AIMS To compare the International Normalised Ratio (INR) obtained directly with the two types of WHO plain International Reference Preparation for thromboplastin in patients treated with coumarin. METHODS Prothrombin times were performed in parallel at four centres using WHO human plain IRP (BCT/253) and rabbit plain IRP (RBT/79). Sixty patients and 20 normal controls were tested at each cent...

The age-associated decrease in functionality of the human immune system is thought to have a negative impact on the capacity to provide protection against infection, in turn leading to increased incidence of mortality. In a previous longitudinal study of octogenarians, we identified an immune risk phenotype (IRP) in the very elderly defined by an inverted CD4/CD8 ratio, which was associated wit...

As an essential nutrient and a potential toxin, iron poses an exquisite regulatory problem in biology and medicine. At the cellular level, the basic molecular framework for the regulation of iron uptake, storage, and utilization has been defined. Two cytoplasmic RNA-binding proteins, iron-regulatory protein-1 (IRP-1) and IRP-2, respond to changes in cellular iron availability and coordinate the...

In this paper we develop a methodology to estimate the interrelationships of economic growth, increases in income transfe~s, and reduction of poverty over the past fifteen years. The basic question we wish to address is the importance of increases in market incomes relative to income transfers in reducing poverty. Models previously used to project poverty rates have not been specified in such a...

This paper examines implications drawn from labor supply literature for the design of a transfer program for female-headed families when the youngest child turns six years old. It is found that if the average level of support to households remains cons tant, a "safety-net" view of the system would lead to raising the tax rate dramatically while only moderately increasing the guarantee. In contr...

Integrated resource planning (IRP) is a new way for utilities and state regulatory commissions to consistently assess a variety of demand and supply resources to cost-effectively meet customer energy-service needs. This paper reviews recent progress in IRP and identifies the need for additional work by utilities, regulatory commissions, and other organizations. Kevwords: demand-side management,...

This paper provides guidance and an example for carrying out research using an interpretive framework. Until quite recently, there has been little available in the IS literature to guide the interpretive researcher to build theory of IS practice. While structured as a typical research paper, this paper is different in that the focus is on conceptual issues and the research methods rather than t...

c 2016 The Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility J Neurogastroenterol Motil, Vol. 22 No. 2 April, 2016 www.jnmjournal.org TO THE EDITOR: We would like to thank Huang and Rezaie for their interesting comments. As the authors are well aware of, diagnosis of Jackhammer esophagus requires normal integrated residual pressure (IRP) and at least 20% of the swallows with distal contracti...

This research paper aims to investigate the various factors that affect college rankings, with a specific focus on United States. The study examines metrics used calculate rankings and different influence college's ranking. begins by discussing increasing importance of in current higher education landscape. It then delves into methodologies rank colleges, including weight given such as faculty ...

In the spirit of trying something new, we abandoned the traditional interpersonal process recording for an entirely new way to teach students about communication--an interpretive research group. We propose the interpretive research group as a strategy for teaching communication and analysis that encourages active student-faculty participation, provides for more egalitarian student-teacher relat...