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Optimizing home dialysis : role of hemodiafiltration
(2011)Over the last 40 years the technical obstacles which prevented a convective contribution to diffusive dialysis have been overcome. Hemodiafiltration represents a natural evolution of intermittent extracorporeal blood ... -
Optimizing Omega
(2009)This paper considers the Omega function, proposed by Cascon, Keating & Shadwick as a performance measure for comparing financial assets. We discuss the use of Omega as a basis for portfolio selection. We show that the ... -
Optimizing Preventive Maintenance Models
(2006)We deal with the problem of scheduling preventive maintenance (PM) for a system so that, over its operating life, we minimize a performance function which reflects repair and replacement costs as well as the costs of the ... -
Optimizing Preventive Maintenance Models.
(2005)We consider the problem of scheduling preventive maintenance so as to minimize the expected total repair and replacement costs over the lifetime of a system. Our AD-based approach involves some non-standard features, such ... -
Optimizing real-time transport protocols
(University of Hertfordshire, 1990)A real-time transport protocol must trade delay against loss. Here we consider the problem of minimizing the mean transport delay subject to a given maximum acceptable loss rate. This form of the trade-off is appropriate ... -
Optimizing the bioenergy water footprint by selecting SRC willow canopy phenotypes: regional scenario simulations
(2019-02-13)Background and Aims: Bioenergy is central for the future energy mix to mitigate climate change impacts; however, its intricate link with the water cycle calls for an evaluation of the carbon–water nexus in biomass production. ... -
Optimizing the Entrainment Geometry of a Dry Powder Inhaler : Methodology and Preliminary Results
(2016-11-01)Purpose: For passive dry powder inhalers (DPIs) entrainment and emission of the aerosolized drug dose depends strongly on device geometry and the patient’s inhalation manoeuvre. We propose a computational method for ... -
Optimizing the hydrocyclone for ballast water treatment using computational fluid dynamics
(2009)Environmental concern related to the transfer of Invasive Aquatic Species by ships ballast water has given rise to the development of a vast array of ballast water treatment systems. The complex environmental challenges ... -
Optimum threshold for indoor UWB ToA-based ranging
(2011-10)This paper proposes a method for setting the threshold for ultra-wide-band (UWB) threshold-based ranging in indoor scenarios. The optimum threshold is derived based on the full analysis of the ranging error, which is ... -
Option Grids : Shared decision making made easier
(2013-02)To describe the exploratory use of short decision support tools for patients, called Option Grids. Option Grids are summary tables, using one side of paper to enable rapid comparisons of options, using questions that ... -
Options for informal environmental management : the agricultural industry highlighted
(1997)Discussions are frequently found in the environmental press regarding the possible advantages to an organisation should they implement a formal environmental management system such as BS 7750, ISO 14001 and the EC ... -
Opto-mechanical design for sight windows under high loads
(2017-03-05)In this study, the design aspects of optically accessible pressure vessels are investigated via a case study of a High Pressure Combustor experimental rig. The rig was designed to take optical measurements of combustion, ... -
Opto-thermal measurement of barrier cream residence time on skin in-vivo
(2001)We report the non-invasive opto-thermal measurement of the residence time of a barrier cream on in-vivo skin. These measurements revealed an approximately exponential decrease of cream layer thickness with a 1/e disappearance ... -
Opto-Thermal Transient Emission Radiometry (OTTER) to image diffusion in nails in vivo
(2011-03-15)This work describes the first application of Opto-Thermal Transient Emission Radiometry (OTTER), an infrared remote sensing technique, to probe the extent to which solvents permeate the human nail in vivo. Decanol, glycerol ... -
Oral absorption and bioavailability of fenbendazole in the dog and the effect of concurrent ingestion of food
(1993-06)Fenbendazole was administered orally without food to six beagle dogs at 2.5, 5.0, 10, 20, 40 and 80 mg/kg of body weight. Increasing the dose rate did not significantly increase the amount of fenbendazole absorbed. In a ... -
Oral counselling on dispensed medication : A survey of its extent and associated factors in a random sample of community pharmacies
(1997-06-01)To establish the current rate of oral counselling on dispensed medications, a random sample of 50 community pharmacists from the greater London area was selected. A non-participant observational method was used to obtain ... -
Oral Delivery of Hydrophilic Drugs to the Brain
(2010-09-10)A composition comprising a lipophilic derivative of a hydrophilic drug and an amphiphile compound for use in therapy wherein the composition is orally administered to the human or animal body. The invention includes ...