One of the air pollutant indices includes particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 10 μg/m3 (PM10). Particulate matter has extensive effects on the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Dissemination of such particles for a longer period can lead to increased mortality and hospitalization. In this study, the data of PM10 pollutant wer...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The Bangladesh government declared a general holiday beginning on March 26, 2020 aimed to combat coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The aim of this study was to assess the impacts of the general holiday on air quality in Dhaka city area of Bangladesh. METHODS: Hourly PM2.5 (aer...

An analytically extended PM model with fictitious PM arrays is presented in the paper for solving the field problem of PM electric machines in three dimensions. To consider the effect of finite core length, each PM array is assumed to face a fictitious core array together with the actual armature core. By using the analytic approach and the PM model presented, the three-dimensional field proble...

8:30 AM Breakfast 9:00 AM Opening Remarks 9:05 AM Session 1: Tutorial and Quantum Algorithms I Seth Lloyd, Andrew Childs 10:25 AM Morning Break 10:45 AM Session 2: Quantum Algorithms II Sean Hallgren, Seth Lloyd 12:05 PM Lunch 1:20 PM Panel Discussion 2:00 PM Session 3: Quantum Computation Barbara Terhal, Daniel Gottesman 3:20 PM Afternoon Break 3:45 PM Session 4: Black Holes Scott Aaronson, Sa...

We obtain upper bounds for mixed exponential sums of the type S(χ, f, pm) = ∑pm x=1 χ(x)epm (ax n+bx) where pm is a prime power with m ≥ 2 and χ is a multiplicative character (mod pm). If χ is primitive or p (a, b) then we obtain |S(χ, f, pm)| ≤ 2np 2 3 . If χ is of conductor p and p (a, b) then we get the stronger bound |S(χ, f, pm)| ≤ npm/2.

Airborne particulate matter (PM10 ) was collected from the atmosphere of the city of Isfahan. The concentration of heavy metals and anions associated with airborne particulate matter were determined using atomic absorption spectrometric and ion chromatographic techniques. A comparison was made between the variation in the concentration of PM10 and that for heavy metals and...

Anti-PM/Scl antibodies represent a specific serological marker for a subset of patients with scleroderma (Scl) and polymyositis (PM), and especially with the PM/Scl overlap syndrome (PM/Scl). Anti-PM/Scl reactivity is found in 24% of PM/Scl patients and is found in 3-10% of Scl and PM patients. The PM/Scl autoantigen complex comprises 11-16 different polypeptides. Many of those proteins can ser...

BACKGROUND Prophylactic mastectomy (PM) has become increasingly common but is not without complications especially if accompanied by reconstructive surgery. In patients with sporadic unilateral breast cancer, contralateral PM offers no survival advantage. Multidisciplinary team (MDT) communication and interaction may facilitate shared decision-making and curtail PM rates. The aim of this study ...

The study examined whether individuals with early psychosis are impaired in prospective memory (PM), that is, remembering to execute a planned intention in the future, and whether implementation intentions can improve their PM performance. Thirty participants with early psychosis and 33 healthy controls were randomly allocated to either an implementation intentions or control condition and comp...

4 Preventive maintenance (PM) is a maintenance program with activities initiated at predetermined intervals, or 5 according to prescribed criteria, and intended to reduce the probability of failure, or the degradation of the functioning 6 of an item. In the literature, a number of PM models have been introduced to depict the effectiveness of PM. Based on 7 these models, approaches to scheduling...