Improved blood pressure control with lumiracoxib compared with ibuprofen: a randomized trial in osteoarthritis patients with controlled hypertension

in Arthritis and Rheumatism (2007, September), 56(number 9 (suppl.)), 659

An improved Clean-up Strategy for Simultaneous Analysis of PCDDs, PCDFs, and PCBs in Biological Samples.

in Organohalogen Compounds (2001), 50

An Improved Constitutive Model for the Numerical Simulation of Semi-Solid Thixoforming

in Proceedings of ACOMEN’2008, Advanced Computational Methods in Engineering (2008)

In order to model thixoforming processes, previous papers presented a thermo-mechanical one-phase modelling. This first version of constitutive model revealed several limitations: the model could not ... [more ▼]

In order to model thixoforming processes, previous papers presented a thermo-mechanical one-phase modelling. This first version of constitutive model revealed several limitations: the model could not degenerate properly to pure solid or liquid behaviour neither to free solid suspensions. The aim of this paper was to propose solutions to overcome these limitations. [less ▲]

Improved detection of chromosomal abnormalities in chronic lymphocytic leukemia by conventional cytogenetics using CpG oligonucleotide and interleukin-2 stimulation: A Belgian multicentric study.

in Genes, Chromosomes & Cancer (2009), 48(10), 843-53

We performed a multicentric study to assess the impact of two different culture procedures on the detection of chromosomal abnormalities in 217 consecutive unselected cases with chronic lymphocytic ... [more ▼]

We performed a multicentric study to assess the impact of two different culture procedures on the detection of chromosomal abnormalities in 217 consecutive unselected cases with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) referred for routine analysis either at the time of diagnosis (n = 172) or during disease evolution (n = 45). Parallel cultures of peripheral blood or bone marrow were set up with the addition of either the conventional B-cell mitogen 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) or a combination of CpG oligonucleotide (CpG) and interleukin-2 (IL-2). Cytogenetic analyses were performed on both cultures. Clonal abnormalities were identified in 116 cases (53%). In 78 cases (36%), the aberrant clone was detected in both cultures. Among these, the percentages of aberrant metaphases were similar in both conditions in 17 cases, higher in the CpG/IL-2 culture in 43 cases, and higher in the TPA culture in 18 cases. Clonal aberrations were detected in only one culture, either in CpG/IL-2 or TPA in 33 (15%) and 5 (2%) cases, respectively. Taken together, abnormal karyotypes were observed in 51% with CpG/IL-2 and 38% with TPA (P < 0.0001). Application of FISH (n = 201) allowed the detection of abnormalities not visible by conventional cytogenetic analysis in 80 cases: del(13q) (n = 71), del(11q) (n = 5), +12 (n = 2), del(14q) (n = 1), and del(17p) (n = 1). In conclusion, our results confirm that CpG/IL-2 stimulation increases the detection rate of chromosomal abnormalities in CLL compared with TPA and that further improvement can be obtained by FISH. However, neither conventional cytogenetics nor FISH detected all aberrations, demonstrating the complementary nature of these techniques. [less ▲]

Improved Domain Decomposition Method for the Helmholtz Equation

in Proceedings of the 21th International Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods (DD21) (2012, June)

Improved Domain Decomposition Method for the Wave Equation in Harmonic Regime

in Proceedings of the 6th Advanced Computational Electromagnetics workshop (ACE 2012) (2012, March)

Improved emulsifying and foaming of whey proteins after enzymic fat hydrolysis

in Journal of Food Science (1997), 62(1), 48-

In an effort to improve emulsifying and foaming of sweet whey and whey protein concentrate, we studied the hydrolysis of the residual fat in these preparations with a sn 1,3 specific lipase. This ... [more ▼]

In an effort to improve emulsifying and foaming of sweet whey and whey protein concentrate, we studied the hydrolysis of the residual fat in these preparations with a sn 1,3 specific lipase. This enzymatic lipolysis would convert almost all triglycerides into mono- and diglycerides which have strong surface-active properties. Therefore, the emulsifying and foaming capacities of such modified whey products should be increased in comparison with native products, as shown by results presented at both neutral pH and those similar to a salad dressing emulsion. It was also demonstrated that emulsions and foams formed with lipase-treated whey preparations were more shelf-stable. [less ▲]

Improved energy resolution of a cyclotron beam for RBS measurements

in Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms (2008), 266(10), 2110-2112

Improved Finite Element Solvers for the Helmholtz Equation at High Frequencies

Scientific conference (2012, March 29)

Improved Forwarding Architecture and Resource Management for Multi-Core Software Routers

in NPC 2009 Proceedings (2009, October)

Recent technological advances in commodity server architectures, with multiple multi-core CPUs, integrated memory controllers, high-speed interconnects and enhanced network interface cards, provide ... [more ▼]

Recent technological advances in commodity server architectures, with multiple multi-core CPUs, integrated memory controllers, high-speed interconnects and enhanced network interface cards, provide substantial computational capacity and thus an attractive platform for packet forwarding. However, to exploit this available capacity, we need a suitable software platform that allows effective parallel packet processing and resource management. In this paper, we at first introduce an improved forwarding architecture for software routers that enhances parallelism by exploiting hardware classification and multi-queue support, already available in recent commodity network interface cards. After evaluating the original scheduling algorithm of the widely-used Click modular router, we propose solutions for extending this scheduler for improved fairness, throughput and more precise resource management. To illustrate the potential benefits of our proposal, we implement and evaluate a few key elements of our overall design. [less ▲]