James D. Barnes¹, Ethan R. Brush¹, Mark S. Newmark¹, Eric E. Ungar^{1, *}

Sound & Vibration, Vol.52, No.4, pp. 6-8, 2018, DOI:10.32604/sv.2018.03737

Abstract Pressure and proximity measurements made in a tunnel indicate that a typical vehicle passage produced on the tunnel roof an initial pressure increase of small magnitude, followed by a sharp and more substantial drop in pressure below atmospheric. The magnitude of the pressure drop was found to increase with smaller clearances between the vehicle top and the tunnel roof, consistent with the Bernoulli relation and the vehicle speed. The dynamic pressures potentially may have significant effects on the vibration and noise environments on the lower floors of “air rights construction” buildings that span highways. More >

A.G. Gouater Issola¹, A. Ngueteu Kamlo², A.M. Cheumani Yona^1,*, M. Kor Ndikontar¹

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.6, No.6, pp. 642-650, 2018, DOI:10.7569/JRM.2018.634108

Abstract Chemical modification of cassava starch by transesterification of a vegetable oil (palm kernel oil) using aluminum chloride as a Lewis acid catalyst was achieved under relatively mild conditions (temperature 60–110 °C; atmospheric pressure). The reaction was carried out without any additional solvent. The modified starch was characterized by degree of substitution (DS), FTIR, X-ray diffraction and thermal analysis. DS of 0.09 to 0.53 were obtained. The cassava starch presented an X-ray diffraction pattern of a type A starch. X-ray analyses showed that the reaction did not significantly affect the crystallinity of starch. The modified starch More >

Shima Mahmoudi¹, Babak Pourakbari¹, Setareh Mamishi^1,2

European Cytokine Network, Vol.28, No.1, pp. 36-40, 2017, DOI:10.1684/ecn.2017.0391

Abstract Tuberculosis control relies on the identification and preventive treatment of people who are latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). PE/PPE proteins have been reported to elicit CD4 and/or CD8 responses either in the form of whole recombinant proteins or as individual peptides. Very few of the PE and PPE proteins have been previously tested for responses in patients with TB and healthy donors. This is the first study to evaluate the Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) after stimulation with PE35 and PPE68. The antigen-specific levels of IFN-γ following stimulation with QuantiFERON-TB gold in-tube (QFT-G-IT) antigens,… More >

Kyle A. Richards^1,2, Stacy Cesario¹, Amy H. Lim¹, Sara L. Best^1,2, Susan M. Deeren¹, Wade Bushman^1,2, Nasia Safdar³

Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.24, No.1, pp. 8627-8633, 2017

Abstract Introduction: Urinalysis (UA) and urine culture (UCx) are commonly performed tests in the urology clinic. Many of these urine studies are performed prior to the patient visit may not always be indicated, thus contributing to unintended consequences such as antibiotic use and costs without enhancing patient care. Our objective was to perform a quality improvement initiative aimed to assess the utility of routine UA/UCx.
Materials and methods: The practice pattern at our site's Veteran Affairs (VA) urology clinic prior to 2014 was to obtain routine UA/UCx on most clinic visits prior to patient evaluation. Starting in 2014,… More >

Nikolai Aljuri¹, Peter Gilling², Claus Roehrborn³

Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.24, No.4, pp. 8937-8940, 2017

Abstract Since its first report in the 1870s, control of bleeding after transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) has remained a concern. Foley’s initial report of a urinary catheter involved placement of the balloon into the prostatic fossa following TURP. Removal of prostate tissue with a high-velocity saline stream (Aquablation) is a recently reported alternative to TURP. As Aquablation is heat-free, alternatives to non-thermal hemostasis were sought to optimize the procedure. We report use of a balloon catheter in the prostatic fossa after Aquablation as a post-resection hemostatic method. More >

Lee Baumgarten, Anuj Desai, Scott Shipman, Daniel D. Eun, Michel A. Pontari, Jack H. Mydlo, Adam C. Reese

Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.24, No.5, pp. 9024-9029, 2017

Abstract Introduction: To determine rates of spontaneous ureteral stone passage in patients with indwelling ureteral stents, and to identify factors associated with the spontaneous passage of stones while a ureteral stent is in place.
Materials and methods: From our institutional database, we identified patients who underwent ureteroscopic procedures for stone disease between January 1, 2013 and March 1, 2015. We compared the rates of spontaneous stone passage between patients who had previously undergone ureteral stent placement and those who had not. In patients with indwelling stents, multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify factors associated with spontaneous… More >

Daniel R. Jeske^1,2, Jenifer A. Linehan^3,4, Timothy G. Wilson^3,4, Mark H. Kawachi³, Kristina Wittig³, Katarzya Lamparska³, Camille Amparo³, Rosa Mejia³, Fang Lai⁵, Dimitra Georganopoulou⁵, Steven S. Smith³

Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.24, No.6, pp. 9089-9097, 2017

Abstract Introduction: Early biochemical recurrence after prostate cancer surgery is associated with higher risk of aggressive disease and cancer specific death. Many new tests are being developed that will predict the presence of indicators of aggressive disease like early biochemical recurrence. Since recurrence occurs in less than 10% of patients treated for prostate cancer, validation of such tests will require expensive testing on large patient groups. Moreover, clinical application of the validated test requires that each new patient be tested. In this report we introduce a two-stage classifier system that minimizes the number of patients that must… More >

EDUARDO KOCH^1,2, ISRAEL A. VEGA^1,3,4, ALFREDO CASTRO-VAZQUEZ^1,3,4

BIOCELL, Vol.41, No.2-3, pp. 59-62, 2017, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2017.41.059

Abstract The digestive gland of the apple snail Pomacea canaliculata lodges two types of pigmented corpuscles (identified as C and K corpuscles) which has been proposed as endosymbiont/s. Both corpuscular types are always present in the digestive gland of adult snails, they are released into the tubuloacinar lumen and are later expelled in the feces. On their part, hatchlings lack any C or K corpuscles in the digestive gland as well as in their feces, whereas C corpuscles appear in both the gland and feces within one week after hatching. Hence, it is possible that the… More >

J.B. Karanjekar¹, M.B. Ch,ak²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.113, No.2, pp. 177-187, 2017, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2017.113.177

Abstract As the data managed by applications has evolved over the years with the arrival of Web 2.0, a large number of new databases have been developed to manage various types of data. While the traditional relational databases continue to exist, NoSQL databases which are document oriented or key-value stores or columnar continue to evolve and are embraced very rapidly across the industry. It is not just the type of data handled by these databases that is different but also the query language they use is also different. This paper talks about a uniform query framework More >

Moreno Pérez P^1,3, M Gamboa Angulo¹, G Heredia², B Canto Canché¹, CM Rodríguez García¹, IL Medina Baizabal¹, L Peraza Echeverría¹

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.85, pp. 7-14, 2016, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2016.85.007

Abstract Nowadays, it is highly necessary to find more and safer agrochemicals. In this sense, micromycetes are an important source of natural products which could be used to control plant diseases. Therefore with the aims to contribute in this searching of natural products with antimicrobial applications, a total of 49 fungal strains were isolated from the Yucatan Peninsula. These fungi were cultured in fermented rice, their respective organic extracts macerated in ethyl acetate (EAE) and methanol (ME) were obtained and tested against five fungal pathogens of agricultural importance. These included Alternaria chrysanthemi, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Mycosphaerella fijiensis, and… More >