introduction left ventricular (lv) twist is believed to store potential energy and plays an important role in generating diastolic suction. recent advances in echocardiography techniques have allowed quantification of lv twist. the aim of the present study was to compare lv twist and torsion in healthy human subjects determined by velocity vector imaging (vvi) and tissue doppler imaging (tdi) a...

‎Let $mathcal{A}$ be a unital Banach algebra‎, ‎$mathcal{M}$ be a left $mathcal{A}$-module‎, ‎and $W$ in $mathcal{Z}(mathcal{A})$ be a left separating point of $mathcal{M}$‎. ‎We show that if $mathcal{M}$ is a unital left $mathcal{A}$-module and $delta$ is a linear mapping from $mathcal{A}$ into $mathcal{M}$‎, ‎then the following four conditions are equivalent‎: ‎(i) $delta$ is a Jordan left de...

A natural topology on the space of left orderings of an arbitrary semi-group is introduced. It is proved that this space is compact and that for free abelian groups it is homeomorphic to the Cantor set. An application of this result is a new proof of the existence of universal Gröbner bases. 1. Orderings for semi-groups Given a semi-group G (ie. a set with an associative binary operation), a li...

We introduce a natural topology on the space of left orderings of an arbitrary semi-group G. We prove that this space is always compact and that for free abelian groups it is homeomorphic to the Cantor set. We use our topological approach to provide a simple proof of the existence of universal Gröbner bases. 1. Orderings for semi-groups Given a semi-group G (ie. a set with an associative binary...

Ultrasound imaging of the heart is a non-invasive method widely used for different applications. One of them is to measure the blood volume in the left ventricle at different stages of the heart cycle. This demands a proper segmentation of the left ventricle and a (semi-) automated method would decrease intra-variability as well as workload. This paper presents a semi-automated segmentation met...

The establishment of a single validated endoscopic laryngeal grading system for assessing recurrent laryngeal neuropathy (RLN) is desirable to facilitate direct comparisons between the findings of different clinical and research groups worldwide. The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between the Havemeyer endoscopic laryngeal grading system and histopathological changes con...

In this work, the interaction between the semi-circular space and the neighboring joint with and without the presence of rock bolts was investigated using the particle flow code (PFC) approach. For this purpose, firstly, the calibration of PFC was performed using both the Brazilian experimental test and the uniaxial compression test. Secondly, a numerical model with the dimension of 100 m...

For a complete, i.e., connuent and terminating term rewriting system (TRS) it is well-known that simpliication (also called interreduction) into an equivalent canonical, i.e., complete and interreduced TRS is easily possible. This can be achieved by rst normalizing all right-hand sides of the TRS and then deleting all rules with a reducible left-hand side. Here we investigate the logical and op...