... Medicine inColonial Manchuria Robert John Perrins 195 Chapter 12 SheepBreedinginColonialCanterbury (New Zealand) APracticalResponsetotheChallengesofDiseaseandEconomic Change, 18501 914 ... problems of animal diseases and their control Foot -and- mouth disease was epizootic in Great Britain andthe Netherlands during 2001, and apocalyptic images of slaughter and cremation were broadcast across ... Asia, and Australasia A sizable percentage ofthe studies related to South Africa, probably reflecting the editors contacts, and some of these have appeared in Livestock Diseases and Veterinary...
... simple task We decided to use the hierarchical clustering algorithm readily available inthe MATLAB (MATrix LABoratory) programming language After some testing with various similarity functions and ... in such a way that line crossings are avoided when connecting clusters As we can see, the dissimilarities among the top 30 associations to palm are all inthe upper half ofthe scale and not ... purposes, we can not claim that our algorithm is capable of finding all the fine grained distinctions that are listed in manually created dictionaries such as the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English...
... results ofthe vector comparisons Fortunately, the problem of data sparseness can be minimized by reducing the dimensionality ofthe matrix An appropriate algebraic method that has the capability to ... widely and rural are well within the adjective cluster The comparison ofthe two dendrograms indicates that the SVD was capable of making appropriate generalizations Also, when we look inside each ... cluster and continued to compute differential vectors Otherwise we assumed that the differential vector was caused by sampling errors and aborted the process of searching for additional class assignments...
... doctor caring for an acutely ill patient with rapid access to key information, including a balanced interpretation of current national and international guidelines We have substantially broadened ... therapy to terminate supraventricular tachycardia (AV nodal re-entrant tachycardia and AV re-entrant tachycardia) Comment Dose Adenosine May cause facial flushing, chest pain, hypotension, bronchospasm ... Management Sinus tachycardia Narrow complex tachycardia Arrhythmia May sometimes be difficult to distinguish from other causes of tachycardia Adenosine causes gradual deceleration of sinus rate...
... Single-dose activated charcoal may be indicated Barbiturates Carbamazepine Dapsone Paraquat Quinine Theophylline Antihistamines Paracetamol Salicylates Tricyclics Activated charcoal contraindicated Acids ... considered if a potentially toxic amount ofa poison known to be adsorbed to charcoal has been ingested within h, and an oral antidote is not indicated † Because ofthe risk of inhalation, andthe absence ... without a history of anaphylaxis are no more likely to have an allergic reaction toa cephalosporin than patients without a history of penicillin allergy Further reading Sepsis and septic shock Annane...
... 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 ... type/ indications Pacemaker code Single lead atrial pacemaker Indication: sinoatrial disorder (sinus bradycardia/pauses) with normal AV conduction AAI or AAIR Pacemaker senses and paces right atrium ... conducted tothe ventricles within a preprogramed interval, the pacemaker paces the right ventricle DDDR indicates rate-adaptive capability: the pacemaker increases the pacing rate inresponseto stimuli...
... needle into the pleural space Withdraw air and expel it via the three-way tap Obtain a chest X-ray to confirm resolution ofthe pneumothorax Further reading Baumann MH, et al Management of spontaneous ... known) and give high-flow oxygen • Call an anesthetist: endotracheal intubation may be needed to allow suctioning ofthe airway and adequate ventilation • Put ina large-bore IV cannula and take ... Supraclavicular C3, C4 Dorsal rami of thoracic nerves Cutaneous branch of axillary Lateral cutaneous branches of intercostal nerves Medial and lateral cutaneous branch of radial Medial cutaneous...
... potassium, creatinine and urea* • Liver function tests: bilirubin, aspartate transaminase, alanine transaminase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, alkaline phosphatase, albumin • Amylase and lipase ... Aspirate the stomach and leave on continuous drainage Inhalation of vomit is a potentially fatal complication of DKA • Put ina bladder catheter if no urine has been passed after h, or if the patient ... serum/urinary copper levels high Alkaline phosphatase and urate are low Malignant in ltration May occur in breast cancer, small cell lung cancer, lymphoma and melanoma Associated with hepatomegaly...
... alphathalassemia trait and abnormal in betathalassemia trait and other thalassemia syndromes Low iron Low/normal transferrin Normal/increased ferritin Low iron Increased transferrin Low ferritin ... starting or stopping a treatment ina patient taking warfarin, check the list inthe British National Formulary (www.bnf org) for an interaction Management of anticoagulation Increased anticoagulation ... notably aspirin and clopidogrel, but also non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs and beta-lactam antibiotics Also seen in advanced renal failure and myelodysplasia See Table 78.6 Acquired inhibitors...
