In most types of liver disease, the ALT level is higher than AST and the AST/ALT ratio will be low (less than 1). There are a few exceptions; the AST/ALT ratio is usually increased in alcoholic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and in the first day or two of acute hepatitis or injury from bile duct obstruction.
The modern number system was invented by the Indians. Despite that, the numeral system used today is called Arabic or Hindu-Arabic because the Arabs were the ones to bring it to Europe.
Number Systems. 1  All counting numbers together with 0 are called whole numbers. 2  0 is the smallest whole number and there is no largest whole number. 3  Our number system is based on counting in tens i.e. 4  it has base 10. 5  Every whole number can be written by using the symbols 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 called digits. Every whole number can be written by using the symbols 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 called digits. 2  The place value of a (non-zero) digit depends upon the place it occupies in the number; the place value of the digit 0 is always 0 regardless of the place it occupies in the number.