background and objective: the aim of this study was to determine the level of plasma high sensitive c-reactive protein (hs-crp) in preeclampsia and to compare hs-crp levels between normal pregnant women, mild preeclamptic, and severe preeclamptic women. materials and methods: serum hs-crp levels were investigated in 40 cases of normal pregnant women, 37 cases with mild preeclampsia and 38 cases...

Interactions between hydrothermal fluids and rock alter mineralogy, leading to the formation of secondary minerals and potentially significant physical and chemical property changes. Reactive transport simulations are essential for evaluating the coupled processes controlling the geochemical, thermal and hydrological evolution of geothermal systems. The objective of this preliminary investigati...

The objective of the study was to define the specific plasma protein signature that predicts the increase of the inflammation marker C-reactive protein from index day to next-day using proteome analysis and novel bioinformatics tools. We performed a prospective study of 91 incident kidney transplant recipients and quantified 359 plasma proteins simultaneously using nano-Liquid-Chromatography-Ta...

OBJECTIVE Inflammation correlates with delirium. Galectin-3 is a proinflammatory protein. This study aimed to determine relation of serum galectin-3 levels to delirium of postpartum intensive care unit (ICU) women. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this prospective observational study, serum galectin-3, S100B, and C-reactive protein levels of 412 postpartum ICU women and 412 healthy women were measure...

An acceptable method for measuring phasic coronary velocity and reactive hyperemia in humans has not been available. We have developed a doppler probe which can be coupled to surface coronary vessel* at the time of cardiac surgery with a small suction cup. Phasic coronary velocity can be measured with a signal to noise ratio that exceeds 20:1. Animal studies have shown that the probe does not a...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of C reactive protein in detecting radiologically proved pneumonia and to evaluate how well it can discriminate between bacterial and viral infections of the lower respiratory tract. DATA SOURCES Medline and Embase (January 1966 to April 2004), with reference checking. STUDY SELECTION We included articles comparing C reactive protein with a che...

Reactive settling denotes the process of sedimentation small solid particles dispersed in a viscous fluid with simultaneous reactions between components that constitute and liquid phases. This is particular importance for simulation control secondary tanks (SSTs) water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs), formerly known as wastewater treatment plants. A spatially one-dimensional model reactive...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the structure of reactive dye on cotton ink-jet printing. Cotton fabric was printed upon with three commercial cellulosic reactive dyes which are based on the similar chromophore and possess different numbers of reactive and anionic groups. Colour yield and absorbed dye fixation of the printed cotton were evaluated at various pHs. The i...