In order to study the structural changes in the intimal layer of varicose veins, we prospectively collected a total of 23 vein specimens from both the normal proximal thigh long saphenous (LSV) in 3 young trauma patients and from the unstripped proximal LSV near the sapheno-femoral junction and the distal calf blowouts in 10 primary varicose veins patients. Paraffin sections stained with hemato...

OBJECTIVES Pre-existing unsuspected wall changes in saphenous vein grafts have been implicated in the graft outcome. Pre-bypass assessment of the vein may identify grafts at high risk for failure. This study was conducted to evaluate preoperatively the quality of the long saphenous vein (LSV) wall with ultrasound and histology. DESIGN Prospective clinical study. MATERIAL AND METHODS Three p...

Extensive efforts have been devoted to improve the anode performance of a microbial fuel cell (MFC) by using modified carbon-based anode materials, but most of them did not recognize that the power performance measured by the commonly-used varying circuit resistance (VCR) or linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) method was overestimated due to the effect of anode capacitance. Here, we examined and com...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND The corrosion inhibition performance of pyrazolylindolenine compounds, namely 4-(3,3-dimethyl-3H-indol-2-yl)-pyrazole-1-carbothioamide (InPzTAm), 4-(3,3-dimethyl-3H-indol-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole-1-carbothiohydrazide (InPzTH) and 3,3-dimethyl-2-(1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-3H-indole (InPzPh),) on copper in 1M HCl solution is investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy...

We describe the participation of the Saarland University LSV group in the DARPA/NIST TREC 2007 Q&A track with the Alyssa system, using an approach that combines cascaded language-model based information retrieval (LMIR) with data-driven learning methods for answer extraction and ranking. To test the robustness of this approach that was previously proven on news data also across document collect...

A detection system based on a multiplex reverse transcription (RT) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was developed to simultaneously identify multiple viruses in the lily plant. The most common viruses infecting lily plants are the cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), lily mottle virus (LMoV), lily symptomless virus (LSV). Leaf samples were collected at lily-cultivation facilities located in the Kangwon ...

In this study, simple, fast and reliable cyclic voltammetry (CV), linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), square wave voltammetry (SWV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) methods were developed and validated for determination of bosentan in pharmaceutical preparations. The proposed methods were based on electrochemical oxidation of bosentan at platinum electrode in acetonitrile solution containin...

The first structures were proto-voids formed in the primordial plasma when viscous and weak turbulence forces balanced gravitational forces at the scale of causal connection LH ≡ ct ≈ LSV ≡ (γν/ρG) 1/2 ≈ LST ≡ ε /(ρG) at time t ≈ 30 000 years (10 s) the age of the universe, with c the speed of light, γ ≈ 1/t the rate of strain, ν the kinematic viscosity, and LSV and LST Gibson’s 1996 viscous an...

The first structures were proto-voids formed in the primordial plasma. Viscous and weak turbulence forces balanced gravitational forces when the scale of causal connection LH ≡ ct ≈ LSV ≡ (γν/ρG) 1/2 ≈ LST ≡ ε /(ρG) at time t ≈ 30,000 years (10 s), with c the speed of light, γ ≈ 1/t the rate of strain, and ν the kinematic viscosity, where LSV and LST are viscous and turbulent Schwarz scales of ...