BACKGROUND Literature regarding acute human toxicity of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium (EC-MPS) is limited. OBJECTIVES Our objectives were to describe all cases of overdose with MMF or EC-MPS reported to the Swiss Toxicological Information Centre (STIC) or in the literature between 1995 and 2013. Therefore, we performed an observational case-series and sys...

BACKGROUND Keloids are characterized by the formation of excessive scar tissue that extends beyond the area of the initial wound. Keloid redness is due to angiogenesis and chronic inflammation and is an important indicator of the severity of the lesion and the effectiveness of treatment. METHODS The color of 33 untreated keloids from 30 patients was measured with a narrow-band reflectance col...

Weekly PM2.5 samples were collected for one year (1999–2000) in Beijing and Shanghai and the carbonaceous species analyzed to investigate and compare their time series patterns and possible sources in the two biggest cities of China. Weekly carbonaceous concentrations varied in wide ranges with 8.6–59μg m−3 for OC and 1.5– 25.4μg m−3 for EC in Beijing, and with 5.1–38.4μg m−3 for OC and 2.3–13....

The conductor of n positive integer numbers a l,a2, ... ,an' whose greatest coII1mon divisor is equal'to I, is'defmed as the th.e minimal K, such that for every m ~K , the equation a1x 1+a2X 2+ ... +an Xn=m, h!ls a solution over the nOI}negative integers. In this notewe give a polYIlomial aigorithm computing'a close bound ~ for the conductor K o( n given positive integers, when n is fixed. The ...

This paper presents experimental results of a coverage analysis in a WCDMA network using the 850 MHz band; an urban electromagnetic propagation environment is considered. Obtained coverage estimation maps are based on Krige statistical method of interpolation. Key performance parameters used in this work are the CPICH and Ec. The results could be used to identify problems and help to optimize c...