Evaluating the ability to measure pork fat quality for the production of commercial bacon.

This study was conducted to evaluate three fat quality measures to characterize the suitability of pork bellies for commercial bacon production. Bellies from six sources (A to F) and two weight ranges (4.5/5.

Biochemical characterization of AMG 102: a neutralizing, fully human monoclonal antibody to human and nonhuman primate hepatocyte growth factor.

AMG 102 is a fully human monoclonal antibody that selectively targets and neutralizes hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF). A detailed biochemical and functional characterization of AMG 102 was done to support its clinical development for the treatment of cancers dependent on signaling through the HGF/SF:c-Met pathway. In competitive equilibrium binding experiments, AMG 102 bound to human and cynomolgus monkey HGF with affinities of approximately 19 pmol/L and 41 pmol/L, respectively.

Reducing hyperglycemia hospitalwide: the basal-bolus concept.

Background: Hyperglycemia has been identified as potent and independent risk factor for adverse outcomes for patients. An initiative was undertaken to reduce hyperglycemia hospitalwide in adults.

Methods: In a multistep process, insulin protocols were implemented hospitalwide via an electronic provider order entry system.

Implementing computerized provider order entry with an existing clinical information system.

Background: There are numerous barriers to successfully implementing computerized provider order entry (CPOE), and it is not entirely clear to what degree the proposed benefits extend to older, commercially available systems in place at most hospitals.

Methods: In 2000, Loyola University Health System leadership chartered a project to implement CPOE for hospitalized patients' medications. The impact of CPOE on workflow was analyzed before implementation.

Validation of an ELISA method for screening methadone in postmortem blood.

In this study, we evaluate Venture Labs' enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of methadone in postmortem specimens. Sixty-one postmortem specimens that previously screened positive for methadone along with 59 specimens which screened negative for methadone were included. All specimens were screened using the Venture Labs methadone assay in conjunction with a liquid-liquid basic extraction and gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric (GC-MS) analysis.