Protocol: Temporary Pacemaker Verification and Troubleshooting by Jill Ley (4090672)

“…<p>(Figure 1)</p> <p>(Figure 2)</p> <p><strong>Determining the Stimulation Threshold</strong></p> <ul> <li>NOTE: a paced rhythm must be present and patient stable</li> <li>From 100% pacing, gradually decrease output for A or V, while watching monitor until you lose capture</li> <li>Now gradually increase output until 1:1 capture returns – this is the stimulation threshold</li> <li>This is the lowest amount of energy that will reliably capture the heart and pace</li> <li>Set mA 1.5-3 times above this threshold value for safety</li> <li>Repeat for other circuit (A or V)</li> <li>Note: the stimulation threshold should be checked DAILY by the MD/NP when pacing is in use; in the event 
the threshold value is rising, discuss with surgeon to determine if alternative pacing system is needed</li> </ul> <p><strong>Determining the Sensing Threshold</strong></p> <ul> <li>Note: the patient must have an underlying rhythm and tolerate a brief period without pacing to perform</li> <li>Set RATE at least 10 bpm below patient’s intrinsic heart rate (to allow sensing)</li> <li>Set OUTPUT at 0.1 mA (to avoid competitive pacing when device is made asynchronous briefly)</li> <li>Highlight SENSITIVITY (under Menu 1)</li> <li>Decrease SENSITIVITY: Slowly turn dial counter-clockwise until pace indicator flashes regularly (asynchronously)</li> <li>Increase SENSITIVITY: Slowly turn dial clockwise until sense indicator flashes again (when sensing resumes, this is the sensing threshold – the smallest complex that is reliably recognized, thus inhibiting the device)</li> <li>Set SENSITIVITY < half this threshold value for safety</li> <li>Repeat for other circuit (A or V)</li> <li>Restore previous rate and output values</li> </ul> <p><strong>Rapid Atrial (Overdrive) Pacing – PERFORMED BY MD/NP/CNS ONLY</strong></p> <ul> <li>Used to “overdrive pace” and terminate some atrial reentrant tachyarrhythmias, especially atrial flutter</li> <li>ALWAYS VERIFY correct wire connections to avoid stimulating the ventricles at a rapid rate!…”

Evaluation of cesarean delivery rates in different levels of hospitals in Jiangsu Province, China, using the 10-Group classification system by Ning Gu (226838)

“…In non-referral hospitals, CD rate in Group 5 and the proportion of Group 5 to the overall population were also significantly higher than those in referral hospitals (98.5% vs. 92.5%, <i>p</i> < .001; and 21.0% vs. 14.5%, <i>p</i> < .001).…”

Dithizone induces autophagy-like changes in Paneth cells. by Shiloh R. Lueschow (5807552)

“…<p>(A) Treatment with dithizone induces a significant increase in <i>Atg10</i> (p = 0.03), <i>Atg4a</i> (p = 0.0004), and <i>Atg12</i> (p = 0.000006), as well as a significant decrease in the beclin1 regulator <i>Ambra1</i> (p = 0.0003). …”

Synthesis of Inorganic Tubes under Actively Controlled Growth Velocities and Injection Rates by Rabih Makki (1815850)

“…These nodules form after each rapid velocity decrease at exponentially decaying rates and seem to be energetically favored over a sudden isotropic increase in tube radius.…”

Influence of Water Turbulence on Burning Behavior of Thin Fuel Slick by Mahesh Kottalgi (20569340)

“…Turbulence intensity is studied as a parameter comparable to ocean conditions, with a fuel slick of 5 mm considered for the experiments. …”

Body weight (kg) during 30 days of treatment of synchronized ewes. by Ana C. Carranza Martin (9357362)

“…The FR and GA treatment decrease the BW in comparison with CO showing a time by treatment interaction (P = 0.06).…”

Flood return intervals for different scenarios of land cover and climate change. by Jeanne L. Nel (560902)

“…For example, the return period of a flood with a daily flow of 150 mm (similar to the May 1981 flood in this area) would decrease from a baseline of more than 100 years to 70 years under future climate (scenario 5).…”

Synthesis of Inorganic Tubes under Actively Controlled Growth Velocities and Injection Rates by Rabih Makki (1815850)

“…These nodules form after each rapid velocity decrease at exponentially decaying rates and seem to be energetically favored over a sudden isotropic increase in tube radius.…”

Upper graph: oculomotor capture effectiveness versus eccentricity of onset appearance. by Marije van Beilen (5652724)

