Let V be a generic quintic threefold in the 4-dimensional complex projective space P. A well-known conjecture of Clemens says that V has only a finite number of rational curves in each degree. Although Clemens’ conjecture is still quite open at this moment (it is known to be true for degree up to 7 by S. Katz [K]), recently physicists, based on the mirror symmetry principle, have proposed a for...

in this paper, construction rules of the root locus of a positive feedback system whose loop transfer function is not strictly proper have been investigated. the root locus method is being used since 1950. it is demonstrated that some of the steps in this technique are not general and for a positive feedback system whose loop transfer function is not strictly proper are not valid. to overcome t...

background: infections attributed to helicobacter pylori ( h. pylori ) involve almost half of the world's population. one of the effects is auto-antibody induction and cross-reaction with numerous proteins in the body. as a result of its widespread prevalence and importance, this study evaluates the associations between h. pylori and thyroid auto-antibodies. materials and methods: this study en...

Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with nasal continuous positive airway pressure mandates simultaneous increases of both inspiratory and expiratory positive airway pressures to eliminate apneas as well as nonapneic oxyhemoglobin desaturation events. We hypothesized that the forces acting to collapse the upper airway during inspiration and expiration are of different magnitudes and that obstr...

Abstract— The purpose of this paper is to give a compact summary of recent results based on the concept of a regular positive-real function. We will list an efficient set of networks which is capable of realising all biquadratics which are realisable by 5-element networks or 6-element networks of seriesparallel type. The structures are simpler than the full BottDuffin synthesis, though there ar...

of the Ventumask and EasyVent, Ventukit, and EveCoulisse are very similar, respectively, whereas the Boussignac is the least expensive. However, based on the results of our study, the Boussignac device appears to perform more as a reservoir mask than as a CPAP device because of the low variable end-expiratory pressure, low airflow outputs, and high unadjustable FIO2. We concur with Drs Salturk ...