BACKGROUND Available alfentanil pharmacokinetic (PK) sets for target-controlled infusion (TCI) were derived from populations with normal BMI. The performance and accuracy of the models devised by Maitre and colleagues and Scott and colleagues were evaluated in a population including morbidly obese patients. METHODS Alfentanil TCI using Maitre and colleagues' model was administered to 10 obese...

Several studies have explored the link between depression and personality with classical personality questionnaires like the Revised NEO Personality Inventory and the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). However, no studies have been conducted with the revised form of the TCI (TCI-R). Moreover, since a few studies conducted on normal subjects suggest that Emotional Intelligence (EI) would...

Given the importance of stock market synchronization for international portfolio diversification, we estimate degrees co-movements among US, Chinese and Russian markets. By applying TVP-VAR approach, measure total bivariate indices utilizing daily data from 1998 to 2021. Our analysis demonstrates that connectedness index (TCI) is 26.15% three We find US highest volatility contributor, whereas r...

We study equilibrium crystal shapes of a topological insulator (TI), crystalline (TCI) protected by mirror symmetry, and second-order (SOTI) inversion symmetry. By adding magnetic fields to the three-dimensional TI, we can realize mirror-symmetry-protected TCI inversion-symmetry-protected SOTI. They each have boundary states in different positions: has gapless on surfaces that are invariant und...

Purpose: This paper aims to introduce the technology’s role and final demand in textile clothing industry’s growth path (TCI) of Bangladesh. Methodology: study applies structural decomposition analysis input-output framework measure Bangladesh’s textile–clothing industry changes. Structural is also known as accounting literature. Findings: finds that, from 1975 1995, TCI has grown due huge dome...

In order to clarify the controversial issue of topological nature in a mixed-valent Kondo system, ${\mathrm{SmB}}_{6}$, we have explored surface states on nonpolar (110) employing both angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) experiment and ab initio density-functional theory (DFT) band calculations. Based ARPES spectroscopic fingerprints DFT structures, ascribe observed spectral weigh...

This study evaluated the feasibility and effectiveness of using the bispectral index (BIS) to monitor anesthetic depth in patients with severe burns receiving intravenous target-controlled infusion (TCI) of remifentanil and propofol. We randomly assigned 80 patients undergoing elective escharectomy (<1 week) to BIS (A) and control (B) groups. All patients received remifentanil and propofol as i...

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) strains are important human food-borne pathogens. EHEC strains elaborate potent Shiga toxins (Stx1, and/or Stx2) implicated in the development of hemorrhagic colitis (HC) or hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). In this report, we evaluated the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of Stx1 subunit B (StxB1) administered by transcutaneous immunization (TCI)....

BACKGROUND Recently, we reported that low reward dependence, and to a lesser extent, low cooperativeness in the Temperature and Character Inventory (TCI) may be risk factors for treatment-resistant depression. Here, we analyzed additional psychological traits in these patients. METHODS We administered Costa and McCrae's five-factor model personality inventory, NEO Personality Inventory-Revise...

Benznidazole (BZ) is one of the two drugs used for Chagas disease treatment. Nevertheless therapeutic failures of BZ have been reported, which were mostly attributed to variable drug susceptibility among Trypanosoma cruzi strains. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are involved in a variety of translocation processes and some members have been implicated in drug resistance. Here we report ...