Ziel: Feststellung struktureller, technischer und kommunikativer Bedingungen bei gezielten MRUntersuchungen der Prostata (MRP) in Deutschland. Material und Methoden: Mitgliedern der Deutschen Röntgengesellschaft (DRG) wurde per E-Mail ein Link zu einer Online-Umfrage mit acht Fragen zugesandt. Radiologische Institute wurden nach ihrer Struktur, d. h. entweder Klinikabteilung (HD) oder Praxis-Ni...

Chinese Herbal Medicine Industry (CHMI) is a historical, cultural and distinctive industry in Taiwan. In fact, the major customers and consuming groups of this industry are elders or people who live around neighborhood. Unfortunately, the existing customers lose gradually since the young customers or new consuming groups have not been developed or introduced to try the Chinese Herbal Medicine. ...

OBJECTIVE Atherosclerotic plaque rupture can lead to severe complications such as myocardial infarction and stroke. Myeloid related protein (Mrp)-14, Mrp-8, and Mrp-8/14 complex are inflammatory markers associated with myocardial infarction. It is, however, unknown whether Mrps are associated with a rupture-prone plaque phenotype. In this study, we determined the association between Mrp-14, -8,...

Using transcriptional profiling of platelets from patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction, we identified myeloid-related protein-14 (MRP-14, also known as S100A9) as an acute myocardial infarction gene and reported that platelet MRP-14 binding to platelet CD36 regulates arterial thrombosis. However, whether MRP-14 plays a role in venous thrombosis is unknown. We subjected WT and Mr...

This paper addresses the task of coordinated planning of a supply chain (SC). Work in process (WIP) in each facility participating in the SC, finished goods inventory, and backlogged demand costs are minimized over the planning horizon. In addition to the usual modeling of linear material flow balance equations, variable lead time (LT) requirements, resulting from the increasing incremental WIP...

OBJECTIVES This study investigated patients with acute Kawasaki disease (KD) to validate myeloid-related protein (MRP)-8/MRP-14 as a marker of disease activity and severity of coronary artery lesion development. BACKGROUND Both MRP-8 and -14, which are S100-proteins secreted by activated neutrophils and monocytes, bind specifically to endothelial cells and induce thrombogenic and inflammatory...

BACKGROUND The calcium-binding proteins myeloid-related protein (MRP)-8 (S100A8) and MRP-14 (S100A9) form MRP-8/14 heterodimers (S100A8/A9, calprotectin) that regulate myeloid cell function and inflammatory responses and serve as early serum markers for monitoring acute allograft rejection. Despite functioning as a proinflammatory mediator, the pathophysiological role of MRP-8/14 complexes in c...

BACKGROUND Hemodialysis (HD) patients are at risk for medication-related problems (MRP). The MRP number, type, and appearance rate over time in ambulatory HD patients has not been investigated. METHODS Randomly selected HD patients were enrolled to receive monthly pharmaceutical care visits. At each visit, MRP were identified through review of the patient chart, electronic medical record, pat...

The performance of various cellular planning methods for GSM, which decrease co-channel interference without sacrificing traffic capacity, is evaluated. For measuring the advantages of each method, the Carrier-to-Interference Ratio, is calculated. The use of different clusters and the benefits of sectorisation in C/I are studied. An evaluation of the influence of Frequency Hopping on C/I is als...