We have evaluated a fluorescence polarization immunoassay for thyroxine (T4) using the polarization analyzer IBF-129. Fluorescence polarization could be measured within 20 to 23 seconds after addition of fluorescein labeled thyroxine. The method exhibited excellent specificity and acceptable accuracy. The average intra- and inter-assay coefficients of variation were 4.8 and 12.3%, resepectively...

The purpose of pressure ulcer risk assessment and grading tools are to help assess a patient’s potential risk of pressure ulcer development and to determine the extent of pressure damage, resepectively. Despite their longevity there is a paucity of research available to endorse risk assessment and grading tools, resulting in a lack of consensus of opinion among experts and practitioners alike. ...

This study aims to develop a comprehensive framework to evaluate the service ability of agri-food supply chain based on Chinese food industry. We develop an evaluation index system with five aspects resepectively, transportation, wareshousing & storage, customer response, distribution and information level. With analytic hierarchy process to identify the weight of each index, we apply fuzzy com...

Nowadays, the excessive and uncontrolled discharge of chemicals are imposing major health threats. The demands for clean safe water amplifies need to develop improved technologies environmental contaminant removal. Considering limitations conventional methods contaminants removal, we have prepared magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles functionalised with reduced graphene as a potential material pol...

Arthrodesis of the wrist has been considered as the gold standard for osteoarthritis of the wrist. In 1984 Watson and Ballet identified a specific pattern of carpal collapse (scapholunate advanced collapse = SLAC) with progressive osteoarthritis. In order to preserve some motion, other alternative procedures have been proposed: proximal row carpectomy (PRC) and scaphoidectomy combined with a fo...

RATIONALE Clinical and radiographic phenotypic characterizations were the base line tool of diagnosis in 3 syndromic disorders in which congenital cervico-thoracic kyphosis was the major deformity. PATIENTS CONCERNS Directing maximal care toward the radiographic analysis is not only the axial malformation but also toward the appendicular abnormalities was our main concern. We fully documented...

sugar, including processed goods in the world in the raw material for the production of agriculture and it is a strategic commodity. the intent of this research is to approach the game theory to analyze the relationship between import and export of sugar, iranian and brazil. the impact of changes in world prices and import tariffs, the welfare of the brazilian study. the data used in this study...

PURPOSE The current study aims to evaluate the clinical and the radiological outcome of bipolar hemiarthroplasty using cementless cone stem to treat osteoporotic femoral neck fracture and compare the results according to the proximal femur geometry. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seventy-five hips (75 patients) that underwent bipolar hemiarthroplasty with cementless cone stem between September 2006 an...

The hydraulic resistance was measured on internodal cells of Chara corollina and Nitellopsis obtusa using the method of transcellular osmosis described by KAMIYA and TAzAwA in 1956. The transcellular hydraulic resistances of N. obtusa and C. corollina are 2.63 and 1.11 pm -I sPa, resepectively. These values correspond to osmotic permeability coefficients (P os) of 102.6 and 243.1 flm s I, respe...

Background: Anthracyclines have been reported to induce cardiotoxicity through mechanisms involving formation of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs), including pentosidine and Nє-(carboxymethyl) lysine (CML). We investigated the potential utility of telmisartan (TML), an angiotensin II receptor antagonists (ARB) on anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity. Methods: Three groups of Sprague-Dawley...