“…(Free View: 2 subjects did not provide a good fit, 100%: 5 subjects did not provide a good fit because they did not show a decrease in capture efficiency with higher eccentricity.)…”

Evolution of 10 of the 20 estimated parameters (see text) during the fitting procedure. by Thomas Nowotny (146275)

“…<p>Parameters tend to converge to a final value aided by a slow decrease of the size of explored parameter changes over the extent of the whole fitting procedure. …”

Synthesis of Inorganic Tubes under Actively Controlled Growth Velocities and Injection Rates by Rabih Makki (1815850)

“…These nodules form after each rapid velocity decrease at exponentially decaying rates and seem to be energetically favored over a sudden isotropic increase in tube radius.…”

Motor cortical beta bursts are spatially focal. by Simon Little (500088)

“…Data are not baseline normalised within subject. Beta bursts have a more focal topography than the ERS (see also <a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000479#pbio.3000479.s006" target="_blank">S1 Video</a> and <a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000479#pbio.3000479.s007" target="_blank">S2 Video</a>). …”

Halogenated organic pollutants (HOPs) in marine fish collected from central-northern coastal waters in Vietnam by Nam Vu Duc (17759979)

“…The concentration of analytes was quantified by internal standard method and controlled with corresponding label standards. The decreasing order of HOP concentrations was ∑20OCPs (mean/median: 158/139 ng/g-wet weight (ww), range: 31.1-406 ng/g-ww) > ∑28PCBs (mean/median: 46.6/36.5 ng/g-ww, range: 5.92-225 ng/g-ww) > ∑8PBDEs (mean/median: 28.7/4.76 ng/g-ww, range: 0.26-212 ng/g-ww). …”

Image1_Combined direct-sun ultraviolet and infrared spectroscopies at Popocatépetl volcano (Mexico).pdf by N. Taquet (15190954)

“…We especially focused on the full growth/destruction cycle of the most voluminous lava dome of the period that took place between February and April 2019. A decrease of the HCl/SO₂ ratio was observed with the decrease of the extrusive activity. …”

Antiangiogenic activity of photobiomodulation in experimental model using chorioallantoic embryonic membrane of chicken eggs by Lays Fernanda Nunes Dourado (6098738)

“…We treated the negative control group with 50 μl phosphate-buffered-saline (pH 7.4) and the positive control group (Beva) with 50 μl bevacizumab solution (Avastin, Produtos Roche Químicos e Farmacêuticos, S.A., Brazil). Results: We found a decrease in total vessel length in the Beva group (24.96% ± 12.85%) and in all the groups that received 670 nm red light therapy (2× group, 34.66% ± 8.66%; 4× group, 42.42% ± 5.26%; 8× group, 38.48% ± 6.96%), compared with the negative control group. …”

Peptide interactions with di-8-ANEPPS labeled LUV and cell membranes. by Axel Hollmann (397503)

“…Dashed curves represent the fitting to the single binding site equation (eq. 5). Affinity parameters for the cells are indicated in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0060302#pone-0060302-t003" target="_blank">Table 3</a>. …”

Intrinsic Patterns of Coupling between Correlation and Amplitude of Low-Frequency fMRI Fluctuations Are Disrupted in Degenerative Dementia Mainly due to Functional Disconnection by Daniele Mascali (5450159)

“…Our results indicate that degenerative dementia is characterized by a loss of global connection rather than by a decrease of fluctuation amplitude.…”

Bioenergetic profile of human coronary artery smooth muscle cells and effect of metabolic intervention by Mingming Yang (284445)

“…Stress tests also showed that oxidative phosphorylation and glycolysis can increase to a maximum of 3.5 fold and 1.25 fold, respectively, indicating that the former has a high reserve capacity. …”

Fabrication of Selective Sensors for Hg2+ Traces in Water Using Graphene Decorated with Metal Nanoclusters by Ayesh, Ahmad I.

“…Two batches of sensors were tested in this work: i) sensors based on graphene only, and ii) sensors based on graphene and percolating films of Au nanoclusters, each has a thickness of 5 nm. For nanocluster deposition, each graphene sample was fixed on a cryostat finger. …”
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Data Sheet 1_Amyloid-induced mitochondrial network disruption in neurons monitored by STED super-resolution imaging.pdf by Iuliia Golovynska (18880049)

“…As a result, the volume and surface area per mitochondrion decrease by 6-fold and 4-fold, respectively. …”