BACKGROUND The independent predictive value of troponin T (TNT) after on-pump cardiac surgery was established in several studies. However, adjustment was limited to preoperative risk factors without considering perioperative complications. Data on the prognostic value of postoperative B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) are scarce. Our aim was to assess the independent value of TNT and BNP to pred...

The anodic TiO2 nanotube (TNT) has been promising as both electrocatalysts in electro-energy synthesis and storage devices, photoelectrocatalysts solar energy conversion devices. active area of the (photo)electrocatalyst materials must be clarified because current density can normalized to an electrochemically surface area. Herein, it is discussed whether TNT electrodes photo- electrochemicial ...

Trigrams'n'Tags (TnT) is an efficient statistical part-of-speech tagger. Contrary to claims found elsewhere in the literature, we argue that a tagger based on Markov models performs at least as well as other current approaches, including the Maximum Entropy framework. A recent comparison has even shown that TnT performs significantly better for the tested corpora. We describe the basic model of...

titania nanotubes (tnt) prepared by anodization of ti foils were used for water splitting in a standalone cell. the concentration polarization between the anode side (1m naoh) and cathode side (0.5 m h2so4) ensured that the water splitting reaction could take place with no external bias and separate h2 and o2 evolution could be achieved. the destruction of tnt structures under 365 nm uv irradia...

The present study was performed to elucidate the environmental behavior and fate of TNT and RDX in aquatic and wetland plants collected from a field-scale wetland demonstration deployed at Milan Army Ammunition Plant for removal of explosives from groundwater. The study had three objectives: (1) To establish the physiological capacity of plants to absorb and transport TNT or RDX from explosives...

BACKGROUND Peak levels of troponin T (TnT) reliably predict morbidity and mortality after cardiac surgery. However, the therapeutic window to manage CABG-related in-hospital complications may close before the peak is reached. We investigated whether early TnT levels correlate as well with complications after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. METHODS A 12 month consecutive series...

Heart failure (HF) following myocardial infarction (MI) is characterized by progressive alterations of left ventricular (LV) structure and function, named LV remodelling. Although several risk factors such as infarct size have been identified, HF remains difficult to predict in clinical practice. Recently, using phosphoproteomic technology, we found that serine(208)-phosphorylated troponin T (P...

In May 2014, the renal nutrition community gathered in Wurzburg, Germany for the 17th International Congress on Nutrition and Metabolism in Renal Disease. This meeting was highlighted by outstanding scientific content, excellent attendance, and remarkable social and cultural experiences. This successful meeting was also notable for the implementation of the inaugural ‘‘Total Nutrition Therapy (...