Dose initial, specifying

Normal CCr may be considered as lOOml/minute once the CCr and LBM have been calculated the loading dose (initial dose) required to reach a certain serum concentration and the maintenance dose to maintain the specified concentration can be calculated. The loading dose (LD) is based solely on the LBM of the patient. The maintenance dose (MD) is based on LBM and the renal clearance rate of the drug. 

In order to illustrate how the mode of operation can positively modify selectivity for a large reactor of poor heat-transfer characteristics, simulations of the reactions specified in Example 5.3.1.4 carried out in a semibatch reactor were performed. The reaction data and process conditions are essentially the same as those for the batch reactor, except that the initial concentration of A was decreased to cao = 0.46 mol litre, and the remaining amount of A is dosed (1) either for the whole reaction time of 1.5 h with a rate of 0.1 mol m s", or (2) starting after 0.5 h with a rate of 0.15 mol m " s". It is assumed that the volume of the reaction mixture and its physical properties do not change during dosing. The results of these simulations are shown in Fig. 5.3-15. The results of calculation for reactors of both types are summarized in Table 5.3-3. 

Some sensitivities with 364 nm irradiation are as follows DMA/PEMA, 0.0059 DPA/PEMA, 0.0057 DPA/PPSQ, 0.0092 cm2/mJ. (This value is the initial rate dA/dt divided by the intensity see ref. 15.) A comparable datum for DMA/PPSQ is not available, but by comparing the doses required to reach a specified absorbance, one finds that DMA/PPSQ is slightly faster than DMA/PEMA the ratio is about 1.5 (+/-20%). These numbers are a little smaller than those for conventional positive resist (49). With deep UV irradiation, however, they will be 7-20 times larger due to the larger extinction coefficient, which helps fulfill one of the key prerequisites of a CEL (or PIE) material for the deep UV. 

A variety of techniques have been used in the present work to establish the relative sensitivity of positive electron-beam resists made from copolymers of maleic anhydride (Table I). The term sensitivity is used rather loosely at times. In the most practical sense, sensitivity is a comparative measure of the speed with which an exposure can be made. Thus, the exposure conditions, film thickness, developing solvent and temperature may be involved. Most often, the contrast curve is invoked as a more-or-less objective measure of sensitivity. The dose needed to allow removal of exposed film without removing more than about 70% of the unexposed film can be a measure of sensitivity. The initial film thickness and the developing conditions still must be specified so that this measure is not, strictly speaking, an intrinsic property of the polymeric material. 

Practical use of ACE inhibitors Based on the data from published trials, the 2005 American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines (II) recommend ACE inhibitors as first-line therapy for symptomatic HF with reduced systolic function and for asymptomatic LV dysfunction. In stage C HF they should be used in conjunction with a diuretic to maintain the sodium balance and prevent the development of fluid overload. The ACC/AHA recommendations specify that ACE inhibitors should be initiated at very low dose and gradually uptitrated. Patients with HF should not generally be maintained on very low doses of an ACE inhibitor unless these are the only doses... 

The G value (pmol J 1) for solute removal is also empirically determined. Because G values are rates, rather than rate constants, the absorbed dose for which G is reported must be specified. Commonly, G initial (Go), at zero absorbed dose is chosen. For treatment purposes, G at dose D is defined by the disappearance of the solute in aqueous solutions, and is determined experimentally using the following equation ... 

Up to now, most proposals for photobleaching image enhancement have relied on linear photochemistry, in which the transmittance is a function only of total dose, and not on the rate at which that dose is delivered. The kinetics of such linear photochemistry are well understood and have been described analytically (28). The exposure depends solely on a single parameter which is the product of extinction coefficient, quantum yield, intensity, and time. No increase in contrast can be obtained by changing extinction coefficient or quantum yield, since this merely scales the dose. Contrast can be increased only by increasing the initial optical density, which increases the dose requirement. Only with nonlinear (intensity dependent) photochemistry can one obtain steeper bleaching curves at a specified optical density. 

To specify a maintenance dose amount and frequency. Intuitively, the maintenance dose might be half the initial/priming dose at intervals equal to its plasma tj, for this is the time by which the plasma concentration that achieves the desired effect declines by half. Whether or not this approach is satisfactory or practicable, however, depends very... 

In Table 5 the few data available for the formation and destruction of compounds between the implanted ion and the host are specified. The initial percentage is listed at which the compound is formed under low-dose conditions together with the dose necessary to decompose = 90% of the initial compound. 

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