INTRODUCTION Thrombocytopenia is a potential complication of hemodialysis (HD), and its occurrence has been described even with highly biocompatible polysulfone (PSf) membranes. Dialysis units routinely monitor platelet (PLT) count at the beginning of HD sessions. However, considering that the long-term effects on PLT count could easily be missed, the prevalence of HD-related thrombocytopenia c...

The storage of platelets (PLTs) in PLT additive solutions (PASs) might have several advantages. It can reduce allergic and febrile transfusion reactions, facilitate AB0-incompatible PLT transfusions, enable pathogen inactivation, and make more plasma available for other purposes (eg, for fractionation). For this reason, there has been considerable focus on the development of new PASs that assur...

Implementing a static PSD reduction of the PLT transmission spectrum in the downstream frequency bands of VDSL perhaps as an Australian amendment to EN50561. The most common PLT devices on sale in Australia are of Qualcomm Powerline AV2 style chipset and have an uploadable prescaler mask for such spectral shaping purposes. CTI is considering testing the PLT data throughput performance reduction...

BACKGROUND Mean platelet volume to platelet count (MPV/Plt) ratio has been demonstrated to be a good indicator of long-term mortality in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). However, the prognostic value of MPV/Plt in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is not reported. AIM To determine whether the MPV/Plt ratio on admission has any predictive value fo...

6Ckine is an unusual chemokine capable of attracting naive T lymphocytes in vitro. It has been recently reported that lack of 6Ckine expression in lymphoid organs is a prominent characteristic of mice homozygous for the paucity of lymph node T cell (plt) mutation. These mice show reduced numbers of T cells in lymph nodes, Peyer's patches, and the white pulp of the spleen. The genetic reason for...

Thin films of phase-pure perovskite PLT (Pb0.95La0.05Ti0.9875O3) were deposited in situ onto Si, Pt/Ti/SiO2 /Si, and SrTiO3 /Si substrates by pulsed laser deposition from stoichiometric targets. No Pb loss was observed in the near-surface region. The blocking of the interdiffusion between inner Si substrate and the outer PLT films by SrTiO3 buffer layer was evidenced using x-ray diffraction ~XR...

This paper presents a new approach to finding interesting knowledge from temporal data on chronic diseases based on the combination of advanced sequence comparison techniques and cluster analysis procedure. First we briefly introduce the cluster analysis system for temporal data that we have developed. Second, we apply it to the analysis of platelet (PLT) count data on chronic viral hepatitis p...

An evaluation of mouse red blood cell (RBC) and platelet (PLT) counting with an automated hematology analyzer was performed with three strains of mice, C57BL/6 (B6), BALB/c (BALB) and DBA/2 (D2). There were no significant differences in RBC and PLT counts between manual and automated optical methods in any of the samples, except for D2 mice. For D2, RBC counts obtained using the manual method w...

Nodules are unique organs formed on roots of legumes by soil-borne bacteria, collectively known as rhizobium. Recently, we have shown that orthologs of the AINTEGUMENTA-like (AIL) AP2 transcription factors PLETHORA (PLT) 1 to 4, that redundantly regulate Arabidopsis thaliana root development are involved in root and nodule growth in Medicago truncatula. Hence, it is conceivable that rhizobium h...

BACKGROUND Achieving a good health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is currently one of the main aims in long term survival of liver transplanted children (PLT). Purpose of our study is to compare HRQoL of PLT patients (N = 33, mean age 12.8 y) vs. sex and age matched patients with compensated and clinically stable chronic liver disease (CLD) (N = 25, mean age 11.9 y). METHODS HRQoL was measur...