... 43°C into a blanket that lies on or surrounds the patient; may be available in theater suite Rate of rewarming faster than with passive external rewarming; may result in hypotension Inhalation of ... Summary Goal 10 Plan of care explained and discussed with patient and family Goal 11 Family or other people involved express understanding of plan of care ICD, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator ... prochlorperazine or metoclopramide, p 148) Palliative care NSAID, non-steroidal anti -in ammatory drug; WHO, World Health Organization T A B L E 90 Management of cancer pain: adjuvant therapies Drug Indication...
... negative charges fall toward the GaAs side but are 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 ... total capacitance ofthe dot This is known as the charging energy ofthe dot and having to pay this energy cost is known as Coulomb blockade A small dot has a small capacitance anda large charging ... making it a useful quantity to compare different materials Ohm’s law is a general formula applicable to 3D, 2D, and 1D conductors Ina typical conductor charges are moving and scattering at random...
... tested into hind limb ischemia animal models [12] and several clinical studies are ongoing to evaluate the efficiency ofthe intra-arterial administration of BMC into an ischemic limb [13,14] During ... Pharmacopoeia 2.6.14 (bacterial endotoxins), the validation ofthe sterility testing in compliance with eu Pharmacopoeia 2.6.1 (sterility) andthe validation ofthe potency assay in an ATMP that ... collections as coinvestigator ofthe Swiss Ami clinical Trial, MG performed literature search, GS and TM participated in study design and coordination All the authors read and approved the final manuscript...
... Gautschi O, Mack PC, Davies AM, Lara PN, Gandara DR: Aurora kinase inhibitors: anew class of targeted drugs in cancer Clin Lung Cancer 2006, 8:93-98 Page 10 of 10 37 Mazzino A, Muratore-Ginanneschi ... primary blasts Haematologica 2008, 93:662-669 34 Sharma SV, Haber DA, Settleman J: Cell line-based platforms to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of candidate anticancer agents Nat Rev Cancer ... line panel was reviewed in relation to Aurora inhibition by GSK1070916 Expression profiles of Aurora A, B, and C were evaluated in terms ofresponseto Aurora inhibition and no association was...
... Gautschi O, Mack PC, Davies AM, Lara PN, Gandara DR: Aurora kinase inhibitors: anew class of targeted drugs in cancer Clin Lung Cancer 2006, 8:93-98 Page 10 of 10 37 Mazzino A, Muratore-Ginanneschi ... primary blasts Haematologica 2008, 93:662-669 34 Sharma SV, Haber DA, Settleman J: Cell line-based platforms to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of candidate anticancer agents Nat Rev Cancer ... line panel was reviewed in relation to Aurora inhibition by GSK1070916 Expression profiles of Aurora A, B, and C were evaluated in terms ofresponseto Aurora inhibition and no association was...
... presented the provein table I, from which it can be seen that the factors significantly influencing vessel size are the width of annual rings and provenances There is also an interaction of provenance ... In each case, at 1.3 m mm increment cores were taken The principal provenance trial, established Krahl-Urban in 1950, was located inthe Bramwald Forest In 1951, the trial was replicated at Syke ... flushing and vessel size were undertaken on 20 early and 20 late flushing trees to indigenous Q petraea stored coppice at Bagley Wood, Oxford The study analysis of variance for trial data is...
... draw from a combination of factors including improvement of standard laboratory values, ingestion of adequate calories to begin weight restoration, and resolution of comorbidities [4,10,11] To ... proteins, indicating increased PBMC activity in these patients [20] Thus, activated PBMCs and neutrophils may further contribute to alterations of C 3a and C 5a levels bypassing the traditional complement ... (concentration/mg total protein) in order to address differences in total protein levels between anorexia nervosa patients and healthy volunteers Statistical analysis Baseline characteristics of the...
... with a calibrated eyepiece graticule to ensure that they were within the size range given for Cryptosporidium and Giardia A portion ofthe original faecal sample was also examined by a standard ... shedding of Giardia cysts can last for Since genotyping of Giardia and Cryptosporidium had not been established at our laboratory at the time ofthe investigation, information about which Cryptosporidium ... http://www.actavetscand.com/content/49/1/22 Table 3: Intensity of infection with Cryptosporidium and Giardia in dogs related to average age All samples from individual dogs Intensity of infectiona Intensity of infectiona Giardia Number...
... multiple, linked and interacting QTL using multiple interval mapping in an F2 population andto examine the confidence intervals based on the standard statistical theory MATERIALS AND METHODS ... with a relative QTL variance of 0.25 anda marker interval size of 10 cM (Tab II) Again the increase ofthe marker density from 10 cM to cM leads toa clear reduction inthe empirical standard ... deviations of QTL position estimates (in cM) of simulation models andand means and standard deviations ofthe estimated asymptotic standard deviation (R2 : relative QTL variance; a: all replicates...