ntestinal failure (IF) is considered the end result of gastrointestinal disorders in which functional intestinal mass is inadequate to promote adequate growth, hydration, and electrolyte balance. Today, a substantial number of infants and children with IF, caused by short bowel syndrome, necrotizing enterocolitis, gastroschisis, intestinal atresias, motility disorders, and genetic enterocyte tr...

Wireless communication is the major form of connection nowadays. In most cases it exploits the benefits of the spread spectrum techniques to overcome channel introduced corruptions like Doppler residual frequency, noise, interference and jamming. These techniques also enhance the security and quality of the link. Using long spreading pseudo-noise codes provides further security for the link tho...

BACKGROUND Parenteral nutrition (PN) is a costly therapy that can also be associated with serious complications. Therefore, efforts are focusing on reducing rate of complications, and costs related to PN. OBJECTIVE The aim was to analyze the effect of the implementation of PN standardization on costs and quality criteria. Secondary aim was to assess the use of individualized PN based on patie...

BACKGROUND Children who have suffered from critical illnesses that required treatment in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) have long-term physical and neurodevelopmental impairments. The mechanisms underlying this legacy remain largely unknown. In patients suffering from chronic diseases hallmarked by inflammation and oxidative stress, poor long-term outcome has been associated with short...

The endgame of Lines of Action (LOA) is problematic because (1) LOA evaluation functions are not good predictors in the case of forced wins and (2) the state-space complexity of the LOA endgame is too large to use endgame databases. Because of the frequency of forced moves and the mobility component in the LOA endgame the utility of proof-number (PN) search is investigated in this paper. Also t...

Intestinal failure is characterized by loss of enteral function to absorb necessary nutrients and water to sustain life. Parenteral nutrition (PN) is a lifesaving therapeutic modality for patients with intestinal failure. Lifelong PN is also needed for patients who have short bowel syndrome due to extensive resection or a dysmotility disorder with malabsorption. However, prolonged PN is associa...

PURPOSE The effects of partial nephrectomy (PN) on postoperative blood pressure (BP) are not known, and PN has the potential to worsen BP. We therefore sought to determine whether PN alters postoperative BP. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients who underwent PN for suspected malignancy at our institution from 2002 to 2008 were included. Data on BP and medication from before and after PN were retrie...

The distributed sample based acquisition (DSA) is one of the fast and robust systems for the synchronization of long PN codes in DS/CDMA environments. In DSA systems the transmitter samples and sends the state of its long shift register generator (SRG), in a distributed manner, over short period PN sequence called as igniter sequence. Receiver detects and applies the state samples to correct th...

Maternal care during the first week postpartum has long-term consequences for offspring development in rodents. However, mother-infant interactions continue well beyond this period, with several physiological and behavioral changes occurring between days 18 and 28 PN. In the present study, we investigate the long-term effects on offspring behavior of being weaned at day 21 PN versus day 28 PN. ...