Very few patients with end-stage kidney disease in South Africa receive renal replacement treatment (RRT), despite the rapidly growing demand, because of resource constraints. Nephrologists who agonise daily about who to treat and who not to, and have been doing so since the inception of dialysis in this country, welcomed the opportunity to interact with the National Department of Health at a r...

A real-time reverse transcriptase PCR (RRT-PCR) assay based on the avian influenza virus matrix gene was developed for the rapid detection of type A influenza virus. Additionally, H5 and H7 hemagglutinin subtype-specific probe sets were developed based on North American avian influenza virus sequences. The RRT-PCR assay utilizes a one-step RT-PCR protocol and fluorogenic hydrolysis type probes....

We propose a modified two-step approach for estimating the mean of a sensitive variable using an additive optional RRT model which allows respondents the option of answering a quantitative sensitive question directly without using the additive scrambling if they find the question non-sensitive. This situation has been handled before in Gupta et al. (2010) using the split sample approach. In thi...

This paper investigates an FPGA architecture whose primary function is to accelerate parallel computations involved in the rapid-exploring random tree (RRT) algorithm. The RRT algorithm inherently serial, while each computing step there are many that can be executed simultaneously. Nevertheless, how carry out these on so a high degree of acceleration realized key issue. Membrane paradigm inspir...

The working environment of a picking robot is complex, and the motion-planning algorithm manipulator will directly affect obstacle avoidance effect efficiency manipulator. In this study, time-optimal rapidly-exploring random tree (TO-RRT) proposed. First, controls target offset probability through potential field introduces node-first search strategy to make quickly escape from repulsive field....

The aim of this study is to evaluate epidemiological status of Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) patients on renal replacement therapy (RRT) in Bosnia from 2003 through 2005. Incidence and prevalence rates of BEN, diabetes mellitus (DM) and RRT population and proportion of BEN RRT population in total RRT population were tracked in renal units covering the entire BEN endemic region in Bosnia. BEN...

BACKGROUND Renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) is common in patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) and is associated with worse outcomes following liver transplantation (LT). We investigated the factors associated with liberation from posttransplant RRT and studied the impact of RRT on patient and graft outcomes. METHODS A 5-year retrospective study of ESLD patients ...

INTRODUCTION Although renal replacement therapy (RRT) is a common procedure in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI), its efficacy remains uncertain. Patients who receive RRT usually have higher mortality rates than those who do not. However, many differences exist in severity patterns between patients with and those without RRT and available results are further confounded by t...