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Optimal Pre-Oxygenation: The Nasoral-System

1994

The human body’s intra-and extrapulmonary O2 reserves, i.e. the oxygen stores of the functional residual capacity (FRC) and the blood, will be rapidly depleted during any kind of respiratory arrest (apnea). Application of oxygen prior to iatrogenic apnea (e.g. for endotracheal intubation procedures), therefore, commonly is discussed [e.g. Miller, 1990] as the proposed measure designed to achieve an increase in the human body’s oxygen stores sufficient to avoid hypoxemia. This prophylactic application of oxygen simply has become to be termed “pre-oxygenation”, regardless of the amount of increase in the O2 stores actually achieved. A myriad of different techniques and procedures are practica…

Toxicity of waste gasification bottom ash leachate

2011

Abstract Toxicity of waste gasification bottom ash leachate from landfill lysimeters (112 m3) was studied over three years. The leachate of grate incineration bottom ash from a parallel setup was used as reference material. Three aquatic organisms (bioluminescent bacteria, green algae and water flea) were used to study acute toxicity. In addition, an ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) assay was performed with mouse hepatoma cells to indicate the presence of organic contaminants. Concentrations of 14 elements and 15 PAH compounds were determined to characterise leachate. Gasification ash leachate had a high pH (9.2–12.4) and assays with and without pH adjustment to neutral were used. Gasifi…

Valorisation of Cashew Nut Shell Liquid Phenolics in the Synthesis of UV Absorbers

2019

Epicardial Fat, Cardiac Geometry and Cardiac Function in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Association with the Severity of Liver Disea…

2015

Background & Aims Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been associated with increased cardiovascular risk, including coronary artery disease and cardiac dysfunction. In addition, recent evidence highlighted the possible role of epicardial fat as a new cardiometabolic risk factor. We tested the correlation between epicardial fat, alterations in cardiac geometry and function, and severity of liver damage, in patients with biopsy-proven NAFLD. Methods The anthropometric, biochemical and metabolic features were recorded in 147 consecutive biopsy-proven NAFLD cases (Kleiner score). Epicardial fat thickness was measured by echocardiography. Results Epicardial fat was higher in patients w…

CO-EVOLUTION BETWEEN CCC-DRIVEN CASH FLOW MANAGEMENT AND TRANSFORMATION OF R&D – AMAZON'S ENDEAVOR

2019

Amazon became the world R&D leader in 2017 by rapidly increasing R&D investment. The company’s extremely large amount of R&D funds is the result of an ample free cash flow generated by sophisticated cash conversion cycle (CCC) management. Increased R&D induced business advancement and lean cost structure construction leading to further increase in cash flow which has stimulated interaction between vendors, customers, and Amazon via the Amazon marketplace. Activated interaction accelerated CCC advancement, a subsequent free cash flow increase, and user-driven innovation, thus accelerated the transformation of routine or periodic alteration activities into significant improvem…

Parametric measurement of partial damage in building.

2015

The valuation of the property damage is a double appraisal that considers a before situation and an after situation to the damage, reported both to the same moment. An elementary measure of the partial damage is represented, in a first approximation, by the restoration’s cost, when the return of the original situation is possible and economically profitable, this last circumstance imposes that the cost is great or equal to the suffered damage. In the building practice, the restoration of the buildings is often combined with operations of substitution and integration. For the indemnity of the partial damage, the restoration’s cost also includes the lost incomes of the property for the period…

Managing service shutdowns: Cash refunds or vouchers?

2022

Service shutdowns—extended disruptions of operations—caused by exogenous events are on the rise. Such shutdowns pose major challenges for service providers, customers, and regulators. Providers prefer vouchers as a means of service recovery to limit bankruptcy risk, whereas customers demand cash refunds or vouchers that include a generous bonus. Regulators, on the other hand, insist that customers must be granted the right to be reimbursed in cash. This paper shows that a zero bonus is optimal under the voucher-only strategy, whereas the provider should always include a positive bonus with the voucher under the hybrid strategy that allows customers to choose between the cash refund and vouc…

Cash-for-childcare. The consequences for caring mothers

2012

Il Cashback di Stato: evidenze empiriche e inquadramento fiscale

2020

I commi da 288 e 290 della Legge di Bilancio per il 2020 (Legge n. 160 del 27 Dicembre 2019) hanno introdotto anche in Italia le “Misure premiali per utilizzo di strumenti di pagamento elettronici”. Si tratta del meccanismo noto come cashback con il quale il governo italiano ha fatto un passo in avanti verso il traguardo di quella cashless society che, nelle intenzioni dei promotori, dovrebbe portare alla scomparsa del contante con effetti benefici sul contrasto all’evasione e ad altre forme di illeciti di natura economica. Le disposizioni normative, anche alla luce delle modifiche apportate dall’articolo 73 del D.L. n. 104 del 14 agosto 2020, prevedono un rimborso in denaro per le persone …

Microparticles: Modulators and biomarkers of liver disease

2012

Division of Molecular and Translational Medicine,Dept. of Medicine I, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, GermanyEmerging role of microparticlesMicroparticles (MP) have gained increasing attention as biomark-ers for various diseases. First described as platelet dust, MP wereregarded as unspecific debris [1]. However, it has become appar-ent that cell derived MP or ectosomes represent a novel route ofhorizontal communication between cells. MP are between 100–1000 nm in size and generated through cell membrane shedding(ectocytosis), a process that can be triggered by the activation ofthe complement C5b-9 complex, as shown for platelet derivedMP, or by inhibition of flippase activitythroughCa