BACKGROUND Corticosteroid sparing is required in 15% to 40% of adults with persistent or chronic primary immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). Herein, the efficacy of immunomodulatory drugs (dapsone, interferon alpha, danazol, and hydroxychloroquine as second-third-line therapies in ITP is investigated. METHODS MEDLINE was searched for studies that included patients with persistent or chroni...

The year 2016 marks the 100th Year Anniversary milestone of radiological research at Columbia University. In 1916 Gioacchino Failla was appointed to operate the radon plant at Memorial Hospital in New York and set up the Biophysical Laboratory, which was later moved to Columbia University and named the Radiological Research Laboratory. Subsequently, it was renamed the Center for Radiological Re...

We present the first efficient and provably consistent estimator for the robust regression problem. The area of robust learning and optimization has generated a significant amount of interest in the learning and statistics communities in recent years owing to its applicability in scenarios with corrupted data, as well as in handling model mis-specifications. In particular, special interest has ...

This work is focused on recombination processes in low temperature plasma down to 10 K. When reaching this low temperature in atomic gases, Collisional Radiative Recombination (CRR) where extra electron carries off energy, is dominant. A few accomplished CRR experiments do not follow theoretical predictions of very strong negative dependence. We propose to study transition from dissociative and...

The hindbrain contains critical neurocircuitry responsible for generating defensive physiological responses to hypoglycemia. This counter-regulatory response (CRR) is evoked by local hindbrain cytoglucopenia that causes an autonomically mediated increase in blood glucose, feeding behavior, and accelerated digestion; that is, actions that restore glucose homeostasis. Recent reports suggest that ...

Type 2 corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) receptors (CRFR2) within the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH), a key glucose-sensing region, play a major role in regulating the hormonal counterregulatory responses (CRRs) to acute hypoglycemia. The VMH expresses both subtypes of CRF receptors, CRFR1 and CRFR2. The objective of this study was to examine the role of the CRFR1 receptor in the VMH in the...

ABSTRAKProbolinggo Jawa timur memiliki sesar yang berpotensi akan terjadinya gempa. Sesar Probolinggo bergerak sebesar 0,2 mm per tahun. Pasir lepas terdapat pada jalan tol – Banyuwangi ini sebagai salah satu indikasi potensi likuefaksi. Analasis likuefaksi menggunakan metode Seed et al (1985). Analisis tanah beberapa peta gempa dan variasi fines content tanah. Perbedaan percepatan tersebut men...

Converting CO2 into high-value fuels and chemicals by renewable-electricity-powered electrochemical reduction reaction (CRR) is a viable approach toward carbon-emissions-neutral processes. Unlike the thermocatalytic hydrogenation of at solid-gas interface, CRR takes place three-phase gas/solid/liquid interface near electrode surface in aqueous solution, which leads to major challenges including...