BACKGROUND To compare maternal and neonatal outcomes of term macrosomic and adequate for gestational age (AGA) pregnancies. MATERIAL/METHODS A retrospective analysis was performed on all term singleton macrosomic (birth weight ≥4000 g) and AGA (birth weight >10th percentile and <4000 g) pregnancies delivered at our hospital between 2004 and 2008. Data collected included maternal age, gestatio...

The need, safety, and effectiveness of vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy remain controversial. In this randomized, controlled trial, women with a singleton pregnancy at 12 to 16 weeks' gestation received 400, 2000, or 4000 IU of vitamin D(3) per day until delivery. The primary outcome was maternal/neonatal circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentration at delivery, with second...

PURPOSE To evaluate the long-term safety of polyethylene glycol (PEG) 4000 in children with constipation, particularly the biochemical aspects of safety. METHODS Medical records were evaluated, and 100 children, who had been taking PEG 4000 for more than 6 months, and who had been under clinical and biochemical monitoring, were enrolled. Ages; 6.11±3.12 years, Duration of therapy; 16.93±7.02 ...

Using the data on proteins encoded in complete genomes, combined with a rigorous theory of the sampling process, we estimate the total number of protein folds and families, as well as the number of folds and families in each genome. The total number of folds in globular, water- soluble proteins is estimated at about 1000, with structural information currently available for about one-third of th...

A comprehensive glacier–glacial lake inventory was developed for the Bhutan Himalayas based on satellite observations between 1987–1990 and 2006–2011. In total, 733 lakes (covering 82.6 km2) were delineated between 4000 and 6000 m a.s.l. and their relationships to associated glaciers were documented. Using this new inventory, the scale and potential for glacial lake outburst flooding (GLOF) bas...

Correspondence to: Dr J J Patel, Department of Cardiology, Wentworth Hospital, Private Bag, Jacobs, Durban, Natal, 4026, South Africa. Accepted for publication 5 October 1994 Abstract Objective-To assess the outcome of percutaneous balloon dilatation of the mitral valve in critically ill young patients with intractable heart failure. Design-Retrospective analysis of all such patients presenting...

There is an increasing interest in using reconngurable hardware for performing computational tasks. Yet despite this interest, there are no suitable metrics for comparing the performance of reconngurable systems. We propose that the core encryption of the International Data Encryption Algorithm (IDEA), a popular 128-bit block cipher, be used for this purpose. We implemented the IDEA algorithm o...

Xiancheng Zheng 1, Fei Gao 2, Husan Ali 1,* and Huamei Liu 1 1 Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710000, China; [email protected] (X.Z.); [email protected] (H.L.) 2 Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford OX5 1PF, UK; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +86-187-4047-6759

Economical operation of large scale systems like a power plant depends on the plant operators and their skills. There are some specific training courses which are presented by experts for the operators, but the operators need to experience in their own way. A methodology for increasing skills of the operators with less cost is to use power system simulators. The TARASHT power plant simulator ha...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the in vivo and in vitro performance of a China-made dialysis machine (SWS-4000). METHODS This was a multi-center prospective controlled study consisting of both long-term in vitro evaluations and cross-over in vivo tests in 132 patients. The China-made SWS-4000 dialysis machine was compared with a German-made dialysis machine (Fresenius 4008) with regard to Kt/V values,...