Progressive tissue iron deposition from multiple blood transfusions is common in beta-thalassaemia
and pulmonary iron deposition may result in parenchymal damage. The objectives …

Laboratory studies were conducted to determine the rates at which ethylene and propane
desorbed from a water bath relative to the rate at which oxygen was absorbed by the same …

DNA screening for LDL receptor mutations was performed in 170 unrelated hyperlipidemic
Chinese patients and two clinically diagnosed familial hypercholesterolemia patients. Two …

BACKGROUND: Self-monitoring blood glucose device is an important tool for diabetes
patients to efficiently control their blood glucose concentrations. We evaluated the accuracy of …

DNA screening for apolipoprotein (apo) B-100 mutations was performed in hyperlipidemic
Chinese. The apo B-100 gene segment surrounding previously identified familial defective …

Materials and methods This was a retrospective study of the case records of 29 admissions
to the medical intensive care unit (MICU) of Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) from August …

Photolysis of rhodamine-WT dye under natural sunlight conditions was determined by
measuring the loss of fluorescence as a function of time. Rate coefficients at 30 north latitude …

The volatilization coefficients of benzene, chloroform, methylene chloride, and toluene were
measured in the laboratory over a range of mixing conditions concurrently with the …

In a fully developed human heart, the atrial and ventricular myocardium are separated by
fibrous atrioventricular (AV) rings (anulus fibrosus) which are insulated to cardiac impulses. An …

OBJECTIVES:: Self-monitoring blood uric acid device is an important tool for patients to
efficiently monitor their blood uric acid concentrations. The objective of the present study was to …