To cite: Liao W-H, Lai C-C, Huang S-H, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013201004 DESCRIPTION A 71-year-old man with hypertension presented to the emergency department with slurred speech, dizziness and four limbs weakness with left side predominance for 3.5 h. A non-contrast CTof head at arrival showed a hyperdense basilar artery (figure 1A...

Background and Purpose—Basilar artery occlusion (BAO) is an infrequent form of acute stroke, which invariably leads to death or long-term disability if not recanalized. A traditional recanalization approach based on historical controls and pathophysiological consideration is local intra-arterial thrombolysis (IAT) in eligible patients. This necessitates diagnostic evaluation and treatment in st...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Basilar artery occlusion (BAO) is an infrequent form of acute stroke, which invariably leads to death or long-term disability if not recanalized. A traditional recanalization approach based on historical controls and pathophysiological consideration is local intra-arterial thrombolysis (IAT) in eligible patients. This necessitates diagnostic evaluation and treatment in st...

The existing Ni-yttria-stabilized zirconia anodes in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) perform poorly in carbon-containing fuels because of coking and deactivation at desired operating temperatures. Here we report a new anode with nanostructured barium oxide/nickel (BaO/Ni) interfaces for low-cost SOFCs, demonstrating high power density and stability in C(3)H(8), CO and gasified carbon fuels at 75...

Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) in the radial direction offer a method to directly measure the Universe expansion history, and to set limits to space curvature when combined to the angular BAO signal. In addition to spectroscopic surveys, radial BAO might be measured from accurate enough photometric redshifts (obtained e.g., with narrow-band filters). We explore the requirements for a photom...

Baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) in the galaxy power spectrum allows us to extract the scale of the comoving sound horizon at recombination, a cosmological standard ruler accurately determined by the cosmic microwave background anisotropy data. We examine various issues important in the use of BAO to probe dark energy. We find that assuming a flat universe, and priors on Ωm, Ωmh , and Ωbh 2 a...

Rui Liu, Shu Lin He, Yuan Chen Zhao, Hong Gang Zheng, Cong Huang Li, Yan Ju Bao, YingGangQin,WeiHou, Bao JinHua. Chinese herbal decoction based on syndrome differentiation as maintenance therapy in patients with extensive-stage smallcell lung cancer: an exploratory and small prospective cohort study. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2015;2015:601067. doi:10.1155/2015/601067. Epub 2015 Mar 1.

The NO removal over oxide sorbents (K2O/Al2O3 , CaO/Al2O3 and BaO/Al2O3) at a loading of up to 25 wt.% was investigated using a synthetic diesel exhaust gas containing  1,000 ppm NO, 1000 ppm iso-butane (i-C4H10), 8% O2 and N2 balance. The reactor was operated  at 250 <su...

OBJECTIVES Secretin stimulation testing (SST) is used to evaluate patients with hypergastrinemia in the diagnosis of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. Case series have documented false-positive SST in patients with achlorhydria. This study reviews our experience with SST in hypochlorhydric and achlorhydric patients. METHODS We examined 27 patients with hypochlorhydria or achlorhydria based on a pre...

1Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543 email: [email protected] 2Department of Mathematics and Center for Computational Science and Engineering National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543 email: [email protected], URL: http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/~bao/ 3Department of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA email...