A series of model experiments with the coupled Max-Planck-Institute ECHAM5/OM climate model have been investigated and compared with microwave measurements from the Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) and re-analysis data for the period 1979-2008. The evaluation is carried out by computing the Temperature in the Lower Troposphere (TLT) and Temperature in the Middle Troposphere (TMT) using the MSU wei...

Departments considering the move to community oriented policing must collect systematic data to help in their strategic planning deliberations. One method for gathering useful data is through the collection of survey information from officers in the department. The Michigan State University (MSU) School of Criminal Justice, in cooperation with various police departments throughout the state of ...

OBJECTIVE Dual-energy CT (DECT) detects and quantifies monosodium urate (MSU) crystal deposition with high precision. This DECT study assessed crystal deposition in patients with gout treated with stable-dose allopurinol, and investigated potential clinical determinants for crystal deposition. METHODS Patients with gout treated with allopurinol ≥300 mg daily for at least 3 months were prospec...

Gouty arthritis is caused by the deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in joints. Despite many treatment options for gout, there is a substantial need for alternative treatments for patients unresponsive to current therapies. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors have demonstrated therapeutic benefit in experimental models of antibody-dependent arthritis and in rheumatoid arthritis in humans, but ...

We construct modular invariants on MSU(2), the moduli space of quantum vacua of N = 2 SYM with gauge group SU(2). We also introduce the nonchiral function K(A, Ā) = 2απeSW, where eSW is the Seiberg–Witten metric, e is the Poincaré metric on MSU(2) and α is a regularization scheme–dependent constant. It turns out that K(A, Ā) has all the expected properties of the next to leading term in the Wil...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to analyze the cellular expressions of pro-resorptive cytokines in gouty tophus tissues, to determine the capacity of monosodium urate monohydrate (MSU) crystals to induce these cytokines, and to understand the mechanisms of bone destruction in chronic gout. METHODS Fourteen fixed, paraffin-embedded, uninfected tophus samples were analyzed immunohist...

BACKGROUND The diagnostic golden standard for gout is to detect monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in synovial fluid. While some gout classification criteria include this variable, most gout diagnoses are based on clinical features. This discrepancy between clinical practice and classification criteria can hinder gout epidemiological studies. Here, the objective was to validate gout diagnoses (Int...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a hectic time for faculty at the higher education and K-12 levels. With many institutions having to switch remote learning, had find tools resources that could be used create virtual educational communities. In this milieu of technology must foster thriving environment facilitate communications. undergraduate Cybersecurity Network Management (CNM) program Murray S...