The persistent Hall voltage and current in an isolated annulus in a strong perpendicular magnetic field, at filling factor ν = 1/q, and in the presence of a weak constriction is obtained as a function of temperature, and flux piercing the annulus. A thermodynamic Hall conductance is found which has a universal value even with back scattering at the constriction.

The main purpose of this paper is to study the exceptional values of meromorphic function and its derivative on annulus. We also give some theorems and corollaries about exceptional values of meromorphic function on the annulus, which are the improvement of the previous results given by Chen and Wu.

Visual perception of a stimulus is a function of the visual context in which it is displayed. Surround suppression is a specific form of contextual modulation whereby the perceived contrast of a center stimulus is decreased by a high-contrast surround. Recent studies have demonstrated that individuals with schizophrenia are less prone to visual contextual effects, suggesting impairments in cort...

We aim at finding the reversal of radial SLE and proving the reversibility of wholeplane SLE. For this purpose, we define annulus SLE(κ,Λ) processes in doubly connected domains with one marked boundary point. We derive some partial differential equation for Λ, which is sufficient for the annulus SLE(κ,Λ) process to satisfy commutation relation. If Λ satisfies this PDE, then using a coupling tec...

Gas-lifted oil wells are susceptible to failure through malfunction of gas lift valve assemblies (GLV). One failure mode occurs when the GLV check valve fails and product passes into the well annulus, potentially reaching the wellhead. This is a growing concern as offshore wells are drilled thousands of meters below the ocean floor in extreme temperature and pressure conditions, and repair and ...

We read with great interest the report by Seiffert et al. (1) on the initial German experience with transapical implantation of a second-generation transcatheter heart valve for the treatment of aortic regurgitation. With the development of second-generation transcatheter aortic value replacement (TAVR) devices, TAVR indications have been expended to high-risk patients with pure aortic regurgit...

OBJECTIVE Previous studies on atrial recovery after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation have not taken into account new knowledge about the pathophysiology of transmitral and transtricuspid flow velocity patterns. It is possible to shed further light on this problem if atrioventricular inflow velocity, venous filling pattern, and atrioventricular annulus motion are recorded and interpreted tog...

PURPOSE To quantify the orientation of the collagen fibrils in the human limbus and to compare it with the orientation in the cornea and the sclera. METHODS Fibril orientation was measured from 100 synchrotron x-ray diffraction patterns collected at intervals along lines across the cornea, limbus, and sclera. RESULTS A distinct circumcorneal annulus of collagen fibrils was revealed in the l...

Objective: To evaluate long term results and independent predictors of outcome of aortic valvoplasty. Design: Retrospective follow up study. Independent predictors of outcome identified by multiple logistic regression. Setting: Tertiary referral centre. Patients: 269 consecutive patients treated at the median age of 8 months (0–23 years): 80 (30%) under 4 weeks, 59 (22%) between 4 weeks and 1 y...

BACKGROUND Arrhythmic mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is characterized by myxomatous leaflets and left ventricular (LV) fibrosis of papillary muscles and inferobasal wall. We searched for morphofunctional abnormalities of the mitral valve that could explain a regional mechanical myocardial stretch. METHODS AND RESULTS Thirty-six (27 female patients; median age: 44 years) arrhythmic MVP patients w...