Abstract Background and Aims During hemodialysis exposure of the blood to dialysis membrane tubing system can activate cells promote clotting activation. So usually, some form anticoagulation, most frequently heparin, is used prevent coagulation. However, there are patients with increased risk for bleeding (patients active bleeding, major surgery in past 72 hours, severe trombocytopenia) where ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is a marker of cardiovascular disease derived from ultrasound images of the carotid artery. In most outcome studies, human readers identify and trace the key IMT interfaces. We evaluate an alternate approach using automated edge detection. METHODS We studied a subset of 5640 participants with an average age 61.7 years (48% men) of th...

The use of oral contraceptive agents by women may be a factor that contributes to the observed inter-individual variability in the BMR. We, therefore, measured the BMR, body build and composition in two groups of young women and also assessed their self-reported level of physical activity. One group had been using oral contraceptive agents for a period of 6 months or more (OCA, n 24), while the...

To date, universal, school-based interventions have produced limited success in the long-term prevention of depression in young people. This paper examines whether family relationship support moderates the outcomes of a universal, school-based preventive intervention for depression in adolescents. It reports a secondary analysis of data from the beyondblue schools research initiative. Twenty-fi...

Attempts to improve formulation of topical products are a continuing process and the development of microandnanovesicular systems as well as polymeric microparticles has led to marketing of topical drugs and cosmetics usingthese technologies. Encapsulation of some well-known contact allergens in ethanolic liposomes have been reportedto enhance allergenicity compared with the all...

We define and explore the notion of a Dynamic Condorcet Winner (DCW), which extends the notion of a Condorcet winner to dynamic settings. We show that, for every DCW, every member of a large class of dynamic majoritarian games has an equivalent equilibrium, and that other equilibria are not similarly portable across this class of games. Existence of DCWs is guaranteed when members of the commun...

The interactions between Bacteriophage (phage) and host bacteria are widespread in nature and influences of phage replication on the host cells are complex and extensive. Here, we investigate genome-wide interactions of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) and its temperate phage PaP3 at five time points during phage infection. Compared to the uninfected host, 38% (2160/5633) genes of phage-i...

PURPOSE To assess whether hair-relaxer use is associated with an increased risk of preterm birth among African-American women. METHODS We used data from the Black Women's Health Study. The participants were enrolled in 1995 and provided follow-up information in 1997, 1999, and 2001. Among 6130 singleton births reported by women <45 years of age during follow-up, 497 were preterm (<37 weeks ge...

This paper compares transformation-based and constraint-based treatments of unbounded filler-gap dependencies, the latter specifically as articulated in terms of HPSG, and argues, contrary to the commonly made allegations of ‘notational variance’, that there is purely empirical evidence that is consistent with only the constraint-based account. Recent proposals to deal with parasitic gaps in te...

BACKGROUND Treatment verification and contact elicitation are core approaches used to control the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Methodology adapted from the HIV care continuum is presented as an evaluation and communication tool for STD control activities. METHODS Sexually transmitted disease surveillance and program data for Los Angeles County in 2013 were used to construct...