Most existing ICP (Iterative Closet Point)-based 3D ear recognition approaches resort to the coarse-to-fine ICP algorithms to match 3D ear models. With such an approach, the gallery-probe pairs are coarsely aligned based on a few local feature points and then finely matched using the original ear point cloud. However, such an approach ignores the fact that not all the points in the coarsely seg...

INTRODUCTION This was a descriptive non-interventional study in HIV-1-infected patients treated with DRV/r conducted in the clinical setting, with a single-arm prospective design. The primary objective was to collect data on utilization of darunavir/ritonavir (DRV/r) under the conditions described in the marketing authorization. Efficacy (measured as viral load [VL] <50 copies/mL and CD4+ cell ...

The development of a stable and efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts with high methanol tolerance is crucial for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFCs). Herein, triphenylphosphine (PPh3)-ligated gold nanoclusters complexes (AuNCs), Au101(PPh3)21Cl5, Au9(PPh3)8(NO3)3, Au1(PPh3)Cl supported on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) have been explored as tolerant ORR electrocatalysts. Elec...

This study investigates the use of DC sputtering, physical vapor deposition as a facile method for creating ultralow loading, Au/C electrodes in detection As (III) water. The sputtered nanofilm on carbon papers, substantially reduces amount Au consumed per electrode, <10 μg cm−2, compared to wire, foil, or screen-printed electrodes. Linear stripping voltammetry (LSV) was chosen analytical simpl...

In this report, we describe the preparation and electrochemical characterization of a Pt electrocatalyst, which was synthesized from hexachloroplatinic acid, using the incipient wetness impregnation method. This carbon mesoporous materials (Pt-CMMs) electrocatalyst was used for catalyzing the oxidation of methanol and its oxygen-reduction reaction. The electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol was...

BACKGROUND This study tested the ability of sequential shocks delivered through dual-current pathways to lower the atrial defibrillation threshold (ADFT) compared with a biphasic shock through a standard single-current pathway. METHODS AND RESULTS Electrodes were positioned in the right atrial appendage (RA), left subclavian vein (LSV), proximal coronary sinus (CSos), and distal coronary sinu...

In the frame of the European Space Agency (ESA) project called ‘‘Biology and Physics in Space”, the returning satellite, Foton-M2, carried an open-to-space exposure platform outside of the satellite body, called as BIOPAN-5, loaded with exo-biological experiments and facilities for radiation dosimetry (RADO). One of the RADO experiments was dedicated to the detection of the primary galactic cos...

Several strategies for mapping ventricular outflow tract tachycardia have been reported as useful indices for differentiating between those originating from the right and the left side. Recently, tissue tracking imaging (TTI) has been demonstrated as a novel non-invasive modality for identifying the origin of outflow tract tachycardias. Tissue tracking imaging is an ultrasonographic technique t...

در این تحقیق به مقایسه تحلیلی و عددی آبشار جریان برگشتی مدل R با آبشارهای Q QI سیستم‌­های چندجزیی پایدار پرداخته می‌­شود. راستا برای اولین بار کدهای جهت طراحی منظور کد نرم‌افزار متلب نوشته شده‌­اند. نتایج نشان می‌­دهد که دو جزء 1k 2k از خوراک Nc جزء، تعداد معدودی قابل تعریف است همگی حالات خاصی می­‌باشد. هم‌­چنین یافته‌­ها مجموع مقدار برش جزیی همیشه برابر یک است. طریق داده می‌­شود صورتی میانگین ...

The observed red shift z might be composed by the expansion $$z_\mathrm{C}$$ and an additional frequency $$z_\mathrm{S}$$ , towards or blue, considering extended theories of electromagnetism (ETE). Indeed, massive photon theories—the has a real mass as in de Broglie–Proca theory effective standard-model extension, based on Lorentz–Poincaré symmetry violation (LSV)—or nonlinear may induce cosmol...