conclusions the use of sof + pr regimen or ldv/sof can significantly reduce the incidence of complications associated with the disease. for example, short and long-term outcomes are better than the current drug regimens for hcv genotype 1 patients in all stages of the disease. objectives this study is aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of the three drug regimens of pegylated interferon and ...

The mechanical properties of microscopic particles have been a heated research object for it takes the deformation of micro-beads in the microfluidic environment into account. Sufficient knowledge on mechanical properties of micro-beads would lead to better device design and application for cell mechanics, tissue engineering, etc. The physical properties of alginate beads were examined both in ...

The effect of chemical reaction on an unsteady magneto hydrodynamic flow past an infinite vertical porous plate with variable suction and heat convective mass transfer, where the plate temperature oscillates with the same frequency as that of variable suction velocity. The non – linear partial differential equations governing the flow have been solved numerically using finite difference method....

climate change is found to be the most important global issue in the 21st century, so to monitor its trend is of great importance. atmospheric general circulation models because of their large scale computational grid are not able to predict climatic parameters on a point scale, so small scale methods should be adapted. among downscaling methods, statistical methods are used as they are easy to...

We have investigated the contributions of CuO planes and CuO chains on the transport properties of YBa Cu O by 2 2 4 8 Ž . Ž . measuring the electrical resistivity and thermoelectric power S of Y Pr Ba Cu Zn O , Y Ca Ba Cu O and 1yx x 2 1yy y 4 8 1yx x 2 4 8 Ž . YBa Cu Ga O . Pr reduces the mobile carrier concentration in the CuO planes in YBa Cu O , as a consequence, the 2 1yx x 4 8 2 2 4 8 Ž ...

Background/Aims Opioid-induced constipation (OIC) is the most common gastrointestinal (GI) side effect to opioid treatment. Opioid receptor antagonists against OIC have been introduced, but their efficacy has not been directly compared to conventional laxatives. Our aim was to compare symptoms and objective parameters of gut function in an experimental model of OIC during treatment with the opi...

Abstract Magnetocaloric hydrogen liquefaction could be a ‘game-changer’ for liquid industry. Although heavy rare-earth based magnetocaloric materials show strong effects in the temperature range required by (77–20 K), high resource criticality of elements is major obstacle upscaling this emerging technology. In contrast, higher abundances light make their alloys highly appealing liquefaction. V...

For strongly correlated oxides, it has been a long-standing issue regarding the role of the chemical ordering of the dopants on the physical properties. Here, using unit cell by unit cell superlattice growth technique, we determine the role of chemical ordering of the Pr dopant in a colossal magnetoresistant (La(1-y)Pr(y))(1-x)Ca(x)MnO3 (LPCMO) system, which has been well known for its large le...

BACKGROUND In the clinical trial setting, oral rizatriptan 10 mg has greater efficacy than other oral triptans in freedom from migraine headache pain 2 h after dosing. OBJECTIVE The study objective is to compare the effectiveness of rizatriptan 10 mg and other oral triptans for acute migraine attack in a naturalistic setting. METHODS A total of 673 patients took rizatriptan 10 mg or their u...