original article   mental fatigue (mf) is considered as a contributor factor in incident, even catastrophic one. electroencephalography measurement has been the most acceptable method to assess mf by neurologists. however, this method could be hardly feasible in real work setting. flicker fusion device, by contrast, is more usable at work setting. the purpose of this study was to compare the cr...

This study evaluated the effect of mometasone furoate (MF)/formoterol (F) versus its monocomponents, each administered via metered-dose inhaler, on asthma deteriorations and lung function. This 26-week, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled study included subjects aged ≥12 yrs with not well-controlled asthma on low-dose inhaled corticosteroids. After a 2-3-week open-label run-in (MF 100...

AUC0–12h values with MF/F 200/10 mg, MF/F 400/10 mg, and MF 400 mg correspond to average hourly increases of 0.30, 0.35, and 0.17 L, respectively. MF/F was associated with a rapid (,5 minutes) and sustained improvement in lung function. The percentages of subjects experiencing an asthma deterioration (ie, severe asthma exacerbation) were 12.4% (MF/F 200/10 mg), 12.2% (MF/F 400/10 mg), and 18.3%...

AUC0–12h values with MF/F 200/10 mg, MF/F 400/10 mg, and MF 400 mg correspond to average hourly increases of 0.30, 0.35, and 0.17 L, respectively. MF/F was associated with a rapid (,5 minutes) and sustained improvement in lung function. The percentages of subjects experiencing an asthma deterioration (ie, severe asthma exacerbation) were 12.4% (MF/F 200/10 mg), 12.2% (MF/F 400/10 mg), and 18.3%...

AUC0–12h values with MF/F 200/10 mg, MF/F 400/10 mg, and MF 400 mg correspond to average hourly increases of 0.30, 0.35, and 0.17 L, respectively. MF/F was associated with a rapid (,5 minutes) and sustained improvement in lung function. The percentages of subjects experiencing an asthma deterioration (ie, severe asthma exacerbation) were 12.4% (MF/F 200/10 mg), 12.2% (MF/F 400/10 mg), and 18.3%...

Mycosis fungoides (MF) is a low-grade lymphoma characterized by clonal expansion of atypical CD4+ skin-homing T lymphocytes. Herein, we examined the role of thymocytes selection associated HMG-box (TOX), a gene previously found to be unregulated in MF skin biopsies, in MF pathogenesis. TOX encodes a high-mobility group family (HMG) domain DNA binding nuclear protein, which regulates the differe...

PURPOSE Balloon-assisted maturation (BAM) is emerging as a salvage management for arteriovenous fistula maturation failure (AVF MF). However, BAM is a relatively new, yet controversial technique for AVF maturation. Therefore, we evaluated the effectiveness of BAM for AVF MF. METHODS Between January 2012 and December 2014, 249 AVFs were created. The total MF rate was 24.8%. But, only 110 AVFs ...

We present a Matrix Factorization (MF) based approach for the Netflix Prize competition. Currently MF based algorithms are popular and have proved successful for collaborative filtering tasks. For the Netflix Prize competition, we adopt three different types of MF algorithms: regularized MF, maximum margin MF and non-negative MF. Furthermore, for each MF algorithm, instead of selecting the opti...