children, similar to adults, are required to fast before general anesthesia in order to reduce  the volume and acidity of stomach contents. it is thought that npo regulations reduce the risk of regurgitation and aspiration of gastric contents during surgery. recent developments have encouraged a shift from the standard 'nil by mouth from midnight' fasting policy to more relaxed regime...

*Corresponding author (e-mail: [email protected]) *Present address: Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Oiwake, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan. **Present address: Institute of Geochemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 46 Guanshui Road, Guiyang/Guizhou 550002, China. †Present address: NPO Mori-no-za, Ina 396-0011, Japan. ‡Present address: Graduate ...

New results on methods and software for nonlinear dynamic research and design of robust gyromoment fault tolerant control systems by the information spacecraft (remote sensing, communication, navigation and geodesic) developed by the leading Russian State Space Research and Production Associations (RPAs) — the TsSKB-Progress and the NPO PM , are presented. Copyright c © 2002 IFAC

We investigate the approximability of the NPO PB complete problems Min Ones Min Dones Max Ones Max Dones and Max PB Programming We show that unless P NP these problems are not approximable within n for any where n is the number of variables in the input Since all of these problems are approximable within n this lower bound is close to optimal

BACKGROUND & AIMS Indications for intravenous proton pump inhibitors (IV PPI) include upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) from peptic ulcer disease with high-risk stigmata and patients receiving nothing by mouth (NPO). The objectives were to assess the extent of errors in indications for IV PPI use and to determine whether multidisciplinary interventions could improve IV PPI use and costs. ...

The paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus in mammals coordinates neuroendocrine, autonomic and behavioral responses pivotal for homeostasis and the stress response. A large amount of studies in rodents has documented that the PVN contains diverse neuronal cell types which can be identified by the expression of distinct secretory neuropeptides. Interestingly, PVN cell types often coe...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To evaluate functional outcomes and complication rate after total laryngectomy (TL) for dysfunctional larynx with end-stage dysphagia. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective chart review. METHODS Chart review was performed on all patients who underwent TL from January 2008 to July 2016 at a single tertiary academic medical center. Patients who underwent TL for dysfunctional larynx...

This paper reports the syntheses and structures of three new copper phosphonates based on 2-pyridylphosphonate, namely, Cu(C(5)H(4)NPO(3)H)2 (1), Cu3(OH)2(C(5)H(4)NPO(3))2.2H2O (2) and Cu(C(5)H(4)NPO(3)) (3). Compound 1 has a discrete dimeric structure in which the {CuO(4)N} square pyramids are linked by the {CPO(3)} tetrahedra through corner-sharing. The dimers are further connected into a cha...