Iron shows a pressure-induced martensitic phase transformation from the ground state ferromagnetic bcc phase to a nonmagnetic hcp phase at approximately 13 GPa. The exact transformation pressure (TP) and pathway are not known. Here we present a multiscale model containing a quantum-mechanics-based multiwell energy function accounting for the bcc and hcp phases of Fe and a construction of kinema...

BACKGROUND The incidence and prevalence of skin cancer is rising. A detection model could support the (screening) process of diagnosing non-melanoma skin cancer. METHODS A questionnaire was developed containing potential actinic keratosis (AK) and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) characteristics. Three nurses diagnosed 204 patients with a lesion suspicious of skin (pre)malignancy and filled in the ...

Model programs are high-level behavioral specifications typically representing Abstract State Machines or ASMs. Conformance checking of model programs is the problem of deciding if the set of traces allowed by one model program forms a subset of the set of traces allowed by another model program. This is a foundational problem in the context of model-based testing, where one model program corre...

PURPOSE We attempted to comprehensively assess the possible association between p53 Arg72Pro polymorphism and the risk of basal cell carcinoma (BCC). METHODS We performed a literature search of case-control association studies on p53 Arg72Pro polymorphism and BCC susceptibility in PubMed and EMBASE. 7 eligible studies were finally identified and their data were extracted for this meta-analysi...

BACKGROUND Incidence of liver hydatid cyst (LHC) rupture ranged 15%-40% of all cases and most of them concern the bile duct tree. Patients with biliocystic communication (BCC) had specific clinic and therapeutic aspect. The purpose of this study was to determine witch patients with LHC may develop BCC using classification and regression tree (CART) analysis METHODS A retrospective study of 67...

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a widely used mathematical programming approach for comparing the input and output of a set of comparable decision-making units (DMUs) by evaluating their relative efficiency. The traditional DEA methods require accurate measurement of both the inputs and outputs. However, the real evaluation of the DMUs is often characterized by imprecision and uncertainty in...

Non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations have been used to investigate strain-rate dependence of plasticity and phase transition in [001]-oriented single-crystal iron under ramp compression. Here, is governed by deformation twinning, which kinetics tightly correlated with the loading rate. Over investigated range strain rates, a hardening-like effect found shift onset structural bcc-to-hc...

Pengurusan air yang tidak cekap akan membebankan rakyat Malaysia. Pihak syarikat pengurusan perlu menggunakan sumber secara optimum dan mengelakkan pembaziran. Untuk mengenal pasti kecekapan air, input output sesuai dipilih. Penggunaan diingini seperti terhasil (juta liter sehari) jarang diambil perhatian dalam pengukuran perkhidmatan bekalan lebih kerap melibatkan ukur panjang paip (km) kos pe...

This paper aims to compare relative efficiency of the knowledge triangle policy in 25 EU member states providing evidence on the knowledge triangle technical efficiency calculated relying on output-oriented Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model assuming variable returns to scale (VRS). Moreover, the knowledge triangle efficiency indices are calculated, utilising the concept of actual and target...