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Jackson, Major. "Córdoba: Mezquita, and: Vermont: Fish & Wildlife, and: Enchanters of Addison County." Callaloo 38, no. 2 (2015): 253–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cal.2015.0038.
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Freeman, Jeffrey V. "Seasonal Abundance ofTabanus calensand Other Tabanidae (Diptera) Near Snake Mountain, Addison County, Vermont." Northeastern Naturalist 24, no. 2 (June 2017): 137–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1656/045.024.0204.
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Boglioli, Marc A. "Illegitimate Killers: The Symbolic Ecology and Cultural Politics of Coyote-Hunting Tournaments in Addison County, Vermont." Anthropology and Humanism 34, no. 2 (December 2009): 203–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1409.2009.01038.x.
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Baldwin, Harper, William J. Landesman, Benjamin Borgmann-Winter, and David Allen. "A Geographic Information System Approach to Map Tick Exposure Risk at a Scale for Public Health Intervention." Journal of Medical Entomology 59, no. 1 (October 13, 2021): 162–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab169.
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Abstract Tick-borne disease control and prevention have been largely ineffective compared to the control of other vector-borne diseases. Although control strategies exist, they are costly or ineffective at large spatial scales. We need tools to target these strategies to places of highest tick exposure risk. Here we present a geographic information system (GIS) method for mapping predicted tick exposure risk at a 200 m by 200 m resolution, appropriate for public health intervention. We followed the approach used to map tick habitat suitability over large areas. We used drag-cloth sampling to measure the density of nymphal blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis, Say (Acari: Ixodidae)) at 24 sites in Addison and Rutland Counties, VT, United States. We used a GIS to average habitat, climatological, land-use/land-cover, and abiotic characteristics over 100 m, 400 m, 1,000 m, and 2,000 m buffers around each site to evaluate which characteristic at which buffer size best predicted density of nymphal ticks (DON). The relationships between predictor variables and DON were determined with random forest models. The 100 m buffer model performed best and explained 37.7% of the variation in DON, although was highly accurate at classifying sites as having below or above average DON. This model was applied to Addison County, VT, to predict tick exposure risk at a 200 m resolution. This GIS approach to map predicted DON over a small area with fine resolution, could be used to target public health campaigns and land management practices to reduce human exposure to ticks.
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Welch, Graham. "Bright Ideas Music by Richard Addison. Leamington Spa: Scholastic Publications, 1988. £5.45, 128 pp. (Cassette tape available.) - Ideas for Making Music in Primary Schools: Exploring Sounds and Themes. Kent: County Council Education Dept., 1988. £6.95." British Journal of Music Education 6, no. 1 (March 1989): 112–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0265051700006914.
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Merriam, D. "Edwin James-Chronicler of Geology in The American West." Earth Sciences History 13, no. 2 (January 1, 1994): 115–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.17704/eshi.13.2.gn02226010571537.
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Edwin James (1797-1861) was born in Weybridge, Addison County, Vermont, just 5 months after James Hutton, founder of modern geology, died in Edinburgh, Scotland. Edwin was the youngest of 13 children born to Deacon Daniel James and wife Mary. He studied medicine with his older brother in Albany, New York, after graduating from Middlebury College (Vermont) at the age of 19. While studying medicine, he became interested in geology and was influenced by Amos Eaton of the Rensselaer School. Upon completing his medical studies. James accepted a position in the spring of 1820 as a botanist/geologist with the Maj. Stephan H. Long Expedition. He was the first man to reach the summit of James' Peak, now named Pike's Peak, and made notes on the geology of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. In 1823 "An Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819 and '20," written mostly by James, was published in Philadelphia (2 vols.) and London (3 vols.). This major work, from a Wernerian viewpoint, and five other lesser ones were published between 1820 and 1827. They were the sum total of his geological contributions, but included in the "Account" is the first geological map of the trans-Mississippi region. In 1823 he was commissioned an assistant surgeon in the U.S. Army; after leaving the Army in 1833 he later settled near Burlington, Iowa, where he was engaged in agriculture until his death in 1861.
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Baker, Gavin. "Washington Hotline." College & Research Libraries News 80, no. 2 (February 4, 2019): 116. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crln.80.2.116.
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Libraries can ensure everyone counts in 2020 CensusThe upcoming 2020 Census will have repercussions for communities across the country. Academic libraries can play important roles in promoting a fair and accurate count.Census data is key to the allocation of billions of dollars in federal funding to states and localities, such as education and healthcare programs. The decennial count of all residents is required by the U.S. Constitution to determine representation in Congress and the Electoral College, and is the basis for drawing districts for federal, state, and local offices. In addition, data resulting from the census is widely used by the public and private sectors for research and planning, including many social scientists.
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Li, Shenyu, Rong Huang, and Siva K. Balasubramanian. "Country of market effect." Innovative Marketing 12, no. 1 (April 27, 2016): 7–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/im.12(1).2016.01.
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Purpose: This article proposes and empirically tests the country of market (COMK) effect, which captures the consumer’s responses of home market to a country where the product is marketed. Design/methodology/approach: Study 1 applies a lab experiment about Chinese consumers’ purchase intention for printers marketed either in the US or China. Study 2 applies country level data to examine the impact of economic development of 22 host countries on the performance of 167 multinational retailers in their home country. Findings: Study 1 shows that the printers marketed in US attract a higher level of purchase intention than printers marketed in China. This COMK effect is more salient for printers manufactured in China than those manufactured in US. In addition, innovation and design factors corresponding to the host country’s image fully mediate the COMK effect. Results in Study 2 show that a retailer that markets its services in a host country with a higher (lower) level of economic development is likely to generate higher (lower) level of retailing performance in its home country. Furthermore, it is found that COMK effect is diminished as the level of economic development of a vendor’s home country increases. Research limitations/implications: In addition to the cognitive components of country image (e.g., design and innovation), consumers’ affective components may also influence the COMK effect. Future research could discuss the impact of consumer ethnocentrism and consumer animosity on consumers’ attitude towards the product marketed in other countries. Practical implications: Strategically, marketing products to a country with a favorable image could benefit vendors from an emerging economy. For manufacturers from developed countries, marketing a product within their own countries may enhance the associated innovation and design images while marketing the same product in an emerging market. Originality/value: This article proposes and tests a demand side country effect on consumers’ purchase intention for products marketed in other countries. It is in sharp contrast to the traditional country effect which focuses on the supply side effect (e.g., country of origin, country of manufacture, country of assembly etc.)
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Al-Mamoori Ahmad, K. Y., and M. S. Al-Rubeii Amera. "Effect The Addition Different Concentrations of Sodium Triphosphate and Sodium Lactate on The Microbial Count of Cold Ground Beef Meat." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 910, no. 1 (November 1, 2021): 012049. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/910/1/012049.
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Abstract This study was conducted in the laboratories of Al-Musaib Technical College, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University with the aim of studying the effect of adding sodium triphosphate salts at concentrations of 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2% and sodium lactate at concentrations of 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2% on the microbial count of ground beef and cooled for 24 hours at a temperature at 4 C. The results of the study indicated an increase in the rate of the total count of bacteria, psychrophilic bacteria, coliforms, yeasts and molds in all ground meat samples, not treated with salt, than the permissible limits. As samples of ground meat not treated with trisodium and sodium lactate salts recorded the highest rate in the total Count of bacteria after 24 hours of cold storage at 4 ° C, when they reached 6.544 CFU The Count of these bacteria decreased by increasing the concentration of salts, so the minimal count of bacteria was at a concentration of 2% when adding both salts of sodium triphosphate and sodium lactate together as 3.426 CFU. also found a clear reduction in the count of Psychrophilic bacteria at a concentration of 2% for both salts as recorded the last treatment rate 2.127 CFU It is the minimal count compared to the other treatments, while the control treatments recorded the highest count 6.400 CFU. Also, the addition of different concentrations of sodium triphosphate and sodium lactate led to a gradual decrease in the counts of coliform bacteria, with an increase in the salt concentration, as it reached 1.204 CFU At aconcentration of 2%, while the control treatment was recorded 6.431 CFU It is a the highest value. Also there is a significant difference was found (P <0.05). In the count of yeasts and molds, which were significantly decreased by increasing the concentration of both salts, as they were 1.079 CFU In the last treatment, while the highest count recorded since reached 4.361 CFU When salts are not added. This is a clear indication of the existence of a synergistic action of these salts to reduce the increasing counts of bacteria, yeasts and molds by inhibiting these microbial species with increased concentration.
