An alternative scheme is described to estimate the layer 1 LAXPC 20 background for faint sources where source contribution 50-80 keV count rate less than 0.25 counts/sec (15 milli-crabs or $6 \times 10^{-11}$ ergs/s/cm$^2$). We consider 12 blank sky observations and based on their in 100 second time-bins, generate four template spectra which are then used spectrum lightcurve a given observation...

BackgroundPharmacotherapy is key in asthma control, including preventing lung function decline, primary care. However, patients' physical functioning (eg, capacity [PC] [=can do] and activity [PA] [=do do]) correlates poorly with function. Therefore, a better insight into the of patients needed, using “can do, do do” concept.ObjectiveTo explore concept adult at referral for first time to an out...

AIMS Coronary angiography holds a central role in the diagnosis of coronary heart disease. We studied temporal trends in referral patterns 2000-09. METHODS AND RESULTS We identified 156 496 first-time coronary angiographies in 2000-09 in nationwide registries. Trends were analyzed in 2-year intervals. Numbers of acute (5943-10 707) and elective (17 294-25 550) procedures increased between 200...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the use of inhaled corticosteroids during pregnancy increases the risk of pregnancy induced hypertension and pre-eclampsia among asthmatic women. DESIGN Nested case-control study. SETTING Three administrative health databases from Quebec: RAMQ, MED-ECHO, and Fichier des evenements demographiques. PARTICIPANTS 3505 women with asthma, totalling 4593 pregnancie...

Rolling processes for which the characteristic length scale reaches into the range where size effects become important are receiving increased interest. In particularly, this is owed to the roll-molding process under development for high-throughput of micronscale surface features. The study presented revolves around the rolling induced effect of visco-plasticity (ranging hot and cold rolling) i...

MOTIVATION Correlated events of gains and losses enable inference of co-evolution relations. The reconstruction of the co-evolutionary interactions network in prokaryotic species may elucidate functional associations among genes. RESULTS We developed a novel probabilistic methodology for the detection of co-evolutionary interactions between pairs of genes. Using this method we inferred the co...

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Objective To determine whether the use of inhaled corticosteroids during pregnancy increases the risk of pregnancy induced hypertension and pre-eclampsia among asthmatic women. Design Nested case-control study. Setting Three administrative health databases from Quebec: RAMQ, MED-ECHO, and Fichier des événements démographiques. Participants 3505 women with asthma, totalling 4593 pregnancies, bet...