OBJECTIVES Gastrointestinal side-effects caused by mycophenolic acid (MPA) are frequent in liver transplant recipients, and in these cases a switch from two to three daily doses is usually recommended. However, a limited sampling strategy for the estimation of MPA area under the curve from 0 to 8 hours (AUC(0-8h)) has not been made. DESIGN AND METHODS In 22 liver transplant patients who were ...

BACKGROUND Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) may cause subtle changes in left atrium (LA) structure and function which may not be readily detected by conventional parameters. AIM To explore the relationship between PVCs and LA shape and size remodelling in patients without known structural heart disease. METHODS PVC frequency per 24 h was divided into tertiles. Echocardiographic mea...

In this paper, we want represented a method for ranking of two exponential trapezoidal fuzzy numbers. A median value is proposed for the ranking of exponential trapezoidal fuzzy numbers. For the validation the results of the proposed approach are compared with different existing approaches.

In this paper, we want proposed a new method for ranking in areas of two generalized trapezoidal fuzzy numbers. A simpler and easier approach is proposed for the ranking of generalized trapezoidal fuzzy numbers. For the confirmation this results, we compared with different existing approaches. 2010 AMS CLASSIFICATION: 47S20, 03E72.

A new block method of order two for the numerical solution of initial value problems is derived. This method is similar to the block Trapezoidal rule [12] , where the low power of the block size appear in the principal local truncation error. Direct comparison with result relating to the block Trapezoidal rule results obtained in [1] is made.

The influence of the shape electrode-indentor (cylindrical and parallelepiped with a rounded contact surface) on stress-strain state plate made aluminum alloy AMg6 after their impact interaction at speed 10m/s was evaluated by method numerical modeling. Features creation use developed mathematical models are described. distribution along thickness values main parameters components state, as wel...

We present a construction and basic properties of a class of continuous distributions of an arbitrary form defined on a compact (bounded) set by concatenating in a continuous manner three probability density functions with bounded support using a modified mixture technique. These three distributions may represent growth, stability and decline stages of a physical or mental phenomenon.

Fuzzy Newton-Cotes method for integration of fuzzy functions that was proposed by Ahmady in [1]. In this paper we construct error estimate of fuzzy Newton-Cotes method such as fuzzy Trapezoidal rule and fuzzy Simpson rule by using Taylor's series. The corresponding error terms are proven by two theorems. We prove that the fuzzy Trapezoidal rule is accurate for fuzzy polynomial of degree one and...

abstract: there is always a need to increase a distillate output of solar still. if plates will be used inside solar still then distillate output of solar still are expected to increase. hence, an experimental study is conducted to improve distillate output of basin solar stills by increasing the effective surface area with the help of different plates. for the purpose of experiment, three sola...