Determination of the factors influencing renal vascular resistance (RVR) at very low perfusion pressures (RPP) is of interest, since prolonged periods of reduced perfusion can lead to acute renal failure. We have studied the effects of inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system on renal blood flow (RBF), measured by electromagnetic flow probe, over a subautoregulatory pressure range of BOSS mm ...

The evaluation of seismic slope performance during earthquakes is important, because the failure of slope (such as an earth dam, natural slope, or constructed earth embankment) can result in significant financial losses and human. It is important, therefore, to be able to forecast such displacements induced by earthquake. However, the traditional forecasting methods, such as empirical formulae,...

BACKGROUND Chronic hepatitis C is a major public health issue, but there is a gap in the literature regarding the effectiveness and safety of direct-acting antiviral agents in the Brazilian population. The main aim of this study was to describe the effectiveness of boceprevir and telaprevir in patients treated at public health care institutions in Brazil. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective l...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether the respiratory rate to tidal volume ratio (RVR) measured while receiving automatic tube compensation (ATC) [RVRATC] would have a better predictive value as a weaning measure than unassisted RVR. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING General ICU of a tertiary-care university hospital. PATIENTS Forty-three patients who received mechanical ventilation for > 24...

A close relationship between changes in renal interstitial fluid (RIF) ATP concentrations and renal autoregulatory or tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF)-dependent changes in renal vascular resistance (RVR) has been demonstrated, but it has not been determined whether the changes in RIF ATP are a consequence or the cause of the changes in RVR. The present study was performed in anesthetized dogs to...

In many clustering algorithms such as K-means and FCM, the cluster number K needs to be known beforehand. this paper, we propose a new method determine without for every in K-means. We introduce statistics RVR (ratio of variance range) conduct Monte Carlo analysis its characteristics. Based on RVR, an algorithm perform utilizing it. evaluate effectiveness by performing simulation test with diff...

A rectangle visibility representation (RVR) of a graph consists of an assignment of axisaligned rectangles to vertices such that for every edge there exists a horizontal or vertical line of sight between the rectangles assigned to its endpoints. Testing whether a graph has an RVR is known to be NP-hard. In this paper, we study the problem of finding an RVR under the assumption that an embedding...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate whether polymorphisms in the guanine nucleotide binding (G protein), beta polypeptide 1 (GNB1) gene are associated with a rapid virological response (RVR) among HCV genotype 1 (HCV-1) and 2 (HCV-2) infected patients receiving peginterferon plus ribavirin treatment (PEG-IFNα-RBV). METHODS We analyzed the association between RVR to PEG-IFNα-RBV t...

BACKGROUND This study was conducted to assess the early predictability of virological response in chronic hepatitis-C patients (Genotype-3), treated with pegylated interferon alpha-2a and ribavirin with an objective of determining predictive values of Rapid Virological Response (RVR) and Early Virological Response (ETR) on Sustained Virological Response (SVR). METHOD This cross sectional stud...

BACKGROUND We aimed to investigate the effects of ribavirin on hepatitis C virus (HCV). Immunological and virological effects were analysed in patients undergoing treatment with ribavirin monotherapy prior to the initiation of combination therapy with interferon-alpha. METHODS A total of 25 patients with chronic HCV infection were enrolled in this study. All patients received ribavirin for 4 ...