... animals EpizooticDiseasesinthe Netherlands, 17132 002 | ùù Table 1.1 Number of dead and slaughtered bovines during outbreaks of rinderpest intheNetherlands Area Slaughtered bovines Mortality 17132 0 ... Acknowledgments Introduction Karen Brown and Daniel Gilfoyle vii ix Chapter EpizooticDiseasesinthe Netherlands, 17132 002 Veterinary Science, Agricultural Policy, andPublicResponse Peter ... this institute remained the development of therapies against epizooticdiseases From 1960 onward, a change in cull -and- slaughter policy occurred Epizootic Diseasesinthe Netherlands, 17132 002...
... suggest in this paper involves reducing the number of columns (contexts) and then applying a clustering algorithm to the row vectors (words) of the resulting matrix This works well since it is ... LABoratory) programming language After some testing with various similarity functions and linkage types, we finally opted for the cosine coefficient and single linkage which is the combination that ... their individual entries seeming somewhat arbitrary, it is necessary to detect the regularities inthe patterns For this purpose we applied the SVD to each of the matrices, thereby reducing their...
... is less salient and therefore we not consider them here The co-occurrence information concerning the words in a vocabulary and their neighbors can be stored in a matrix as shown in table If we ... account, i.e the resulting matrix has a size of 50 rows times columns.4 The last step in our procedure involves applying a clustering algorithm to the 50 words corresponding to the rows inthe matrix ... given inthe order as they were obtained by the algorithm, i.e the dominant assignments are listed first Although our algorithm does not name the classes, for simplicity we interpret them in the...
... publication is used in accordance with the prescribing information prepared by the manufacturers The author andthe publishers not accept responsibility or legal liability for any errors inthe ... abdominal pain or tenderness • C-reactive protein • Blood culture if suspected sepsis • Urine stick test • Toxicology screen (serum 10 ml and urine 50 ml) if suspected poisoning Further reading Andrews ... problems in acute medicine, 561 88 Hypothermia, 566 89 Drowning and electrical injury, 571 90 Palliative care, 578 Section 3: Procedures in acute medicine 91 Arterial blood gas sampling, 587...
... Norepinephrine as first-line agent Dobutamine should be added if cardiac output is low Anaphylactic shock Epinephrine Drug Dosage (µg/kg/min) Dobutamine 5–40 Dopamine 5–10 10–40 0.05 Epinephrine ... Amphetamines, cocaine, phenothiazines, quinine, sympathomimetics, tricyclics Antiarrhythmics, anticholinergics, MDMA, phenothiazines, quinine, sympathomimetics, tricyclics Amphetamines, cocaine Carbon ... poisoning • Inhalation of car exhaust fumes • Inadequately maintained or ventilated heating systems (including those using natural gas) • Smoke from any fire • Methylene chloride in paint stripper...
... expiration alone • Continue deflating the cuff and note the pressure at which sounds are heard thoughout expiration and inspiration • The difference in these systolic pressures is the degree of pulsus ... no intrinsic activity is sensed within right atrium, the pacemaker paces at its preprogramed rate AAIR indicates rate-adaptive capability: the pacemaker increases the atrial pacing rate inresponse ... flow chart Check creatinine and electrolytes initially daily (Table 31.9) Check C-reactive protein and white cell count initially every other day Check vancomycin/gentamicin levels as directed...
... using the Glasgow Coma Scale Sign Score Eye opening None – the eyes remain closed To pain – the eyes open inresponse to a painful stimulus applied to the trunk or limb (a painful stimulus to the ... Examination of the nervous system in acute medicine • This is a scale based on the assessment of three clinical signs: eye opening, motor responseand verbal response • To assess the motor response, ... memory Language Examination of the nervous system in acute medicine point for a complete sentence point point point point for each Total point for each Total point for each Total point for each Score...
... of the head, often intensified by restraint • Gaze aversion, resistance to passive limb movement or eye opening, prevention of the hand falling on to the face • Incontinence, tongue biting and injury ... vomiting, and may follow straining (e.g in labor or with weight-lifting), coughing or hiccoughing Examination • Pneumomediastinum may result in subcutaneous emphysema (found in ∼25% patients) and ... bleeding and endoscopy findings? • Current and recent drug therapy (ask specifically about non-steroidal anti -in ammatory drugs (NSAIDs), aspirin and other antiplatelet agents, and warfarin) •...
... by infusion over the previous 24 h Give one-third as intermediate-acting (isophane) insulin SC at 2200 h Divide the remaining two-thirds into three and give as short-acting (soluble) insulin ... that the pump is working andthe IV line is connected properly and double the infusion rate Recheck blood glucose after a further h and double the insulin infusion rate again if necessary Blood ... Continuous insulin infusion using a syringe pump Blood glucose (mmol/L) 20 Insulin infusion rate (units/h) and action Stop insulin Check blood glucose every 15 and...
