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I am most grateful to Ernest Alexander for taking the time to write his comment on my article and for the perceptive points that he raises. I hope that this is a sign that the issue of knowledge and planning is receiving renewed attention. Perhaps I should explain why I consider this particularly important at the curre... |
As many as 15 patients have been examinedby hysterosalpingoscintigraphy by administration of albumin macroaggregates labelled with Te99m (HAMA) into posterior vaginal fornix and external orifice of uterine cervix. Gamma camera was used to observe the transportation of molecules through the cervical canal, uterine cavit... |
Background. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA ) is predominantly produced by prostate epithelium, however, other tissues can serve as its minor sources in both men and women, including breast tissue. In women, elevated serum PSA levels have been described in different physiological and pathological conditions, including b... |
most recent major glacial advance occurred at 90 ± 15 ka. This is consistent with the inference of others that alpine glaciers in this region have not necessarily expanded in concert with Northern Hemisphere continental ice sheets. If features, including lateral moraines, that Liu inferred to have been offset 300–350 m... |
The applied electronics domain has great importance due to many applications, such as energy conversion, directly influencing specific processes involving renewable energy. The development of newer manufacturing processes for many integrated components allows for better overall efficiency in certain switching DC/DC con... |
Objective: Oxidized-LDL-cholesterol has been considered as the upper stream of pathogenesis for atherosclerosis and following cardiovascular complications. Recently malondialdehyde-LDL (MDA-LDL) has been able to measure as oxidized-LDL and usefulness of MDA-LDL to estimate cardiovascular events. On the other hand, chro... |
Yellow perch Perca flavescens (Mitchill) are typically collected using multi-mesh gill nets; however, gear selectivity information for this species is sparse. Selectivity using experimental gill nets was determined for yellow perch using data collected from southern Lake Michigan from 2007 to 2012 using stretch mesh si... |
Acute Myocardial infarction (AMI) is one of the important reasons of loss of life and bodily incapacity global prompt via cardiovascular diseases (CVD). AMI stimulates the innate immune system that is required to employee leukocytes to remove necrotic cells and recruit myocardial healing. To evaluate serum concentratio... |
ABSTRACT In contrast to conventional metallic antennas, the resonant wavelength of a plasma dipole antenna is very much different from the predicted ∼λ/2 rule. In this paper, an implicit relation is derived to calculate the effective wavelength λeff and thus the resonant wavelength of a single element 3-layered plasma ... |
This paper deals with a simplified equivalent circuit of an ultrasonic motor and its application to the estimation of motor characteristics. Investigation of this equivalent circuit is conducted from the viewpoint of systematization of research on ultrasonic motors. The equivalent circuit must follow the principle of m... |
Land use is an important factor in the change of carbon emissions, and predicting the spatial pattern of carbon emissions under different land use scenarios is of great significance to respond to the “double carbon” target of China. Based on the land use data of Nanjing city, Jiangsu Province, China in 2010, 2015 and 2... |
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a technique to securely grow a shared secret key between two remote parties [1]. Commercial implementations of QKD are available since 2005 and are used to secure network traffic (Fig. 1). QKD is proven unconditionally secure based on the laws of quantum physics [2]. However, security ... |
Between 1975 and 1991, 40 patients with newly diagnosed medulloblastoma were treated at the authors' institutions. After aggressive surgical resection 39/40 (98%) received craniospinal radiation therapy with a local boost to the posterior fossa and other macroscopically involved areas. A group of 29 patients was treate... |
Nowadays, the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle flying at a low altitude in conjunction with photogrammetric and LiDAR technologies allows to collect images of very high-resolution to generate dense points cloud and to simulate geospatial data of territories. The technology used in experimental research contains reconstru... |
Modular detectors provide system design flexibility that makes possible the development of many imaging systems not possible through the use of more traditional approaches such as employing fixed ring configurations or large FOV (field-of-view) detectors. We have developed two such modular detector systems. The first i... |
