ContextPreeclampsia may be caused by an imbalance of angiogenic factors. We previously
demonstrated that high serum levels of soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt1), an …

Background Intervertebral disc degeneration, a main cause of back pain, is an endemic
problem and a big economic burden for the health care system. Current treatments are symptom …

Continuous virus inactivation (VI) has received little attention in the efforts to realize fully
continuous biomanufacturing in the future. Implementation of continuous VI must assure a …

This paper describes an algorithm for calculating the direction to a flicker source with respect
to a monitoring point. The proposed algorithm is based on sampling of both the voltage and …

… aware of the light flicker. However, in environments where light flickers, the human visual …
In view of this, the objective of this paper is to propose a flicker-free electrolytic capacitor-…

Purpose: To determine the impact of a structured multi-disciplinary management strategy on
clinical outcomes in women with invasive placental disease (IPD). Materials and methods: …

… 1Although this paper focuses on the flicker … in the flicker experiments reported here
often initially refused to believe that the change had been there from the beginning of the “flickering”, …

… to flicker. The purpose of the study described here is to propose a new metric for flicker, one
which can accurately predict human flicker … with the direct perception of flicker in which the …

… flashes/second when starting from a rate of 20 flashes, and a mean of 38.3 flashes/second
when starting from 30 flashes. … down to the appearance of flicker (flicker threshold). The fusion …

BACKGROUND Hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been transmitted by transfusion of labile blood
products and the occasional detection of HEV RNA in plasma pools indicates that HEV …