Group classification of pulmonary hypertension (PH) is based on pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP) on right heart catheterization (RHC). How hemodynamics, particularly PAWP, change over time in systemic sclerosis (SSc)-PH patients is unknown. SSc-PH patients enrolled in the prospective observational PHAROS registry who had > 1 RHC (n = 120) were included in this analysis. Patients were cons...

The need to integrate large and complex functions into today’s vehicle electronic control systems requires high performance computing platforms, while at the same time the manufacturers try to reduce cost, power consumption and ensure safety. Traditionally, safety isolation and fault containment of software tasks have been achieved by either physically or temporally segregating them. This appro...

Sponge samples were taken by SCUBA diving from sixteen sites on the north coast of South Georgia island, south west Southern Ocean. Fifteen new species are described: Iophon husvikensis sp. nov., Clathria (Clathria) stromnessa sp. nov., Clathria (Axosuberites) rosita sp. nov., Clathria (Microciona) matthewsi sp. nov., Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) collinsi sp. nov., Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) barnesi...

Ultrafast pulsed laser ablation has been investigated as a technique to machine CdWO4 single crystal scintillator and segment it into small blocks with the aim of fabricating a 2D high energy X-ray imaging array. Cadmium tungstate (CdWO4) is a brittle transparent scintillator used for the detection of high energy X-rays and γ-rays. A 6 W Yb:KGW Pharos-SP pulsed laser of wavelength 1028 nmwas us...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of occupational exposure incidents among undergraduate dental students and the factors associated with it in the educational dental clinics at Pharos University in Alexandria - Egypt, and to measure the commitment with applying infection control policy in the form of compliance with post-exposure management protocol and repo...

Background: As it is known, antihypertensive drugs are frequently used for the treatment of individuals with high blood pressure all over world. This study aims to precisely determine active substances telmisartan and hydrochlorothiazide, which commercially sold as in market, use ratio spectrum method this purpose. Method: All, solutions ingredients studied were prepared various concentrations....

DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A prospective, multicenter, longitudinal cohort study was conducted at 43 US and Canadian Huntington Study Group research sites from July 9, 1999, through December 17, 2009. Participants included 983 unaffected adults at risk for HD who had chosen to remain unaware of their mutation status. Baseline comparability between CAG expansion ( 37 repeats) and nonexpan...

The present paper reports our experience with, and our opinion of static telepathology as applied to neuropathology by means of the PHAROS acquisition system and conventional telephone data transmission (modem). The classical procedure of expert consultation based on surface mailing of histological slides is routinely performed, especially in highly specialized fields of pathology. Telepatholog...

Neutron choppers at spallation-neutron facilities are rotating devices that are precisely phased to chop a neutron beam. Depending on the mass, moment-ofinertia, and velocity of rotation, a chopper can have a large amount of stored kinetic energy. For example, the PHAROS T-zero chopper at the LANSCE facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory has a rotating kinetic energy of over 1 MJ. When ener...