INTRODUCTION Parainfluenza type 3 virus (PIV-3) is an important nosocomial pathogen which causes pneumonia and bronchiolitis in infants. We report an outbreak of PIV-3 respiratory infection which occurred in the neonatal unit of KK Hospital in June 2005. This is the second PIV-3 outbreak in our unit after the fi rst in December 1994. MATERIALS AND METHODS The clinical characteristics and outc...

The vertex Padmakar-Ivan (PIv) index of a graph G was introduced as the sum over all edges e = uv of G of the number of vertices which are not equidistant to the vertices u and v. In this paper we provide an analogue to the results of T. Mansour and M. Schork [The PI index of bridge and chain graphs, MATCH Commun. Math. Comput. Chem. 61 (2009) 723-734]. Two efficient formulas for calculating th...

OBJECTIVE To examine the performance of screening for trisomies 21, 18 and 13 at 11-13 weeks' gestation using specific algorithms for these trisomies based on combinations of fetal nuchal translucency thickness (NT), fetal heart rate (FHR), ductus venosus pulsatility index for veins (DV PIV), and serum free β-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG), pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A), ...

BACKGROUND Although the measurement of turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) by using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been introduced as an alternative index for quantifying energy loss through the cardiac valve, experimental verification and clinical application of this parameter are still required. OBJECTIVES The goal of this study is to verify MRI measurements of TKE by using a phantom sten...

BACKGROUND Intimal hyperplasia (IH) is a major cause of graft failure. Hemodynamic factors such as stagnation and disturbed blood flow are involved in IH formation. The aim of this study is to perform a comparative analysis of distal-end side-to-side (deSTS) and end-to-side (ETS) anastomoses using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) after validating the results via particle image velocimetry (PI...

BACKGROUND Peripheral intravenous catheter (PIV) insertion is a common, painful experience for many children in the pediatric emergency department. Although local anesthetics such as injected buffered lidocaine have been shown to be effective at reducing pain and anxiety associated with PIV insertion, they are not routinely used. ELA-Max, a topical local anesthetic, has the advantage of needle-...

Filamentous phage f1 encodes protein IV (pIV), a protein essential for phage morphogenesis that localizes to the outer membrane of Escherichia coli, where it is found as a multimer of 10 to 12 subunits. Introduction of internal His or Strep affinity tags at different sites in pIV interfered with its function to a variable extent. A spontaneous second-site suppressor mutation in gene IV allowed ...

PURPOSE To assess the proximal humerus intraosseous (PHIO) catheter placement as a preferred method for venous access over conventional methods, including peripheral intravenous (PIV) and central venous catheters (CVCs), during emergency room resuscitation. METHODS In phase 1, conventional methods for venous access (PIV and CVC) were assessed for all patients presenting to the emergency depar...

The reaction of LnCl3·6H2O (Ln = Dy(3+), Tb(3+) and Ho(3+)) with the multisite coordinating ligand N'-(2-hydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)-5-methylbenzylidene)acetohydrazide (LH3) in the presence of pivalic acid (PivH) leads to the formation of three isostructural homometallic pentanuclear complexes, [Dy5(LH)4(η(1)-Piv)(η(2)-Piv)3(μ2-η(2)η(1)Piv)2(H2O)]·Cl·9·5H2O·5MeOH (1), [Tb5(LH)4(η(1)-Piv)(η(2)-Piv...