The ultrasound (US) contrast agent, SonoVue®, has been approved for use worldwide. Conversely, Sonazoid®, which was approved in Japan ahead of other countries in January 2007, is also currently used in Korea, China, and Norway, although its use is gradually spreading to other countries. Sonazoid®-enhanced US is considered a breakthrough imaging technology because it has drastically changed clin...

Spanish, Korean and Taiwanese tuna-fishing vessels contributed about £1 million to the cost. A faster patrol boat will probably be needed to prevent illegal fishing in the new reserve, environmentalists believe. But Mauritius immediately attacked the planned reserve. The Chagos Islands are rimed in controversy because the local inhabitants were forced to leave the islands four decades ago when ...

In this study, bimodal meso-porous silica (UVM-7) synthesized and fabricated amino silane modified supports were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), N2 adsorption/desorption, transmission electron microscope (TEM), elemental analysis and titration. Capacity of CO2 capture on modified bimodal pore structure silica at 70°C was calculated using breakthrough curves; and it was found th...

165. Outcomes Comparing Initial Short vs Long Course Echinocandin Therapy in Patients with Candidemia Caused by Fluconazole Susceptible Strains Jennifer L. Small-Saunders, MD, PhD; Angela Loo, PharmD BCPS (AQ-ID); Deborah Theodore, MD; Amrita Singh, PharmD; Magdalena Sobieszczyk, MD, MPH and Christine J. Kubin, PharmD BCPS (AQ-ID); Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New Yor...

Short acting opioids, such as morphine, are recommended for the management of predictable breakthrough pain in cancer patients. However, it has been reported that prophylactic fentanyl rescue medication, which is more effective and has a shorter duration of action, is more suitable for some patients depending on their symptoms and the characteristics of their breakthrough pain. Herein, we repor...

Most articles on strategic breakthroughs tend to concentrate on large, high-tech organizations. Yet the French firm 1001 Listes, which creates and manages wedding lists, has shown that it is possible for even a relatively small organization to generate strategic breakthroughs with standard off-the-shelf information technology. Its experience highlights two points that previous studies have over...

A task group of the Science Committee of the Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland (APM) was convened to produce some up-to-date, evidence-based, practical, clinical guidelines on the management of cancer-related breakthrough pain in adults. On the basis of a review of the literature, the task group was unable to make recommendations about any individual interventions...

Active carbon (surface area, 1250 m/g) was used to study vapor breakthrough behavior of sulphur mustard (2, 2’dichlorodiethyl sulphide). Effect of length of carbon bed on vapor breakthrough time has been examined. Rate constant (k v ) is found to increase while kinetic saturation capacity (W e ) is invariable with increase in airflow rate. Both k v and W e decrease with the increase of temperat...

Most articles on strategic breakthroughs tend to concentrate on large, high-tech organizations. Yet the French firm 1001 Listes, which creates and manages wedding lists, has shown that it is possible for even a relatively small organization to generate strategic breakthroughs with standard off-the-shelf information technology. Its experience highlights two points that previous studies have over...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To review the dose titration, efficacy, and safety of oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate (OTFC). DATA SOURCES Phase I and II clinical trial abstracts and evidence-based review articles. DATA SYNTHESIS OTFC has an onset, peak, and duration of action similar to that of an IV dose of an opioid and has been demonstrated to be effective and well tolerated for the management of...