0141-9382/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.displa.2010.09.002 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +886 3 5715131x429 E-mail address: [email protected] (Y.-T. Lin). The intent of this study is to determine the minimum ambient illumination requirement for legible electronic-paper display. Not only the young but also the elderly were included as research subjects. Through the method...

Introduction: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a diagnostic emergency threatening patients in a major way. Pediatric renal extra purification methods are limited in African countries due to the nonavailability of resources. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) seems to be the modality that is the most practiced for children with acute renal failure (ARF). Methodology: We conducted a retrospective study on 5 ye...

0141-9331/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.micpro.2010.10.002 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +351 228340500; fax E-mail addresses: [email protected] (A.V. Fidalgo), mg [email protected] (G.R. Alves), [email protected] (J.M. Ferreir The rapid increase in the use of microprocessor-based systems in critical areas, where failures imply risks to human lives, to the environment or to expen...

Background: Hilar resection in combination with extended liver resections has resulted in a higher rate of R0 resections and increased survival in patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HCCA). This aggressive surgical approach is, however, associated with high rates of operative morbidity and mortality, largely due to postresectional liver failure. We previously reported a series after resecti...

Number: 007-0141 Modelling and analysis of an Integrated Automated Guided Vehicle System using CPN and RSM. Tauseef Aized, Doctoral candidate, Hagiwara Lab, Mechanical Sciences and Engineering Department, email: [email protected] Koji Takahashi, Associate Professor, Takahashi Lab, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, email: [email protected] Ichiro Hagiwara, Professor, H...

0141-0296/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Ltd. A http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2012.03.013 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +351 22 508 1901; fa E-mail addresses: [email protected] (D. Ribeiro), r [email protected] (R. Delgado), [email protected] uni-weimar.de (V. Zabel). This article describes the calibration of the numerical model of a bowstring-arch railway bridge based on modal param...

A differential screening approach was used to identify seven ovule-specific cDNAs representing genes that are expressed in a stage-specific manner during ovule development. The Phalaenopsis orchid takes 80 days to complete the sequence of ovule developmental events, making it a good system to isolate stage-specific ovule genes. We constructed cDNA libraries from orchid ovule tissue during arche...

Coenzyme Q 10 (CoQ 10 ) deficiency is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous syndrome which has been associated with 5 major clinical phenotypes: (1) encephalomyopathy, (2) severe infantile multisystemic disease, (3) nephropathy, (4) cerebellar ataxia, and (5) isolated myopathy. Of these phenotypes, cerebellar ataxia and syndromic or isolated nephrotic syndrome are the most common. CoQ 10 d...