An extended car-following model is proposed in this paper based on the idea of the dynamical cooperation between nearest-neighbor vehicles. The stability condition of the new model is derived by using the linear stability theory. By using the reductive perturbation method and nonlinear analysis, the modified Korteweg-d... |
A large part of German motorways is increasingly in need of modernization. In addition, the dimensioning of traffic routes has to be adapted to consistently growing traffic volumes. Worksites that have to be installed for road preservation and development are planned, following the existing technical regulations. Howev... |
The possibility to transfer energy between molecular excitons across a metal film up to 150 nm thick represents a very attractive solution to control and improve the performances of thin optoeletronic devices. This process involves the presence of coupled surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) at the two dielectric-metal in... |
The effect of sodium butyrate (NaB) alone and in combination with a glucocorticoid was studied on Y-79 retinoblastoma cells both in vitro and in vivo. Both NaB (0.5 and 4 mM) and hydrocortisone (1-100 microM) added separately to cells grown in suspension resulted in a small growth inhibition (less than 15%). A marked s... |
Most animals exhibit circadian rhythms in various physiological and behavioral functions regulated by circadian clock that resides in brain and in many peripheral tissues. Temperature cycle is an important time cue for entrainment, even in mammals, since the daily change in body temperature is thought to be used for ph... |
Sub-Resolution Assists Features (SRAF) is a well known and well described method for process window improvement. The introduction of such a technique is not always an easy task for two reasons. On one hand the SRAF placement rules must be defined very well and on the other hand an empirical resist model must be created... |
This report describes the results of questionnaire surveys in 2003 and 2004 on the implementation of the recommendations of the Health Service Circular (HSC) 'Better Blood Transfusion' 2002/009 for improving transfusion practice. These followed a similar survey in 2001 to determine the progress with the implementation ... |
To obtain information on the prevalence and clinical and laboratory correlates of osteopenia in patients with chronic liver disease, we measured bone densities and 30 selected laboratory variables in 133 subjects (70 men, 63 women) with liver disease. Thirty‐two had alcoholic liver disease, 18 had primary biliary cirrh... |
Abstract: The incidence of reporting and diagnosis of coeliac disease (CD) in children is increasing with the improvement in sensitivity and specificity of screening markers. This in turn has led to an increasing awareness of gluten‐sensitive enteropathy and associated disorders. We report the unusual case of an 8‐mon... |
Abstract Mota, JA, Stock, MS, Carrillo, EC, Olinghouse, KD, Drusch, AS, and Thompson, BJ. Influence of hamstring fatigue on the estimated percentage of fast-twitch muscle fibers for the vastus lateralis. J Strength Cond Res 29(12): 3509–3516, 2015—A previous study has demonstrated the ability to roughly estimate the pe... |
Forecasting future production and estimating ultimate recovery (EUR) in supertight reservoirs and shale plays has long been problematic. Developing a reliable and more accurate production forecast have always been a main goal of any petroleum operation. Effectively assessing the reservoir volume and well producing lif... |
Reserves estimation is a process that is constantly updated during the life of a reservoir. Its accuracy depends on the amount of data available and the method of forecast. Analytical models or rate transient analysis (RTA) methods are widely used for history matching and production forecast of unconventional reservoi... |
In this study, different methods of history matching the production of hydraulically fractured unconventional reservoirs were investigated by forecasting future production and predicting EUR's to quantify the differences between them. The traditional Arps’ decline for low permeability reservoirs over-forecasts reserve... |
Different methods for forecasting unconventional well data have been reviewed and compared in this work based on the production forecast and EUR prediction. Field case production data has been used to reveal the accuracy of the models, the similarity of reserves estimation, and the relationship to the reservoir theory... |
INTRODUCTION |
during the last decades, a quick and important modification of the dietary habits has been observed in the Mediterranean countries, especially among young people. Several authors have evaluated the pattern of adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in this group of population, by using the KIDMED test. |
OBJECTIVES |
the purpose of this study was to evaluate the adherence to the Mediterranean Diet among children and adolescents by using the KIDMED test through a systematic review and meta-analysis. |
METHODS |
