A data processing system programmed in a terminal-oriented language called APL is described. This user-oriented system features the print-out of English text discharges summaries for patients treated in a stroke rehabilitation unit. The variables contained in the summaries are stored in the computer for statistical analysis, allowing continous monitoring of the unit's activities. Seventy-eight ...

Introduction Chronic ulcers are an example of abnormal wound healing showing chronic inflammation which can result in delayed healing. One of the reasons that can influence the chronic state of the ulcer edge is a continous state of oxidative stress (1) partially due to a release of toxic metabolites, proteolytic enzymes and toxic free radicals accumulated in the damaged tissue (2). In order to...

We have established a continous cell line (G1) in which the tyrosine hydroxylase specific activity is increased as much as 50-100-fold in response to dexamethasone. This response is specific for the glucocorticoid class of steroid hormones; it is elicited by dexamethasone, corticosterone, and triamcinolone, but not by estradiol, testosterone, progesterone, or deoxycorticosterone acetate. The in...

Knowledge of the location of curbs, walls, or barriers is important for guidance of vehicles or for the understanding of their surroundings. We have developed a method to detect such continous objects alongside and in front of a host vehicle. We employ a laser line striper, a vehicle state estimator, a video camera, and a laser scanner to detect the object at one location, track it alongside th...

We consider finite volume methods for the Stokes system in a polyhedral domain of Rd , d = 2 or 3. We prove different error estimates using non-conforming tools, namely by regarding the finite volume scheme as a non-conforming approximation of the continous variational problem. This point of view allows us to extend recent error estimates obtained by Blanc et al. (2004, Numer. Meth. PDE, 20, 90...

We complete a description of additive partition entropies. This time we do not assume I to be continous. In the process we solve a 2-cocycle functional equation for certain subsets of convex cones. 1. Introduction. We assume all definitions and results from [3]. In the current follow-up paper we drop the assumption of the continuity of the additve partition entropy. Our aim is to prove a theore...

Methods • Type of study: prospective, analytical, longitudinal, and observational • Period: January 1-2011 / June 30-2014 (42 months) • Setting : Medical / Surgical ICU • Population: 2559 CIPs admitted consecutively to the ICU; sample: 220 CIPs with LLST. • Exclusión criteria: CIPs < 16 y., major burn CIPs, incomplete clinical documentation, and voluntary discharge. • Variables analyzed: a) Age...