BACKGROUND Paraquat (PQ) is a world-wide used herbicide and also a type of common poison for suicide and accidental poisoning. Numerous studies have proved that the concentration of serum PQ plays an important role in prognosis. Spectrophotometry, including common spectrophotometry and second-derivative spectrophotometry, is commonly used for PQ detection in primary hospitals. So far, lack of s...

Acute paraquat (PQ) poisoning is one of the most common forms of pesticide poisoning. Oxidative stress and inflammation are thought to be important mechanisms in PQ-induced acute lung injury (ALI). Selenium (Se) can scavenge intracellular free radicals directly or indirectly. In this study, we investigated whether porous Se@SiO2 nanospheres could alleviate oxidative stress and inflammation in P...

Bitonic columns are an extension of the consecutive ones property for a matrix. For some optimization problems, if the constraint matrix has the proper bitonic column property then a fast algorithm can nd an optimal solution. This paper shows how the PQ-tree reduction algorithm of Booth and Lueker can be extended into an eecient algorithm to test for a bitonic column property.

This paper considers the problem of computing the weak visibility polygon (WVP) of any query line segment pq (or WVP(pq)) inside a given simple polygon P. We present an algorithm that preprocesses P and creates a data structure from which WVP(pq) is efficiently reported in an output sensitive manner. Our algorithm needs O(n log n) time and O(n) space in the preprocessing phase to report WVP(pq)...

Routine power quality (PQ) monitoring is limited to a statistical sample of sites that are hopefully representative of the overall PQ performance of the network. It would be helpful if the PQ performance of un-monitored sites could be inferred from the results of a PQ survey from a site having similar physical characteristics. This is only possible if it is known which physical characteristics ...

Prodromal Questionnaire (PQ) and Structured Interview for Prodromal Syndromes (SIPS) have been used as a two-stage process for identifying subjects at clinical high risk (CHR) of psychosis. The Prodromal Questionnaire-Brief version (PQ-B) contains 21 items derived from the PQ. The present study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of PQ-B in a Chinese help-seeking outpatient sample and ...

The main purpose of the present paper is the heuristic study of the structure, properties and consequences of new class of potential functions results from the concept of pq-Radial functions which are fundamental family of solutions of second order pq-PDE. Keyword: Potential functions, Laplace equation, pq-Radial function, pq-PDE, Legendre polynomials

This paper considers the problem of computing the weak visibility polygon (WVP) of any query line segment pq (or WVP(pq)) inside a given simple polygon P. We present an algorithm that preprocesses P and creates a data structure from which WVP(pq) is efficiently reported in an output sensitive manner. Our algorithm needs O(n log n) time and O(n) space in the preprocessing phase to report WVP(pq)...

Objective Background and Objectives: Paraquat (PQ) is a herbicide and is genotoxic and cytotoxic poison for male germ cells. Therefore, in this study, the protective role of Crocin (Cr) against the destructive effects of Paraquat on sperm quality and in-vitro fertilization results Paraquat was investigated. MaterialsAndMethods Materials and Methods: Twenty-eight male mice (20-25g) were used in ...

Paraquat (PQ), as a highly effective and nonselective herbicide, induces cell apoptosis through generation of superoxide anions which forms reactive oxygen species (ROS). Mitochondria, as regulators for cellular redox signaling, have been proved to play an important role in PQ-induced cell apoptosis. This study aimed to evaluate whether and how mitochondrial fission interacts with oxidative str...