One purpose of the EC funded project, SPIDIA, is to develop evidence-based quality guidelines for the pre-analytical handling of blood samples for RNA molecular testing. To this end, two pan-European External Quality Assessments (EQAs) were implemented. Here we report the results of the second SPIDIA-RNA EQA. This second study included modifications in the protocol related to the blood collecti...

In layered and blocky rock slopes, toppling failure is a common mode of instability that may occur in mining engineering. If this type of slope failure occurs as a consequence of another type of failure, it is referred to as the secondary toppling failure. “Slide-head-toppling” is a type of secondary toppling failures, where the upper part of the slope is toppled as a consequence of a semi-circ...

Maintaining the quality of service (QOS) and controlling the network congestion are quite complicated tasks. They cause degrading the performance of the network, and disturbing the continuous communication process. To overcome these issues, one step towards this dilemma has been taken in form of Pre-congestion notification (PCN) technique. PCN uses a packet marking technique within a PCN domain...

Objective: To ascertain the adequacy of information provided by clinicians when requesting a histopathology investigation and to study the quality control parameters of the specimen containers. Methodology: This is an observational descriptive study which was carried out at Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in December 2006 on 500 specimen requests for histopathology. Results: Out of 500 spec...

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In about 200 words summarize the following information if relevant: (1) Rationale for this case report, (2) Presentation of patient and respective laboratory analyses, (3) Outcomes, and (4) Main lesson(s) to learn from this case report. Introduction Briefly summarize the background and context of this case report. (What was the rationale for presenting this case report? What is the added value ...

The aim of the present paper was to analyze the influence of sampling and storage procedures on nitrite concentration values in the saliva of healthy persons. The samples were obtained and stored under varied conditions, and processed using the Griess method. Results: when the salivary nitrite concentration was measured immediately after collection a significant dependence on the collection tim...

On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) based on a dimensional view of data is being used increasingly in traditional business applications as well as in applications such as health care for the purpose of analyzing very large amounts of data. Pre-aggregation, the prior materialization of aggregate queries for later use, is an essential technique for ensuring adequate response time during data ana...

calcium fluoride deposit during fluoride application. uptake and retention of fluoride by saliva depends generally on the concentration of calcium. in this study, the effect of calcium pre-rinse on salivary fluoride concentration after a 900 ppm fluoride mouthwash was investigated.this cross-over double-blind randomized clinical trial was conducted in a girls' dormitory in zahedan university of...