTIVE In 2012, Lao PDR introduced seasonal influenza vaccine in pregnant women, persons aged ≥50 years, persons with chronic diseases, and healthcare personnel. We assessed adverse events following immunization (AEFI). METHODS We used a multistage randomized cluster sample design to interview vaccine recipients. FINDINGS Between April and May 2012, 355,902 were vaccinated. Of 2089 perso...

The view of evil human nature is important in Chinese and western cultures. The thesis chooses evil human in St. Augustine’s thoughts and Hsun Tzu’s thoughts to compare and analyze evil in these two. St. Augustine, who is called “the Saint of God”, views the definition of evil, the resource of it, and salvations of it from the aspect of religious beliefs. He considers that evil is the privation...

A 12-year-old intact female shih tzu dog was diagnosed with an ectopic thyroid carcinoma infiltrating the right atrium of the heart. Echocardiography and computed tomography were helpful in diagnosis; a definitive diagnosis was made based on postmortem histopathology and immunohistochemistry. The patient lived 428 days beyond diagnosis with only medical management.

Transparent blue crystals of Cu[N(CN)2]2 · 2 NH3 were obtained by blending solutions of Na[N(CN)2] and Cu(NO3)2 · 2.5 H2O in aqueous ammonia and subsequent evaporation of the solvent under ambient conditions. Cu[N(CN)2]2 · 2 NH3 crystallizes in space group P1 (no. 2, Z = 2) with the cell parameters a = 746.1(4), b = 747.8(4) and c = 894.4(5) pm, and the angles α = 68.94(2), β = 75.52(1) and γ =...

Jun-Tzu Chao, Luis A. Martinez-Lemus, Stephen J. Kaufman, Gerald A. Meininger, Kenneth S. Ramos, and Emily Wilson Division of Vascular Biology, Cardiovascular Research Institute, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College Station, Texas; Department of Cell and Structural Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois; and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ...

transistor Tsung-Han Tsai, Huey-Ing Chen, Chung-Fu Chang, Po-Shun Chiu, Yi-Chun Liu, Li-Yang Chen, Tzu-Pin Chen, and Wen-Chau Liu Institute of Microelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan, Taiwan 70101, Republic of China Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan, Taiwan 70101...

Leveraging new techniques to enhance the collective cyber defenses of the United States " To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. "-Sun Tzu Introduction The Public Response to Emerging Exploits (PROTeX) concept uses existing capabilities and capacity to focus on three central enablers for a more effec...

Naoya Mimura, Teru Hideshima, Toshiyasu Shimomura, Rikio Suzuki, Hiroto Ohguchi, Ola Rizq, Shohei Kikuchi, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Francesca Cottini, Jana Jakubikova, Diana Cirstea, Gullu Gorgun, Jiro Minami, Yu-Tzu Tai, Paul G. Richardson, Teruhiro Utsugi, Atsushi Iwama, and Kenneth C. Anderson Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harva...