results the mean kt/v was 1.27 ± 0.28 in high-flux and 1.10 ± 0.32 in low-flux membrane which, these differences were statistically significant (p = 0.017). the mean of urr was 0.65 ± 0.09 in high-flux and 0.61 ± 0.14 in low-flux membrane, which these differences were not statistically significant (p = 0.221). patients and methods forty hemodialysis patients participated in this cross-over clin...

Urea kinetic modeling measures the delivered dose of hemodialysis and is used to monitor dialysis adequacy. Obtaining samples for adequacy calculations is a challenge for home hemodialysis (HHD) patients. Ideally, the urea reduction ratio (URR) should be measured at a typical dialysis session; therefore, for HHD patients test specimens should be drawn at home and transferred to a clinical labor...

With the need and adoption of link aggregation where multiple links exist between two adjacent nodes in order to increase transmission capacity between them, there arise the problems of service guarantee and fair sharing of multiple servers. Although a lot of significant work has been done for single-server scheduling disciplines in the past years, not much work is available for multi-server sc...

2 Acknowledgments Writing a master's thesis can sometimes be a lonesome activity, I therefore feel privileged to be able to thank the following people. First of all I want to thank Kees Koster and Paul Vitt anyi for their experienced guidance and interest during the writing of this thesis. I also thank Andr e Berthiaume for giving me a ``rst hand' introduction in quantum computing, his knowledg...

Sexually transmitted carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are extraordinarily prevalent worldwide. However, most incident HPV infections clear within a few years, whereas a small minority persists to invasive cancer. Recent studies indicate that detection of methylated viral DNA may distinguish women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2+ (CIN2+) from those with a carcin...

Abstract Background and Aims In hemodialysis (HD) patients, the majority of bloodstream infections are caused by infection vascular access catheters. Commonly, Central venous catheters (CVCs) only option when HD is needed for patients without definitive access. However, in addition to infection, CVCs associated with other complications, such as thrombosis, dysfunction, leading higher mortality ...