PURPOSE To describe new details of epiretinal cell proliferation in flat-mounted internal limiting membrane specimens. METHODS One hundred nineteen internal limiting membrane specimens were removed en bloc with epiretinal membranes from 79 eyes with macular pucker (MP) and 40 eyes with vitreomacular traction syndrome. Intraoperatively, posterior vitreous detachment was assessed as complete or...

PURPOSE Methylprednisolone (MP) is commonly used to treat traumatic optic neuropathy and optic neuritis, but its benefit in terms of neuronal survival remains controversial. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of MP on retinal ganglion cell (RGC) survival and visual function after ischemia in rats. METHODS Ocular ischemia was induced by elevated intraocular pressure. Rats wer...

A feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of two different sizes of extruded pellets (EP) (EP1 3 mm or EP2 5 mm) and a moist pellet (MP) in olive flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus, reared in semi-recirculation system. A total of 450 fish with an average initial weight of 5.0 ± 0.2 g (mean ± SD) were fed one of the three experimental diets in triplicate groups. At the end of a 6-week ...

EXTENT M an EXpert system for TENsor product formula Translation. In this paper we present a programming environment for automattc generation of parallel/vector programs from tensor product formulas. A tensor (Kronecker) product based programming methodology is used for deszgning high performance programs on vartous architectures. In thts programming methodology, block recurstve algordhms such ...

BACKGROUND Meralgia paresthetica (MP) is a neurologic disorder of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN), which is characterized by a localized area of paresthesia and numbness on the anterolateral aspect of the thigh. In most patients with MP, symptoms can be successfully managed with conservative treatment. However, in a small group of MP patients who are refractory to medical treatment, ...

This investigation was conducted in order to investigate the efficacy of the detoxifying agent Mycofix® Plus (MP) in the prevention and/or alleviation in vivo adverse effects of T-2 toxin in broilers. In addition, the adsorbing potential of MP was estimated in vitro. Mean degradation levels of T-2 toxin with MP in vitro, as measured by HPTLC, varied from 26.06 to 31.02 % and the adsorption abil...

Harvesting impacts the costs of microalgae production and affects characteristics final product. Therefore, this study evaluated Moringa oleifera seed powder (MP) as a bioflocculant compared to two chemicals (Aluminium Sulphate—AS Iron Chloride—IC) harvest mixed culture (Chlorella vulgaris Desmodesmus sp.) grown on digestate. MP was most stable flocculant but resulted in lowest harvesting effic...

Abstract Mass Personalisation (MP) is becoming more significant to answer diversifying customer needs, as a result of the advancements in digital manufacturing. In contrary modular design mass customisation, Design for MP (DfMP) proposes profound changes product and active user involvement process, while maintaining efficiency. Traditional development methodologies fall short guiding MP, it has...

Smoothie-type beverages are usually preserved by mild pasteurisation (MP) but combining moderate heat (H) and pulsed electric fields (PEF) could represent an alternative technique achieving similar, or better, microbiological safety and shelf life, and possibly lowering the thermal impact on physical and sensory product properties. Following H (55 C after 60 s) and PEF (34 kV/cm, 60 ms) the mic...