DISSERTATION Testing Simulation and Structural Models with Applications to Energy Demand. Principal advisors: Maximilian Auffhammer (co-chair) and Michael Hanemann (co-chair). JOB MARKET PAPER " Daylight Time and Energy: Evidence from an Australian Experiment, " with R. Kellogg. Rising energy prices and environmental concerns are driving countries to consider extending Daylight Saving Time (DST...

To meet the great needs for MFL (magnetic flux leakage) inspection of drill pipes at wellheads, a lift-off-tolerant MFL testing method is proposed and investigated in this paper. Firstly, a Helmholtz coil magnetization method and the whole MFL testing scheme are proposed. Then, based on the magnetic field focusing effect of ferrite cores, a lift-off-tolerant MFL sensor is developed and tested. ...

It has been suggested that comparison of posttest dexamethasone and cortisol concentrations may improve the evaluation of the dexamethasone suppression test (DST) for Cushing's syndrome. In particular, this would be reasonable if posttest cortisol differs by dexamethasone levels within the range that is usually attained in the DST. Using fractional polynomial regression, we therefore studied th...

[email protected] Abbreviations ABMR: Antibody Mediated Rejections; ADMSC: Adipose Tissue Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells; AHG: Anti-Human Globulin; ASHI: American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics; CGN: Chronic Glomerulonephritis; CNI: Calcineurin Inhibitor; CRF: Chronic Renal Failure; DMEM: Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium; DSA: Donor Specific Antibody; DST: Donor Specifi...

BACKGROUND/AIM To investigate prospectively the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis by adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) stimulation test. MATERIALS AND METHODS Tularemia was diagnosed according to guidelines. An ACTH stimulation test (1 µg) and a dexamethasone suppression test (DST; 1 mg) were performed in patients in the acute phase of tularemia before antibiotic treatment and in the ...

Previously, we have adapted a recently developed three-dimensional chemosensitivity test, the collagen gel droplet embedded culture drug sensitivity test (CD-DST), for evaluation of chemosensitivity of 12 anticancer drugs against colorectal adenocarcinoma, and surprisingly, it was found that tumor growth enhancement was occasionally observed even after exposure to anticancer drugs. In this stud...

OBJECTIVES In a pilot implementation project of the microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility methodology, we conducted a process evaluation to identify health system and logistic challenges that need to be addressed in order to harness the benefits of rolling out promising new diagnostic tools for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB). METHODS Regional data relating to health system pra...