abstract background: measures to protect the public following an accidental release of radionuclides to the environment will depend on the circumstances including the extent of the potential hazards. the projected levels of risk are an important precondition in emergency planning. the levels can be expressed in terms of concentration levels in the environment or in foodstuffs. these derived int...

  ABSTRACT Background: Measures to protect the public following an accidental release of radionuclides to the environment will depend on the circumstances including the extent of the potential hazards. The projected levels of risk are an important precondition in emergency planning. The levels can be expressed in terms of concentration levels in the environment o...

Building on our prior work in [8], we present an improved model for for large partial stripe following full stripe writes in RAID 5. This was necessary because we observed that our previous model tended to underestimate measured results. To date, we have only validated these models against RAID systems with at most four disks. Here we validate our improved model, and also our existing models fo...

Document Abstract: 3PAR ® Fast RAID allows the 3PAR InServ ® Storage Server to deliver higher performance with less hardware, reducing storage costs compared to traditional storage arrays. This paper describes the components and specific benefits of 3PAR's improved implementation of RAID storage, then helps the reader evaluate and select the best RAID level for each volume. Built In are all tra...

Referring to the concept of “distributed virtual disks” in cluster file system, this paper proposes a new storage architecture for mid/large-scale RAID – ERAID, which consists of several different structure SubRAIDs. Clients data can migrate into optimal SubRAID dynamically according to their access characteristics; the number of SubRAID and the structure of each SubRAID can also be adjusted to...

stem cell-based therapies have recently opened up new horizons for treatment of various types of diseases including diabetes mellitus. however, long-term efficacy and safety of these novel modalities still remain a serious question. hereby, we aim to report the one-year follow-up results in the diabetic patients who underwent fetal liver-derived hematopoietic stem cell allotransplantation. fift...

background: cell-based treatments are currently being actively received great attention among scientists and clinicians for a variety of diseases as well as diabetes .the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of allotransplantation of fetal liver-derived cell suspension in patients with type 1 diabetes. methods: patients with type 1 diabetes (n=16) aged 6-30 years-old were included in...

To evaluate (i) local coronary and systemic levels of microparticles (MP) in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and stable angina pectoris (SAP) patients and (ii) their release after plaque disruption with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). MP are small vesicles originating from plasma membranes of cells after activation or apoptosis and are implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. ...

BACKGROUND Alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) reduces drinking among at-risk drinkers. Lack of training and negative attitudes represents a barrier to SBI performance. This study evaluates the impact of a medical student workshop using recovering alcoholics in simulated patient interviews to teach SBI skills. METHODS Third-year students (n=94) were surveyed before and after a 3-ho...