clearance of vancomycin to the clearance of the gold standard glomerular filtration rate (GFR) marker inulin is 0.89 in normal volunteers at steady state with endogenous creatinine as a filtration marker the ratio is 0.79 [5] . Therefore, the vancomycin clearance is a better GFR marker than is the creatinine clearance. Thus the interpretation of trough levels needs to be based on the renal func...

We analyzed rainfall during the pre-monsoon season from 1979 to 2002 over the Indochina Peninsula. Our multi-year analysis confirmed that the passage of the upper trough and moisture convergence in the lower troposphere produce intermittent rainfall events during the pre-monsoon season. From this result, three questions are raised. First, what are the characteristics of the upper trough? Second...

PURPOSE It is not known whether the prostaglandin FP receptor plays an important role in endogenous 24-hour regulation of intraocular pressure. The purpose of this study was to compare 24-hour intraocular pressure (IOP) in FP receptor-knockout mice with that of wild-type mice that have normal FP receptor expression. METHODS The 24-hour IOP profile was determined by rebound tonometry in FP-kno...

Concentrating collectors are also known as focusing collectors. A parabolic trough is a type of concentrating collector in which the energy from the sunlight is reflected and focused on the absorber tube. This paper focused on the performance of parabolic trough collector which has a ceramic-Metal coating on the absorber tube. A comparison of performance has made between with and without coatin...

INTRODUCTION To investigate the pattern of vancomycin-associated nephrotoxicity in children and to examine potential predisposing factors for nephrotoxicity, including average serum trough concentrations ≥10 μg/mL. METHODS Patients ≥1 week old to ≤15 years with normal baseline serum creatinine values who received vancomycin for ≥48 h between October 2010 and September 2012 were retrospectivel...

The Upper Benue Trough is part of the Benue Trough of Nigeria and is comprised of three basins: the east–west trending Yola Basin (Yola Arm), the north– south trending Gongola Basin (Gongola Arm) and the northeast– southwest trending Lau Basin (Main Arm). This research is an ongoing research at understanding the structural framework of the Upper Benue Trough using several techniques including t...

BACKGROUND Combining cyclosporin (CsA) and prednisone with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) results in a significant reduction in the rate of biopsy-proven acute rejection after kidney transplantation. This is achieved with a standard daily MMF dosage of 2 or 3 g. Whether monitoring of the pharmacologically active metabolite mycophenolic acid (MPA) will lead to improved safety and efficacy is unclea...

The objective of this study was to achieve higher efficiency of a PV system while reducing of the cost of energy generation. Concentration photovoltaics was employed in the present case as it uses low cost reflectors to enhance the efficiency of the PV system and simultaneously reduces the cost of electricity generation. For this purpose a V-trough integrated with the PV system was employed for...