1 Institut für Informatik, LFG Künstliche Intelligenz, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Rudower Chaussee 25, 12489 Berlin, Germany 2 Bremer Institut für Sichere Systeme, TZI, FB 3 Mathematik/Informatik, Universität Bremen, Postfach 330440, 28334 Bremen, Germany 3 Fachgebiet Simulation und Systemoptimierung, FB 20 Informatik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alexanderstr. 10, 64283 Darmstadt, Ge...

the latest american heart association (aha) statement for preventing infectious endocarditis, has not recommended prophylactic antibiotic therapy prior to fiberoptic bronchoscopy (fb) except for patients with preexisting predisposing cardiac conditions. our aim was to determine the incidence of bacteriemia and fever following fb in our experience and compare with those which have been mentioned...

Introduction: Foreign-body (FB) aspiration in the airway of children is a life-threatening clinical situation responsible for many deaths each year. The aim of this study was to evaluate the different clinical presentations, methods of diagnosis, types and complications of FB inhalation in the pediatric age group.   Materials and Methods: The study included patients who presented with a def...

Purpose The purpose of the study is to explore inductively unique paradoxical tensions central family business (FB) and analyze how FB's members face these their implications in personal professional realms. Design/methodology/approach A multiple-case with 11 parent–offspring dyads from Portuguese FBs was conducted putting focus on micro-level interactions. Findings slopes roles relationality p...

The effects of fumonisin B-glucose reaction products in swine diets was examined. Pigs were fed diets containing 528 micromol of total fumonisin B/kg (FB), 528 micromol of total FB-glucose adducts/kg (FB-G, 122 micromol of unreacted FB/kg), or 0 micromol of total FB/kg for 15 days to test the efficacy of the FB-G reaction products in detoxifying FB. Weight gain in FB pigs was lower than in FB-G...

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (A. ferrooxidans, formerly Thiobacillus ferrooxidans) is the Gram-negative, acidophilic, chemolithoautotrophic bacterium that obtains its energy from the oxidation of ferrous iron, elemental sulphur, or partially oxidized sulphur compounds (Leduc and Ferroni, 1994; Rohwerder et al., 2003), even hydrogen or formate in anoxic conditions (Drobner et al., 1990; Pronk ...

The existence of glucose conjugates of fumonisin B₂ (FB₂) and fumonisin B₃ (FB₃) in corn powder was confirmed for the first time. These "bound-fumonisins" (FB₂ and FB₃ bound to glucose) were identified as N-(1-deoxy-D-fructos-1-yl) fumonisin B₂ (NDfrc-FB₂) and N-(1-deoxy-D-fructos-1-yl) fumonisin B₃ (NDfrc-FB₃) respectively, based on the accurate mass measurements of characteristic ions and fra...

PURPOSE The objectives of this study are (1) to measure concordance of tumor position on breath-hold (BH) computed tomography (CT) scans relative to the natural tumor path during free breathing (FB) and (2) to evaluate the benefits of the breathing monitoring device Abches (Apex Medical, Tokyo) for stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) treatment planning. METHODS In 53 lung cancer patient...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the agreement between the macular edema maps (MEMs) of the Retina Module of the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II (Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany) and contact lens fundus biomicroscopy (FB) and to assess the influence of combining MEM data with the results of short-wavelength automated perimetry (SWAP) and fluorescein angiography (FA) on diagnostic test performa...