CONTEXT Acute asthma causes nearly 2 million hospital emergency department (ED) visits in the United States annually, and hospitalization after an ED visit and relapse after ED discharge are common. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the adding of therapy with zafirlukast to standardized care for patients with acute asthma in the ED and a 28-day follow-up period. DESIGN AND PATIENTS A total of 641 patie...

To the Editor: Picornaviruses (family Picornaviridae) are small, nonenveloped viruses with singlestranded, positive-sense genomic RNA. Picornaviruses are currently divided into 8 genera: Enterovirus, Aphthovirus, Cardiovirus, Hepatovirus, Parechovirus, Erbovirus, Teschovirus, and Kobuvirus (1). To date, the genus Kobuvirus consists of 2 offi cially recognized species, Aichi virus and Bovine kob...

Introduction In December 2015, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) published updated physical activity (PA) guidelines for pregnant women, recommending women with uncomplicated pregnancies engage in Z20–30 minutes/day of exercise on most days/week. Previous guidelines advocatedZ30 minutes/day of exercise on most days/week; updated recommendations represent a more obtainable...

(1) zd = { i √ d 2 if d ≡ 0 (mod 4), −1+i √ d 2 if d ≡ 3 (mod 4). The j-function has the remarkable property that j(zd) is an algebraic integer of degree h(−d), the class number of K = Q(zd). In fact, K(j(zd)) is the Hilbert class field of K [4]. The first few values of j(zd) are: j(z3) = 0, j(z4) = 12 , j(z7) = −153, j(z8) = 20, j(z11) = −323 j(z15) = −191025−85995√5 2 , j(z19) = −963, j(z20) ...

Egyeni preferencialistak aggregalasanak elterjedt eszkoze a pontozasi rendszerek hasznalata, amikor az egyes rangsorok minden pozicioja adott szamu pontot er, aggregalt sorrend pedig alternativak igy osszegyűjtott pontjai alapjan alakul ki. Altalaban ezt eljarast alkalmazzak tobb egymast kovető versenyből allo sportbajnoksagok eredmenyenek meghatarozasara. Tanulmanyunk ebben osszefuggesben vizs...

A well-preserved moraine on the northern coast of County Donegal, Ireland, has played a critical role in our understanding of the glacial history of this sector of the Irish Ice Sheet (IIS). Because of a lack of numerical dating of the moraine, however, previous interpretations of its age and significance to the glacial history of this region have varied widely. Here we report eight in situ cos...

Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) is a potent, irreversible inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase, the ratelimiting enzyme in the synthesis of polyamines that promote cellular proliferation. DFMO has been tested as a potential cancer therapeutic and chemopreventive agent in clinical trials. Reversible hearing loss is a recognized toxicity of DFMO that usually occurs at doses above 2 g/m/d, and gene...

Quasi-monochromatic X-ray emission induced by MeV-proton bombardment onto metallic targets was applied to radiography of small samples. The X-ray energy was adjusted in the range of z4–23 keV by changing the target material. The radiograms were recorded on an imaging plate. A small phantom made of Lucite was prepared for the test of photography using a contrast medium (RuCl3$H2O; ruthenium chlo...

Studying on the spatial distribution and variation characteristics of soil fertility by Application of geographical information systems (GIS) and data mining(DM), with the quantitative analysis of spatial variability of soil fertility in complexity, and provide the effective way for simulations which can be closer to the farmland soil fertility variability. At the same time, interpolation metho...