The present article reports the application of hexamethylsilazane (HMDS) modified filter paper for ultrasensitive detection of Hg(2+), Co(2+) and Zn(2+). By chemical vapor deposition of HMDS, a highly hydrophilic filter paper was fabricated to a low wetting (hydrophobic) substrate. The water contact angle (θ) of modified paper was ∼128°, whereas scanning electron and atomic force microscopy con...

OBJECTIVES To investigate how well intellectual disability (ID) can be ascertained using hospital morbidity data compared with a population-based data source. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS All children born in 1983-2010 with a hospital admission in the Western Australian Hospital Morbidity Data System (HMDS) were linked with the Western Australian Intellectual Disability Exploring Answers ...

Background: An adverse effect of oxymetholone (OXM), an anabolic-androgenic steroid used as energetic medicine, is reproductive toxicity. Royal jelly (RJ) is an efficient antioxidant that has been used to treat reproductive problems. In this study, we investigated the effects of RJ on OXM-induced oxidative injuries in mouse testes. Methods: Male mice were divided into four groups. Two groups of...

BACKGROUND The present study was carried out to investigate the possible protective effects of royal jelly (RJ) on oxymetholone (OXM)-induced oxidative liver injuries in mice. METHODS In total, 32 adult male NMRI mice were divided into four groups of eight mice each. Mice in groups 1 and 2 were orally administered 5 mg/kg/day OXM for 30 days. At the same time, mice in group 3 received RJ at a...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most costly disease in Australia. Measuring the impact of ageing on its costs is needed for planning future healthcare budget. The aim of this study was to measure the impact of changes in population age structure in Western Australia (WA) on the costs of hospitalisation for CVD. METHODS All hospitalisation records for CVD occurring in WA in 1993...

The only proven cure for Fanconi anemia (FA)-associated bone marrow failure is successful allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). However, HSCT with donors other than HLA-identical siblings is associated with high morbidity and poor survival. Therefore, we used preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) to select an embryo produced by in vitro fertilization (IVF) that was unaffe...

Twenty Army personnel using either a hand-held display (HHD) or a helmet-mounted display (HMD) were asked to detect, identify, and give heading information for targets hidden in a simulated mountainous terrain (the far domain) while performing a monitoring task in the near domain. Both displays had target cueing present for half of the trials, with the precision of the target cues varied across...

In an attempt to clarify the role of the kidney in the action of several androgens and steroid metabolites on erythropoietin (ESF) production, ESF titers were measured in perfusates of isolated kidneys from dogs previously exposed to 4-hr hypoxia and perfused with blood containing testosterone (Test), 5a-1 7 -hydroxyandrostan-3-one (BaD HT), 5 -1 7$hydroxyandrostan-3-one (5flDHT), 1 9-nortestos...

This paper introduces two case studies of augmented reality (AR) system, which use see-through HMDs. The rst case is a collaborative AR system called ARHockey that requires real-time interactive operations, moderate registration accuracy, and a relatively small registration area. The players can hit a virtual puck with physical mallets in a shared physical game eld. The other case study is the ...

BACKGROUND Head-mounted displays (HMDs) can help anesthesiologists with intraoperative monitoring by keeping patients' vital signs within view at all times, even while the anesthesiologist is busy performing procedures or unable to see the monitor. The anesthesia literature suggests that there are advantages of HMD use, but research into head-up displays in the cockpit suggests that HMDs may ex...