Introduction: Magnetic particle imaging (MPI) is a new tomographic method [1] based on the nonlinear response of super-paramagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) nanoparticles. It has promise for fast imaging in the submillimeter range with some advantages in sensitivity, contrast, and cost in comparison with MRI. A static but spatially inhomogeneous field (selection field) and homogeneous oscillating fiel...

Removing anchored spirals from obstacles is an important step in terminating cardiac arrhythmia. Conventional anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) has this ability, but only under very restrictive conditions. In a generic model of excitable media, we demonstrate that for unpinning spiral waves from obstacles this profound limitation of ATP can be overcome by far field pacing (FFP). More specifically, ...

BACKGROUND Damage control resuscitation recommends use of more plasma and less crystalloid as initial resuscitation in treating hemorrhage. The purpose of this study was to evaluate resuscitation with either blood components or conventional fluids on coagulation and blood loss. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Isofluorane-anesthetized, instrumented pigs (eight per group) underwent controlled hemorrha...

Tungsten inert gas (TIG) is currently one of the most widely applied welding technologies. However, arc energy divergence and high heat input conventional TIG can lead to defects in heat-input-sensitive alloys (such as Inconel 718). Introducing a fast-frequency pulsed current (≥20 kHz) creates process named tungsten (FFP-TIG). The behavior FFP-TIG has advantages over terms contraction, pressure...

COSMIC Full Function Points is an ISO approved functional size measurement method for modeling and sizing software systems based on their functional user requirements. Recently, there have been some proposals to map the concepts of the COSMIC-FFP meta-model onto the concepts used in UML and other OO modeling approaches. Given the many problems with COSMIC-FFP’s main predecessor, Function Points...

This article shows the first results of the adoption of COSMIC Full Function Points as a sizing method replacing function point analysis. The main arguments why COSMIC-FFP was chosen will be explained, the transformation plan will be shown together with the first results of the use of COSMIC-FFP. Next to the management requirement that the new functional sizing method had to be a standard a num...

Background. Since cryoprecipitate, fibrinogen concentrate, or recombinant activated factor VII is not approved by public medical insurance in Japan, we retrospectively assessed blood product usage in patients with obstetric hemorrhage at our tertiary obstetric center. Material and Methods. 220 patients with obstetric hemorrhagic disorders who underwent blood product transfusion in our instituti...

INTRODUCTION Transfusion practices across the country are changing with aggressive use of plasma (fresh-frozen plasma [FFP]) and platelets during massive transfusion with current military recommendations to use component therapy at a 1:1:1 ratio of packed red blood cells to FFP to platelets. METHODS A massive transfusion protocol (MTP) was designed to achieve a packed red blood cell:FFP:plate...

BACKGROUND In perioperative management of hepatic resection for colorectal cancer liver metastasis (CRLM), excessive blood loss and blood transfusion greatly influence postoperative complications and prognosis of the patients. We evaluated the influence of the use of blood products on prognosis of patients with CRLM. PATIENTS AND METHODS The subjects of this study were 65 patients who underwe...

Software measurement plays a key role in software engineering and, to improve its performance, an organisation needs to measure software at each stage of the development life cycle. Recently, the COSMIC-FFP measurement method has been developed to improve the measurement of the functional size of a large array of software types. By quantifying software’s functional user requirements, the method...