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Tiruneh, Abebaw Teshome, Abebaw Ayele Negatu, and Neela Satheesh. "Effect of Anchote (Coccinia abyssinica) and Potato Starch Addition on Colloidal Stability of Pineapple Juice." International Journal of Food Science 2021 (May 3, 2021): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6615273.
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Starch is one of the most important value-added food ingredients used as a thickener in many foods and industrial applications. This research investigated the effect of different concentrations of starch (anchote and potato) addition on the colloidal stability of pineapple juice. The experiment was carried out on a two-factor factorial design arranged in CRD. The first factor (starch type with two levels (anchote and potato)) and the second factor (starch concentration with three levels (1%, 3%, and 5%)) were considered. The starch-added juice samples were preserved for 15 days at room temperature. The physicochemical properties, colloidal stability, microbial counts, and sensory analysis were conducted in a 7-day interval including the first day. The results revealed that different starch concentrations showed a significant effect ( P ≤ 0.05 ) on the cloud stability, most of the physicochemical properties and microbial count of pineapple juice as compared to the control. The turbidity and viscosity of the juice samples were increased significantly ( P ≤ 0.05 ) by the starch addition; in contrast, pulp sedimentation and microbial counts were decreased. As storage duration increased, turbidity, viscosity, TSS, pH, and vitamin C content of juice decreased, whereas sedimentation, TA, and microbial count increased. The results revealed that the total bacterial and fungal counts of pineapple juice samples were rising as storage durations increased. The maximum cloud retention was observed in juice added with 5% anchote starch. Finally, it is confirmed that starch (anchote and potato) addition positively affected the colloidal stability of pineapple juice and also possessed high potential to extend the shelf life.
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Wang, Weiping, and Zhipeng Wei. "Tongwei County Library." International Journal of Library and Information Services 10, no. 1 (January 2021): 48–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijlis.2021010104.
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Through the cooperation with the Evergreen Education Foundation in the United States, the Tongwei rural library network has been set up and a cooperation service alliance between a public library and school libraries has been built; using project funding by Evergreen, it reached out to the local communities, and meanwhile, it carried out small projects to enhance its service capacity. Through participation in the Evergreen-sponsored international conferences, training, and projects, librarians have improved their service capabilities and sharpened their awareness of library services. Based on the local cultural characteristics and user needs, and funded by a grant from Hangzhou Library Foundation, Tongwei County Library has established a reading room as a space where people can read calligraphy and painting materials. In addition, it carried out special collections services, shot the documentary film “Autumn Story,” and held “Tongwei impression.” It is the first county library to achieve management automation, and the national-level library in the fifth national public library assessment.
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Yassin, Mohamed A., Ashraf Tawfiq Soliman, Feryal Abbas, Abdulqadir Jeprel Nashwan, Mahmood B. Aldapt, Mohammad Abdul-Jaber Abdulla, Saloua Hmissi, et al. "Hematological Indices Reference Intervals for Healthy Arab Population in Qatar: Effect of Age, Gender, Geographic Location and ABO Blood Group." Blood 136, Supplement 1 (November 5, 2020): 22–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2020-134424.
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Introduction: The majority of physicians' medical judgments are based on clinical information supported by laboratory reports . The availability of a reference interval for different lab values facilitates the process of interpretation . Complete blood count (CBC), testing is one of the most frequently performed hematology test in any clinical setting. Analysis of CBC by hematology analyzers is an indispensable means in the evaluation of many acute and chronic disorders including traumatic, infectious, immunological, and hematological diseases. Establishment of a normal reference interval is essential for accurate clarification of the disease diagnosis as well as for follow up. CBC techniques have improved significantly, and the accurate automated methods have now substituted manual methods. In addition, various novel blood cell parameters have been developed alongside to aid in diagnosis and management of several blood disorders . However significant differences exist in the reference intervals based on age, gender, ethnicity, genetic differences, environmental factors, and geographical location.. Dietary habits and occupational exposures are factors that have been shown to affect reference interval . Therefore, there is a requirement for each country to establish its own reference intervals. Country-specific reference intervals for CBC of adult peripheral blood have been established in many countries around the world; however, there have been no specific comprehensive studies in Arab population in Qatar based on age, gender, geographic location and ABO blood groups. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study in Qatar that investigated CBC reference intervals in relation to age, gender, and blood grouping which can now be used as a reference when evaluating patient samples in Qatar. Methods: Venous blood specimens were collected from 720 healthy randomly selected individuals aged 18 to 69 years from 2018 to 2019 and analyzed by Sysmex NX-10 and NX -20 automated hematology analyzers. Results were statistically analyzed and compared by gender, age, and ABO blood group. Arab adults were divided into African Arabs (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco) and Asian Arabs (Syria, Lebanon, Jordon, Palestine, Qatar). The lower and upper reference limits of the hematology reference intervals were established at the -2 SD and +2SD respectively. Results: Reference intervals were calculated for all the hematology parameters which included red blood cell, white blood cell and differential count, and platelet parameters. Arab males had significantly higher Hb, Hct, RDW, ANC, lymphocytes and monocyte counts compared to adult females. Asian-Arab males had significantly higher Hb concentration and higher WBC, lymphocytes and eosinophil counts compared to African- Arab males. Asian Arab young males had significantly higher Hb level and lymphocyte count and lower monocytes counts compared old males. African Arab young males had significantly higher lymphocyte and lower monocytes counts compared to old males. Asian- Arab young females had higher WBC, ANC counts compared to old Asian Arab females. No statistical difference in the studied hematological parameters was detected among the three groups with different ABO subgroups Conclusions: Data from this study established specific reference intervals which could be considered for general use in the Arab world. The differences in hematology reference intervals in respect to age, sex and geographical location highlights the necessity to establish reference intervals for venous blood parameters among the healthy population in each country or at least in each region. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
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Rocca, Walter A., Brandon R. Grossardt, Cynthia M. Boyd, Alanna M. Chamberlain, William V. Bobo, and Jennifer L. St Sauver. "Multimorbidity, ageing and mortality: normative data and cohort study in an American population." BMJ Open 11, no. 3 (March 2021): e042633. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042633.
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ObjectivesTo describe the percentile distribution of multimorbidity across age by sex, race and ethnicity, and to demonstrate the utility of multimorbidity percentiles to predict mortality.DesignPopulation-based descriptive study and cohort study.SettingOlmsted County, Minnesota (USA).ParticipantsWe used the medical records-linkage system of the Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP; http://www.rochesterproject.org) to identify all residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota who reached one or more birthdays between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2014 (10 years).MethodsFor each person, we obtained the count of chronic conditions (out of 20 conditions) present on each birthday by extracting all of the diagnostic codes received in the 5 years before the index birthday from the electronic indexes of the REP. To compare each person’s count to peers of same age, the counts were transformed into percentiles of the total population and displayed graphically across age by sex, race and ethnicity. In addition, quintiles 1, 2, 4 and 5 were compared with quintile 3 (reference) to predict the risk of death at 1 year, 5 years and through end of follow-up using time-to-event analyses. Follow-up was passive using the REP.ResultsWe identified 238 010 persons who experienced a total of 1 458 094 birthdays during the study period (median of 6 birthdays per person; IQR 3–10). The percentiles of multimorbidity across age did not vary noticeably by sex, race or ethnicity. In general, there was an increased risk of mortality at 1 and 5 years for quintiles 4 and 5 of multimorbidity. The risk of mortality for quintile 5 was greater for younger age groups and for women.ConclusionsThe assignment of multimorbidity percentiles to persons in a population may be a simple and intuitive tool to assess relative health status, and to predict short-term mortality, especially in younger persons and in women.
