Objectives: To examine the cost-effectiveness of the second-generation everolimus-eluting stent (EES) compared to the first-generation paclitaxel-eluting stent (PES) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in daily practice. Methods: The cost-effectiveness analysis was based on data from the TAXUS Stent Evaluated at Rotterdam Cardiology Hospital (T-SEARCH) and XIENCE Ste...

Introduction Food safety inspections serve two purposes; determine compliance with the law and gather evidence for enforcement if there is noncompliance. The present study was conducted to assess the role of regular inspections on food safety in hospital premises. Methodology This was an intervention based before and after study. A tool was prepared based on the Food Safety and Standards Regu...

The modi cation methods described in this paper combine characteristics of PSOLA-based methods and algorithms that resynthesize speech from its short-time Fourier magnitude only. The starting point is a short-time Fourier representation of the signal. In the case of duration modi cation, portions, in voiced speech corresponding to pitch periods, are removed from or inserted in this representati...

The aim of this study was to compare safety and efficacy of 4 homogenous overlapping drug-eluting stents (DES) in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients. We selected 1,349 consecutive patients (62.1 ± 14.9 yr, 69.4% male) who received homogenous overlapping DESs in diffuse de novo coronary lesions from Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry from April 2006 through September 2010. They w...

METHODS Experimental data were obtained from five chronically instrumented rhesus monkeys exposed to 96 h of 10 degrees head-down bed rest (HDBR) and another 96 h of 80 degrees upright control separated by 9 d of ambulatory recovery in a counter-balanced, crossover experiment design to test the hypotheses that: 1) headward and footward fluid shifts would increase systemic arterial (Eart) and le...

This paper reports findings from an exploratory study investigating working notes created during encoding and external storage (EES) processes, by human search intermediates using a Boolean information retrieval (JR) system. EES processes have been an important area of research in educational contexts where students create and use notes to facilitate learning. In the context of interactive IR, ...

Unlike markets for storable commodities, electricity markets depend on the real-time balance of supply and demand. Although much of the present-day grid operates effectively without storage, cost-effective ways of storing electrical energy can help make the grid more efficient and reliable. We investigate the economics of two emerging electric energy storage (EES) technologies: sodium sulfur ba...

BACKGROUND The BASE-ACS trial demonstrated an outcome of the titanium-nitride-oxide-coated bioactive stents (BAS) statistically non-inferior to that of the everolimus-eluting stents (EES) at 12-month follow-up in patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We performed a post hoc analysis of the BASE-ACS trial with particular focus on stent-oriented versus patient-oriented outcome a...

میکروتوربین ها توربین های گاز کوچکی (25 الی 300 کیلووات) با بازیاب حرارتی یا ریکوپراتور برای بهینه سازی مصرف انرژی هستند. در طرح های موجود، هوا به کمک ریکوپراتور و با استفاده از حرارت گازهای خروجی از توربین پیش گرم می شود تا سوخت کمتری در محفظه احتراق مصرف گردد. کارآیی ریکوپراتور نقش کلیدی در کارکرد بهینه میکروتوربین دارد. برای بازیافت حرارت در صنعت توربین گاز از انواع بازیاب ها استفاده می شود....