We report here on the extension of Passive Flux Meter (PFM) applications for measuring fluxes of oxyanions in groundwater, and present results for laboratory and field studies. Granular activated carbon, with and without impregnated silver (GAC and SI-GAC, respectively), was modified with a cationic surfactant, hexadecyltrimethylammonium (HDTMA), to enhance the anion exchange capacity (AEC). La...

Inspired by biological information scheme, pulse frequency modulation (PFM) technique is robust for noise sources due to its digital encode of analog signals. In a viewpoint of image sensors, PFM is also useful for a wide dynamic range and has already been demonstrated over 60 dB. We have designed a pixel circuit of a CMOS image sensor using PFM for the next generation architecture of vision ch...

Myofascial trigger points (MTPs) have been described as focal areas of tenderness within a muscle belly and have been identified as sources of pain. Soft-tissue manual therapy (MTP release) can be used to manage trigger point pain. Interstitial cystitis and painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) are characterized by symptoms of pelvic pain, frequency, urgency and nocturia, but the definitions and di...

BACKGROUND The present study compared the effectiveness of Family-Based DOTS (FB-DOTS) versus Professional-Family Mix DOTS (PFM-DOTS) in smear positive tuberculosis (TB) patients. METHODS This semi-experimental study was performed in Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Center of Tabriz in 2011-2012, among 57 TB patients recruited into either FB-DOTS or PFM-DOTS groups. At the baseline of ...

We examined pelvic floor muscles (PFM) activity (%MVC) in twenty nulliparous women by body position during exercise as well as the activation of abdominal muscles and the gluteus maximus during voluntary contractions of the PFMs. Pelvic floor muscle activity was recorded using a vaginal probe during five experimental trials. Activation of transversus abdominis, rectus abdominis, and gluteus max...

BACKGROUND Nowadays establishing communication and educating patients to enhance their knowledge regarding disease and treatment process at home is one of the most important principles in providing patient care. MATERIALS AND METHODS A semi-experimental study was done on 57 patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis in two care groups namely professional - family mix directly observed treatm...

Structural and functional alterations in the inferior parietal lobule (IPL) in schizophrenia have been frequently reported; however, the IPL connectivity changes in schizophrenia remain largely unknown. Based on heterogeneity of the IPL in structure, connection and function, we hypothesize that the resting-state functional connectivities (rsFCs) of the IPL subregions are differentially affected...

The Pulsed Field Magnetization (PFM) is a compact and fast method to magnetize superconducting bulks compared quasi-static magnetization methods like field- or zero-field-cooling. However, the heat generation induced by strong applied variable magnetic field during PFM makes high trapped harder achieve. In order make REBaCuO easier PFM, including weld are studied considering electromagnetic pro...

Abstract Bulk superconductors can act as trapped-field magnets with the potential to be used for many applications such portable medical magnet systems and rotating machines. Maximising trapped field, particularly practical magnetisation techniques pulsed field (PFM), still remains a challenge. PFM is dynamic process in which magnetic driven into superconducting bulk over milliseconds. This flu...

We propose a new classifier combination scheme for the ensemble of classifiers. The Pairwise Fusion Matrix (PFM) constructs confusion matrices based on classifier pairs and thus offers the estimated probability of each class based on each classifier pair. These probability outputs can then be combined and the final outputs of the ensemble of classifiers is reached using various fusion functions...