BACKGROUND Conflicting results from vitamin E intervention studies suggest supplemental vitamin E malabsorption. OBJECTIVE We compared vitamin E bioavailability from a supplement with that from a fortified breakfast cereal. DESIGN Vitamin E bioavailability was evaluated by using deuterium-labeled all-rac-alpha-tocopherol in three 4-d trials (2 wk apart). Five fasting subjects sequentially c...

There are two important aspects to good injector performance in rocket engines—the atomization performance (droplet size and distribution, for example) and uniformity of operation (even distribution of droplets in time and space). In general, both of these aspects are affected by the geometry and operating conditions of the injector. In studying atomization performance, prior work has largely f...

We return today to property testing and a surprising application of F2 estimation (or equivalently `2-norm approximation) for the problem of testing the closeness to uniform of a probability distribution. We consider discrete distributions on the domain [n]. Each such distribution is given by a probability vector p = (p1, . . . , pn). The uniform distribution U on [n] has Ui = 1/n for all i ∈ [...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy and efficiency of two fixed doses of recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation. DESIGN Randomized, double-blind clinical trial. SETTING Fifteen IVF clinics in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela. PATIENT(S) Women between 30 and 39 years of age undergoing IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm inje...

Research has shown that intolerance of uncertainty (IU)--the tendency to react negatively to situations that are uncertain--is involved in generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). There is uncertainty about the specificity of IU. Some studies have shown that IU is specific for GAD. Other studies have shown that IU is also involved in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). No studies have yet examined ...

In this thesis, we step inside an unexplored region of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) research. Nowadays, almost all WSNs research relies upon a hidden uniformity assumption. This assumption involves deployment, distribution and radio transmissions. Unfortunately, the real world is not uniform. In the thesis, we break the uniformity assumption and study the non-uniformity influence in WSNs. In...

Introduction In 2017, all people with severe haemophilia B (PWSHB) in Ireland switched from standard half-life (SHL) recombinant FIX (rFIX) to rFIX Fc fusion protein (rFIXFc) prophylaxis. Aims To evaluate prophylaxis regimens, bleeding rates and factor usage for two years of rFIXFc a real-world setting. Methods Data collected retrospectively electronic diaries medical records PWSHB two-year per...