1. In the anesthetized and artificially ventilated cat, stimulation of the posterior articular nerve (PAN) with low strengths (1.2-1.4 x T) produced a small negative response (N1) in the cord dorsum of the lumbosacral spinal cord with a mean onset latency of 5.2 ms. Stronger stimuli (> 1.4 x T) produced two additional components (N2 and N3) with longer latencies (mean latencies 7.5 and 15.7 ms,...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are often accompanied with comoribidities and complications leading to taking multiple drugs and thus are more liable to be exposed to drug-related problems (DRPs). DRPs can occur at any stages of medication process from prescription to follow-up treatment. However, a few studies have assessed the specific risk factors for occurrence of at least one pot...

Demand Response (DR) programs and markets are being studied and developed to help increasing the efficiency of the generation especially with high penetration of renewable energies into the electric grid. This talk is divided into two main sections as they are being studied in the Renewable Energy Design Laboratory (REDLab) of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. First we present a theoretical fr...

Demand Response (DR) programs serve to reduce the consumption of electricity at times when the supply is scarce and expensive. Consumers or agents with flexible consumption profiles are recruited by an aggregator who manages the DR program. The utility informs the aggregator of an anticipated DR event. In response, the aggregator is required to deliver a target reduction in electricity consumpt...

BACKGROUND Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are at risk for drug-related problems (DRPs), especially on hospital admission. OBJECTIVE To identify and characterize the DRPs experienced by patients with ESRD on admission and investigate how these DRPs could be related to gaps in medication information transfer. METHODS Patients with ESRD admitted to the hospital were prospectively...