The total antioxidant capacity (TAC) of human plasma is an index the redox buffer this biological fluid and could be a biomarker for those disorders affecting status. Distinguishing physiological from pathological conditions needs reference. Therefore, work aims to define reference intervals TAC apparently healthy adult individuals. was measured using CUPRAC-BCS (CUPric reducing capacity-bathoc...

PCM can be used to overcome the capacity limit and energy issues of conventional DRAM-based main memory. This paper explores how the database buffer manager can deal with the write endurance problem, which is unique to PCM-based buffer pools and not considered by conventional buffer algorithms. We introduce a range of novel buffer algorithms addressing this problem, called wear-aware buffer alg...

The increase in atmospheric CO2 due to anthropogenic activity results in an acidification of the surface waters of the oceans. The impact of these chemical changes depends on the considered organisms. In particular, it depends on the ability of the organism to control the pH of its inner fluids. Among echinoderms, this ability seems to differ significantly according to species or taxa. In the p...

The wide-spread assumption that doping with erythropoietin or blood transfusion is only effective by increasing arterial blood O2 content because of rising hematocrit is not self-evident. "Natural blood dopers" (horses, dogs) increase both hematocrit and circulating blood volume during exercise by releasing stored erythrocytes from the spleen. Improvement of aerobic performance by augmenting he...

This paper considers the comparison of two ðs; SÞ production inventory systems with retrials of unsatisfied customers. The time for producing and adding each item to the inventory is exponentially distributed with rate b. However, a production rate ab higher than b is used at the beginning of the production. The higher production rate will reduce customers’ loss when inventory level appro...

INTRODUCTION The relatively frequent systemic comorbidities of geriatric patients can be linked to salivary changes, which may induce oral alteration and discomfort with the removable prosthesis. The aim of the study was to evaluate the salivary parameters in completely edentulous patients treated by removable prosthesis, in relation to their general health status. MATERIAL AND METHOD A cross...