Pegylated-Catalase Is Protective in Lung Ischemic Injury and Oxidative Stress.

Background: Lung transplant ischemia-reperfusion injury is typified by toxic metabolites and oxygen free radicals leading to worse graft function. Catalase is an enzyme involved in oxidative-stress detoxification. We hypothesize that direct delivery of highly concentrated polyethylene glycol-catalase (PEG-CAT) during normothermic ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) significantly reduces ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Smartphone-based mobile health monitoring.

We developed a health monitoring system based on the smartphone. A compact and low-power-consuming biosignal monitoring unit (BMU) measured electrocardiogram (ECG), photoplethysmogram (PPG), temperature, oxygen saturation, energy expenditure, and location information. The 2.

Differentiated service in OBS networks using a dynamic FDL bank partitioning algorithm.

In order to solve the differentiated service problem in optical burst switching (OBS) networks, we propose a dynamic fiber delay line (FDL) bank partitioning algorithm, which divides a FDL bank into several groups, using a feed-forward output buffering architecture. In the analysis, three classes and groups are considered for traffic and FDL, respectively, and each group is assigned to each class. This paper shows that the loss differentiation in OBS networks is easily accomplished in Poisson traffic environments when our dynamic algorithm is adopted.

Inhibitory effects of fermented nutraceuticals on NO production and T cell proliferation in juvenile atopic dermatitis.

As the most common inflammatory skin disease in children, atopic dermatitis begins in infancy or early childhood, with about 90% of cases appearing under age of 5. The prevalence of atopic dermatitis has rapidly increased among children in recent years. Physiological and psychological abnormalities and social impact are also well known in children with atopic dermatitis and in their families.