BACKGROUND Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) represent a serious global health burden. To date, few reports have addressed the prevalence of respiratory viruses (RVs) in adults with ARTIs attending an emergency department (ED). Therefore, the potential impact of respiratory virus infections on such patients remains unknown. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS To determine the epidemiologi...

Two new significant discoveries are reported: i) the dragline silk of N. clavipes spider has an exceptionally high thermal conductivity: up to 416 W/m·K that beats most materials; ii) contrary to normal materials, its thermal conductivity increases with strain (19% increase under ∼20% strain). These new findings will revolutionize the design of polymer fibers to increase their thermal conductiv...

1Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran 2Analytical Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran 3English Department, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran 4Department of Environmental Health, Graduate School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ...

1. Willow Wood Hospice. Ashton under Lyne. United Kingdom. 2. Royal College of Psychiatrists. London. United Kingdom. 3. Personal Social Services Research Unit. University of Manchester. Manchester. United Kingdom. Recebido: 15 de Abril de 2014 Aceite: 25 de Agosto de 2014 | Copyright © Ordem dos Médicos 2014 Ana CARDOSO1, David JOLLEY2,3, Ann REGAN1, Michael TAPLEY1 Acta Med Port 2014 Jul-Aug;...

*Performed under the auspices of the US Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under contract No. W-7405-Eng-48. a)Consultant. b)Present affiliation: Voss Scientific, 416 Washington Street SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108. Figure 2. Breakdown thresholds for 0 o vacuum insulators. Figure 1. Dielectric Wall Accelerator (DWA). HIGH GRADIENT INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY FOR THE DIELECTRIC ...

Diffractive Optics Technology: A Novel Detection Technology for Immunoassays, Vitali Borisenko, Wei Hu, Pui Tam, Irene Chen, Jean-François Houle and Walter Ausserer (Axela Biosensors Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada; * address correspondence to this author at: Axela Biosensors Inc., 480 University Avenue, Suite 910, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1V2, Canada; fax 416-260-9255; e-mail jf.houle@axelabiosens...

We introduce a new type of deformation of the chiral symmetry based on the deformation of the Laurent expansion of the conformal energy momentum tensor. Two kinds of solutions of the deformed equations of continuity are worked out. Known results are recovered, others features are also discussed. Permanent address: Département de mathématiques Faculté des Sciences et Techniques , B.P 416 Tanger,...

Springer-Verlag: History ofa scientific publishing house, Heinz Sarkowski, Part 1, 1842-1945: Foundation, maturation, adversity, 1842-1945, transl. Gerald Graham; Heinz Gotze, Part 2, 1945-1992: Rebuilding, opening frontiers, securing the future, transl. Mary Schafer, Berlin and Heidelberg, SpringerVerlag, 1996, pt 1, pp. xviii, 448, illus.; pt 2, pp. xxvi, 416, illus., £58.00, DM 124.00 (3-540...

During 1982-83, 1161 sera were examined for the presence of haemagglutinating antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii. The Indirect Haemagglutination Test (IHAT) was positive in 416 (35.8%). Fourteen patients were judged to be suffering from acute acquired toxoplasmosis (active disease). In addition, 11 patients were also found to have glandular fever.

B Confirming the diagnosis of night blindness in our patient, the scotopic response in his electroretinogram (ERG) was distinctly reduced while the photopic response was normal. When his blood was examined for a low level of vitamin A as a possible cause for night blindness, we found the value to be reduced below normal (17 pg/dl versus 25-70 pg/dl in normal subjects). Treatment with vitamin A ...