Increasingly, clinicians and clinical educators are using simulation-based education (SBE) as a valued educational modality within healthcare organizations. Typically, these facilitators have minimal time to dedicate uninterrupted formal development. To enhance effective use of SBE, need learner centered opportunities that promote the development sustainment expert SBE skills, knowledge, attitu...

In the present study, activated bleaching earth was used as clay adsorbent for an investigation of the adsorbability and adsorption kinetics of acid dyes (i.e., acid orange 51, acid blue 9, and acid orange 10) with three different molecular sizes from aqueous solution at 25 degrees C in a batch adsorber. The rate of adsorption has been investigated under the most important process parameters (i...

A rapid and reliable PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) marker was developed to identify the Amaranthus cruentus species by comparing sequences of the starch branching enzyme (SBE) locus among the three cultivated grain amaranths. We determined the partial SBE genomic sequence in 72 accessions collected from diverse locations around the world by direct sequence analysis. Then, ...

Background and study aims Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are currently the standard of care in treatment of patients with end-stage heart failure waiting for heart transplant as well as destination therapy for non-transplant candidates. However, patients with LVADs are at increased risk of gastrointestinal bleeding due to the device's unique effects on hemodynamics. A major source of g...

BACKGROUND Patients with sepsis admitted to the intensive care unit often present with acid-base disorders. As the traditional interpretation might be clinically misleading, an alternative approach described by Stewart may allow one to quantify the individual components of acid-base abnormalities and provide an insight into their pathogenesis. The aim of our study was to compare the traditional...

Abstract. In this article we prove an existence theorem for solutions of the stochastic Burgers equation (SBE) on the unit interval with Dirichlet boundary conditions and anticipating initial velocities. The SBE is driven by affine (additive + linear) noise. In order to establish the existence theorem, we adopt a somewhat counterintuitive perspective in which stochastic dynamical systems ideas ...

AIM pH is the direct indicator of the body reaction following the activities performed. Establishing precise correlations between pH and blood biochemical parameters might support the balancing of values during periods of marked physical activity. METHOD We conducted a case study in a group of elite rowers. Twelve athletes were included in the study. Monitoring was carried out by collecting b...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to characterize and quantify metabolic acidosis that was caused by initial volume expansion during the reanimation of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. METHODS A blood sample was drawn for physicochemical characterization of the patient's acid-base equilibrium both before and after volume expansion using 30 mL/kg 0.9% saline solution. The diagno...