INTRODUCTION Abdominal wall reconstruction using posterior component separation with transversus abdominis release (AWTAR) produces a unique post-operative CRP profile, when compared to routine elective colorectal operations. Therefore, we aim to establish the normal post-operative C-reactive protein (poCRP) profile following AWRTAR and reduce the unnecessary invasive interventions in patients ...

We present Monte Carlo simulations of a binary mixture simultaneously undergoing spinodal decomposition and the chemical reaction A — B. The competing processes give rise to novel, steady-state pattern formation with domain size scaling with reaction rate to a power, s, which equals the domain growth exponent, a, in the absence of chemical reactions. Our findings support recent numerical simula...

An algebraic principle for blind source separation is presented in this paper. This separation principle identi"es a (smaller) set of equations whose solutions can blindly extract non-Gaussian signals. The concept of `Mth-order uncorrelatednessa is introduced and it is proven that for Mth-order uncorrelated source signals, signals with nonzero kth-order cumulant (2(k)M) can always be extracted ...

The catalytic selective oxidation of isobutane to methacrolein (MAC) and methacrylic acid (MAA) is known proceed via a Mars-Van Krevelen mechanism. When the reaction performed in common reactor with co-feeding reactant oxygen, reactive oxygen species are present on catalyst surface whereby non-selective reactions occur. In this work, we studied possibility decouple redox mechanism meaning separ...

Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) of autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) is an effective immunotherapy for patients with solid tumors, yielding objective response rates of around 40% in refractory patients with metastatic melanoma. Most clinical centers utilize bulk, randomly isolated TIL from the tumor tissue for ex vivo expansion and infusion. Only a minor fraction of the administered T...

conclusions trichotillomania may also be seen in preschool-aged children and may be associated with separation anxiety disorder. improper and late treatment can be associated with a worsening of the disorder. case presentation a 4.5-year-old girl without any psychiatric disorders in the family. she was cared for by her mother, and the child had a history of separation anxiety. after detection o...

Traditionally polyester production is done in a batch reactor equipped with a separation column for batch distillation. A promising alternative for the intensification of this process is reactive distillation. In this paper, a reactive distillation model is developed for the synthesis of an unsaturated polyester process. The simulation results are compared with the industrial batch reactor outp...

We collected a total of 78 tissue specimens, including primary colorectal carcinoma, normal colonic mucosa, and liver metastases of colon carcinoma, to examine whether the extracts of these tissues inhibited the binding of a monoclonal antibody FH6, specific for sialyl-dimeric LeX antigen. The results of inhibition assays demonstrated that: (a) contents of FH6-reactive molecules were greater in...