BACKGROUND In patients with spinal metastatic disease, survival prognosis is a key consideration in selection for surgery and determining the extent of treatment. Individual survival prediction however remains difficult. We sought to validate the prognostic accuracy of seven preoperative scoring systems. METHODS 61 patients surgically treated for spinal metastases were retrospectively reviewe...

This paper introduces a novel three-field formulation for the Bingham flow problem and the relative named after Mosolov and low-order discretizations: a nonconforming for the classical formulation and a mixed finite element method for the three-field model. The two discretizations are equivalent and quasi-optimal in the sense that the H1 error of the primal variable is bounded by the error of t...

During the corona-lockdown, Dutch Emily de Klerk sat down to digest her Sikh sketches and photographs. Among results are 10 drawings included in this essay. While they overall reflect fascination with Punjab Sikhs, specifically also channelized a feeling of empathy farmers protest New Delhi which Sikhs play fundamental role. In essay, Bob van der Linden embeds Emily's light earlier (colonial) p...

Today, the actors of aromatic and medicinal plants (MAPs) sector are facing several problems related to management, exploitation, marketing valorisation these resources. The objective this presentation is build a MAPs monitoring model based on two very important sources information: Global Positioning System (GPS) tracks for plant gatherer Linden (Tilia argentea), historical inventory data year...