Introduction: Hospitalized children are often at increased risk of nutritional impairment at or during admission.   Objectives: The aims of this study were to (1) define the nutritional state of hospitalized children with comparison to healthy children in two different countries and (2) compare and contrast three nutritional risk screening (NRS) tools for hospitalized children in terms of the e...

Fall 2013 • Vol. 25 • No. 2 The exceptional fatigue and rutting resistance observed in section N7 made HiMA the material of choice in rehabilitating a nearby pavement test section that was completely failed. Oklahoma’s section N8 has a soft subgrade representative of native Oklahoma soil. The section was originally constructed in 2006 with 10 inches of asphalt over a stiff soil base, simulating...

Let A=2 .3 . . . p r , the product of consecutive primes, be sufficiently large . By elementary method we prove that the number of solutions of the congruence p2-q2 =-0 (mod A) with 0 < q < p < A is greater than 1 A 1 + 41og log A . But the integers of the form p 2-q 2 with 0 < q< p < A lie all between 0 and A', hence there exists a multiple of 4 say n(<,4") such that the number of solutions of...

The literature on Clostridium perfringens infections is reviewed up to 1983. An additional case is reported with bilateral clostridial infections of the eye and orbit. One eye followed the classical course of relentless panophthalmitis, amaurosis, and orbital cellulitis ending in enucleation. The second eye contained intracameral mud and gas bubbles that were removed by vitrectomy instrumentati...

Using the most accurate potential curves available for the a (u 1 and X (g 1 states of lithium molecules, we compute the positions of shape resonances. We also calculate the deexcitation probability from a bound level v8 with rotational number N8 to the continuum of the lower state, and conclude that a shape resonance should be measurable for the transition 2 )g ̃a (u 1 . Such a shape resonance ...

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The synthesis of the 2'-deoxyadenosine analogues 1b, 2b, and 3c modified at the 7- and/or 2-position is described. The effect of 7-chloro and 2-methylthio groups on the duplex stability is evaluated. For that, the nucleosides 1b, 2b, and 3c were converted to the corresponding phosphoramidites 15, 19, and 22, which were employed in the solid-phase oligonucleotide synthesis. In oligonucleotide du...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of repeated 10-mg oral doses of zolpidem on diurnal and nocturnal respiratory function, as well as on diurnal vigilance and physical performance in COPD patients with disordered sleep. DESIGN Prospective single-blind placebo-controlled clinical study. SETTING Outpatients of a respiratory medicine department. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with stable C...