PURPOSE To correlate the findings on MR scans of the brain in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex with mental disability and the type and age at onset of the first seizure. METHODS Patients with tuberous sclerosis complex who had MR brain scans were identified. The diagnosis was confirmed, and the clinical information on each patient was updated. The number, site, and area of abnormal si...

Diffraction of a Gaussian beam with a system of successively located optical wedges is considered. It is shown that the system is able to form higher-order optical vortices.

Facing accelerated urbanization and landscape alteration, cities expand on the territory showing better or worse relationships between built environment green spaces. Based recent literature review, this article discusses wedges, belts greenway planning models in order to evaluate their capability answering contemporary ecological social issues. The presents a conceptual overview of selected th...

In standard quantitative models, bilateral trade imbalances are determined by aggregate imbalances, expenditure and production patterns, wedges. We calibrate such a model using recent data on incomes, factor endowments, sector-level expenditures, outputs flows for 40 economies the rest of world. Large pairwise asymmetries in wedges needed model’s bilateral-trade predictions to match data. They ...