A mathematical method for accurately determining the upper and lower diffuse-fraction (kd) limits that divide sky into clear, intermediate, overcast is developed. Fourteen sites around world are selected demonstrating methodology. The kd values these determined from scatter plots of direct-normal solar radiation vs. pairs over typical meteorological year each site. They vary between 0.73 0.80 0...

Nutritional ketosis may enhance cerebral energy metabolism and has received increased interest as a way to improve or preserve performance and resilience. Most studies to date have focused on metabolic or neurological disorders while anecdotal evidence suggests that ketosis may enhance performance in the absence of underlying dysfunction. Moreover, decreased availability of glucose in the brain...

We have developed a novel method for efficient screening of affinity ligands (aptamers) from a complex single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) library by employing single molecule emulsion PCR based on agarose droplet microfluidic technology . Statistically diluted ssDNA of a pre-enriched library was encapsulated into individual uniform agarose droplets for highly efficient single molecule emulsion PCR to ...

Introduction: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile vasculitis mainly affecting children, with two types of presentation, namely, typical and atypical. It is the most critical cause of coronary artery complications and if not treated on time and appropriately, complications may occur in up to 25% of the patients will get. Patients: This study reports five rare cases of incomplete KD Who has...

Coordinate level spatial data need to be frequently aggregated to higher geographical identities like census blocks, ZIP codes or police district boundaries for analysis. This process requires mapping each point in the given data set to an individual element of the desired geographical hierarchy. Unless efficient data structures are used, this can be a daunting task. The operation point.in.poly...

the charts of 27 patients with kawasaki disease (kd) admitted to nemazee hospital in shiraz from january 1991 to october 1998 were reviewed to identify the results of mean peroxidase index (mpxi) values, a measure of neutrophil staining intensity, obtained by the technicon hi analyzer (technicon instruments corp., tarrytown, ny) within the first 10 days of the illness 2 separate groups of patie...