BACKGROUND Prospective evaluation of the value of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in monitoring disease activity and treatment response in patients with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF). METHODS This study included 57 patients with idiopathic RPF receiving tamoxifen monotherapy with at least 8 months follow-up. Clinical, laboratory and radiolo...

background sepsis is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in the intensive care units (icus). it is difficult to accurately differentiate sepsis from similar diseases rapidly. therefore, it becomes critical to identify any biomarker with the ability of differentiation between sepsis and nonsepsis conditions. the urokinase plasminogen activator receptor has been implicated...

PURPOSE Behçet's disease (BD) theoretically affects all sizes and types of blood vessels and results in multi-organ involvement. However, renal BD has not been fully characterized, though the kidneys are histologically rich in blood vessels. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 2007 patients who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for BD were enrolled in this study. We reviewed the medical records ...

Objectives. To determine the relationship between preoperative erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and overall survival in localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC) following nephrectomy. Methods. 167 patients undergoing nephrectomy for localized RCC had ESR levels measured preoperatively. Receiver Operating Characteristics curves were used to determine Area Under the Curve and relative sensitivity...

in this article, vibration analysis of an euler-bernoulli beam resting on a pasternak-type foundation is studied. the governing equation is solved by using a spectral finite element model (sfem). the solution involves calculating wave and time responses of the beam. the fast fourier transform function is used for temporal discretization of the governing partial differential equation into a set ...

an ideal fusion method preserves the spectral information in fused image without spatial distortion. the pca is believed to be a well-known pan-sharpening approach and being widely used for its efficiency and high spatial resolution. however, it can distort the spectral characteristics of multispectral images. the current paper tries to present a new fusion method based on the same concept. in ...

INTRODUCTION Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) remains as one of the most reliable tests in clinical practices. Yet its use is time consuming and requires a large blood sample. The aim of this study was assessing a faster and reliable method of ESR estimation. METHODS An ESR estimation method was described and performed on 108 patients using capillary tube (micro ESR) and capillary periphe...

A bishydrazone was obtained by the condensation of isatin monohydrazone with 2hydroxyquinoline-3-carbaldehyde, which formed a series of complexes with Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II) and Hg(II). The ligand and its metal complexes were characterized on the basis of elemental analysis, conductance data, magnetic susceptibility measurements, IR, UV-Vis, mass, H NMR, ESR and XRD studies. By ...