Field site tests were carried out to assess the reliability of developed by RILEM and some regional evaluate alkali-reactivity potential aggregates (eight included). One hundred concrete cubes made with 13 different European aggregate combinations stored on eight field sites compare their expansions laboratory test results. All highly reactive caused significant expansion within first six years...

 Background: Tissue injuries may provoke neuro-hormonal response which in turn may lead to release of inflammatory cytokines. We hypothesize that block of afferent sensory pathways by infiltration of 0.5% bupivacaine in the scalp may decrease neuro-hormonal response in the neurosurgical patient. Methods: After obtaining informed consent, forty ASA physical statuses I, II, or III patients betwee...

The development of methods for targeted mutagenesis shows promise as an alternative form of gene therapy. Triple helix-forming oligonucleotides (TFOs) provide an attractive strategy for inducing mutations. Especially, alkylation of nucleobases with functionalized TFOs would have potential for site-directed mutation. Several studies have demonstrated that treatment of mammalian cells with TFOs c...

The most common role of tags is descriptive. However, this work focuses on “prescriptive tags” that have associated some implicit behaviour in the user’s mind. We introduce the notion of“reactive tags”as a means for tagging to impact sites other than the tagging site itself. The operational semantics of reactive tags is defined through event-conditionaction rules. The specification of this beha...

Among the enzymes studied glucose-6phosphate dehydrogenase seemed the most sensitive enzyme; 57 % and 78 % inhibition at zero (due to the binding of primaquine to NADP binding site) and 30 minutes of incubation (due to the reactive oxygen species), respectively. Catalase, superoxide dismutase, and glutathione-S-transferase were less sensitive to primaquine-derived reactive oxygen species: 33, 1...

Reactive arthritis is defined as arthritis of 1 or more joints, in association with infection at a distant site, but without the infective agent being found in the synovial fluid. Patients with Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection and articular disease, who do not fulfill the modified Jones criteria for diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever, have been classified as having poststreptococc...