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Day, N. B., B. J. Skura, and W. D. Powrie. "Comparison of three media used for the enumeration of heat-injured Botrytis cinerea." Canadian Journal of Microbiology 34, no. 2 (February 1, 1988): 194–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/m88-036.
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The efficacy of three media (antibiotic-supplemented plate count agar (3 days, 21 °C); antibiotic–pyruvate–supplemented plate count agar (3 days, 21 °C); and trypticase soy agar (16 h, followed by 2.5 days on antibiotic-supplemented plate count agar, 21 °C)) for recovery of heat-injured Botrytis cinerea spores was compared using hydrophobic grid membrane filters. The filters restrict spreading of fungal colonies and facilitate the transfer of fungal spores from pre-enrichment trypticase soy agar to antibiotic-supplemented plate count agar. Counts obtained from pre-enrichment on trypticase soy agar were significantly larger than counts obtained from the other media (α = 0.05). Addition of sodium pyruvate to antibiotic-supplemented plate count agar did not increase spore recovery (α = 0.05). The use of trypticase soy agar as a pre-enrichment medium should be considered for use when antibiotic-supplemented plate count agar is employed in the enumeration of heat-stressed fungi.
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Hanprathet, Nitt, Somrat Lertmaharit, Vitool Lohsoonthorn, Thanapoom Rattananupong, Palanee Ammaranond, and Wiroj Jiamjarasrangsi. "Shift Work and Leukocyte Count Changes among Workers in Bangkok." Annals of Work Exposures and Health 63, no. 6 (June 18, 2019): 689–700. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxz039.
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Abstract Objectives Previous epidemiological evidence for the association of shift work exposure and increased leukocyte count is cross-sectional in nature, thus limiting cause-effect inference. We therefore used a longitudinal design to: (i) compare leukocyte counts at baseline between shift and day workers and (ii) examine the time trend of leukocyte counts over the follow-up period for these workers. Methods A retrospective cohort study was conducted among 6737 workers aged <60 years at two large organizations (a humanitarian organization and a university) in Bangkok, Thailand who had participated in at least two annual health check-ups during the period 2005–2016. Shift work exposure history was assessed by a self-administered questionnaire and categorized into day, former, and current shift workers. Data on leukocyte count were collected annually as part of worksite health screening during the observation period. Association of shift work exposure and increased leukocyte count was then examined cross-sectionally and longitudinally by using multiple linear regression and multilevel analysis of repeated measures data, respectively. In addition, trends for leukocyte count over the follow-up period and work years were examined using LOWESS smooth curves. Results Compared to day work, the current shift work was associated with increased leukocyte counts. The magnitude of percentage increase was the highest for basophil counts, followed by eosinophil and lymphocyte counts. Both cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence revealed this association, although it was less pronounced longitudinally. For total leukocyte count, the magnitude of difference was constant across the 11-year follow-up period. However, for lymphocyte and basophil counts, these discrepancies tapered over the work years until they no longer differed (for lymphocyte count) or even differed in the opposite direction (for basophil count) in later work years. Conclusion This study confirmed previous cross-sectional evidence that shift work exposure-increased leukocyte counts and that this was reversible. Whether this increase in immune cell count also results in an increased immune cell activity and serves as the intermediary in the association between shift work exposure and subsequent chronic disease development needs further investigation.
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Hinojosa, Steven, Alexander Alquiza, Clarissa Guerrero, Diana Vanegas, Niko Tapangan, Narda Cano, and Eduardo Olivarez. "Detection of a Locally-Acquired Zika Virus Outbreak in Hidalgo County, Texas through Increased Antenatal Testing in a High-Risk Area." Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 5, no. 3 (August 5, 2020): 128. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5030128.
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Hidalgo County (HC), located along the Texas–Mexico border, was listed as a high-risk county for Zika virus (ZIKV) in 2017 by the Texas Department of State Health Services, based on its historical presence of Dengue. Due to its subtropical climate, active binational travel, and population of low socioeconomic status, Hidalgo County focused on disease detection activities for the prevention of further transmission. Therefore, Hidalgo County Health and Human Services enacted public health surveillance, reviewed laboratory results, and conducted epidemiological investigations from 2016 to 2018. In 2017, Hidalgo County experienced a locally-acquired outbreak of Zika virus disease, resulting in the highest local mosquito-borne acquisition case count for the year within the United States. This resulted in Hidalgo County reviewing epidemiological data for disease detection and risk areas. With the data review, key outcomes of testing were identified. This included the importance of both RT-PCR and IgM-ELISA/PRNT testing methods. In addition, increased antenatal testing and surveillance also recognized the need of improved disease identification and testing among the general population, especially during localized outbreaks.
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Guiguet, Marguerite, Eric Kendjo, Guislaine Carcelain, Sophie Abgrall, Murielle Mary-Krause, Pierre Tattevin, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Dominique Costagliola, and Xavier Duval. "CD4+ T-cell percentage is an independent predictor of clinical progression in AIDS-free antiretroviral-naive patients with CD4+ T-cell counts >200 cells/mm3." Antiviral Therapy 14, no. 3 (April 1, 2008): 451–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/135965350901400311.
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Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical prognostic value of the CD4+ T-cell percentage (%CD4), the CD4+/CD8+ T-cell ratio or the CD8+ T-cell count, in addition to the CD4+ T-cell count and viral load (VL) in antiretroviral-naive HIV- infected patients with CD4+ T-cell counts >200 cells/ mm3. Methods Antiretroviral-naive patients ( n=9,740) who were AIDS-free and had a CD4+ T-cell count >200 cells/ mm3 at their first visit after January 1997 were followed-up until treatment initiation or clinical progression (mean follow- up 17 months and 13,660 person-years). Poisson regression was used for statistical analyses. Results Progression to AIDS-defining events (ADEs), serious ADEs and death occurred in 228 patients (crude rate 1.69 per 100 person-years), 105 patients (0.77 per 100 person-years) and 67 patients (0.49 per 100 person-years), respectively. Regarding progression to ADE, the data fit was improved when the model also included the %CD4 (Akaike's information criteria [AIC] 2,049) and, to a lesser extent, the CD4+/CD8+ T-cell ratio (AIC 2,053), in addition to CD4+ T-cell count and VL (AIC 2,056). After adjustment for VL and baseline characteristics, patients with CD4+ T-cell counts of 350–500 cells/mm3 and %CD4<15% had an estimated incidence of ADE of 3 per 100 person-years, similar to that in patients with CD4+ T-cell counts of 200–350 cells/mm3 and %CD4>15%. The %CD4 was also significantly associated with the risk of serious ADE. By contrast, %CD4, CD4+/CD8+ T-cell ratio or CD8+ T-cell count had no additional prognostic value for the risk of death. Conclusions In antiretroviral-naive HIV-infected patients with CD4+ T-cell counts >200 cells/mm3, the %CD4 was predictive of the risk of clinical progression independently of CD4+ T-cell count and VL.
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Achcar, Jorge alberto, and Daniel Marcos Godoy. "Quality of services: an application with customer complaint data from a telecommunication company." Independent Journal of Management & Production 12, no. 4 (June 1, 2021): 928–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v12i4.1352.
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The evaluation of the service quality standard of a telecommunication company using statistical process control (SPC) methods is the main goal of this paper. The study used a dataset collected from January 2018 to November 2019 associated with monthly and weekly customer complaint counts due to the technical services provided by the company. Multiple linear regression models with the count data transformed to a logarithmic scale and Poisson regression models with the original count data detected some significant factors affecting the weekly/monthly complaint counts. In addition, forecasts of future complaint counts based on the statistical models could be of interest for the company to plan the number of technicians in different sectors at different times of the year leading to improvements in the service provided by the telephone company.
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Colomé, àngels, Itziar Laka, and Núria Sebastián-Gallés. "Language effects in addition: How you say it counts." Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 63, no. 5 (May 2010): 965–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470210903134377.
