Abstract To evaluate the relationship of cardiac function, including time-volume-curves, with lung volumes derived from pulmonary function tests (PFT) and MRI in subjects without cardiovascular diseases. 216 underwent whole-body spirometry as part KORA-FF4 cohort study. Lung semi-automatically using an in-house algorithm. Forced expiratory volume one second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), ...

Pore-formation in cell membranes is used by many toxins to kill cells. It is usually a process involving multiple steps that are difficult to analyse at the molecular level. The use of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) has only recently been introduced into the study of pore-forming toxins (PFT). It can give useful data mostly on the first steps of the pore-forming process; the binding to the lip...

We describe a generalization of Puff Field Theory to p+1 dimensions where 0 ≤ p ≤ 5. We then focus on the case of p = 0, “Puff Quantum Mechanics,” and construct a formulation independent of string theory. Melvin twist, also known as the T-s-T transformation, is a powerful solution generating technique in string and supergravity theories [1–6]. Melvin twist of flat spaces retains the simplicity ...

Chagas disease is one of the major neglected diseases of the world. Existing drug therapies are limited, ineffective, and highly toxic. We describe a novel strategy of drug discovery of adapting an existing clinical compound with excellent pharmaceutical properties to target a pathogenic organism. The protein farnesyltransferase (PFT) inhibitor tipifarnib, now in phase III anticancer clinical t...

Experimental data obtained for PbFe1/2Ta1/2O3 (PFT) and NaNbO3: Gd (NaNbGd) single crystals show a diffused dielectric permittivity peak that is inherent to relaxor ferroelectrics. However some deviations from the normal relaxor properties were also observed and are under discussion. One of the key features of the relaxors is the existence of the Burns temperature, at which the polar regions ap...

Shape is an important aspects in recognizing plants. Several approaches have been introduced to identify objects, including plants. Combination of geometric features such as aspect ratio, compactness, and dispersion, or moments such as moment invariants were usually used toidentify plants. In this research, a comparative experiment of 4 methods to identify plants using shape features was accomp...

Posterior fossa tumors (PFT) are the most common in children. Differentiation between various PFT types is critical, as different have diverse treatment approaches. This study proposes use of fused architecture comprising two neural networks, a pre-trained ResNet-50 Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and tabular based network for classification PFT. The included data 158 MRI scans 22 healthy co...