INTRODUCTION During real-time monitoring of the ultrafiltration coefficient (Kuf) in haemodiafiltration (HDF), it was noticed that the ultrafiltration performance of polysulphone membrane dialysers increased when hypertonic glucose (D50%) was administered through the venous blood return. METHODS This observation was explored in six non-diabetic chronic dialysis patients during 48 HDF sessions...

Treatment for significant hypoglycemia includes administration of dextrose containing agents, including 50% dextrose (D50%W) intravenously. Significant extravasation of D50%W can lead to complications, including skin and soft tissue injury, loss of limb, or death. The aim of this case report, using an interdisciplinary team approach, explores extravasation protocols as well as literature review...

The streambed median grain size (D50) has been an integral part of many sediment transport and stream power equations seeking to characterize channel stability conditions. However, its previous usage is constrained by regional applicability, localization datasets, a limited number data points. This study uses large geographically diverse set (n > 2400), from five published sources, present q...

Individual P elements that were genetically isolated from wild-type strains were tested for their abilities to repress two aspects of hybrid dysgenesis: gonadal dysgenesis and mutability of a double-P element-insertion allele of the singed locus (snw). These elements were also characterized by Southern blotting, polymerase chain reaction amplification and DNA sequencing. Three of the elements w...

Helical TomoTherapy(HT) planning depends on optimize parameters including field width (FW), pitch factor (PF) and modulation factor (MF). These optimize parameters are effect to quality of plans and treatment time. The aim of this study was to find the optimized parameters which compromise between plan quality and treatment times. Six nasopharyngeal cancer patients were used. For each patient d...

The droplet size distribution (DSD) formed by gas-saturated oil jets is one of the most important characteristics flow to understand and model fate uncontrolled deep-sea spills. shape DSD, generally modeled as a theoretical lognormal, Rosin-Rammler or non-fundamental function, defines mass volume range droplets. Yet, fundamental DSD has received much less attention than median (d50) during ten ...

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