The aim of the research was to evaluate physiological quality and early growth corn seedlings based on doses times seed soaking in biostimulant. Factorial treatments three (8, 16 24 hours) levels biostimulant (2.5, 5.0 7.5 mL L-1 water) were evaluated, plus two control that were: 1) sterile distilled water, 2) seeds without soaking. germination speed index (GSI), emergence (ESI), root length (R...

BACKGROUND We aimed to determine the association between platelet indices including plateletcrit (PCT), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), and proteinuria associated with hypertension (HT) as well as the relative power of each to predict proteinuria. METHODS The study included 223 patients (68 men and 155 women) with primary HT. PCT, MPV, PDW, and proteinuria level...

BACKGROUND Activated platelets promote tumor cell growth, aberrant angiogenesis, and invasion. However, the value of platelet indices for predicting survival in gastric cancer remains unknown. The goal of this study was to investigate the predictive significance of platelet indices in gastric cancer. RESULT Reduced platelet distribution width (PDW) was significantly correlated with age, carci...

This research realizes and analyze Multi-legged Passive Dynamic Walking(PDW). Although various PDW studies have been conducted based on its interesting features, most of them dealt with bipedal robots. There are many kinds of multi-legged creatures, not only quadrupedal animals but also creatures with more than six legs. In this paper, we focus on a “Multi-legged PDW,” which is a PDW with more ...

OBJECTIVE While the relationship between platelet crit (PCT), platelet distribution width (PDW) and hypertension has been well-documented, data on the association between PCT, PDW and preeclampsia are scant at best. In our study we aimed to investigate the possible correlation of PCT and PDW with preeclampsia and disease severity MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 110 preeclamptic and 100 health...

Passive dynamic bipedal walking (PDW) is an attractive topic not only for robotics field but also the other scientific fields, i.e. physics and biology. In order to clarify its mechanism of walking, many researchers have developed various PDW machines. We also have developed several 3D PDW with flat feet and ankle springs. However there are no researches on the measurement of 3-D PDW gait, whic...

There is a considerable similarity between proton density-weighted (PDw) and T2-weighted (T2w) images acquired by dual echo fast spin-echo (FSE) sequences. The similarity manifests itself not only in image space as correspondence between intensities of PDw and T2w images, but also in phase space as consistency between phases of PDw and T2w images. Methods for improving the imaging efficiency an...

Purpose The change of serum platelet indices such as platelet distribution width (PDW) has been reported in a series of inflammatory reaction and clinical diseases. However, the relationship between PDW and the incidence of persistent organ failure (POF) in acute pancreatitis (AP) has not been elucidated so far. Materials and Methods A total of 135 patients with AP admitted within 72 hours fr...

In this study, we used stable isotopes of oxygen (δ18O), deuterium (δD), and dissolved inorganic carbon (δ13CDIC) in combination with temperature, salinity, oxygen, nutrient concentrations to characterize the coastal (71°–78°W) an oceanic (82°–98°W) water masses (SAAW—Subantarctic Surface Water; STW—Subtropical ESSW—Equatorial Subsurface water; AAIW—Antarctic Intermediate PDW—Pacific Deep Water...

Thyroid cancer is the most rapidly increasing cancer type among women and the second among men. Early detection greatly improves the prognosis. For this purpose, the platelet distribution width (PDW), an early indicator of platelet activation, might be useful. The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of PDW and serum albumin levels individually or in combination to distinguish betwe...