PURPOSE To assess the effectiveness of the upper eyelid double motion sign in Graves' orbitopathy (GO) in detecting thyroid dysfunction or a positive level of thyroid-related autoantibodies. METHODS GO was defined when more than two GO-related eyelid symptoms, including the double motion sign, existed with at least one positive thyroid-related blood test. Blood tests were performed in patient...

The proof of Theorem 3 in [1] is incorrect, as it relies on a faulty use of the strong Markov property. The theorem asserts that β = β(λ) is strictly increasing in λ for λ < λ2, where λ is the infection rate parameter for the contact process, λ2 is the upper critical value (at the transition from weak to strong survival), and β = limn→∞ u n where un = probability that a vertex xn at distance n ...

The trousseau’s sign is carpopedal spasm that results from ischemia that is induced by pressure applied to the upper arm. It is a sensitive and specific sign of hypocalcemia. Here the author is sending the short case summary, images of the demonstration of the Trousseau’s sign. This case also had a cluster of seizures induced by hypocalcemia.

Abstract We demonstrate that strong global asymptotic stability (GAS) of the origin for an upper semicontinuous difference inclusion is equivalent to the existence of a smooth Lyapunov function. This result is of interest in discrete-time because the robustness of the stability property is dependent on the existence of such a smooth Lyapunov function. We also propose a regularization that allow...

‎in this paper, we study some kinds of majorizations on $textbf{m}_{n}$ and their linear or strong linear preservers. also, we find the structure of linear or strong linear preservers which are multiplicative, i.e.  linear or strong linear preservers like $phi $ with the property $phi (ab)=phi (a)phi (b)$ for every $a,bin textbf{m}_{n}$.

Digital signature scheme is an important research topic in cryptography. An ordinary digital signature scheme allows a signer to create signatures of documents and the generated signatures can be verified by any person. A proxy signature scheme, a variation of ordinary digital signature scheme, enables a proxy signer to sign messages on behalf of the original signer. To be used in different app...

Captain James McLean joined the Army Reserve in 2003. In September 2007 he accepted an appointment as an SSO Medical Officer at 3HSB. He is currently completing a Masters of Surgery at the University of Adelaide, with the support of a Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Foundation Scholarship. He has a special interest in upper limb and trauma surgery, and ultimately plans to serve as a Rese...

Sign languages (alternatively, signed languages) are human languages whose forms consist of sequences of movements and configurations of the hands and arms, face, and upper torso. Typically, sign languages are perceived through the visual mode. Sign languages thus contrast, of course, with spoken languages, whose forms consist of sounds produced by sequences of movements and configurations of t...