A method for inscribing surface relief gratings in azopolymer thin films via proximity field nanopatterning is reported. Azopolymers prepared by ring opening metathesis polymerization were cast as thin films and brought into conformal contact with transparent polydimethylsiloxane phase masks. Irradiation of the film surface through the phase masks induces mass transport of azopolymer that gener...

Abstract In this paper, Markov chain and dynamic programming were used to represent a suitable pattern for tax relief and tax evasion decrease based on tax earnings in Iran from 2005 to 2009. Results, by applying this model, showed that tax evasion were 6714 billion Rials**. With 4% relief to tax payers and by calculating present value of the received tax, it was reduced to 3108 billion Rials. ...

Relief mosaics are collections of registered images that extend traditional mosaics by supporting motion parallax. A simple parallax interpolation algorithm based on computed correspondence information allows high quality blurfree and ghost-free mosaics to be created using images from moving hand-held cameras that would not be suitable for traditional mosaicing. The renderer can also display lo...

Arsenate, an uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation, relieved the Crabtree effect in Ehrlich-Lett réhyperdiploid ascites tumor cells. Respiration was measured with an oxygen electrode. High arsenale concentrations (30 to 60 ITIM)were needed to produce a 2-fold increase in the depressed respiratory rate. Arsenate concentrations below 10 HTMhad little or no effect. The relief by arsenale was rev...

Obesity is widely acknowledged as a risk factor for both the incidence and progression of osteoarthritis, and has a negative influence on outcomes. Loss of at least 10% of body weight, coupled with exercise, is recognized as a cornerstone in the management of obese patients with osteoarthritis, and can lead to significant improvement in symptoms, pain relief, physical function and health-relate...

INTRODUCTION There have been numerous pediatric postoperative pain management studies over the past 20 years, yet children continue to experience avoidable postoperative pain [1 3]. Recent studies suggest that postoperative pain in children is often poorly managed [4 7]. The reasons for this may include nurses’ undermedicating for postoperative pain despite adequate prescription, nurses’ inadeq...

Methodology Male piglets between 5 and 7 d of age were ear notched, weighed, then randomly selected into control (n = 700) and treatment (n = 700) groups and given an injection (IM) of either saline solution or Anafen (Ketoprofen injection 100 mg/mL 1 mL/50 kg body weight), respectively. A sample size calculation was performed to determine the number of piglets required to demonstrate a 225g/da...

A 33-year-old Caucasian woman came to our attention complaining of lateral knee pain on the left side, severe external instability associated with varus malalignment, and difficulties in weight-bearing activities. The symptoms had appeared following two lateral meniscectomies on her discoid meniscus, performed elsewhere. The patient was initially submitted to an allograft meniscus transplantati...