The rapid and continuous progress in trace analysis of metals is associated with development of several new techniques such as spectrophotometry. Thiosemicarbazones have been used as chromogenic reagents in spectrophotometric determination of metals. In this study the synthesis and characterization of pyridoxal thiosemicarbazone (PDT) and 2-acetyl pyridine thiosemicarbazone (2-APT) using IR, MS...

BACKGROUND There is still a lack of standardization of the atopy patch test (APT) in test procedures and evaluation methods. Our aim was to examine the reproducibility of APT results and to compare visual evaluation to chromametry and laser Doppler imaging. METHODS Fifty-two volunteers with atopic eczema/dermatitis syndrome (AEDS) were included. The APT was performed on tape-stripped and unst...

Full-scale and accelerated pavement testing (FS/APT) began as early as 1909 with a test track in Detroit, as identified by Metcalf in NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice 235: Application of Full-Scale Accelerated Pavement Testing (1). Various other facilities have been developed and used worldwide to pursue this activity, defined in NCHRP Synthesis 235 as " the controlled application of a proto...

Period detection from time series is an important problem with many real-world applications such as weather forecast, stock market predictions, electrocardiogram analysis, periodic disease outbreak. In this work, we present a novel approximate period detection method for time series. The simplicity of our algorithm and its adaptability for high dimensional datasets using renowned tools and tech...

LINKED CONTENT This article is linked to Talley et al papers. To view these articles, visit https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.16372 and https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.16401

LINKED CONTENT This article is linked to Khanna & Camilleri papers. To view these articles, visit https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.16143 and https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.16290

Amiodarone (A) is a widely-used antiarrhythmic drug. Pulmonary toxicity is the most serious adverse effect with an estimated mortality of 1 to 33 percent. In order to determine an element helpful for diagnosis, we examined four patients with amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity, three patients treated with A, without evidence of pulmonary toxicity but with a main underlying pulmonary disease, ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Impaired attention contributes to poor stroke outcomes. Attention process training (APT) reduces attention deficits after traumatic brain injury. There was no evidence for effectiveness of APT in stroke patients. This trial evaluated effectiveness of APT in improving attention and broader outcomes in stroke survivors 6 months after stroke. METHODS Participants in this p...

The role of antiprothrombin (aPT) antibodies in the development of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is still uncertain. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential role of aPT antibodies in the development of recurrent thromboembolism. Out of 236 consecutive symptomatic patients with an episode of acute VTE, antiphospholipid antibodies were found in 85 (36.0%), of whom 24 were carriers of a...

LINKED CONTENT This article is linked to Tournier et al and Roblin papers. To view these articles, visit https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.16333 https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.16501