The relationships between the apparent optical properties (AOP's) and the inherent optical properties (IOP's) of oceanic water bodies have been reinvestigated by solution of the radiative transfer equation. This reexamination deals specifically with oceanic case 1 waters (those for which phytoplankton and their associated particles or substances control their inherent optical properties). In su...

Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) is considered a promising approach for Software Product Line (SPL) implementation. In this paper we present the problem of dependency in inter-type method declarations as well a proposal of two new constructs to AspectJ interfaces: introduces and declares. These constructs can be used to declare and check dependency between base code and aspects in such a way t...

Integrated testing strategies (ITS), as opposed to single definitive tests or fixed batteries of tests, are expected to efficiently combine different information sources in a quantifiable fashion to satisfy an information need, in this case for regulatory safety assessments. With increasing awareness of the limitations of each individual tool and the development of highly targeted tests and pre...

The structure of aminooligopeptidase (AOP), an intestinal brush-border digestive hydrolase, is abnormal in human diabetes and in the congenitally diabetic BioBreed Wistar (BB(d)) rat. Its assembly in the BB(d) rat was examined. After normal initial synthesis and assembly of immature AOP precursor (AOP(i)) with high-mannose N-linked chains in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), processing of N-linke...

AOP [1] has been proposed as a way to write programs that elegantly implement crosscutting concerns. This paper presents initial results of an exploration into whether this is true for AspectJ [2]. During this this exploration we have written several small and medium scale systems using AspectJ. Writing elegant code requires good implementation structure. This paper presents some of the more in...

Red blood cell transfusion is an important and frequent component of neonatal intensive care. The present position statement addresses the methods and indications for red blood cell transfusion of the newborn, based on a review of the current literature. The most frequent indications for blood transfusion in the newborn are the acute treatment of perinatal hemorrhagic shock and the recurrent co...

Objective: To identify neonatal pathologies or conditions that influence the prolongation of hospital stay in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Materials and methods: An observational, retrospective, case-control study was carried out; neonates hospitalized NICU, during period 2015-2019, considering their perinatal postnatal diagnoses as factors to be evaluated, well stay. Two groups were ...

to determine the role of blood transfusion protocols on retinopathy of prematurity (rop), a prospective cohort study on 57 premature infants under 1501 grams birth weight was performed. fourteen day-old infants were divided into two groups randomly. infants in group 1 (n=27) received packed red blood cell transfusion only if specific medical signs were met and their hematocrit level was under 3...

Since the early 1920s pediatric textbooks have recognized that infants often become anemic a few months after a preterm birth. However, except for its greater severity, the anemia does not differ in any way from that of full-term infants. It can be divided into an early and a late anemia of prematurity. The early anemia represents the initial fall in concentration of hemoglobin which occurs dur...