In this study, statistical distribution model (SDM) is used to predict the health index (HI) of transformers by utilizing condition parameters data from dissolved gas analysis (DGA), oil quality (OQA), and furanic compound (FCA), respectively. First, individual were categorized based on transformer age year 1 15. Next, for every fitted while using a probability plot find representative models. ...

The single radial haemolysis (SRH) technique detected anti-B/HK/8/73 HA antibody rises in 59-85% of paired sera from persons immunized with different influenza vaccines. In contrast, analysis of the same sera by the haemagglutination inhibition (HI) test indicated significant antibody rises in only 27-54% of paired sera. High levels of antibody were detected to influenza B/HK/8/73 and B/Singapo...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Despite amplified speech, listeners with hearing loss often report more difficulties understanding speech in background noise compared to normalhearing listeners. Various factors such as deteriorated hearing sensitivity, age, suprathreshold temporal resolution, and reduced capacity of working memory and attention can attribute to their sentence-in-noise problems. The p...

This study was designated to describe clinical and biological features of patients with a suspected diagnosis of dengue fever/dengue hemorrhagic fever during an outbreak in Central Vietnam. One hundred and twenty-five consecutive patients hospitalized at Khanh Hoa and Binh Thuan Provincial hospitals between November 2001 and January 2002 with a diagnosis of suspected dengue infection were inclu...

The presence of anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) is a hallmark of systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARD). The indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) assay on HEp-2 cells is a commonly used test for the detection of ANA and was recently recommended as the screening test of choice by a task force of the American College of Rheumatology. However, up to 20% of serum samples from healthy individuals ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of ventilatory parameters in maximal exercise performance in elite soccer players. METHODS From September 2009 to December 2012, 90 elite soccer players underwent evaluation of lung function test and ergospirometry by means of an incremental symptom-limited treadmill test. Results were analyzed according to i) maximal exercise velo...

INTRODUCTION Cerebral hypoxia and ischemia are the major causes of perinatal mortality resulting in central nervous system injury. Hypoxia and ischemia produce massive brain damage and one of the most important mechanisms in the lesion pattern is oxidative stress. AIMS The objectives of this study are to assess the effects of resveratrol pretreatment in a cerebral hypoxic-ischemic (HI) newbor...