We thank Ari Laaksonen and the two anonymous reviewers of this manuscript for their comments. In the following we provide individual replies to each review. Reviewer 1 This manuscript provides an extension of the kappa formalism introduced by the same authors in ACP in 2007 (PK07) to account for compounds with limited solubility. An algorithm to calculate critical supersaturations is provided. ...

ABSTRACT Background: Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are the main cause for antibiotic (AB) use in all age groups specially the first two years of life. The local information about the pattern of AB prescription in ARI is a necessary part for any program which aims logical use of AB. The current study was designed to find the frequency and types of AB administration for ARI in young children (

To investigate the performance of laboratory methods and clinical case definitions in detecting the viral pathogens for acute respiratory infections (ARIs) from a prospective community cohort and hospital inpatients, nasopharyngeal swabs from cohort members reporting ARIs (community-ARI) and inpatients admitted with ARIs (inpatient-ARI) were tested by Singleplex Real Time-Polymerase Chain React...

Acute renal impairment (ARI) secondary to immersion and near-drowning is rarely described and poorly understood. A retrospective case-control study was performed: (1) to determine the incidence of ARI associated with near-drowning or immersion and (2) to define the clinical syndrome and to assess clinical predictors of ARI. Of 30 patients presenting after immersion or near-drowning, 50% were id...

OBJECTIVE To describe hospitalization rates, burden of disease, and associated risk factors of acute respiratory infections (ARI), particularly those caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and non-RSV-ARI, in a cohort of patients under 2 years of age with congenital heart disease (CHD). METHODS A prospective, observational cohort study was conducted with CHD patients discharged from the ...

Introduction: Radiopacity is a necessary property for luting cements . The aim of this study was to investigate the radiopacity of some luting dental cements used in prosthetic dentistry. Methods: Five disclike samples of each material (6 x 1 mm) were prepared from panavia F2.0(Pa), Chioce2 (Ch.2), Glass ionomer GC (GI GC), zinc phosphate Hoffmann’s (ZP hof), zinc polycarboxylate Hoffm...

Upacara Jatakarma yaitu upacara kelahiran bayi yang dilaksanakan ketika sebelum tali pusar itu terlepas, tujuan ini adalah sebagai bentuk rasa syukur dan kebahagiaan atas kehadiran si kecil di dunia. dilakukan dalam depan pintu rumah. atau dipimpin oleh salah seorang tertua dituakan akan tetapi jika keluarga tersebut tidak ada seseorang hidup merantau sang ayah dapat melaksanakan hal tersebut. ...