Maleic acid (MA) has been explored to replace formaldehyde-based dimethylol dihydroxy ethylene urea (DMDHEU) for cotton anti-crease finishing. However, the resilience of treated fabrics was not satisfactorily improved. In this study, acryloyl malic acid (AMA) was synthesized and applied on fabrics as a novel crosslinking agent. The results showed that both crease recovery angle and whiteness in...

Advanced maternal age (AMA) is usually defined as a mother who is 35 years of age or older at delivery. AMA is related to aneuploidies by nondisjunction of the chromosomes during maternal oogenesis (meiosis) and is therefore an important risk factor for fetuses with chromo-somal abnormalities. AMA has also been used as a sole indicator for undergoing cytogenetic amniocentesis. As such, pregnant...

There is a paucity of published literature on the length of hospital stays (LOS) for patients who leave against medical advice (AMA) and on the factors that predict their LOS. The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between race and the LOS for AMA patients after adjusting for patient and hospital characteristics. National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) data were used to descr...

This study was designed to identify those risk factors associated with discharge from inpatient alcoholism treatment against medical advice (AMA) and the underlying reasons for these discharges. Data on the characteristics of patients and their index hospitalization were obtained from the systematic review of medical records for 186 alcoholics who were discharged AMA and 201 alcoholics who comp...

This paper reports the design of a novel aspheric microlens array (AMA) with high fill factor for direct light emitting diode (LED) backlight system. The AMA mold for patterning transformation was fabricated using the processes of glass wet etching, electroplating, photoresist spin coating and heating encapsulated air. Different from the fabrication results by well-known techniques, the propose...

Use of antimicrobial agents (AMAs) is associated with significant reduction in morbidity and mortality. However, indiscriminate and injudicious use of AMAs leads to the ineffective treatment, increased adverse effects, exacerbation or prolongation of illness, emergence of bacterial resistance and an additional burden of an expensive medical cost to the patients. So controlled use of AMAs at rig...

Metabolic acidosis has profound effects on vascular tone. This study investigated the in vivo effects of acute metabolic acidosis (AMA) and chronic metabolic acidosis (CMA) on hemodynamic parameters and endothelial function. CMA was induced by ad libitum intake of 1% NH4Cl for 7 days, and AMA was induced by a 3-h infusion of 6 M NH4Cl (1 mL/kg, diluted 1:10). Phenylephrine (Phe) and acetylcholi...

Drug resistance and tumor recurrence are major obstacles in treating lung cancer patients. Accumulating evidence considers lung cancer stem cells (CSCs) as the major contributor to these clinical challenges. Agents that can target lung CSCs could potentially provide a more effective treatment than traditional chemotherapy. Here, we utilized the side-population (SP) method to isolate lung CSCs f...

OBJECTIVES To compare the patient characteristics, clinical conditions, and short-term recidivism rates of emergency department (ED) patients who leave against medical advice (AMA) with those who leave without being seen (LWBS) or complete their ED care. METHODS All eligible patients who visited the ED between July 1, 2004, and June 30, 2005 (N = 31,252) were classified into one of four group...