... warfarin with low molecular weight heparin for at least days Continue overlap until INR is in therapeutic range for days • Heparin by IV infusion will increase the INR if the APTT is above the therapeutic ... systemic symptoms Itching rather than tenderness of the skin History of varicose veins or DVT Crusting or scaling (in cellulitis the skin is typically smooth and shiny) Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) ... prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time Increased LDH and unconjugated bilirubin (reflecting hemolysis) Raised creatinine in ∼30% Differential diagnosis Disseminated intravascular...
... Quinine should be given by IV infusion • Loading dose: 20 mg/kg (up to a maximum of 1.4 g) of quinine salt given over h by IV infusion (omit if quinine, quinidine or mefloquine given within the ... features which begin within 48 h of stopping drinking May occur up to days after stopping drinking if the patient has been taking benzodiazepines Usually brief and self-limiting and not require ... 30°C) showing Hypothermia bradycardia, prolongation of ECG intervals, and elevation of the J point inthe chest leads giving a J or Osborne wave T A B L E 88 Monitoring in hypothermia Continuous...
... attracted by the positive charges that remain on the AlGaAs side This results inthe bands bending and confining the charge at the “perfect” AlGaAs-GaAs interface thereby forming the 2DEG (Fig ... This constant defines the coupling of the dot to the gate and source drain electrodes By fixing the source drain bias and varying the gate voltage a series of oscillations inthe current are observed ... (left) and double (right) quantum dot The white dot defines the region of electron confinement inthe dot andthe white arrows denote the conducting path of the electrons The ohmic contacts to the...
... factors interfering with the reaction between the endotoxins andthe LAL As a consequence, the suitability of the regents and materials used andthe product itself has to be established The endotoxin ... before transferring it to the optical chambers The portable spectrophotometer then monitors the change inthe optical density and calculates the endotoxin level based on the resulting kinetic values ... without inhibiting or enhancing the test Once prepared, the cartridge was inserted inthe Endosafe PTS and loaded with 25 μl of the solution in each well Results were scored after 20 minutes of incubation...
... GSK1070916 The cell line response data was compared to the mutation patterns inthe cell lines, gene expression patterns andthe karyotypes of the cell lines High chromosome number inthe cell lines ... cycle andresponse studies CM participated inthe design of the study and performed the statistical analysis YD, MAH, CM conceived of the study, and participated in its design and coordination and ... Karyotype and Mutation Data Karyotype data included both G-banding and Spectral Karytoyping (SKY) was collected from a variety of public sources including the DSMZ [16], ATCC [17], andthe NCBI...
... GSK1070916 The cell line response data was compared to the mutation patterns inthe cell lines, gene expression patterns andthe karyotypes of the cell lines High chromosome number inthe cell lines ... cycle andresponse studies CM participated inthe design of the study and performed the statistical analysis YD, MAH, CM conceived of the study, and participated in its design and coordination and ... Karyotype and Mutation Data Karyotype data included both G-banding and Spectral Karytoyping (SKY) was collected from a variety of public sources including the DSMZ [16], ATCC [17], andthe NCBI...
... title «Genetics and breeding of (1986) Oak breeding in Germany; experiences and problems In: Proceedings IUFRO Joint Meeting of Working Parties on Breeding Theory, Progeny Testing and Seed Orchards ... progeny and provenance trials suggest that selection and breeding at the level of provenances and individuals should both be effective in reducing the frequency of shake in oaks Meanwhile, the tendency ... the factors significantly influencing vessel size are the width of annual rings and provenances There is also an interaction of provenance with sites which reinforces Kleinschmit’s (1986) point...
... between body mass index (BMI) and complement C3 serum levels in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and healthy controls inresponse to therapy [22] In line with these findings, Sigal and colleagues ... reviewed the manuscript All authors contributed to the revisions of the text and approved the final version of this manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests ... activated intracellular G proteins, indicating increased PBMC activity in these patients [20] Thus, activated PBMCs and neutrophils may further contribute to alterations of C3a and C5a levels bypassing...
... involved inthe planning of the study ISH performed the faecal exams, performed the statistical analyses, drafting and revising of the manuscript BKG and LJR have been involved in drafting and critical ... were found to be higher in winter than in spring and summer, but this finding must be interpreted with caution due to the (clustered) nature of the data inthe present study There may be a tendency ... against Giardia infections in dogs [50-52] However, the time intervals between the samplings inthe current studies (1, and months) were sufficient for the dogs to be re-infected between sampling...
... and interacting QTL using multiple interval mapping in an F2 population and to examine the confidence intervals based on the standard statistical theory MATERIALS AND METHODS 2.1 Genetic and statistical ... This resulted in rather large standard errors of the estimates andthe conclusion therefore must be that with an increasing complexity of the genetic model, the demands on sample size and marker ... important to compute the standard deviations of the estimates and to construct confidence intervals for the estimated QTL positions and effects For interval mapping, Lander and Botstein [15] proposed...