The Rapignost-Amylase urinary test strip (Behringwerke Laboratories) provides an estimation of urine amylase which takes a few minutes and is easy to perform. During a period of 9 months, 84 patients had their urine tested with this strip by casualty officers in the Accident and Emergency Department of St George's Hospital, London. In addition, urine amylase, and plasma amylase and creatinine w...

Background/Aims: Beta (β)thalassaemia is a public health problem in Malaysia. The carrier rate is estimated to be 4.5% by micro-mapping studies particularly among Malays who comprise 53.5% of the population in Malaysia (1). The common diagnostic method in Malaysia for mutation detection is by amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS). It allows single mutation detection in each reaction b...

In the strip packing problem, a given set of axis-aligned rectangles must be packed into a fixed-width strip, and the goal is to minimize the height of the strip. In this paper, we examine a variant in which each rectangle may be cut vertically into multiple slices and the slices may be packed into the strip as individual pieces. Our results are: (1) analysis of the approximation ratio of sever...

The MSA Agent is the software developed to design rectangular and U slotted micro strip antenna. It is applied for the various applications such as satellite communications, UHF applications. Within the multimedia frequency range the developed software is tested and analyzed for various results. The software is developed using genetic algorithm. This provides extra flexibility and new capabilit...

The irregular strip packing problem asks to place a set of polygons within a rectangular strip of fixed height without overlap, so as to minimize the strip width required. We consider an overlap minimization problem which minimizes the amount of overlap penalty for all pairs of polygons within a given bound of strip width. We propose a local search algorithm which translates a polygon in horizo...

An L-strip proximity coupled circular micro strip antenna is proposed. The structure is investigated using circuit theoretic approach and simulated using IE3D simulation software. The patch is designed on at hick substrate of thickness 11mm for a center frequency of 8.9GHz and provides ultra wide band operation. The parametric study is carried out for horizon tall length of L-strip deviation of...

An alpha-helix terminates when the virtual extension of its most hydrophobic, longitudinal strip containing Leu, Ile, Val, Phe, and Met lacks those residues. In each of 247 helices a template was fitted to maximize the mean hydrophobicity of positions forming a longitudinal strip-of-helix. The template was then extended into sequences beyond the ends of the helices. Leu, Ile, Val, Phe, and Met...

A simple and rapid immunochromatographic test strip incorporating a colloidal gold-labeled recombinant Nsp7 antigen probe was successfully developed for the detection of anti-porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) antibodies in swine. Recombinant Nsp7 protein of PRRSV labeled with colloidal gold was dispensed on a conjugate pad for use as the detector. Staphylococcal protei...

background early postoperative edema and ecchymosis are the most common factors to complicate initial patient perceptions about rhinoplasty. the current study was conducted to determine the effects of longer steri-strip tape on patient cheek in terms of ecchymosis control and reduction. methods through a randomized controlled clinical trial, 70 patients who underwent rhinoplasty were randomly e...

Oscillation marks accompanied by sub-surface hooks routinely appear on the surface of continuously cast steel slabs, and are especially severe in ultralow carbon steel. This paper presents a new detailed mechanism for their formation, which has been developed by combining existing theoretical modeling results, experimental observations, and analyses based on optical and scanning electron micros...