When arteries are excised, they collapse and shorten spontaneously, which can result in damage to the endothelium. To determine if an intact endothelial cell layer could be preserved in excised vessels, we isolated and cannulated rat carotid artery segments (in situ length, Lis, 10-20 mm) at both ends while maintaining both transmural pressure (70 mm Hg) and Lis, while either transmural pressur...

AIMS To detect clonal T cell populations by high resolution polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using fluorescently labelled nucleotides and analysis on an ABI 377 DNA sequencer, and to evaluate this method using low ionic strength single strand conformation polymorphism (LIS-SSCP) analysis. METHODS DNA samples from 11 patients diagnosed with a T cell disease and 15 with no known T cell disorder ...

Article history: Received 2 July 2014 Received in revised form 13 April 2015 Accepted 24 May 2015 Available online 2 December 2015 Content analysis was conducted to provide a framework for studying the current state of and problems in the application of meta-analysis in the field of library and information science (LIS). The content of 35 meta-analysis application articles published in LIS-orie...

Science, Part 2” edited by Joanne Gard Marshall, Susan Rathbun-Grubb, Deborah Barreau, and Jennifer Craft Morgan), pp. 67–87. © 2010 The Board of Trustees, University of Illinois Abstract This article discusses the development of Knowledge River, a program at the University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science established through several Institute of Museum and Library...

BACKGROUND Stent thrombosis (ST) is an important end point in cardiovascular clinical trials. Adjudication is traditionally based on clinical event committee (CEC) review of case report forms and source documentation rather than angiograms. However, the degree to which this method of adjudication is concordant with the review of independent angiographic core laboratories (ACLs) has not been stu...

OBJECTIVE To compare blood glucose control and incidence of nocturnal hypoglycemia in adolescents with type 1 diabetes on multiple injection regimens managed with either an insulin analog combination or NPH insulin plus regular human insulin. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In a randomized cross-over study, 28 adolescents with type 1 diabetes on multiple injection therapy received either insulin ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the reproducibility of functional MR imaging (fMRI) activation (volume and laterality) within both inferior frontal and temporoparietal regions of interest for both receptive and expressive language tasks. METHODS Ten healthy volunteers participated in fMRI experiments for 6 language tasks: verb generation, confrontation naming, ...

BACKGROUND We studied the value of routine biochemical variables albumin, C-reactive protein (CRP) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) to improve prediction and monitoring of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) severity in the intensive care unit. METHODS In 101 critically ill patients, with or at risk for ARDS after new onset fever, data were collected on days (D) 0, 1, 2, and 7 after inc...

The geometry of the Long Island Sound (LIS) renders wave field fetch-limited and leads to marked differences between western eastern areas. mechanisms that contribute formation dissipation waves in LIS are not well understood. We evaluated ability module a wave-coupled hydrodynamic model simulate different wind–wave scenarios. were unable capture statistics correctly using existing meteorologic...