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Lord Lewis of Newnham and B. F. G. Johnson. "Cyril Clifford Addison. 28 November 1913—1 April 1994." Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 43 (January 1997): 3–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.1997.0001.
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The inorganic chemistry community was saddened on learning that Professor C.C. Addison had died suddenly of a heart attack on Good Friday, 1 April 1994, during a stopover at his daughter's home on his way from Nottingham to his country cottage at Silecroft.
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Moore, Jane P. "Eliza's counts." Teaching Children Mathematics 18, no. 4 (November 2011): 272. http://dx.doi.org/10.5951/teacchilmath.18.4.0272.
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This teacher explored how young students build understanding of number operations and what strategies they naturally choose—without prompts or modeling—to recognize distinctions and adjust solution methods among different problem types involving addition and subtraction; joining problems, result unknown; and compared set, difference unknown.
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O, El-Maghraby, O. M., Youssef, M. S, Marwa AbdeL-Kareem M, and Randa Fathy, A. "Physicochemical analyses and mycoflora of desert soils in Upper Egypt." Saudi Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences 8, no. 11 (November 10, 2022): 694–703. http://dx.doi.org/10.36348/sjmps.2022.v08i11.007.
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Most of the desert lands contain sandy soils, which include large areas in the world. The sandy or loam soils in Upper Egypt were placed under investigate of soil texture, and moisture content –in addition some chemical analyses. Where, had very low organic matter (mean= 0.28) with available total dissolved salts (mean= 0.53) and alkaline pH-value (mean= 9.00). The moisture content of samples was very low (mean= 2.59). All of desert soil samples (100% of the samples) proved to be contaminated by filamentous fungi. A total of 121 fungal species + 7 varieties of 32 genera were isolated and identified on the isolation medium (1% glucose Czapek’s agar) at 28°C, based on dilution plate method. The gross fungal count was 94.36 colonies/mg dry soil. Aspergillus (36 sp. + 4 var.) was the most dominant genus based on frequency (95% of the samples) and count (55.34% of total fungal counts). Penicillium (28 sp. + 1 var.) had the second place (70% of the sample and 26.83% of grass count). Ulocladium occupied the third place (22.5% and 3.18%). Acremonium was one of the dominant genera (4th place). It occurred in 20% of the samples examined and 1.61% of gross fungal counts. The dematiaceous hyphomycetes, in addition ascospore-forming fungi were dominant in rare frequency. Whereas, sterile mycelia were high in frequency (52.5% of the samples) and low count (1.99% of gross fungal count).
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Mongirdienė, Aušra, Jolanta Laukaitienė, Vilius Skipskis, Lolita Kuršvietienė, and Julius Liobikas. "The Difference of Cholesterol, Platelet and Cortisol Levels in Patients Diagnosed with Chronic Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction Groups According to Neutrophil Count." Medicina 57, no. 6 (June 1, 2021): 557. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57060557.
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Background and Objectives: It is known that neutrophils are involved in the pro-inflammatory processes and thus, can have a great impact on the pathophysiology of heart failure (HF). Moreover, hypercholesterolemia heightens neutrophil production, thereby accelerating cardiovascular inflammation. However, there is a lack of information about the relation of low inflammation to the state of stress, hypercholesterolemia, and pro-thrombotic statement in patients with chronic HF. Therefore, we aimed to determine whether platelet, cholesterol and cortisol levels differ in a different inflammatory condition groups according to the neutrophil count in patients diagnosed with CHF with reduced ejection fraction (CHFrEF), and whether there is a correlation between those readings. Materials and Methods: The average of neutrophil count was 4.37 × 109 L; therefore, 180 patients were separated into two groups: one with relatively a higher inflammatory environment (neutrophil count ≥ 4.37 × 109 L (n = 97)) and one with a relatively lower inflammatory environment (neutrophil count < 4.38 × 109 L (n = 83)). We also determined the levels of lymphocytes, monocytes, platelet count (PLT), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet aggregation, the levels of cortisol and cholesterol and the concentrations of C reactive protein (CRP) and fibrinogen. Results: We found that CRP, fibrinogen and cortisol concentrations were statistically significantly higher in the group with higher neutrophil counts. However, there were no differences among cholesterol concentration and other markers of platelet function between the groups. We also showed that PLT, leukocyte and monocyte counts were higher in the group with a higher neutrophil count, and the PLT correlated with other cell type count and CRP. In addition, the neutrophil count correlated with concentrations of fibrinogen, evening cortisol and CRP. Conclusions: Cortisol, fibrinogen and CRP levels, PLT and monocyte counts were higher in the CHFrEF patient group with higher neutrophil counts. The cholesterol levels and platelet function readings did not differ between the groups. The neutrophil count correlated with evening cortisol concentration.
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Chi, Pei-Shan. "The field-specific citation and usage patterns of book literature in the Book Citation Index." Research Evaluation 29, no. 2 (February 7, 2020): 203–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvz037.
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Abstract The usage data provided by Web of Science Core Collection (WoS) implies the scholarly interest of researchers through full text accesses and record saves on the platform. The WoS usage count has been studied for journal papers alongside citations at different levels of journal, country, and field. To extend the results of the previous studies, this study explores the WoS usage counts for book literature in the Book Citation Index (BKCI) to determine the usefulness of the usage statistics provided by the new data source and their different patterns across fields as well as document types. The correlations between WoS citations and usage counts are from weak to moderate in six selected fields. Edited books have stronger correlations between the two metrics than the other two document type groups. Usage data of aggregated book volumes in the sciences correlate with citations significantly and show higher utilization rates than citations. Their usage counts on the same platform are the supplement of WoS citations in the fields. In contrast, book publications in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) present a different pattern of their usage to reduce its ability to coordinate citations. In addition, the low usage of books in SSH may indicate the limited access of the BKCI-SSH and probably lower effectiveness of its usage data compared to the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). However, the further investigation of altmetric usage metrics from different sources confirms an overall lower usage for books in the social sciences than in the sciences.
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Al-Hissen, Sanaria F. "Study the incidence of bacterial and fungal contaminants in imported chicken femurs." Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine 29, no. 2 (December 31, 2005): 21–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.30539/iraqijvm.v29i2.849.
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Incidence of bacterial and fungal contaminants in imported chicken femurs wasdetermined and compared with standard microbiological limits. A total of (12) Kgof imported chicken femurs were randomly collected at two batches from (6) areasin Baghdad city. Total aerobic bacterial count, coli form count and Staphylococcusaureus count were used as an indicator for bacterial contamination, in addition toyeast and mould count as an indicator for fungal contamination.Data revealed that skins of imported chicken femurs produced high level ofcontamination, in which most of the bacterial counts were near the maximumstandard limit as well as contamination with fungi, whereas the level ofcontamination in the meat of these femurs were low in comparison with standardlimits.
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Devi, Bellala Venkata Anuradha, Cigiri Saritha, Ravuri Swarupa, and Jeshtadi Anunayi. "Study of Absolute Lymphocyte Count as a Marker of COVID 19 Disease Severity in Tertiary Care Centre, Suryapet." Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare 8, no. 23 (June 7, 2021): 1960–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.18410/jebmh/2021/368.
