Acute lung injury (ALI) is among the most common causes of mortality in intensive care units. Previous studies have suggested that bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) may attenuate pulmonary edema. In addition, alveolar epithelial cells type I (ATI) are involved in reducing the alveolar edema in response to ALI. However, the mechanism involved in improving the efficiency of diffe...

Clusters and nanodroplets hold the promise of enhancing high-order nonlinear optical effects due to their high local density. However, only moderate enhancement has been demonstrated date. Here, we report observation energetic electrons generated by above-threshold ionization (ATI) helium (He) which are resonantly excited ultrashort extreme ultraviolet (XUV) free-electron laser pulses subsequen...

The internal thoracic artery (ATI) of rats was macroscopically studied. In this study, the overall features of the artery were virtually elucidated in entirety. The artery was found to arise from the subclavian artery in the thoracic cavity and to immediately break up into the following branches: (1) the pericardiacophrenic artery, (2) the superior epigastric artery, (3) the thymic branch, (4) ...

A brief discussion of some open problems of the conventional single-baseline along-track interferometric (ATI) technique for ocean sensing is given. A survey of previous research on advanced multibaseline ATI concepts is presented, stressing how multibaseline acquisition coupled with proper processing has great potential for improving the performance of ATI. Extended operation in critical condi...

The radiobiocomplexes labeled with technetium-99m (Tc-99m) have been widely used in nuclear medicine in single photon emission computed tomography and in basic research. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of a Nectandra membranacea extract on the bioavailability of the sodium pertechnetate (Na(99m)TcO(4)) radiobiocomplex in rat organs. The animals were treated with a N. membranac...

When multiple treatment choices are available, the question is not just "which treatment is the best?" but more importantly "best or better for whom, when, and why?" Aptitude (or attribute) by treatment interaction (ATI) is a research paradigm that attempts to examine exactly that--how outcome depends on the match or mismatch between patients' specific characteristics and the treatment they rec...

BACKGROUND Different forms of interferon alpha (IFN-α) have been used for several years in the treatment of chronic viral hepatitis type C (CVHC). Currently, pegylated forms of interferon alpha (PegIFN-α) in combination with ribavirin is the standard treatment. During therapy with IFN-α, side-effects occur, including thyroid diseases. The aim of this study was an evaluation of administered inte...

We examine here the adjacent track interference (ATI) problem that arises when writing in an for heat-assisted magnetic recording combined with shingled (shingled HAMR). For ATI, bit error rate is a function of readout width. calculate and minimum normalized field various widths. The factors affecting ATI are grain temperature volume. compare sensitivity all combinations 2 4 Tbpsi, 6 9 grains/b...

In this paper introduce the average outgoing quality (AOQ) and average total inspect (ATI) for single sampling plan when that proportion nonconforming items is fuzzy number. We have shown that AOQ and ATI curves of the plan are like a band having a high and low bounds. Keywords—Statistical quality control, acceptance single sampling, average outgoing quality, average total inspection, fuzzy num...

Harmonic generation by an atom in a laser field is described by the three-step mechanism as proceeding via above-threshold ionization (ATI) followed by the electron propagation in the laser-dressed continuum and the subsequent laser assisted recombination (LAR). An amplitude of harmonic production is given by the coherent sum of contributions from different intermediate ATI channels labeled by ...