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BIOCOMPATIBILITY AND TOLERABILITY OF A PURELY BICARBONATE-BUFFERED PERITONEAL DIALYSIS SOLUTION

Background: Novel peritoneal dialysis solutions are characterized by a minimal content of glucose degradation products and a neutral pH. Many studies have shown the biocompatibility of neutral lactate-buffered solutions; however, until now, the effect of purely bicarbonate-buffered solutions has not been intensively studied in vivo. Methods: This study was an open label, prospective, crossover mul

National democratization theory and global governance: Civil society and the liberalization of the Asian Development Bank

Contributing to a growing literature on democracy beyond the nation-state, this article draws on aspects of national democratization theory in order to analyse empirical processes of democracy. By combining insights from transition theory and the theory of political opportunity structures, the article examines the case of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). While the ADB for a long time has been des

Design and Performance Analysis of a Nonstandard EPICS Fast Controller

Large scientific projects present new technological challenges, such as the distributed control over a communication network. In particular, the middleware Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS) is the most extended communication standard in particle accelerators. The integration of modern control architectures in these EPICS networks is becoming common, as for example for the

Evidence-based Policymaking? Revisiting the "Known," the Assumed and the Promoted in New Social Policy Development Policy

Supported by a virtual plethora of impact evaluations, conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have been widely promoted for their ability to simultaneously pursue short-term poverty alleviation through income support and long-term poverty reduction through human capital investments. In particular, their claim to fame lies in their perceived capacity to enable a break in intergenerational transmission o

Editorial: Film Workshops in Europe

Abstract in Undetermined The editorial introduces the special issue on film workshops, situating the workshops as minor cinemas, and discussing the revised historiography of film.

Hållbar avfallshantering: utvärdering av styrmedel från ett psykologiskt och etnologiskt perspektiv

Inom psykologi och etnologi studeras företeelser ur perspektiv som återfinns hos den enskilda individen samt i det lokala eller sociala sammanhanget. I studien har olika styrmedel bedömts från ett etnologiskt och psykologiskt perspektiv. Studien har därvid inneburit nya arbetsmetoder – i varken psykologi eller etnologi brukar man arbeta med att förutsäga hur olika medel (t.ex. styrmedel) påverkar

Optical aperture synthesis with electronically connected telescopes.

Highest resolution imaging in astronomy is achieved by interferometry, connecting telescopes over increasingly longer distances and at successively shorter wavelengths. Here, we present the first diffraction-limited images in visual light, produced by an array of independent optical telescopes, connected electronically only, with no optical links between them. With an array of small telescopes, se

Laminar burning velocities of acetone in air at room and elevated temperatures

Laminar burning velocities of acetone + air mixtures at initial gas mixture temperatures of 298, 318, 338 and 358 K are reported. Non-stretched flames were stabilized on a perforated plate burner at 1 atm, and laminar burning velocities were determined using the heat flux method, at conditions where the net heat loss from the flame to the burner is zero. The overall accuracy of the burning velocit

Formation of two-dimensionally confined superparamagnetic (Mn, Ga)As nanocrystals in high-temperature annealed (Ga, Mn)As/GaAs superlattices

The annealing-induced formation of (Mn, Ga)As nanocrystals in (Ga, Mn)As/GaAs superlattices was studied by x-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and magnetometry. The superlattice structures with 50 Å thick (Ga, Mn)As layers separated by 25, 50 and 100 Å thick GaAs spacers were grown by molecular beam epitaxy at low temperature (250 ° C), and then annealed at high temperatures of 400

Evaluation of hand bone loss by digital X-ray radiogrammetry as a complement to clinical and radiographic assessment in early rheumatoid arthritis: results from the SWEFOT trial

Background: To investigate hand bone loss (HBL) measured by digital X-ray radiogrammetry (DXR) in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) receiving different treatment regimens, and to evaluate if DXR change rates during the first 12 months correlate with radiological damage after 24 months. Methods: From the total SWEFOT trial population, 159 patients had hand radiographs correctly timed an

Freezing and freeze-drying of Pickering emulsions stabilized by starch granules

The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility to produce novel powder materials based on chemically modified starch granule stabilized Pickering oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions. This study also investigated the effect of partial starch gelatinization in situ, dispersed phase type (two oil types with different melting points), freezing method and thawing, and freeze-drying and rehydrating o

Phase Behavior, Functions, and Medical Applications of Soy Phosphatidylcholine and Diglyceride Lipid Compositions

Lipid compositions with the ability to self-assemble into biocompatible nano- and mesostructured functional materials have many potential uses in modem medicine. By using two-component lipid systems, it is possible to tune the structure formation and related functional properties, e.g., the encapsulation and extended release of small molecules and peptides, by simply varying the ratio of the lipid

Impact of environmental moisture on C(3)A polymorphs in the absence and presence of CaSO4 center dot 0.5 H2O

The phenomenon of water vapour sorption by anhydrous C(3)A polymorphs both in the absence and in the presence of CaSO4 center dot 0.5 H2O was studied utilising dynamic and static sorption methods. It was found that orthorhombic C(3)A starts to sorb water at 55% relative humidity (RH) and cubic C(3)A at 80% RH. Also, C(3)Ao sorbs a higher amount of water which is predominantly physically bound, whe

Bodily Mimesis and the Transition to Speech

The chapter reviews evidence for the bodily mimesis hypothesis, which states that the evolution of language was preceded by an adaptation for improved volitional control of the body, giving our ancestors advantages in the domains of imitation, empathy, and gestural communication. Much of this evidence is also shared by other gesture-first theories of language origins, but they face the problem of