Virtual distillation is an error-mitigation technique that reduces quantum-computation errors without assuming the noise type. In scenarios where user of a quantum circuit required to additionally employ peripherals, such as delay lines, introduce excess noise, we find performance can be improved if peripheral, whenever possible, split across entire circuit, is, when channel uniformly distribut...

Western blotting analysis is the most common method for identification and quantification of a specific protein in complex protein mixtures (2–4). To compare different levels of an interesting protein derived from different sources, such as from different tissues or from cell cultures exposed to a variety of treatments, an internal control is necessary to ensure even sample loading and gel tran...

OBJECTIVES The Oxoid M.I.C.Evaluator (M.I.C.E; Thermo Fisher Scientific) comprises an antibiotic gradient on a plastic support. We compared its performance with Etest--a similar product--using BSAC agar dilution as a reference. METHODS Parallel MIC tests were performed by M.I.C.Evaluator, Etest and agar dilution on Iso-Sensitest agar. In total, 9354 organism/strip combinations were tested by ...

An analytical method was developed for Ca determination in ultrapure water, concentrated acids and hydrogen peroxide by ICP-MS, using CH3F as reaction gas in the dynamic reaction cell (DRC) and isotopic dilution (ID) as strategy of calibration for improve the accuracy and allow interferencefree Ca determination.

As the adaptation of titanium crowns obtained by Rematitan Plus investment, specific for titanium, is not recognized to be suitable, this study evaluated the effect of the concentration of the specific liquid and the temperature of the mold of investments on the internal misfit of crowns cast on commercially pure titanium. Individual dies of epoxy resin were obtained, representing teeth prepare...

A DNA array containing 172 oligonucleotides complementary to specific diagnostic regions of internal transcribed spacers (ITS) of more than 100 species was developed for identification and detection of Pythium species. All of the species studied, with the exception of Pythium ostracodes, exhibited a positive hybridization reaction with at least one corresponding species-specific oligonucleotide...

BACKGROUND Improvement in the uraemic toxicity profile obtained with the application of convective and mixed dialysis techniques has stimulated the development of more efficient strategies. Our study was a prospective randomized evaluation of the clinical and technical characteristics of two new haemodiafiltration (HDF) strategies, mixed HDF and mid-dilution HDF, which have recently been propos...

An indicator dilution method for measuring oscillatory flow in a vessel is analyzed in terms of a mixing chamber with a constant volume. For the correct measurement of mean flow, the time constant of detection of the indicator Should be very much shorter than the shortest time constant of the mixing volume. The performance of such a system was examined with a thermal indicator. Although the app...

Evaluating nitrate-N fluxes from agricultural landscapes is inherently complex due to the wide range of intrinsic and dynamic controlling variables. In this study, we investigate the influence of contrasting antecedent moisture conditions on nitrate-N flux magnitude and dynamics in a single agricultural watershed on intra-annual and rainfall-event temporal scales. High temporal resolution disch...