for all k. This shows that the sequence of functions is uniformly equicontinuous. Let now t ∈ R and assume that the sequence (|fk(t)|) is unbounded. Then it follows from the estimate that the sequence (min[t−1,t+1] |fk|) is unbounded and therefore also that (‖fk‖L2) is unbounded, contradiction. We conclude the the sequence ‖fk(t)‖ is bounded, for every t ∈ R. Let now T > 0. Then it follows by A...

This study uses accessibility as a performance measure to evaluate a matrix of future land use and network scenarios for planning purposes. The concept of accessibility dates to the 1950s, but this type of application to transportation planning is new. Previous research has established the coevolution of transportation and land use, demonstrated the dependence of accessibility on both, and made...

Gas, oil and other pipelines need to be inspected for corrosion and other defects at regular intervals. For this application Pipetronix GmbH (PTX) Karlsruhe has developed a special ultrasonic based probe. Based on the recorded wall thicknesses of this so called pipe pig the Research center for computer science (FZI) has developed in cooperation with PTX an automatic inspection system called Neu...

Canine hearts were isolated 6 hours, 24 hours, 3 days, 6 days, and 4 weeks after coronary artery ligation and were perfused with blood from support dogs. Electrograms were recorded from Purkinje fibers in the infarcted zone and from Purkinje fibers and ventricular muscle in noninfarcted areas. Administration of 2.5 mEq of KC1 into the coronary circulation of the infarcted hearts abolished nonin...

Although the thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) flow grade is a widely used qualitative measurement in angiographic trials, it is limited by its subjective and categorical nature. In contrast, the TIMI frame count (TFC) is a reproducible, objective and quantitative index of coronary flow1,2. The TFC is derived by counting the number of cineangiographic frames that elapse between the l...

The dual radionuclide myocardial distributions of imaging agents potassium43 (49K) and technetium-99m stannous pyrophosphate ('9mTc-PYP) were studied in a 24-hour closed chest canine infarct preparation. In multiple myocardial biopsies in 20 dogs, tissue levels of both radionuclides were compared to either an index of tissue viability (myocardial creatine phosphokinase [CPK] depletion), or to e...

the growing interest in using natural fibers as reinforcing agents of polymer-based composites is mainly due to their advantages such as lower cost, lower density, ease of preparation, lower energy requirements for processing, biodegradability, wide availability and relative non-abrasiveness over traditional reinforcing fibers such as glass and carbon. in this study, wood-plastic composite (wpc...

Background. In acute myocardial infarction, residual flow to the infarct zone either through antegrade flow in the infarct-related coronary artery or collateral flow from the non-infarct-related arteries is often present before reperfusion therapy. The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of antegrade flow in the infarct-related artery and/or collateral flow to the infarct zone bef...

Despite of few research works on municipal sludge, still there is a lack of actual data. Thus, this work was focused on the conditioning and rheology of fresh activated sludge. The effect of cationic polyelectrolyte has been investigated at different concentrations and pH values in a comparative fashion. Yield stress is presented in all results indicating the minimum stress that necessary to re...