The synthesis of pharmaceutically and biologically active 2-amino-4H-chromenes was described using TiO2/nanoclinoptilolite (TiO2/NCP) as an efficient nanocatalyst under solvent-free condition. The TiO2/NCP was fabricated through modification of NCP with HDTMA, then the surface modified NCP was impregnated with titanium tetrachloride solution. Finally, the materi...

The Nutrition Care Process (NCP), developed by the American Dietetic Association, is a significant issue to dietetic professionals in many countries and there are rising needs for NCP implementation in Korea. We surveyed clinical nutrition managers of Korean general hospitals regarding the perception of NCP, the status of NCP implementation, and the opinions on NCP. The questionnaire was collec...

In this paper we reformulate several NCP-functions for the nonlinear complementarity problem (NCP) from their merit function forms and study some important properties of these NCP-functions. We point out that some of these NCP-functions have all the nice properties investigated by Chen, Chen and Kanzow [2] for a modified Fischer-Burmeister function, while some other NCP-functions may lose one o...

In this paper we reformulate several NCP-functions for the nonlinear complementarity problem (NCP) from their merit function forms and study some important properties of these NCP-functions. We point out that some of these NCP-functions have all the nice properties investigated by Chen, Chen and Kanzow [2] for a modified Fischer-Burmeister function, while some other NCP-functions may lose one o...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Assessment of the nutrition care process (NCP) knowledge, attitudes, practices, and perceived barriers (KAPB) of dietetics practitioners is imperative before NCP is implemented completely in dietetics practice. No questionnaire assessing NCP KAPB has been developed and validated. Hence, we developed an NCP KAPB questionnaire called the KAPB-NCP and established its cont...

In this paper, we study several NCP-functions for the nonlinear complementarity problem (NCP) which are indeed based on the generalized Fischer-Burmeister function, φp(a, b) = ‖(a, b)‖p−(a+b). It is well known that the NCP can be reformulated as an equivalent unconstrained minimization by means of merit functions involving NCPfunctions. Thus, we aim to investigate some important properties of t...

Cancer pain is a serious health problem, and imposes a great burden on the lives of patients and their families. Pain can be associated with delay in treatment, denial of treatment, or failure of treatment. If the pain is not treated properly it may impair the quality of life. Neuropathic cancer pain (NCP) is one of the most complex phenomena among cancer pain syndromes. NCP may result from dir...

[1] In connection with the Palmer LTER program, mixed layer water samples were collected during the cruise of the L.M. Gould in Jan., 2008 at 49 stations on a 20 ! 100 km grid in the West Antarctica Peninsula (WAP) region of the Southern Ocean. In this study, [O2]/[Ar] ratios and the triple isotope composition of dissolved O2 were measured, and were used to estimate net community O2 production ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Non-calcified plaque (NCP) identified by coronary CT angiography (CCTA) has been reported in up to 10% of individuals with coronary artery calcium score (CACS) of zero. However, clinical risk factors and the prognostic value of NCP in asymptomatic subjects with CACS of zero are unknown. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The study population consisted of consecutive asymptomatic s...