The plasmatic strong ion difference (SID) is the difference between positively and negatively charged strong ions. At pH 7.4, temperature 37 degrees C and partial carbon dioxide tension 40 mmHg, the ideal value of SID is 42 mEq/l. The buffer base is the sum of negatively charged weak acids ([HCO3(-)], [A-], [H2PO4(-)]) and its normal value is 42 mEq/l. According to the law of electroneutrality,...

Background: The purpose of this study was to compare and evaluate the effects of metal primer on the shear bond strength of denture base resin to base metal alloy after electrolytic and laser etching. Materials and Methods: A total of 48 cobalt‐chromium (Co‐Cr) alloy specimens were fabricated. The specimens were divided into 6 groups of 8 specimens each. Group I: Sandblasting (control group). G...

Efficient parallelization of genetic algorithms (GAs) on state-of-the-art multi-threading or many-threading platforms is a challenge due to the difficulty of schedulation of hardware resources regarding the concurrency of threads. In this paper, for resolving the problem, a novel method is proposed, which parallelizes the GA by designing three concurrent kernels, each of which running some depe...

Cellular IP networks deal with the concepts of micro-mobility. Buffer management in Cellular IP networks is very crucial as its proper usage not only increases the throughput of the network but also results in the reduction of the call drops. This article proposes a model for buffer management in Cellular IP network using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), an evolutionary computational method o...

Whichever dialysis therapy is used, there is a similar need for correcting the acid base balance. The most important tool for this is the buffer in the dialysis fluid and, when using convective therapies, also in the substitution solution. The buffer source in all modern versions of these therapies should be bicarbonate. The more efficient the dialysis treatment in terms of small solute transpo...

Two very similar cases of drug-induced pneumonitis complicating treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with low-dose methotrexate are presented. Diagnosis was suggested by clinical history and findings, but the bronchoalveolar lavage showed a high percentage of neutrophils, an unusual feature in methotrexate-induced pneumonitis. Transbronchial lung biopsies (TBB) confirmed the diagnosis by showing i...

This paper presents a technique for performing dynamic goal oriented buuer pool management for database management systems. To dynamically adjust the buuer pool sizes for the multiple buuer pools provided by database management systems is a complex constrained optimization problem. In the goal oriented approach, the user speciies each buuer pool's random access response time goal and the total ...

Chronic interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a rare disorder in the paediatric age group, with a poor prognosis. The diagnostic approach to ILD is based on more or less invasive methods. This study was implemented to verify which methods are the most often used in children. Questionnaires (333) were sent to members of the European Respiratory Society Paediatric Assembly belonging to 187 European ...