Objective: To provide external validation of the DRAGON Score for predicting outcome after intravenous thrombolysis Methods: A retrospective chart analysis was performed in stroke patients receiving IV-tPA within the 4.5 hour time window from January 2009 to September 2013. A total of 149 patients were included in the analysis. DRAGON scores were calculated for each patient and compared to modi...

The aim of this study was to identify pigments present in the red dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) and to further investigate the antioxidant properties in this fruit. Pigment was identified using the High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and results confirmed the presence of betanin in sample at a retention time of 11.5 min which corresponded to the retention time of the betanin st...

This narrative review summarizes findings from quantitative and qualitative research literature that has been published over the past 15 years since an initial, community-based pilot study first challenged the long-held medical belief that vigorous, upper-body exercise would lead to lymphedema in women who were at risk due to treatments for breast cancer. Dragon boat racing originated in China ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The DRAGON score, which includes clinical and computed tomographic scan parameters, showed a high specificity to predict 3-month outcome in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated by intravenous tissue plasminogen activator. We adapted the score for patients undergoing MRI as the first-line diagnostic tool. METHODS We reviewed patients with consecutive anterior circ...

Hash functions are fundamental components of many cryptographic applications. Due to the recent attacks on classical designs, alternative design approaches are proposed. In this paper, we give a survey for hash function constructions based stream ciphers mainly concentrating on Panama, RadioGatún and RC4-hash. Also, we propose an example hash function Dragon-Hash based on the stream cipher Dragon.

T Cell Evolution In a traditional Chinese legend, fish leaps over the dragon gate becoming dragon. article number 2201164, Jialong Yang and co-workers reveal that tilapia mammals share similar T-cell functions, while conserved glutamine (scales) metabolism builds foundation supporting steady evolution of cells between tetrapod (dragon).

This paper describes the design of a perceptual user interface for controlling a flying cartoon-animated dragon in QuiQui's Giant Bounce, a physically and vocally interactive computer game for 4 to 9 years old children. The dragon mimics the user's movements and breathes fire when the user shouts. The game works on a PC computer equipped with practically any lowcost microphone and webcam. It is...

Purpose The purpose of this study was to: 1) determine whether and how breast cancer survivors’ participation in a season of dragon boat racing influenced health-related quality of life (HRQOL). And if so, to what degree changes are reflected within the physical, emotional, social/family and spiritual domains of HRQOL, 2) explore the breast cancer survivor experience of dragon boating and how a...

Pitaya, pitahaya or dragon fruit, grow on a veining epiphytic cactus (Hylocereus sp.) native to the tropical forest regions of Mexico and Central and South America (Mizrahi et al., 1997). The plants grow up tree trunks and are anchored by aerial roots. The fruits have red or pink thornless skins, while the juicy flesh can range from white to magenta. The skin is covered with bracts or "scales",...