OBJECTIVE To assess factors that might affect patient use of insulin pens. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Patients (n = 600: 300 using vial and syringe and 300 using pen) were recruited from national panels to participate in computer-assisted telephone interviews. Measures included: demographic characteristics; diabetes treatment and self-care factors; perceptions of pen convenience, clinical ef...

KamLAND-Zen searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay with an ultra-pure liquid-scintillator (LS) filled a custom-made clean nylon balloon. The primary backgrounds are radioactive impurities such as uranium and thorium series. To reduce them, we studied self-vetoing balloon-shaped vessel future upgrade program, “KamLAND2-Zen”. We selected Polyethylene-Naphthalate (PEN) film which emit fluores...

This work is performed to establish chronological order in crossing strokes between printed stroke and pen strokes. Nine different types of pens including cello maxriter (black blue), pilot (red black), pointec blue) techno tip (red, black are used produce for Canon LBP 3300 printer used. In the case stroke, only color applied. As a result, samples both homogeneous heterogeneous intersecting pr...

I. ABSTRACT Nanomaterials fabrication methods can be classified according to whether their assembly followed either i) the so called bottom-up approach, where smaller components of atomic or molecular dimensions self-assemble together, according to a natural physical principle or an externally applied driving force, to give rise to larger and more organized systems; or ii) the top-down approach...

Since first being developed in 1960, the LASER, an acronym for Light Amplification Stimulated Emission of Radiation, has become a commonplace device in industry, commerce, entertainment and medicine. Laser pointers – the hand-held, pen-like devices that project a beam of laser light – are rapidly replacing the traditional wooden pointers used by lecturers during presentations. However, these po...

The minimal inhibitory concentrations of 30 antibiotics were determined by the agar dilution method for 17 penicillinase-positive and 50 penicillinase-negative strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The latter included 42 strains that were penicillin susceptible (pen S) (minimal inhibitory concentration, <0.125 mug/ml) and 8 strains with intermediate resistance to penicillin (pen I; minimal inhibito...

The genetic basis for spontaneous resistance to tetracyline (Tet) and penicillin (Pen) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae was investigated. Tet and pen are polygenes which confer small but distinct levels of resistance to Tet and Pen, respectively. Mtr is a multiple-drug resistance polygene which increases resistance to Tet and Pen (as well as to other unrelated antibiotics). Tem is a modifier gene affec...

We report coverage and temperature dependent bonding distances of vacuum-sublimed pentacene (PEN) submonolayers on Ag(111) obtained by the X-ray standing wave technique. The average vertical bonding distance of 2.98 Å at room temperature for 0.50 monolayer (ML) coverage increases to 3.12 Å for 0.75 ML due to competing intermolecular and adsorbate-substrate interactions. In contrast, decreasing ...

PURPOSE The experience at a medium-sized regional medical center participating in the ASHP MENTORED QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IMPACT PROGRAM℠ (MQIIP) on Insulin Pen Safety in Hospitals is described. SUMMARY With the support of top hospital leaders, Munson Medical Center (MMC) applied in June 2014 to participate in the MQIIP to complement its ongoing risk assessment related to the use of pen devices...