PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical applications of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with acute traumatic brain injury (TBI): to identify the type, quantity, severity; and improvement clinical-radiological correlation. METHOD Assessment of 55 patients who were imaged using CT and MRI, 34 (61.8%) males and 21 (38.2%) females, with acute (0 to 5 days) and closed TBI. RESULTS Statisti...

Travelling-wave ion mobility mass spectrometry was used to measure the intrinsic mobility of a series of gaseous supra-cation and supra-anion aggregates of several ionic liquids. Close mobilities were observed in a T-wave cell filled with helium at ca. 0.8 mbar for [(DAI)(n+1)(X)(n)](+) (DAI is the 1,3-dialkylimidazolium cation and X is the anion) as compared to the respective anions [(DAI)(n)(...

Bacteriophage RNA polymerases are widely used to synthesize defined RNAs on a large scale in vitro. Unfortunately, the RNA product contains a small proportion of contaminating RNAs, including complementary species, which can lead to errors of interpretation. We cloned the gene encoding Ad2 VA RNAI into a vector containing a T7 RNA polymerase promoter in order to generate large quantities of VA ...

Diagnostic accuracy of the Dynamic Assessment and Intervention (DAI) tool (Miller, Gillam & Peña, 2001) was examined with 17 Grade 3 children belonging to a First Nations community who were classifi ed either as normal language learners (NLL) or as having possible language learning diffi culties. The DAI was designed to provide a culturally sensitive evaluation of language learning abilities. R...

Airborne laser scanner (ALS) data provide an enhanced capability to remotely map two key variables in forestry: leaf area index (LAI) and tree height (H). Nevertheless, the cost, complexity and accessibility of this technology are not yet suited for meeting the broad demands required for estimating and frequently updating forest data. Here we demonstrate the capability of alternative solutions ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS White lupin is highly adapted to growth in a low-P environment. The objective of the present study was to evaluate whether white lupin grown under P-stress has adaptations in nodulation and N2 fixation that facilitate continued functioning. METHODS Nodulated plants were grown in silica sand supplied with N-free nutrient solution containing 0 to 0.5 mm P. At 21 and 37 d aft...

New accelerated nonlinear conjugate gradient algorithms which are mainly modifications of the Dai and Yuan’s for unconstrained optimization are proposed. Using the exact line search, the algorithm reduces to the Dai and Yuan conjugate gradient computational scheme. For inexact line search the algorithm satisfies the sufficient descent condition. Since the step lengths in conjugate gradient algo...