PubMed database was accessed until January 2014. Only cross-sectional studies evaluating children and young people were included. A random effects model was considered. |
RESULTS |
eighteen cross-sectional studies were included. The population age ranged from 2 to 25 years. The total sample included 24 067 people. The overall percentage of high adherence to the Mediterranean Diet was 10% (95% CI 0.07-0.13), while the low adhesion was 21% (IC 95% 0.14 to 0.27). In the low adherence group, further ... |
CONCLUSION |
the results obtained showed important differences between high and low adherence to the Mediterranean Diet levels, although successive subgroup analyzes were performed. There is a clear trend towards the abandonment of the Mediterranean lifestyle.Intellectual Capital Statement (ICS) – A Case Study from a Hungarian non-... |
An Intellectual Capital Statement (ICS) is a strategic management instrument for assessing and developing the Intellectual Capital (IC) of an organization. The ICS shows how IC is linked to corporate goals, business processes and the business success of an organization using indicators to measure these elements. By ide... |
The discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and its link to human brain diseases in the 1980s dramatically highlighted issues relating to the safety of meat and the relationship between animal and human disease. Yet these issues were not new. As Keir Waddington points out, concerns about the effects of this... |
Waddington uses medical and veterinary texts to examine the scientific understanding of the transmission of bovine tuberculosis to humans. He investigates the role of the German bacteriologist Robert Koch, whose identification of the tubercle bacillus in 1882 confirmed the previously suspected danger of consuming produ... |
By 1900 the focus of attention had shifted from infected meat to milk. Part of the reason for the shift, Waddington tells us, was a sense that “the problem of diseased meat was on the way to being solved”. He notes that the abolition of private slaughterhouses, the establishment of public abattoirs, and efficient meat ... |
Waddington argues that the part played by the public in shaping concerns remains “uncertain”, with limited evidence of public involvement. “Unlike other contagious diseases, fears of bovine tuberculosis were essentially fashioned by elite veterinarians and doctors who defined the problem, drove debate and lamented that... |
In his conclusion, Waddington engages with historians who have suggested that social intervention played an important part in mortality decline, and argues that “the history of meat and milk inspection indicates that not all areas of public health work progressed at the same rate, or were equally successful” (p. 189). ... |
The study presents the brief analysis of existing concepts of pedagogical education; experience of foreign educational institutions in educators training presented. A number of important steps taken in 2020 by the Ministry of Education and Science and the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, in the direction of ... |
The main focus of the strategy of training preschool teachers — shifting the emphasis from the teacher’s educational activities to the student’s activities, the transition from reproductive to a productive learning. In some EU countries, these issues have been successfully resolved, so their experience is being effecti... |
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum or Grönblad–Strandberg syndrome is characterized by progressive calcification and degeneration of the elastic fibers throughout the body. They are noted in the second or third decade and comprise flat-topped, discrete-to-confluent yellowish papules in a linear or reticular pattern over flexures... |
The potentialities of mesoporous materials both as catalysts and catalytic supports in reactions like alkylation, hydrogenation, and oxidation of various substrates are reviewed. Much of our current research effort is devoted to exploring the mechanistic aspects of the reactions, the role of the catalyst structure, and... |
In this paper the single-event responses of the silicon germanium heterojunction bipolar transistors (SiGe HBTs) are investigated by TCAD simulations and laser microbeam experiment. A three-dimensional (3D) simulation model is established, the single event effect (SEE) simulation is further carried out on the basis of ... |
Factors such as low recovery rate and food contaminants may be responsible for the difficulty of detecting Norovirus (NV) by PCR in foodborne outbreaks. To detect NV more efficiently, we introduced a bacterial treatment, in which concentrated samples were incubated overnight with Klebsiella oxytoca at 35 degrees C befo... |
In this paper we explore the multi-sensory display of self-avatars' physiological state in Virtual Reality (VR), as a means to enhance the connection between the users and their avatar. Our approach consists in designing and combining a coherent set of visual, auditory and haptic cues to represent the avatar's cardiac ... |
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