STUDY OBJECTIVES Nasal prongs (NPs), when used to assess nasal flow, can result in dramatic increases in nasal airflow resistance (NR). The aim of this study was to investigate whether the NP-induced increases in NR could be corrected by the simultaneous use of an internal nasal dilator (ND). DESIGN NR was estimated by posterior rhinomanometry, in the basal state (NRb), and while breathing wi...

The title complex, [Nd(C(6)H(6)NO(3)S)(2)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)(H(2)O)(3)]NO(3)·4H(2)O, comprises a mononuclear cation, an NO(3) (-) anion and two uncoordinated water mol-ecules; the Nd(III) cation, one coordinated water mol-ecule, and the NO(3) (-) anion each lie on a twofold axis of symmetry. The Nd(III) ion exhibits an NdN(4)O(5) coordination environment comprising two O atoms of two monodentate...

Conference management is a critical component of a collaborative engineering eeort. This paper describes, CAIRO (Collaborative Agent Interaction and synchROnization system), a system for managing participants in a distributed conference. We have drawn from various models of group interaction and social communications theory in order to develop CAIRO. While most conference systems have focused o...

Pitch control is one of t he  major aspects of wind turbine control, particularly over high wi nd s p e e d  a n d  oscillations. General El e c t r i c  (GE) model of  wi n d  t ur bi ne  i s practically compatible with the structure of the wind turbines. I t  h a s  b e e n  p r o v e d t h a t  simulation results using this model are closer to the actual case, compared to other available mod...

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Using immunoradiometric assays (IRMAs) from Hybritech Inc. (H) and Nichols Institute Diagnostics (ND), we measured somatotropin (human growth hormone, hGH) in serum samples obtained every 20 min for 24 h from 10 prepubertal subjects with short stature. Results obtained with the ND reagents were 2.74 times greater than those obtained with the H reagents (P = 0.00001, r = 0.94, SEE = 3.9, n = 720...

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Experimental rate coefficients for the removal of NH(a (1)Delta) and ND(a (1)Delta) in collisions with H and D atoms are presented; all four isotope combinations are considered: NH+H, NH+D, ND+H, and ND+D. The experiments were performed in a quasistatic laser-flash photolysis/laser-induced fluorescence system at low pressures. NH(a (1)Delta) and ND(a (1)Delta) were generated by photolysis of HN...

Experimental rate coefficients for the removal of NH a 1 and ND a 1 in collisions with H and D atoms are presented; all four isotope combinations are considered: NH+H, NH+D, ND+H, and ND+D. The experiments were performed in a quasistatic laser-flash photolysis/laser-induced fluorescence system at low pressures. NH a 1 and ND a 1 were generated by photolysis of HN3 and DN3, respectively. The tot...

previously in 2014, we proposed the Nearest Descent (ND) method, capable of generating an efficient Graph, called the in-tree (IT). Due to some beautiful and effective features, this IT structure proves well suited for data clustering. Although there exist some redundant edges in IT, they usually have salient features and thus it is not hard to remove them. Subsequently, in order to prevent the...