Correction of Impaction of the Small Colon in a Shetland Pony by Means of a Laparotomy

The small size of the Shetland pany presents problems in diagnosing and treating impaction of the cecum and colon. History and symptoms are similar ta those presented by larger breeds of horses but the difficulty in performing a rectal examination limits the accuracy of diagnosis and effectiveness of therapy. An exploratory laporotomy offers a method by which this disadvantage can be overcome

Chemical Vapour Deposition of Amorphous Ru(P) Thin Films from Ru Trialkylphosphite Hydride Complexes

The ruthenium phosphite hydride complexes H2Ru(P(OR)(3))(4) (R = Me (1), Et (2), Pr-i (3)) were used as CVD precursors for the deposition of films of amorphous ruthenium-phosphorus alloys. The as-deposited films were X-ray amorphous and XPS analysis revealed that they were predominantly comprised of Ru and P in zero oxidation states. XPS analysis also showed the presence of small amounts of oxidized ruthenium and phosphorus. The composition of the films was found to depend on ligand chemistry as well as the deposition conditions. The use of H-2 as the carrier gas had the effect of increasing the relative concentrations of P and O for all films. Annealing films to 700 degrees C under vacuum produced films of polycrystalline hcp Ru while a flowing stream of H-2 resulted in polycrystalline hcp RuP.Welch Foundation F-816Petroleum Research FundAmerican Chemical Society 47014-ACSNSF 0741973Chemistr

Chemical Characterization and Subunit Hybridization of Human Hemoglobin H and Associated Compounds

Two abnormal hemoglobin components have been detected in association with thalassemiahemoglobin H disease. These components, as well as the major hemoglobin component, have been chemically characterized by determination of the amino acid composition, N-terminal amino acid sequence, tryptic peptide patterns, sedimentation coefficients, and subunit hybridization. The abnormal component in larger amount has a subunit formula of β_4; the abnormal component in smaller amount has a subunit formula of γ_4. The major hemoglobin component could not be distinguished chemically from normal hemoglobin A. Subunit hybridization studies of hemoglobins indicate that the affinities of the various subunits for one another are not equal

Novel Cellulose-Binding-Domain Protein in Phytophthora Is Cell Wall Localized

Cellulose binding domains (CBD) in the carbohydrate binding module family 1 (CBM1) are structurally conserved regions generally linked to catalytic regions of cellulolytic enzymes. While widespread amongst saprophytic fungi that subsist on plant cell wall polysaccharides, they are absent amongst most plant pathogenic fungal cellulases. A genome wide survey for CBM1 was performed on the highly destructive plant pathogen Phytophthora infestans, a fungal-like Stramenopile, to determine if it harbored cellulolytic enzymes with CBM1. Only five genes were found to encode CBM1, and none were associated with catalytic domains. Surveys of other genomes indicated that the CBM1-containing proteins, lacking other domains, represent a unique group of proteins largely confined to the Stramenopiles. Immunolocalization of one of these proteins, CBD1, indicated that it is embedded in the hyphal cell wall. Proteins with CBM1 domains can have plant host elicitor activity, but tests with Agrobacterium-mediated in planta expression and synthetic peptide infiltration failed to identify plant hypersensitive elicitation with CBD1. A structural basis for differential elicitor activity is proposed

Root cause analysis and health informatics

Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is the most widely used system analysis tool for investigating safety related incidents in healthcare. This contribution reviews RCA techniques, using a Health Informatics example, and discusses barriers to their successful uptake by healthcare organisations. It is concluded that a critical assessment to examine the uptake and evaluate the success of RCA, and other safety related techniques, within healthcare is long overdue

Totally connected healthcare with TV white spaces

Recent technological advances in electronics, wireless communications and low cost medical sensors generated a plethora of Wearable Medical Devices (WMDs), which are capable of generating considerably large amounts of new, unstructured real-time data. This contribution outlines how this data can be propagated to a healthcare system through the internet, using long distance Radio Access Networks (RANs) and proposes a novel communication system architecture employing White Space Devices (WSD) to provide seamless connectivity to its users. Initial findings indicate that the proposed communication system can facilitate broadband services over a large geographical area taking advantage of the freely available TV White Spaces (TVWS)

UMOD : a device for monitoring postoperative urination

A Urine Monitoring Device (UMOD) has been designed and implemented for monitoring postoperative urination. This device has been created primarily to assist nurses and doctors monitor patients during their postoperative and recovery period. Furthermore, to reduce the burden of the nursing staff required to regularly monitor and empty the urine bags saving them precious time. The device consists of a stand and a load cell where the urine bag is attached. The stand is light and can easily move shall the patient require to move. An ESP Wi-Fi microprocessor module is used to calculate the rate of flow of urine in real time, identify and ignore any false readings due to accidental movements of the urine bag using an accelerometer and transmit the readings to a server / cloud through the local Wi-Fi

Chemical Characterization and Subunit Hybridization of Human Hemoglobin H and Associated Compounds

Two abnormal hemoglobin components have been detected in association with thalassemiahemoglobin H disease. These components, as well as the major hemoglobin component, have been chemically characterized by determination of the amino acid composition, N-terminal amino acid sequence, tryptic peptide patterns, sedimentation coefficients, and subunit hybridization. The abnormal component in larger amount has a subunit formula of β_4; the abnormal component in smaller amount has a subunit formula of γ_4. The major hemoglobin component could not be distinguished chemically from normal hemoglobin A. Subunit hybridization studies of hemoglobins indicate that the affinities of the various subunits for one another are not equal