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BACKGROUND The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID - 19) as a global public health pandemic. Clinical and laboratory biomarkers to predict the severity of corona virus 2019 are essential in this pandemic. Lymphocyte count has been a marker of interest in order to investigate the association of lymphocyte count and severity of COVID-19. We would like to analyse the relationship between absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) & COVID-19 disease severity. METHODS We performed a retrospective study on patients admitted to Government general hospital, Suryapet for COVID-19 illness from September 1st 2020 to September 16th 2020. Age, gender and complete blood count of patients admitted in the hospital was collected. Haemoglobin, total leucocyte count (TLC), absolute neutrophilic count (ANC), absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) and platelet counts were compared between ICU and Non-ICU groups and comparison of absolute lymphocyte counts in each group - ICU alive, ICU death and non-ICU groups was carried out. RESULTS 134 patients who were admitted in the hospital were analysed. Mean age and gender were compared between ICU and Non-ICU groups. We compared ALC between ICU alive, ICU death and non-ICU groups. Mean ALC in ICU death group was 0.81, in ICU alive group 1.04 and in non-ICU as 1.75. We found that patients with disease severity have lower absolute lymphocyte counts. In addition to this we also found that there was neutrophilia and lower haemoglobin levels in ICU patients. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that lymphopenia, defined as absolute lymphocyte count less than 1.1 x 109 /L may be useful in predicting the severity of COVID-19 illness. KEYWORDS COVID-19, Absolute Lymphocyte Count (ALC), Lymphopenia, SARS COV2
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Dorsey, Karen B., Jeph Herrin, and Harlan M. Krumholz. "An Algorithm for Identifying Physical Activity Patterns from Motion Data." Pediatric Exercise Science 20, no. 3 (August 2008): 305–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/pes.20.3.305.
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An algorithm was developed to describe how physical activity (PA) patterns relate to overall motion counts. Thirty-five children wore an accelerometer (7-days). Each motion count was compared with the mean of surrounding counts within 21 min. Counts per minute similar to the mean were grouped into bouts. Counts that differed by more than 20% of the coefficient of variations (based on the mean and SD of the 21 min period) indicated transitions between bouts. Children with more daily motion had more and longer moderate (MPA) and vigorous (VPA) bouts, higher counts during MPA bouts, and more transitions from VPA to VPA bouts. In addition to differences in PA levels, highly active and less active children perform PA differently.
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Sun, Michael, Justin M. Lebenthal, Jones T. Nauseef, Muhammad Junaid Niaz, Sabrina Guervil, Escarleth Fernandez, Amie Patel, et al. "Baseline and post-treatment circulating tumor cell (CTC) counts with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted radionuclide therapy (TRT) in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC)." Journal of Clinical Oncology 39, no. 6_suppl (February 20, 2021): 158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2021.39.6_suppl.158.
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158 Background: CTC counts are an independent prognostic factor in men with mCRPC; certain changes following treatment (conversion from detectable to undetectable or unfavorable to favorable) are associated with improved overall survival. Most PSMA-TRT efficacy data have focused on PSA or imaging changes. Here, we describe baseline and post-treatment CTC counts from subjects receiving PSMA-TRT. Methods: Men with mCRPC treated on prospective clinical trials of PSMA-TRT and with available CTC counts (CellSearch) were included in our analysis. Depending upon the era of the trial, post-treatment counts were performed at 4-6 (initial era) or 12 weeks (recent era) after a single cycle of PSMA-TRT (individual trial data reported elsewhere). We describe CTC counts at baseline and compare pre-treatment counts to those after PSMA-TRT. Results: 116 men treated with PSMA-TRT had baseline CTC count (90 with both pre- and post-treatment CTC). Forty-four patients (37.9%) received 177Lu-J951, 46 (39.7%) received 177Lu-PSMA-617, and 26 (22.4%) received 225Ac-J591. Median age was 71.5. Fifty-eight patients (50%) had previously received taxane chemotherapy, median PSA was 82.98 ng/mL, and 66 (56.9%) were in the high-risk Halabi (CALGB) prognostic group. Eighty-nine out of one hundred sixteen (76.7%) had detectable baseline CTC and 58/116 (50%) had unfavorable baseline CTC count. Forty-nine out of seventy (70%) had post-treatment CTC count decline, 23/70 (32.9%) converted from detectable to undetectable, and 17/47 (36.2%) converted from unfavorable to favorable. CTC changes stratified by type of PSMA-TRT are reported in the table. Conclusions: This is the largest analysis of CTC changes in patients who have received PSMA-TRT. In addition to PSA changes and other previously reported outcomes, even when low doses of radionuclide therapy as part of dose-escalation studies are included, the majority with detectable CTC counts have post-treatment CTC count decline. A significant portion of patients experience favorable CTC changes. [Table: see text]
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Mašek, Petr. "Zámecká knihovna Nové Syrovice." Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae – Historia litterarum 67, no. 1-2 (2022): 62–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/amnpsc.2022.008.
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The Nové Syrovice Castle library was collected by the Counts of Nimptsch, in particular Count Johann Heinrich von Nimptsch (1723–1806) and Count Karl von Nimptsch (1803–1869), and it also contains traces of the library of the Counts Marcolini. A later part of the collection was added by the Counts of Stubenberg. What is interesting is the manuscript collection, including a set of plans and drawings depicting the Hungarian fortress of Eger (Erlau) and the legal norms applicable to the duchies of Silesia. Works coming from the 16th century were mainly written by ancient authors. Early printed books are mostly in French and Latin, to a lesser extent in German, and occasionally in other languages, such as English. In addition to fiction, the library comprises numerous works of law, history, and French scientific publications. The collection contains relatively few 19th-century books; 20th-century works are completely absent, having been discarded in the 1950s.
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Meghanathan, Natarajan. "Relative Assortativity Index: A Quantitative Metric to Assess the Impact of Link Prediction Techniques on Assortativity of Complex Networks." Computer Journal 63, no. 9 (October 21, 2019): 1417–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/bxz089.
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Abstract We propose a quantitative metric (called relative assortativity index, RAI) to assess the extent with which a real-world network would become relatively more assortative due to link addition(s) using a link prediction technique. Our methodology is as follows: for a link prediction technique applied on a particular real-world network, we keep track of the assortativity index values incurred during the sequence of link additions until there is negligible change in the assortativity index values for successive link additions. We count the number of network instances for which the assortativity index after a link addition is greater or lower than the assortativity index prior to the link addition and refer to these counts as relative assortativity count and relative dissortativity count, respectively. RAI is computed as (relative assortativity count − relative dissortativity count) / (relative assortativity count + relative dissortativity count). We analyzed a suite of 80 real-world networks across different domains using 3 representative neighborhood-based link prediction techniques (Preferential attachment, Adamic Adar and Jaccard coefficients [JACs]). We observe the RAI values for the JAC technique to be positive and larger for several real-world networks, while most of the biological networks exhibited positive RAI values for all the three techniques.
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Musyoka, John Kennedy, Hezron Nyarindo Isaboke, and Samuel Njiri Ndirangu. "Farm-Level Value Addition among Small-scale Mango Farmers in Machakos County, Kenya." Journal of Agricultural Extension 24, no. 3 (August 13, 2020): 85–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jae.v24i3.8.
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The study examined farm-level value addition among small-scale mango farmers in Machakos County, Kenya. A sample size of 352 small-scale mango farmers was proportionately selected from six wards of the study area. A structured interview schedule was used for data collection. Percentage and Heckman two-stage selection model were employed in data analysis. The result showed that only 33.52% of the farmers practised mango value addition. Off-farm income, access to cold storage facilities, price of value-added products, group membership, extension contact, farmers’ awareness, amount of credit and hired labour positively influenced mango farm-level value addition. Training, farmers’ awareness and access to cold storage facilities positively influenced the proportion of mangoes value added at farm-level, while distance to market and livestock equivalence precipitated a negative effect on the proportion of mangoes value added. Relevant authorities in the County should provide adequate and up to date mango storage facilities and improve methods of extension delivery in order to increase the uptake of mango farm-level value addition among small-scale farmers.
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Caldeira, Luciana Albuquerque, Érika Endo Alves, Antonia de Maria Filha Ribeiro, Vicente Ribeiro Rocha Júnior, Alciane Batista Antunes, Alvimara Félix dos Reis, Joanni da Cruz Gomes, Márcio Henrique Rodrigues de Carvalho, and Ruth Irene Espinosa Martinez. "Viability of probiotic bacteria in bioyogurt with the addition of honey from Jataí and Africanized bees." Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira 53, no. 2 (February 2018): 206–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0100-204x2018000200009.
