A code using the MacCormack scheme modified t o be TVD has been written t o analyze the flow in a magnetohydrodynamic conductivity channel driven by a reflected shock tube with a heated driver. Items considered include the thermodynamic and electrical properties of the potassium-seeded plasma, both with and without a current applied along the flow, and the steady-state test t ime in the channel...

This article deals with the numerical solution of compressible turbulent flows in aerodynamics. Compressible turbulent flow is described by the system of Favre averaged Navier-Stokes equations, which are closed by the explicit algebraic Reynolds stress model (EARSM) of Wallin and Johansson. The averaged Navier-Stokes equations together with EARSM model of turbulence are discretized by the finit...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this retrospective study was to assess long-term outcome of children after surgical closure of a ventricular septal defect (VSD). MATERIAL AND METHODS Between January 1992 and December 2001 a consecutive series of 188 patients (100 females) were operated for closure of a VSD. Temporary tricuspid valve detachment (TVD) was applied in 46 patients (24%) to enhance expos...

In this paper we analyse the consistency, the accuracy and some entropy properties of particle methods with remeshing in the case of a scalar one-dimensional conservation law. As in [7] we re-write particle methods with remeshing in the finite-difference formalism. This allow us to prove the consistency of these methods, and accuracy properties related to the accuracy of interpolation kernels. ...

INTRODUCTION Truvada® (TVD) was approved in July 2012 by the US FDA for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in combination with safer sex practices to reduce the risk of sexually acquired HIV-1 in high-risk adults. This study explores the characteristics of US PrEP users and their prescribers over the past two years. MATERIALS AND METHODS A previously described algorithm was used to identify TVD ...

BACKGROUND Despite its widespread use in pulmonary fibrosis research, the bleomycin mouse model has not been thoroughly validated from a pulmonary functional standpoint using new technologies. Purpose of this study was to systematically assess the functional alterations induced in murine lungs by fibrogenic agent bleomycin and to compare the forced oscillation technique with quasi-static pressu...

BACKGROUND Angiographic studies have shown that the extent of disease and severity is less in younger population with comparatively fewer number of coronary arteries affected than that of older age groups. This study was conducted to compare the pattern of coronary artery disease (CAD) in young adults under 40 years and those more than 40 years of age with significant coronary artery disease on...

Airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) is a characteristic feature of asthma, and generally correlates with severity of asthma. Understanding the protection mechanism against excessive airway narrowing and how it breaks down is fundamental to solving the problem of asthma. In this paper we have proposed a stochastic modeling the airway smooth muscle bundle for reproducing AHR such as an increased sen...

In fetuses with Ebstein anomaly or tricuspid valve dysplasia (EA/TVD), poor hemodynamic status is associated with worse neonatal outcome. It is not known whether EA/TVD fetuses with more favorable physiology earlier in gestation progress to more severe disease in the third trimester. We evaluated if echocardiographic indexes in EA/TVD fetuses presenting <24 weeks of gestation are reliable indic...

This paper describes a multidimensional hydrodynamic code which can be used for studies of relativistic astrophysical flows. The code solves the special relativistic hydrodynamic equations as a hyperbolic system of conservation laws based on the total variation diminishing (TVD) scheme. It uses a new set of conserved quantities and employs an analytic formula for transformation from the conserv...