In this paper, an extension of the effective index method (EIM) to waveguiding structures containing ideal or saturable third-order nonlinear materials is presented. By applying separation of variables to the dominant field component, the complete problem is subdivided into two scalar problems in the lateral and transverse direction, as in the case of the normal EIM. Making use of the strong tr...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Radiographic sacroiliitis (SI), often asymptomatic, is considered the most frequent extra-intestinal manifestation (EIM) of Crohn's disease (CD). Data on the association of SI with other clinical features of CD are limited. Association of SI with CARD15 polymorphisms has recently been suggested. In a multicenter study, we investigated the association of SI in CD patients with...

Background. Aseptic abscesses (AA) are sterile lesions that represent an extraintestinal manifestation (EIM) of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Though Canada has the highest prevalence of IBD in the world, reports of IBD-associated AA are absent in Canada. This may represent a different IBD phenotype or underrecognition and underreporting. Purpose. To explore AA as a possible EIM of IBD and e...

The ERA-Interim is used to generate azimuthally averaged composites of Atlantic basin tropical cyclones from 1979 to 2014. Both the mean state and the eddy forcing terms exhibited similar radial–vertical structure for all storm intensities, varying only inmagnitude. Thus, onlymajor hurricanes are described in detail. Radial inflow and outflow extended beyond the 2000-km radius. Warm anomalies r...

Background — Recurrent upper airway obstruction during the sleep is a key feature of obstructive apnea (OSA). In patients with OSA, an intermittent yields increase in inspiratory effort and, consequently, augmented impact on muscles (IM). However, issue IM fatigue development OSA still controversial. Objective to investigate functional condition various degrees severity. Material and Methods We...

[1] Tropical instability waves (TIWs), prevailing in the tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, interact with the lowfrequency oceanic flow. It is known that TIWs act as negative feedback to ENSO through a thermal process. In this study, we examine the dynamical eddy feedback of TIWs. We show that in terms of physical processes, the dynamical TIW feedback is very similar to the atmospheric synop...

Magnetic bearings are often designed using magnetic circuit theory. When these bearings are built, however, effects not included in the usual circuit theory formulation have a significant influence on bearing performance. Two significant sources of error in the circuit theory approach are the neglect of leakage and fringing effects and the neglect of eddy current effects. This work formulates a...

The welfare outcomes for Bos indicus cattle (100 heifers and 50 cows) spayed by either the dropped ovary technique (DOT) or ovariectomy via fl ank laparotomy (FL) were compared with cattle subjected to physical restraint (PR), restraint by electroimmobilization in conjunction with PR (EIM), and PR and mock AI (MAI). Welfare assessment used measures of morbidity, mortality, BW change, and behavi...

The present work aims at determining the effective thermal conductivity of two- or three-dimensional composites with imperfect interfaces between their constituent phases. These are described by highly conducting, lowly conducting general model. To achieve objective, classical Hill-Mendel lemma is first extended to include effects and an equivalent inclusion method (EIM) proposed. basic idea EI...