the main problem associated with the traditional approach to image classification for the mapping of hydrothermal alteration is that materials not associated with hydrothermal alteration may be erroneously classified as hydrothermally altered due to the similar spectral properties of altered and unaltered minerals. the major objective of this paper is to investigate the potential of a neuro-fuz...

taknar deposit is located about 28 km to the north-west of bardaskan in the khorasan-e-razavi province, which is situated in the north-eastern part of iran. this deposit is unique, formed within the taknar formation in the ordovician time. as a result, it is of much interest to many researchers working in this field. by choosing the lithogeochemical study performed to recognize new exploration ...

A study of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate during the first hour (ESR) in dengue patients would help determine how this parameter is affected by this disease, as well as whether it can be used for diagnosis. One thousand, three hundred and ninety-eight cases of dengue attended at the Dengue Treatment Center, Campos dos Goytacazes Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were included. The ESR values were cla...

INTRODUCTION Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has heterogeneous etiologies, rapid progressive change and a high mortality rate. To improve the outcome of ARDS, accurate diagnosis is essential to the application of effective early treatment. The present study investigated the clinical effects and safety of open lung biopsy (OLB) in patients with early-stage ARDS of suspected non-infect...

Ten patients with active acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) received either 13 cis retinoic acid (RA) + alpha interferon (IFN) or recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) for 3 days. Cell cycle measurements were performed before and at the conclusion of administration of the bioactive agent(s). The proliferative rate of the leukemia cells in vivo decreased in ...

The ability to maintain the body relative to the external environment is important for adaptation to altered gravity. However, the physiological limits for adaptation or the disruption of body orientation are not known. In this study, we analyzed postural changes in mice upon exposure to various low gravities. Male C57BL6/J mice (n = 6) were exposed to various gravity-deceleration conditions by...

The renal hemodynamic and renin release responses to verapamil were analyzed to determine if the antihypertensive action of the calcium entry blocker could be due to its renal effects. Hemodynamic and renin release measurements were compared in a control group of nine anesthetized rabbits and in a group of 10 rabbits given verapamil (200 micrograms/kg i.v. initially, 4 micrograms/kg/min thereaf...

In current health examination setting, people frequently undergo heart rate variability (HRV) analysis and colonoscopy on the same day. However, it remains unclear whether the bowel preparation before colonoscopy affects HRV. This study aimed to evaluate the association between HRV and bowel preparation.We conducted a cross-sectional observational study of 1755 people from January 2012 to Decem...

A scalable laser-based timing analysis technique we call laser assisted device alteration (LADA) is introduced for the rapid isolation and analysis of defect-free performance limiting circuits in advanced flip-chip packaged microprocessors and other complex IC’s. The technique, which has been demonstrated to be widely applicable to production level as well as motherboard/system level testing, u...

A mucopolysaccharide inhibitor of Theiler's GDVII virus has been purified from intestinal tissue of adult mice. The purified material has been shown to consist chiefly of carbohydrate. Following acid hydrolysis of the inhibitor, several amino adds were found to be present. The carbohydrate components shown to be present thus far are galactose, hexosamine, N-acetylhexosamine, methylpentose, hexu...