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Abstract: The objective of this work was to evaluate the viability of probiotic bacteria in bioyogurt with the addition of honey from Africanized and Jataí bees, in different concentrations. To prepare the fermented milk, reconstituted powdered milk and lactic acid starter culture were used. The bioyogurt was evaluated at 0, 7, 14, 21, 28, and 35 days of storage. Analyzes of pH, titratable acidity, and selective count of the Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-5 and Bifidobacterium BB-12 microorganisms were carried out. Counting was done, respectively, on MRS agar, in aerobiosis, and MRS-LP agar, in anaerobiosis, with plates incubated at 37°C for 72 hours. Treatments were arranged in a completely randomized design in split plot, with five treatments: without honey; 5 and 10% honey from Africanized bees, and 5 and 10% honey from Jataí bees. Storage times were evaluated in the split plots. In all treatments, bioyogurt showed counts of 107 CFU g-1 lactic acid bacteria. Probiotic cultures remained viable for 35 days under refrigeration (2-4°C). The interaction between the variation factors affected the probiotic concentration in the bioyogurt. The honeys have a favorable effect on the cell counts of the evaluated microorganisms.
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Jurkštienė, Vilma, Anatolijus Kondrotas, and Egidijus Kėvelaitis. "Immunostimulatory properties of bigroot geranium (Geranium macrorrhizum L.) extract." Medicina 43, no. 1 (January 17, 2007): 60. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina43010008.
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The aim of the study was to investigate the immunostimulatory properties of bigroot geranium. Material and methods. Possible nonspecific characteristics of bigroot geranium were evaluated by the total leukocyte count in the peripheral blood, and qualitative changes of blood were assessed using Shilling’s formula by evaluating changes in lymphocyte counts. In addition, we also studied changes in the counts of Tcell precursors in the thymus and B lymphocytes in the spleen. Ethanol extract of the leaves of bigroot geranium was produced at the Department of Food Technology, Kaunas University of Technology. Studies were performed on mice Bl 57 (n=21). The control group (n=7) received distilled water at a dose of 1 mL/day. The second and third groups received 1% and 10% extract of bigroot geranium, respectively, as a food supplement. Changes in cell counts were investigated after 4 weeks following the initiation of the trial. Results. After a 4-week administration of 1% extract of bigroot geranium (1 mL/day) (mice group, n=7), leukocyte count in the peripheral blood increased to 6.1×109 cells/L, and lymphocyte count – to 70%, but changes were not statistically significant. The other case group of mice (n=7) received 10% extract of bigroot geranium for 4 weeks at a dose of 1 mL/day. In this group, leukocyte count in the peripheral blood increased statistically significantly from 4.4×109 cells/L to 7.2×109 cells/L (p<0.01), and lymphocyte percentage – from 52% to 80% (p<0.001), as compared to control. Thymocyte (T lymphocytes) counts in thymus and splenocyte (B lymphocytes) counts in the spleen showed a tendency to increase after the administration of 1% and 10% extracts. After a 4-week administration of 1% extract of bigroot geranium, thymocyte and splenocyte counts increased from 0.342×106 cells to 0.372×106 cells per mg of tissue and from 0.395×106 cells to 0.405×106 cells per mg of tissue, respectively, as compared to control group (p>0.1). After the administration of 10% extract of bigroot geranium, thymocyte count increased to 0.488×106 cells per mg of tissue (p<0.01), and splenocyte count – to 0.504×106 cells per mg of tissue (p<0.01). Conclusion. The extracts of the leaves of bigroot geranium increased leukocyte count and lymphocyte percentage in the peripheral blood, and after a 4-week administration of 10% extract of bigroot geranium, a statistically significant increase in the counts of T lymphocytes (in the thymus) and B lymphocytes (in the spleen) was observed. The immunostimulatory effect depends on the dose of the extract.
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TERAMURA, HAJIME, MIHOKO IWASAKI, MASASHI USHIYAMA, and HIROKAZU OGIHARA. "Evaluation of a Novel Dry Sheet Culture Method for Rapid Enumeration of Total Aerobic Count in Foods." Journal of Food Protection 78, no. 10 (October 1, 2015): 1885–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-15-114.
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A novel dry sheet culture method (Sanita-kun ACplus; SkACp) for rapid enumeration of total viable count has been developed. This rehydrated plate system comprises an adhesive sheet, nonwoven fabric coated with nutrients, and two types of water absorption polymers. In addition, SkACp facilitates methods for both rapid count (rapid mode: 24-h incubation) and accurate enumeration (standard mode: 48-h incubation) because it not only contains conventional 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride but also contains two kinds of new tetrazolium salts for rapid and accurate enumeration of total aerobic count. When SkACp was assessed with 91 microorganisms, 87 strains (95.6%), excluding lactic acid and psychrotrophic bacteria, formed red-colored colonies within 24 h, whereas all microorganisms tested formed colonies within 48 h. The SkACp method, with both 24 and 48 h of incubation, was compared with plate count agar (PCA) and 3M Petrifilm AC (PAC) by using 107 naturally contaminated foods. For all foods tested (n = 107), the linear correlation coefficients of 48-h counts on SkACp compared with PCA and PAC were 0.98 and 0.75, respectively, while the 24-h counts on SkACp compared with PCA and PAC were 0.77 and 0.96, respectively. For foods tested, excluding yogurt and lactic beverages (n = 101), the linear correlation coefficients of 48-h counts on SkACp compared with PCA and PAC were 0.98 and 0.96, respectively, while the 24-h counts on SkACp compared with PCA and PAC were 0.96 and 0.95, respectively. These results demonstrated that SkACp (48 h) is a useful alternative for the enumeration of the total aerobic count for all foods, whereas SkACp (24 h) was also an effective method for rapid enumeration in foods, excluding yogurt and lactic beverages.
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Amundsen, Debbie, Dan Drost, and William Varga. "Utah's Davis County Master Gardener Program." HortTechnology 7, no. 4 (October 1997): 354–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech.7.4.354.
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The Davis County Master Gardener program is unique in several ways. The program includes 3 years of training and volunteer service. The first year's training, taught each year, covers general gardening principles, while the two advance classes, offered in alternate years, focus on fruit and vegetables and ornamentals and landscape design. The program is also unique in that it is based at the Utah State University Botanical Gardens. In addition to working with horticulture extension programs, Master Gardeners can get hands-on experience working in the gardens. Many specialize and become local resident experts in particular gardening areas.
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Kuwata, K., and R. Shibasaki. "ESTIMATING CORN YIELD IN THE UNITED STATES WITH MODIS EVI AND MACHINE LEARNING METHODS." ISPRS Annals of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences III-8 (June 7, 2016): 131–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-iii-8-131-2016.
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Satellite remote sensing is commonly used to monitor crop yield in wide areas. Because many parameters are necessary for crop yield estimation, modelling the relationships between parameters and crop yield is generally complicated. Several methodologies using machine learning have been proposed to solve this issue, but the accuracy of county-level estimation remains to be improved. In addition, estimating county-level crop yield across an entire country has not yet been achieved. In this study, we applied a deep neural network (DNN) to estimate corn yield. We evaluated the estimation accuracy of the DNN model by comparing it with other models trained by different machine learning algorithms. We also prepared two time-series datasets differing in duration and confirmed the feature extraction performance of models by inputting each dataset. As a result, the DNN estimated county-level corn yield for the entire area of the United States with a determination coefficient (<i>R</i><sup>2</sup>) of 0.780 and a root mean square error (<i>RMSE</i>) of 18.2 bushels/acre. In addition, our results showed that estimation models that were trained by a neural network extracted features from the input data better than an existing machine learning algorithm.
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Albino, R. L., J. L. Taraba, M. I. Marcondes, E. A. Eckelkamp, and J. M. Bewley. "Comparison of bacterial populations in bedding material, on teat ends, and in milk of cows housed in compost bedded pack barns." Animal Production Science 58, no. 9 (2018): 1686. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/an16308.
