Multi-look processing is a well known technique for reducing speckle in coherent imagery. This paper investigates the use of multi-look processing in range (frequency-compounding) on SAS images. The coherence between sub-images produced by frequency compounding is determined and a coherence model proposed. This is used to calculate the level of speckle reduction for a given number of looks and ...

OBJECTIVE This retrospective study investigated the impact of a required vs an optional remake requirement on student performance in a compounding laboratory course in which students' compounded preparations were analyzed. METHODS The analysis data for several preparations made by students over a 3-year period were compared for differences in the analyzed content of the active principal ingre...

INTRODUCTION Considerations in the extemporaneous compounding of prescriptions include stability and “beyond-use” dating. It should be noted that "Expiration Dates" are placed on commercially manufactured products and "Beyond-Use Dates" are used for compounded preparations. Prescriptions requiring extemporaneous compounding by the pharmacist generally do not require the extended shelf-life that...

The Chemical Formulation Problem (Compounding Problem) consists in modifying the chemical formulation of a compound in order to obtain a new compound showing a set of desired performances. This paper presents a computational model for the Compounding Problem based on the interpretation of transformation actions on the compound structures as ABox updates. Possible transformations of the compound...

Morphological productivity (roughly: the readiness with which a word formation process forms new words) has long been one of the central mysteries of morphology. There are many detailed qualitative descriptions of word formation processes that list the restrictions for the possible bases for an affix (like the restriction that -able attaches to verbs in English) or the restrictions on a given c...

Compounding is present in a large variety of languages in different proportions. Compound rate in the text obviously depends on the language, but also on the genre and the domain. Scientific and technical texts are especially conducive to compounding, even in the languages that are not traditionally admitted as highly compounding ones. In this article we address compound splitting of specialize...

Deformations of the atherosclerotic vascular wall induced by the pulsating blood can be estimated using ultrasound strain imaging. Because these deformations indirectly provide information on mechanical plaque composition, strain imaging is a promising technique for differentiating between stable and vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques. This paper first explains 1-D radial strain estimation as a...

BACKGROUND Compounded lomustine is used commonly in veterinary patients. However, the potential variability in these formulations is unknown and concern exists that compounded formulations of drugs may differ in potency from Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved products. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES The initial objective of this study was to evaluate the frequency and severity of neutropenia ...

As our college has struggled to develop perspective about the monumental task of assessing our curriculum, a familiar mantra from my days as a hospital pharmacist emerged above the clatter: high risk, high cost, high volume. This adage reminded the hospital performance improvement team to focus its efforts on the aspects of health care that are high risk or high cost for the patient and institu...