Introduction. Primary thrombocytosis is very rare in children; reactive thrombocytosis is frequently observed in children with infections, anemia, and many other causes. Aims and Objectives. To identify the etiology of thrombocytosis in children and to analyze platelet indices (MPV, PDW, and PCT) in children with thrombocytosis. Study Design. A prospective observational study. Material and Meth...

The ecological impacts of wildland fire-suppression activities can be significant and may surpass the impacts of the fire itself. A recent paradigm shift from fire control to fire management has resulted in increased attention to minimizing the negative effects of suppression. While the philosophy behind minimumimpact suppression tactics has provided a good first step in this direction, increas...

BACKGROUND Decreased platelet (PLT) count is one of the independent risk factors for mortality in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. This study was to investigate the relationship between PLT indices and illness severity and their performances in predicting hospital mortality. METHODS Adult patients who admitted to ICU of Changzheng Hospital from January 2011 to September 2012 and met inclus...

To improve reproducibility in proton magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopic imaging in human brain, simultaneous acquisition of the internal water reference and metabolite signals was evaluated. Measurements in healthy volunteers showed that the increase in dynamic range from signal oversampling was sufficient to avoid digitization errors. In addition, use of singular value decomposition techniq...

Water mist fire suppression system (WMFSS) is one of the candidates in substituting the Halogen-based total flooding system. The system with strong spray momentum gives a satisfactory performance in extinguishing solid fires, liquid fires as well as kitchen fires under no ventilation. Nozzle with high discharge momentum and low operating pressure are the goal. Water mist discharged is assumed t...

The southern Ogallala Aquifer continues to deplete due decades of irrigation with minimal recharge. Recently enacted regulations limiting groundwater withdrawals and the potential for farm profitability cotton production systems indicate driving forces increased acreage in Northern High Plains Texas (NHPT). This study focused on evaluating land-use change from corn or winter wheat under dryland...