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The objective of this study was to observe relationships among somatic cell count (SCC) and bacteria counts in milk, on teat ends of lactating cows, and in compost samples from the aerated layer of the compost bedded pack. Twenty-nine lactating cows were used in this study. Clinically mastitis cows were not selected for the trial. The correlation between total bacteria count (TBC) and Streptococcus spp. of teat end and hygiene score was (r = 0.49) and (0.44, P = 0.01), respectively. In addition, there was a positive correlation (0.40, P = 0.03) between TBC on teat ends and somatic cell score. When analysing bacterial populations on teat ends and in milk, there was a positive correlation (0.39, P = 0.03) between Escherichia coli at the teat end and coliform counts in milk and also a positive correlation (0.38, P = 0.04) between coliform counts at the teat end and milk. Furthermore, Streptococcus spp. counts on teat end were positively correlated (0.38, P = 0.04) with TBC in milk. Although correlations were observed between hygiene score and SCC with bacterial population, all correlations were moderate. Therefore, hygiene score was not an efficient tool to estimate bacterial populations on teat end and milk.
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Younger, P. T., I. Astin, D. J. Sandford, and N. J. Mitchell. "The sporadic radiant and distribution of meteors in the atmosphere as observed by VHF radar at Arctic, Antarctic and equatorial latitudes." Annales Geophysicae 27, no. 7 (July 15, 2009): 2831–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/angeo-27-2831-2009.
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Abstract. Results are presented of a study of the temporal and spatial variability in meteor count rate observations from three VHF meteor radars. These radar are located in the Arctic (at Esrange, 68° N), in the Antarctic (at Rothera, 68° S) and near the Equator (on Ascension Island, 8° S). It is found that for all three locations there is a strong diurnal cycle in observed hourly meteor counts and the time of maxima and minima in these counts depends on the month of the year. In addition, at high latitude there is a strong annual cycle in observed monthly-mean meteor counts, whereas for the radar at low latitude there is a semi-annual cycle. At high latitude there is also an annual cycle in the mean height at which meteors are observed. However, no such annual cycle is found in observed meteor count rates from the low latitude radar. The meteor count data from all the radars are combined to investigate the sporadic radiant distribution (i.e. the distribution of direction of arrival on the celestial sphere of sporadic meteors). This combined radiant distribution shows that there are six main source regions for meteors. The latitudinal and temporal dependence in observed meteor count rates appears to result from a combination of the sporadic radiant distribution, annual fluctuations in atmospheric density, the sensitivity of the radar to meteors from different source directions and the temporal and spatial variability in meteor fluxes.
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Domingue, Simone J., and Christopher T. Emrich. "Social Vulnerability and Procedural Equity: Exploring the Distribution of Disaster Aid Across Counties in the United States." American Review of Public Administration 49, no. 8 (June 18, 2019): 897–913. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0275074019856122.
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To date, there has been limited research conducted on disaster aid allocation across multiple regions and disasters within the United States. In addition, there is a paucity of research specifically connecting social indicators of vulnerability to public assistance grants aimed at restoring, rebuilding, and mitigating against future damages in disasters. Given these gaps, this article inquires as to whether the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) public assistance program is characterized by procedural inequities, or disparate outcomes for counties with more socially vulnerable populations. Specifically, this article analyzes county-level FEMA’s Public Assistance distribution following major disaster declarations, while controlling for damages sustained, population, household counts, and FEMA Region. Results indicate that FEMA’s Public Assistance program operates well when accounting only for disaster losses across the years, however, findings also show that county social conditions influence funding receipt. Although socioeconomic characteristics were significant drivers of assistance spending, additional vulnerability indicators related to county demographic and built environment characteristics were also important drivers of receipt. Cases of both procedural inequity and equity are highlighted, and implications for equitable disaster recovery are discussed along with recommendations.
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Yassin, Maged Mohammed. "The effect of taurine addition on the complete blood count." Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia 35, no. 1 (2013): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.5581/1516-8484.20130007.
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Schumacher, B. A. "An Addition to the Dinosaur Freeway Megatracksite, Dakota Group (Upper Cretaceous), Bent County, Colorado." Ichnos 10, no. 2-4 (January 2003): 255–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10420940390256302.
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Coallier, Josée, Michèle Prévost, Annie Rompré, and Daniel Duchesne. "The optimization and application of two direct viable count methods for bacteria in distributed drinking water." Canadian Journal of Microbiology 40, no. 10 (October 1, 1994): 830–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/m94-132.
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The optimal incubation conditions for the direct viable count method with nalidixic acid were determined. They do not differ from those proposed in the literature for a laboratory strain and a mixed bacterial population isolated from drinking water. The direct viable count method with 5-cyano-2,3-ditolyl tetrazolium chloride (CTC) was performed under in situ conditions. The bacteria were incubated with CTC at a concentration of 1 mM for 4–6 h at the temperature of the water in the pipes and without the addition of an exogenous substrate. The results obtained for a laboratory strain using the two direct count methods were similar. However, for a mixed bacterial population, the counts were always higher with the CTC method than with the nalidixic acid method.Key words: drinking water, CTC, nalidixic acid, direct viable count.
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Kuwata, K., and R. Shibasaki. "ESTIMATING CORN YIELD IN THE UNITED STATES WITH MODIS EVI AND MACHINE LEARNING METHODS." ISPRS Annals of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences III-8 (June 7, 2016): 131–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprsannals-iii-8-131-2016.
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Satellite remote sensing is commonly used to monitor crop yield in wide areas. Because many parameters are necessary for crop yield estimation, modelling the relationships between parameters and crop yield is generally complicated. Several methodologies using machine learning have been proposed to solve this issue, but the accuracy of county-level estimation remains to be improved. In addition, estimating county-level crop yield across an entire country has not yet been achieved. In this study, we applied a deep neural network (DNN) to estimate corn yield. We evaluated the estimation accuracy of the DNN model by comparing it with other models trained by different machine learning algorithms. We also prepared two time-series datasets differing in duration and confirmed the feature extraction performance of models by inputting each dataset. As a result, the DNN estimated county-level corn yield for the entire area of the United States with a determination coefficient (<i>R</i><sup>2</sup>) of 0.780 and a root mean square error (<i>RMSE</i>) of 18.2 bushels/acre. In addition, our results showed that estimation models that were trained by a neural network extracted features from the input data better than an existing machine learning algorithm.
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Boden, Taylor. "Independent gilsonite vein, Uintah County." Geosites 1 (December 31, 2019): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.31711/geosites.v1i1.78.
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The Uinta Basin of northeastern Utah contains a wide variety of hydrocarbon resources including vast accumulations of crude oil and natural gas deposits, one of the largest oil shale resources in the world, and the largest tar sand deposit in the United States. In addition, unique solid hydrocarbons, including gilsonite, wurtzilite, tabbyite, and ozokerite, have a long and colorful history of exploration and/or production in the region. The most abundant of these, gilsonite, occurs in distinctive swarms of subparallel, northwest-trending veins. The lateral continuity of the veins is impressive, with relatively long, straight ribbons stretching across the hills of the eastern Uinta Basin. The veins are also vertically continuous, extending hundreds to more than 3000 feet (900 m) below the ground, commonly having only small variations in width. The Uinta Basin contains the world’s largest deposit of gilsonite and is the only place in the world where this unique resource is economically produced. Gilsonite is remarkable for its unusual geologic origin, chemical and physical properties, and industrial uses. Industry pioneers are noted for creating innovative uses for their product and for over 100 years have solved mining, processing, transportation, marketing, and other challenges to supply gilsonite to world markets. Accordingly, gilsonite has been studied and described in a large body of research dating back to the 1880s. Most recently, the Utah Geological Survey (UGS) published Special Study 141 (Boden and Tripp, 2012), which presents the latest mapping of gilsonite deposits and a compilation of existing data. To date, over 70 significant veins and vein systems, having a total combined vein length of over 170 miles (270 km), have been mapped by UGS geologists.
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Jayaram, Lata, N. Renee Labiris, Ann Efthimiadis, Helen Vlachos-Mayer, Frederick E. Hargreave, and Andreas P. Freitag. "The Efficiency of Sputum Cell Counts in Cystic Fibrosis." Canadian Respiratory Journal 14, no. 2 (2007): 99–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/679742.
