Efficient use of dry powder inhalers, such as Turbuhaler, is dependent on the generation of adequate inspiratory flow. It is not clear whether patients with acute asthma are able to generate adequate flow. Peak inspiratory flow (PIF) was measured through an empty Turbuhaler, and without this device, in 99 adults presenting to hospital with acute exacerbations of asthma. Where possible, patients...

In this paper, we introduce the notion of snapstabilization. A snap-stabilizing algorithm protocol guarantees that, starting from an arbitrary system configuration, the protocol always behaves according to its specification. So, a snap-stabilizing protocol is a self-stabilizing protocol which stabilizes in 0 steps. We propose a snap-stabilizing Propagation of Information with Feedback (PIF) sch...

We determined the therapeutic efficacy of atractylenolide I (ATR), extracted from largehead atractylodes rhizome, in managing gastric cancer cachexia (GCC), and interpreted its probable pharmacological mechanism via investigating tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and proteolysis-inducing factor (PIF). This was a randomized but not-blinded pilot....

Breastfeeding is the natural way of feeding infants and young children. WHO recommends, as a public health measure, exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and continued breastfeeding up to 2 years and beyond (1). Yet a large proportion of infants worldwide is formula fed (2,3). Of these, the largest majority is fed with powdered infant formula (PIF). In Italy in 1998, an estimated 15% of newborns...

Latar Belakang: Regional blok sebagai ajuvan dalam operasi jantung mulai banyak digunakan terapi tambahan untuk mengurangi nyeri selama periode intraoperatif dan pascaoperasi, diantaranya Pekto Interkosta Fasial (PIF). Pembedahan identik dengan penggunaan opioid dosis tinggi. Pada laporan kasus ini, kami melaporkan PIF pada pasien dewasa yang menjalani CABG.Kasus: Laki-laki, usia 58tahun, diagn...

Ability to find and get services is a key requirement in the development of large-scale distributed systems. We consider dynamic and unstable environments, namely Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems. In previous work, we designed a service discovery solution called Distributed Lexicographic Placement Table (DLPT), based on a hierarchical overlay structure. A self-stabilizing version was given using the ...

First-derivative photochemically induced spectrofluorimetry (PIF-1D) is applied to the simultaneous determination of binary mixtures of 4 sulfonylurea herbicides in aqueous micellar samples. Synthetic binary mixtures of sulfometuronmethyl with chlorsulfuron, metsulfuron-methyl, and 3-rimsulfuron, respectively, are well resolved by using the zero-crossing point procedure. PIF-1D allows the deter...

OBJECTIVE chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) prevalence steadily increases with age. However, the effectiveness of inhaled therapy in the elderly COPD population has rarely been formally evaluated. We studied a group of elderly patients with COPD with a range of severity, selected from one General Practice register to measure peak inspiratory flow (PIF) and assess patient perceived be...

Professional identity formation (PIF) is an essential concept in professional education. Many scholars have explored conceptual frameworks of PIF and conducted empirical studies to advance understanding the construct medical Despite its importance, it unclear what educational approaches assessment practices are actually implemented education settings. Therefore, we a literature review reporting...