OBJECTIVE This paper presents an algorithm to assess the risk of death in patients with sepsis. Sepsis is a common clinical syndrome in the intensive care unit (ICU) that can lead to severe sepsis, a severe state of septic shock or multi-organ failure. The proposed algorithm may be implemented as part of a clinical decision support system that can be used in combination with the scores deployed...

Cho K-H, Jang H-J, Lee E-H, Yoon SH, Hahn SJ, Jo Y-H, Kim M-S, Rhie D-J. Differential cholinergic modulation of Ca transients evoked by backpropagating action potentials in apical and basal dendrites of cortical pyramidal neurons. J Neurophysiol 99: 2833–2843, 2008. First published April 16, 2008; doi:10.1152/jn.00063.2008. The effect of the cholinergic agonist carbachol (CCh) on backpropagatin...

in this research the quality of walnut kernels under impact loading were studied. due to unavailability of specific varieties of walnut in iran, the tests were carried out on the available genotypes. three different genotypes from walnut orchards of azarshar region were selected and were collected in 2009. a drop test device was designed and constructed to perform the experiments. the impact te...

At the cusp tip of rodent molar, there is a region of dentin without an enamel cap. This region is called enamel free area (EFA). The surface collagen arrangement has been reported to differ between the EFA and the dentin covered with the enamel (DCE). To clarify the cause of this difference, we observed the ultrastructure of the basement membrane and the distal ends of the inner enamel epithel...

BACKGROUND Hypoxia causes remodeling and contractile responses in both pulmonary artery (PA) and pulmonary vein (PV). Here we explore the effect of hypoxia on PV and pulmonary venous smooth muscle cells (PVSMCs). METHODS Chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension (CHPH) model was established by exposing rats to 10% O2 for 21 days. Rat distal PVSMCs were isolated and cultured for in vitro experime...

The effects of vitamin A deficiency on electrogenic transport in the colon were examined in rats made vitamin A deficient at weaning by feeding a vitamin A deficient diet for 40 days. A pair fed control group was given the same diet but supplemented with soluble vitamin A in their drinking water. The basal and stimulated electrogenic secretory and absorptive functions of the muscle stripped pro...

Regeneration of axons after Wallerian degeneration is influenced by various factors localized to the distal nerve stump. We have examined elongation of axons to assess the relative influence of basal lamina and of Schwann cells in lesions with and without interruption of the Schwann cell tubes. In particular, we wanted to follow the growth of axons throughout the same distal nerve stump. Silico...

In this study, the effects of coatings made of chitosan (Chi) incorporating thyme essential oil (TEO) on lipid oxidation and changing color indexes of walnut kernels were investigated. Chi: pure, in accompany with TEO at concentrations of 500 and 1000 microliter per liter, in an aqueous coating solution, with different packaging methods: Gunny sack, polypropylene and active packaging, compared ...

one of the growth limiting factors of onion plants is root and basal plate rot disease, caused by fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae. in this research, eight iranian onion genotypes, azarshahr red, ghom white, herssin, isfahan dorcheh, kashan white, nishabour ishaghabad, yazd abarkoh, zanjan gholigheseh and two commercial genotypes, texas erly grano and yellow sweet spanish were investigated. geno...

FUJIMURA, M., KAYAMA, T., KUMABE, T. and YosHIMOTo, T. Ganglioglioma in the Basal Ganglia Totally Resected by a Trans-Distal Sylvian Approach. Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 1995, 175 (3), 211-218 A patient with a ganglioglioma in the basal ganglia is presented. An 18-year-old man presented with involuntary movement in his right hand and right homonymous hemianopsia. Computed tomography and magnetic reso...