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BACKGROUND: Technical factors relating to processing viscid sputum in cystic fibrosis (CF) and their influence on the reproducibility and validity of cell counts need to be evaluated. In addition, the methods need to be standardized so that they can be applied clinically and in research.OBJECTIVE: To examine the efficiency, reliability and validity of processing small volumes of spontaneously expectorated sputum from subjects with CF.METHODS: Sputum was collected from adults with CF (n=35) and compared with sputum from adults with infective bronchitis or bronchiectasis (IB/B) (n=16), or with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AS/COPD) (n=25). Selected sputum (100 mg to 200 mg) was processed with dithiothreitol (0.1%) and filtered. Total cell count (TCC) and viability were obtained in a counting chamber and cytospins were prepared and stained with Wright’s for a differential cell count. Sputum and filter remnant were processed for TCC, viability and differential cell count, and the efficiency was determined by comparing the mean loss in cell yield to the filter. Two different portions from the same sputum sample were processed for cell counts to determine reproducibility. Results were compared with those from IB/B and AS/COPD groups.RESULTS: Efficiency of cell dispersal was excellent and similar to that in AS/COPD and IB/B groups. Reproducibility of cell counts from two portions of a sputum sample was high (R≥0.80). CF sputum demonstrated a raised TCC and neutrophilia similar to IB/B but significantly higher than AS/COPD.CONCLUSION: The selection method of evaluating cell counts in viscid CF sputum is efficient, reproducible and valid.
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Jung, Robert C., and Stephanie Glaser. "Modelling and Diagnostics of Spatially Autocorrelated Counts." Econometrics 10, no. 3 (September 13, 2022): 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/econometrics10030031.
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This paper proposes a new spatial lag regression model which addresses global spatial autocorrelation arising from cross-sectional dependence between counts. Our approach offers an intuitive interpretation of the spatial correlation parameter as a measurement of the impact of neighbouring observations on the conditional expectation of the counts. It allows for flexible likelihood-based inference based on different distributional assumptions using standard numerical procedures. In addition, we advocate the use of data-coherent diagnostic tools in spatial count regression models. The application revisits a data set on the location choice of single unit start-up firms in the manufacturing industry in the US.
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Park, Byung Kwon, Yong-Su Kim, Young-Wook Cho, Sung Moon, and Sang-Wook Han. "Arbitrary Configurable 20-Channel Coincidence Counting Unit for Multi-Qubit Quantum Experiment." Electronics 10, no. 5 (February 28, 2021): 569. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics10050569.
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This paper presents a 20-channel coincidence counting unit (CCU) using a low-end field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The architecture of the CCU can be configured arbitrarily to measure from twofold to twentyfold coincidence counts thanks to a multifold controllable architecture, which can be easily manipulated by a graphical user interface (GUI) program. In addition, it provides up to 20 of each input signal count simultaneously. The experimental results show twentyfold coincidence counts with the resolution occurring in a less than 0.5 ns coincidence window. This CCU has appropriate characteristics for various quantum optics experiments using multi-photon qubits.
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Corona, Christopher D., Thomas E. Ellis, and David A. Jobes. "Word count as an indicator of suicide risk in an inpatient setting." Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic 82, no. 2 (June 2018): 115–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/bumc.2018.82.2.115.
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The current study replicates a previously used methodology with a suicidal inpatient sample regarding word counts generated by participants writing about suicidal constructs. Word counts (i.e., the number of written words) on the Suicide Status Form from initial sessions with suicidal inpatients were compared to self-rated suicide risk scores as well as to continuous and repeated measures of hopelessness and suicide ideation assessed over the course of inpatient care. Results showed that higher word counts were associated with initially higher suicide ideation scores that steadily declined over the course of treatment. Lower word counts were associated with lower initial hopelessness scores that increased during treatment before ultimately decreasing. In addition, word count was not found to be a significant predictor of self-rated suicide risk. Clinical implications of these data and future directions are discussed.
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Scott of Foscote, The Rt Hon Lord. "FREE COUNTRY." Denning Law Journal 25, no. 1 (September 27, 2013): 257–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/dlj.v25i1.778.
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Sir Sydney Kentridge KCMG, QC, Hart Publishing Oxford 2012 ISBN-10: 1849464677, ISBN-13: 978-1849464673 Price £20.00 hb‘Free Country’ is a collection of lectures and talks, twelve in all, given by Sir Sydney Kentridge QC, over a period running from 1979 to 2011 and now published as a collection. Sir Sydney became in 2009 an honorary LLD of the University of Buckingham, an addition to the seven or eight honorary degrees that he already held from Universities in England, South Africa and elsewhere in the world. Susan Edwards, Professor in Law at the University of Buckingham, asked me to write a review of “Free Country’ for inclusion in this year’s edition of The Denning Law Journal, published annually by the University. It was an honour and privilege to have received this invitation, my only qualification for which is that besides, like Sir Sydney, having had a career as a lawyer in England, I like him, was educated and brought up in South Africa and, when I came to England, did so on a South African passport. Having read, and re-read, the remarkable collection of lectures and talks that constitutes ‘Free Country’ I find it impossible to write about the collection without first writing about its very distinguished author.
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Estrada, Dexter, and Kenneth A. Schwartz2. "Radiometric Quantitation of PAIgG Stratified Treatment Response in ITP Patients." Blood 106, no. 11 (November 16, 2005): 3986. http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood.v106.11.3986.3986.
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Abstract Because treatment response in ITP is variable, it would be useful to be able to assess which patients are likely to respond to conventional treatment. Toward this goal we correlated the number of platelet surface IgG molecules measured with a quantitative radiometric platelet antibody assay (PAIgG) with treatment related changes in platelet count. We tested the hypothesis that patients’ response to conventional treatment could be stratified based on quantitation of the patients’ PAIgG. Data was obtained via a retrospective chart review. Patients with a diagnosis of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), age 18 or older with an initial platelet count of <150,000, and quantitation of antiplatelet IgG performed at the time of diagnosis were included in the study. Patients were treated using conventional approaches that included steroids, IVIgG, anti-D antibody, splenectomy, and or cytotoxic medications. Patient response to therapy was evaluated as the change in platelet count, computed as the difference in platelet count obtained at diagnosis and the latest stable platelet count available. There were 64 patients with at least 90 days between initial and follow-up platelet counts. Of the 31 patients whose PAIgG were ≤1,000 molecules/platelet (m/plt), only 1 had an initial platelet count of <50,000. Of the 33 patients who’s PAIgG were >1,000 m/plt 16 had platelet counts of <50,000 (p≤0.001. Patients with PAIgG levels >1000 m/plt exhibited a significantly greater increase in platelet count μ=73,000 ±92,000 as compared to those with PAIgG levels ≤1000 m/plt, μ=18,000 ±43,000 (p=0.03). Although a PAIgG level of 500 m/plt is 3 standard deviations above the mean of normals, a greater response to treatment was noted in patients if their PAIgG level was >1000 m/plt. Patients with PAIgG levels between 500 and 1000 m/plt respond in a similar fashion to those with PAIgG levels <499. In addition, more patients with PAIgG levels >1000 m/plt received conventional treatment (19/33 vs. 10/31; p<0.05). In particular, there were more patients who received cytotoxic treatment in this cohort, (11/33 vs. 3/31; p≤0.025). Similar results were observed in 74 patients with at least 30 days between initial and follow-up platelet counts. This study suggests that measuring the amount of antiplatelet IgG stratifies ITP patients into 2 groups: patients with PAIgG ≤1,000 m/plt with platelet counts over 50,000 and patients with PAIgG >1,000 m/plt platelet counts that are less than 50,000. Those patients whose PAIgG is >1,000 m/plt are more likely to receive treatment and have an increase in platelet count with conventional therapy. We conclude that radiometric quantitation of PAIgG is helpful for predicting a patient’s response to therapy.