INTRODUCTION The Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) is committed to deep-biosphere research and has constructed a new microbiological laboratory on board the JOIDES Resolution. The use of the JOIDES Resolution as a platform for deep-biosphere research requires that the recovered cores are suitable for microbiological study. The major concern is whether microbes from the drilling fluid are introduced ...

automated clinical instruments that correlate cell volume and impedance (Coulter principle) with other measures such as light scatter and patterns of cellular staining. Evaluations using automated clinical instruments can accurately analyze and report on many samples per hour. The principal limitation of the automated approach is its difficulty in handling samples with atypical profiles. Such s...

Breanna C. DeGroot University of North Carolina Wilmington Faculty Mentor: Heather Koopman University of North Carolina Wilmington ABSTRACT The purpose of this experiment was to study the effects of ocean acidification on early spicule formation and development in Lytechinus variegatus (green sea urchins). After induced spawning of adult green sea urchins occurred the larvae were placed in a co...

Background: Intravenous Propofol as Total Intravenous Anaesthesia (TIVA) is being widely used for the induction and maintenance of anaesthesia. Sevoflurane is a relatively newer anaesthetic agent which is expensive, but has the advantage of rapid induction and recovery characteristics. Materials and Methods: Sixty patients ASA Grade I and II aged 18-65 yrs were randomly divided into two groups....

Gadboys, Slonim, and Litwak (1962) reported what is now known as the homologous blood syndrome, which stimulated work on a substitute for blood in open-heart surgery, especially for the priming of the heart-lung machine. The homologous blood syndrome was noted in experimental animals and consisted of hypotension on commencing cardiopulmonary bypass, with early thrombocytopenia, leucopenia, sequ...

In this paper, new methods of blood glucose (BG) level modeling and prediction using artificial intelligent (AI) based techniques have been suggested. The obtained data was windowed and normalized prior to the application of AI based modeling techniques for the estimation of appropriate model parameters. The obtained parameters can be used to predict the next pre-breakfast BG level. Performance...