BACKGROUND Cloud-based desktop virtualization infrastructure (VDI) is known as providing simplified management of application and desktop, efficient management of physical resources, and rapid service deployment, as well as connection to the computer environment at anytime, anywhere with any device. However, the economic validity of investing in the adoption of the system at a hospital has not ...

Pediatric cases of vitamin D intoxication (VDI) with dietary supplements have not been previously reported. We report on 7 children with VDI caused by consumption of a fish oil supplement containing an excessively high dose of vitamin D due to a manufacturing error. Seven children aged between 0.7 and 4.2 years were admitted with symptoms of hypercalcemia. Initial median (range) serum concentra...

Poor air quality is a common fact for all areas with base industry. The city of Zenica was once the metallurgical centre of Ex-Yugoslavia and is therefore highly polluted at present. Air pollution peaked in 1987 when average concentration of pollutants was extremely high (daily average concentration of SO(2) was 1800 μg m(-3)). With the beginning of the war in 1992, integral production in the s...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the prevalence and predictors of vitamin D insufficiency (VDI) in children in Great Britain. DESIGN A nationally representative cross-sectional study survey of children (1102) aged 4-18 years (999 white, 570 male) living in private households (January 1997-1998). Interventions provided information about dietary habits, physical activity, socio-demographics, and blood sa...

Vitamin D plays an important role in innate defenses against intracellular pathogens. Seasonal vitamin D insufficiency (VDI) due to reduced sun exposure far from the equator increases tuberculosis risk. Eight randomized controlled trials examined vitamin D as adjunctive therapy during tuberculosis treatment. The studies varied substantially regarding patient genetic backgrounds, the extent of b...

Despite all efforts in the past, brake squeal is still a problem. Even detailed simulations only hardly allow for good predictions and the discrepancy to experiments may be considerable from case to case. This paper revisits the general pattern of the equations of motion of moving continua and shows how transport motions provoke gyroscopic terms. Concerning the contact formulation, Lagrange-Mul...

C o m m e n t a r y Upon opening, many ion channels spontaneously close by inactivation processes. As a form of negative feed­ back regulation, inactivation of ion channels helps to define a variety of physiological functions. The opening of voltage­gated Ca 2+ (Ca V) channels generates and maintains action potentials and permits Ca 2+ ions to enter the cell and signal downstream biological eve...