Liaqat Ali 1,2, Saeed Islam 1, Taza Gul 1, Ilyas Khan 3, L. C. C. Dennis 4,∗ , Waris Khan5 and Aurangzeb Khan 6 1 Department of Mathematics, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan 23200, KPK, Pakistan; [email protected] (L.A.); [email protected] (S.I.); [email protected] (T.G.) 2 Department of Electrical Engineering, CECOS University, Peshawer 25000, KPK, Pakistan 3 Department of Mathem...

We conducted a pilot study on 10 patients undergoing general surgery to test the feasibility of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy in the visible wavelength range as a noninvasive monitoring tool for blood loss during surgery. Ratios of raw diffuse reflectance at wavelength pairs were tested as a first-pass for estimating hemoglobin concentration. Ratios can be calculated easily and rapidly with ...

Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus) plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis (AD) via secretion several virulence factors that can exacerbate disease. S.aureus growth and inhibition is one potential therapeutic approaches AD treatment. Ultraviolet radiation (UVR)-based phototherapy widely used treatment options for with favourable benefit-risk ratio. UVR has been shown being a...

Vol. XLIV (November 2007), 529–544 529 © 2007, American Marketing Association ISSN: 0022-2437 (print), 1547-7193 (electronic) *Raghuram Iyengar is Assistant Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (e-mail: [email protected]. edu). Asim Ansari is Professor of Marketing, Columbia Business School, Columbia University (e-mail: [email protected]). Sunil Gupta is ...

Abstract Aim Effective skin graft fixation is fundamental in preventing sheering forces, seroma and haematoma from compromising take. However, determining the ideal method of remains a contentious subject. Currently, there significant variation techniques used, based not only on clinical requirement, but also surgeon preference. Evidence-based recommendations are necessary to guide decision-mak...