This work describes a model for certification ISO 9001:2000 process of a software company. The Quality Management System (QMS) implementation in the company guided the fundamental processes of the software development, the organizational processes and the support processes, structuring all the practices in the company and extending its vision in relation to their own products, processes, collab...

Sublingual nitroglycerin (TNG) has been introduced as a promising provocative agent for tilt table testing, but it has not been compared directly with the standard isoproterenol (ISO) infusion test previously. We tried to assess the diagnostic value and safety of TNG tilt testing as compared with ISO infusion in patients with unexplained syncope. TNG and ISO tilt tests were performed in tw...

This paper discusses developments in international standards (ISO) for metadata that can be used to denote languages, the ISO 639 series of standards. These developments are intended to support improvements in the reusability and interoperability of data and provide for future generations of language resources and technologies. The focus of the paper is on aspects of the model for the Language ...

The adenosine triphosphate-dependent potassium (K(ATP)) channel has been proposed to play an important role in the cardioprotective effect of isoflurane (ISO). However, the question of whether the K(ATP) channel, sarcolemmal or mitochondrial is the main contributor to the effect has not been clarified. The major aim of the present study was to determine whether or not the mitochondrial potassiu...

Thermus aquaticus contains four major fatty acids, iso-C(15) (28%), iso-C(16) (9%), normal-C(16) (13%), and iso-C(17) (48%), when grown at 70 C, as determined by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. Small amounts of iso-C(12), normal-C(12:1), iso-C(13), normal-C(14), iso-C(14), and normal-C(15:1) were also detected. A change in growth temperature (50 to 75 C at 5-C intervals) affects a shi...

Endogenous interstitial adenosine may protect the hypoxic heart by attenuating ,B-adrenergic-induced contractile and metabolic responses, thereby reducing energy utilization. Constant-flow perfused rat hearts were used to study 1) the effect of hypoxia on isoproterenol (ISO)-induced increase in interstitial adenosine, as estimated with epicardial surface transudates, and 2) the role of endogeno...

Isoprostanes are a novel class of eicosanoids primarily formed by peroxidation of arachidonic acid. Because of their potential as inflammatory and/or hyperalgesic agents whose formation is largely independent of cyclooxygenases, we examined whether 8-iso prostaglandin E(2) (8-iso PGE(2)) or 8-iso prostaglandin F(2alpha) (8-iso PGF(2alpha)) reduces mechanical and thermal withdrawal threshold in ...

Solubility (vapor pressure) , viscosity and density have been experimentally determined for thirty-five potential refrigeration working fluids. Properties for low refrigerant concentration mixtures (0, 10, 20 and 30 weight percent refrigerant) were determined over the temperature range 0 to IOO•C (32 to 212"F) or to the critical temperature of the refrigerant, and pressure range 0 to 3,500 kPa ...