AIMS Since mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) were found to be implicated in the signalling of ischaemic preconditioning (IPC), we tested the hypothesis of a contribution of these protein kinases to remote preconditioning (RPC). METHODS AND RESULTS To determine the role of p38, ERK1/2, and JNK1/2 MAPKs in mediating cardiac protection, an in vivo model of myocardial infarction was appli...

BACKGROUND This prospective cohort study assessed the cost-effectiveness of treating 30 women with postnatal depression (PND) at a specialised psychiatric Parent and Baby Day Unit (PBDU), compared to 30 women treated using routine primary care (RPC). METHODS Following recruitment, the women were assessed on three occasions (initially, 3- and 6-months), using a variety of social and psychiatri...

Purpose To investigate radial peripapillary capillary (RPC) network in patients affected by retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Methods Eleven patients (22 eyes) with previous diagnosis of RP and 16 age-matched healthy subjects (16 eyes) were enrolled. The diagnosis of RP was made based on both clinical features and electrophysiological examination. All patients underwent a complete ophthalmologic exa...

Railway static power conditioners (RPC) usually improve the quality of traction supply systems only according to active load, which leads inaccurate compensation. There are two factors that restrict performance RPC, one is reactive and other system error. In order eliminate compensation error, a optimization method proposed. First, calculate value for load. Second, introduce amplitudes phases p...

The relationship between client-server distributed computing and message-passing parallel processing is explored in this work through an experimental RPC framework for the PVM system. The project investigates the potential for RPC to complement asynchronous message passing in PVM { both to expand the domain of applications, and to evaluate the eeectiveness of client-server computing for traditi...

We present the final results of an extensive aging test, performed at the CERN Gamma Irradiation Facility on two bakelite Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC) detectors. With a method based on a model describing the behaviour of an RPC under high particle flux conditions, we have periodically measured the electrode resistivity r of the two RPC prototypes over 3 years. We observed a large spontaneous ...

Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis (RPC) is a clinical syndrome characterized by repeated episodes of suppurative cholangitis due to hepatolithiasis and extrahepatic stones in the biliary ducts. It is now recognized as a distinct syndrome with a different natural history and pathoetiology than spontaneously occurring liver abscesses. Most commonly seen in East Asian populations, this syndrome is gr...

The objective of this experiment was to compare metabolic and milk production parameters in dairy cows supplemented and nonsupplemented with rumen-protected choline (RPC) during the transition period. Twenty-three nonlactating, multiparous, pregnant Holstein cows were ranked by BW and BCS 21 d before expected date of calving and immediately were assigned to receive (n = 12) or not receive (cont...

We give a functional speci cation of the syntactic interface and the black box behavior of an unreliable and a reliable memory com ponent and a remote procedure RPC call component The RPC com ponent controls the access to the memory In addition we specify a clerk for driving the RPC component The used method is modular and there fore it allows us to specify each of these components independentl...

Using special integral representations of the solution for the static electric field of a point charge in a three layer geometry with different permittivities, we calculate the effect of the space charge on the avalanche in the gas gap of an RPC. A detailed Monte Carlo simulation was developed which allows calculation of the actual charge spectrum. Results of this simulation are presented, usin...