Bacillus licheniformis SMIA-2 protease used as an additive in detergent formulations
Microbial proteases, especially from Bacillus spp., have been widely exploited for a broad variety of applications, such as the improvement of the cleaning efficiency of conventional detergents. In this work, the statistical design of the experiment was
Larissa Pacheco Ferreira +2 more
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Factors affecting the effectiveness/productivity of therapeutic plasma exchange in the treatment of immune-mediated neurologic disorders - a pilot study [PDF]
Background/Aim. Standard treatment for immune-mediated neurologic disorders (IMNDs) involves the use of immunosuppressive drugs and other therapies. Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is an effective supplementary immunomodulatory approach.
Vraneš Marija +5 more
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Mobility and transverse flow visualization using phase variance contrast with spectral domain optical coherence tomography [PDF]
Phase variance-based motion contrast is demonstrated using two phase analysis methods in a spectral domain optical coherence tomography system. Mobility contrast is demonstrated for an intensity matched Intralipid solution placed without flow within ...
Fingler, Jeff +3 more
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Pharmacological removal of serum amyloid P component from intracerebral plaques and cerebrovascular Aβ amyloid deposits in vivo [PDF]
Human amyloid deposits always contain the normal plasma protein serum amyloid P component (SAP), owing to its avid but reversible binding to all amyloid fibrils, including the amyloid β (Aβ) fibrils in the cerebral parenchyma plaques and cerebrovascular ...
Raya Al-Shawi +7 more
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Systems and methods for physiological signal enhancement and biometric extraction using non-invasive optical sensors [PDF]
A system and method for signal processing to remove unwanted noise components including: (i) wavelength-independent motion artifacts such as tissue, bone and skin effects, and (ii) wavelength-dependent motion artifact/noise components such as venous ...
Nourani, Mehrdad, Yousefi, Rasoul
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Prevalence of extracorporeal blood purification techniques in critically ill patients before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt [PDF]
Background Extracorporeal blood-purification techniques are frequently needed in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), yet data on their clinical application are lacking.
Aya Osama Mohammed, Hanaa I. Rady
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Nomenclature for renal replacement therapy and blood purification techniques in critically ill patients: practical applications [PDF]
This article reports the conclusions of the second part of a consensus expert conference on the nomenclature of renal replacement therapy (RRT) techniques currently utilized to manage acute kidney injury and other organ dysfunction syndromes in ...
Bagshaw, S. M. +66 more
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Leucoreduction of blood components. an effective way to increase blood safety? [PDF]
Over the past 30 years, it has been demonstrated that removal of white blood cells from blood components is effective in preventing some adverse reactions such as febrile non-haemolytic transfusion reactions, immunisation against human leucocyte antigens
Bianchi, Maria +6 more
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BACKGROUND: In 2006 the Hematology Service of Hospital Maciel published its experience with peripheral blood progenitor cell harvesting for autologous stem cell transplantation using Filgen JP (Clausen Filgrastim).
Raul Gabús +6 more
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To elucidate the relationship between chronic pain conditions with cast immobilization and autonomic function, we investigated the functional changes of the autonomic nervous system in conscious rats with chronic post-cast pain (CPCP) induced by a two ...
Takahiko Yoshimoto +6 more
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