(n.) A small South American rodent (Coelogenys paca), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is nearly allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig.
Example Sentences:
(1) In a survey of CT-scanner utilization, data from all machines operating in the PACA Region in 1986, showed that the mean activity was 6,080 examinations per machine.
(2) Thus, PacA and PacB are two essential bacteriophage proteins required for recognition and cleavage of the P1 packaging site.
(3) To test this hypothesis, membranes of MIA PaCa-2 cells, a human dedifferentiated pancreatic cancer cell line, were incubated without hormone (control) or with 0.1 microM EGF or somatostatin analogue RC-160 for 1 hr at 4 degrees C to phosphorylate the 60-kDa protein.
(4) Upon analysis of the morphologic characteristics of the protoscoleces derived from the cysts, the sizes of rostellar hooks from the material from the paca were found to be well within the ranges reported in previous studies.
(5) A membrane receptor and a cytosolic receptor for somatostatin were found in a human undifferentiated pancreatic cancer cell line (MIA PaCa-2).
(6) In vitro studies revealed that the relatively resistant cell line, WD PaCa (or well-differentiated pancreatic adenocarcinoma of the Syrian hamster), actually had higher ADR cellular levels than the sensitive cell line, PD PaCa (or poorly differentiated pancreatic adenocarcinoma of the Syrian hamster).
(7) 5,575, 1986]; one transcript predicts an amino acid sequence identical to that predicted by our MIA PaCa-2 cDNA clone; the other transcript predicts a similar protein containing a three amino acid residue insertion.
(8) In this investigation, the human pancreatic undifferentiated cell line, MIA PaCa-2, was compared with PANC-1 cells (a human ductal cell line previously characterized), isolated rat and human ducts, acinar cells, and nonpancreatic cell lines.
(9) Approximately 75% of the amino acids identified in both MIA PaCa CSF-1 and murine CSF-1 were found to be common to both.
(10) The established cell line (MIA PaCa-2) has a doubling time of 40 h. The cells are large with abundant cytoplasm, exhibit a high degree of aneuploidy and have a tendency to grow on top of other cells.
(11) With this assay, androgen receptors were detected in five fresh human pancreatic adenocarcinoma specimens (three male), two pancreatic cancer cell lines (Mia PaCa 2 and Ger), one xenograft tumor which responded to androgens, five specimens of normal adult pancreas (two male), and a pool of fetal pancreatic tissue.
(12) It is suggested that the antileishmanial action of PIHCA and other PACA nanoparticles results from the activation of respiratory burst in macrophages.
(13) Human cell lines resistant to L-asparaginase or albizziin were isolated by multistep selection of HT1080 fibrosarcoma and MIA PaCa-2 pancreatic carcinoma cells.
(14) Maximal response to CCK8 occurred at the 10(-9) M dose for each cell line: MIA PaCa-2, 40% (P less than 0.025); PANC-1, 85% (P less than 0.001); RWP-2, 68% (P less than 0.001) and CAPAN-2, 52% (P less than 0.001).
(15) Two human pancreatic adenocarcinoma cell lines (PANC 1 and MIA PACA 2) were examined for expression of growth factors that could potentially play a role either in growth regulation of the tumor cells, or in cells that comprise the stromal elements of tumors.
(16) The administration of etoposide prior to FP resulted in synergistic cytotoxicity in L1210, HCT-8, Mia PaCa, MCF-7, and T47-D cells while the reverse sequence resulted in additive or antagonistic cytotoxicity in L1210, HCT-8, and Mia PaCa cells.
(17) The production of plasminogen activator by Mia PaCa-2 cells is totally inhibited by actinomycin D and cycloheximide.
(18) Four of the patients with polycystic hydatid disease observed by us reported that they were aware of the presence of liver disease in the pacas hunted for food.
(19) MIA PaCa-2 and AsPC-1, and a gall bladder carcinoma cell line, G-415.
(20) Gel permeation chromatography of a mixture of the PACA and actinide elements have shown these substances to be strong chelating agents similar to EDTA or DTPA.
Pacu
Definition:
(n.) A South American freah-water fish (Myleies pacu), of the family Characinidae. It is highly esteemed as food.
Example Sentences:
(1) My advice to all PACU nurses is to begin recording observations and keep an inventory.
(2) We then measured the patient's sublingual temperature every 5 minutes prior to induction, every 15 minutes intraoperatively, and every 15 minutes postoperatively until he or she was discharged from the postanesthesia care unit, (PACU).
(3) PACU nurses are still the first line of support for the injured athlete.
(4) Patients who listened to music perceived their PACU experience as significantly more pleasant than the patients in the other two groups as recalled both 1 day and 1 month later.
(5) Between transport and PACU entry, the four groups had mean temperature decreases ranging from 1.6 degrees to 2.3 degrees F (0.9 degree to 1.3 degrees C).
(6) Of the nonsmokers, 38% were found to have PACU stays of less than 1 hour, compared with 23% of the smokers.
(7) One patient in the sufentanil 1.0 micrograms.kg-1 group whose surgical time was less than 45 min exhibited respiratory depression in the PACU requiring narcotic reversal.
(8) No additional pain medication was required by patients in the PACU in either group.
(9) Limited published research is available regarding the needs of family members of PACU patients.
(10) In both groups, 52% of the patients were hypothermic (less than 35 degrees C[less than 95 degrees F]) on PACU admission.
(11) Continuous pulse oximetry was performed on 173 adults after general anaesthesia for elective inpatient surgery, throughout their post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU) stay.
(12) Findings indicate that temperature on PACU admission is not a variable of difference between groups of patients who develop or who do not develop PS.
(13) Desflurane may benefit elderly patients by providing a more rapid recovery from anesthesia, leading to a shorter PACU stay.
(14) Data showed a PACU complication rate of 23.7%, with an overall intraoperative complication rate of 5.1%.
(15) Sufentanil at all three doses prevented increases in SAP and HR with intubation and incision, provided superior pain relief in the PACU and did not prolong wake-up time.
(16) However, upon testing in the PACU 15 min later, 45% (13 of 29) of Group P patients and 8% (2 of 25) of Group V patients had a TOF ration less than 0.70.
(17) Part II of this article, which will be published in a subsequent issue of this journal, will present research problems that are of interest and the ways in which PACU nurses can use the qualitative research designs discussed in part I of the article.
(18) The installed system, based on four levels of care, provided the following results: more accurate cost of PACU care data reflecting both length and intensity of care; more accurate PACU workload units provided to hospital-wide productivity reporting system; patients charged based on both level and intensity of nursing care in the PACU; nurses feeling that their care efforts are recognized and appreciated; and estimation of overall workload for the next day along with when workload should peak.
(19) Exploitation can also occur when the PACU becomes a resevoir for critical care patients, ie, from the emergency room, due to overcrowded conditions in the ICUs and CCUs.
(20) The purpose of this article is to present an overview of qualitative research methods that can be used by PACU nurses.