prolonged, this treatment leads to a considerable error in the DL value. In order to eliminate this error a correction factor of the inspiration time was newly introduced to obtain the effective inspiration time. The correction factor was a function of the ratio of the residual capacity to the total alveolar gas volume and the ratio of DL to the flow rate of inspiration. A nomogram was made for...

For activity quantification based on planar scintillation camera measurements, photon attenuation is an important factor that needs to be corrected for in a patientand organ-specific manner. One possibility for obtaining attenuation correction maps is to use X-ray CT scout images. Since the intensity of scout images is in relative numbers, their image values need to be multiplied by a factor to...

Shifted sinusoidal illumination patterns are useful for appearance capture because they simultaneously separate local and non-local reflections and allow the recovery of surface geometry. Here we show that the same illumination patterns can be used to estimate the local surface reflectance (BRDF) as well, provided that an appropriate correction factor is applied. We derive a closed-form express...

Abstract The cylindrical graphite cavity chambers are used for primary standard of air kerma rate of Co-60 and Cs-137. We measured wall attenuation correction factor (Kat) at several irradiation angles using extrapolation technique because of angular dependence. From these results, it can be seen that it is insufficient technique for evaluation of Kat. The Monte Carlo simulations were also done...

We review the potential limitations of the two current methodologies for evaluating the duration of action of antihypertensive therapy: the smoothness index (SI) and the trough : peak ratio (TP). We propose a simple correction factor for the SI. The correction factor prevents the SI from reaching erroneous high values in situations in which the reduction in blood pressure (BP) is inadequate but...

The most crucial but difficult task in the analysis of the risk due to landslide hazard is the estimation of the conditional probability of the occurrence of future landslides in a study area within a specific time period given the presence of spatial and geomorphologic features. This contribution explores a modeling procedure for estimating that conditional probability. The procedure proposed ...

This application note is intended as an addendum to the Design Reference Manual DRM064 ([1]) and describes implementation of an average current mode control of Power Factor Correction (PFC) on MC9S12E128. The DRM064 deals with the design of a Single Phase On-Line UPS using an MC9S12E128. It includes control of a power factor correction (PFC), a DC/DC step up converter, a battery charger, and an...

the geomorphology is an important branch of natural geography that its goal is promotion of human life, ultimately. the geomorphic processes have considerable impact on human life, and opposing, human activities and behaviors have its impacts on the geomorphologic units and geomorphologic processes, enhancing the above argument. the gilan county, at its geographic position; embraced by two stru...

Activated platelets release their granule content in a concentrated fashion at sites of injury. We examined whether ectopically expressed factor VIII in developing megakaryocytes would be stored in alpha-granules and whether its release from circulating platelets would effectively ameliorate bleeding in a factor VIIInull mice model. Using the proximal glycoprotein 1b alpha promoter to drive exp...