T h a n k s g o t o Pauline Haddow (Programme Chair), Jon Timmis (Special Sessions Chair), Stephen Smith (Tutorial Chair), David Halliday, Kay Chan Tan and Dragana L a ke t i c ( F i n a n c e Chairs), Morten Hartmann and Cr is t ina Costa Santini (Local Chairs), Andrew Greensted (Publicity Chair) and Gunnar Tufte (Poster Session Chair) for their wonderful work to make IEEE CEC 2009 a success. ...

Batch electrocoagulation (BEC), continuous (CEC), and chemical precipitation (CP) were compared in struvite (MgNH4PO4·6H2O) from synthetic authentic water. In water treatment (SWT), yield was BEC 1.72, CEC 0.61, CP 1.54 kg/m3. Corresponding values (AWT) 2.55, 3.04, 2.47 SWT, 1 kg costs BEC, CEC, 0.55, 0.11 €, respectively, for AWT 0.35, 0.22 0.07 €. Phosphate removal SWT 93.6, 74.5, 71.6% CP, t...

Cation exchange capacity (CEC) is one of the most important soil attributes which control some basic properties of soil such as acidity, water and nutrient retaining capacity. However, the measurement of cation exchange capacity in large areas is time consuming and requires high expenses. One way to save time and expenses is to use simple soil covariates and geostatistical methods in mapping CE...

Registration of new drugs and devices, and our guidelines for management of cardiovascular disease, are mostly based on the results of clinical trials. Trial results are reported in great detail, with primary and secondary endpoints, event rates in the relevant treatment groups, relative risks or odds ratios with confidence intervals, and the corresponding statistical analyses. However, the bus...

PURPOSE To explore the molecular mechanisms by which the C-C chemokine receptor type 3 (CCR3) and chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 11 (CCL11) regulate choroidal endothelial cell (CEC) migration and the interactions with the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling pathway. METHODS Human retinal sections from young and aged donor normal eyes were immunolabeled. By real-time PCR, CCR3 mR...

Background The National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Diversity Program Consortium (DPC) includes a Coordination and Evaluation Center (CEC) to conduct a longitudinal evaluation of the two signature, national NIH initiatives - the Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) and the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) programs - designed to promote diversity in the NIH-funded...

Transplantation of a donor cornea to restore vision is the most frequently performed transplantation in the world. Corneal endothelial cells (CEC) are crucial for the outcome of a graft as they maintain corneal transparency and avoid graft failure due to corneal opaqueness. Given the characteristic of being a monolayer and in direct contact with culture medium during cultivation in eye banks, C...

A method for producing various surfaces of silicone rubber membrane (SR) was developed in this study by grafting various amounts of poly(2-hydroxy ethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA) onto SR by plasma-induced grafted polymerization (PIP) as a homobifunctional membrane. The elemental composition and different carbon bindings on the surface of SR were examined by electron spectroscopy for chemical analys...

High density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels and cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC) are inversely correlated with coronary artery disease (CAD) risk. Myeloperoxidase (MPO) derived oxidants and HDL proteome changes are implicated in HDL dysfunction in subjects with CAD in the United States; however, the effect of MPO on HDL function and HDL proteome in ethnic Chinese population is unknown. W...

We recently reported that coronary endothelial cell (CEC) dysfunction may contribute to the development of right ventricular (RV) hypertrophy (RVH) in monocrotaline (MCT)-induced pulmonary hypertensive rats. This present study investigated whether preservation of CEC function with garlic and its active metabolite allicin could abrogate RVH. Rats were fed with 1% raw garlic (RG)-supplemented die...