Introduction: The fast spectroscopic imaging method “spectroscopic missing pulse SSFP” (spMP-SSFP) is one of the candidates for fast 3D proton spectroscopic imaging of the human brain with minimum user interaction [1,2]. However, the minimum total measurement time Tmin is rather long for large spatial 3D matrices, as k-space sampling is only accelerated by using short TR values, typically 150-2...

1. To determine whether variation in kidney morphology is associated with environmental aridity in South American hystricognaths, we used conventional and phylogenetic analysis (independent contrasts) to correlate mass-independent renal variables (kidney size; relative medullar thickness, RMT; medulla/cortex ratio, MC; inner medulla/ cortex ratio, MIC; relative medullar area, RMA) with environm...

We systematically develop Weyl–Titchmarsh theory for singular differential operators on arbitrary intervals (a, b) ⊆ R associated with rather general differential expressions of the type τf = 1 r ( − ( p[f ′ + sf ] )′ + sp[f ′ + sf ] + qf ) , where the coefficients p, q, r, s are real-valued and Lebesgue measurable on (a, b), with p 6= 0, r > 0 a.e. on (a, b), and p−1, q, r, s ∈ Lloc((a, b); dx...

the hargreaves-samani (hs) equation, which estimates reference evapotranspiration (et0) using only temperature as input, should be most suitable for et0 prediction based on weather forecasting data. in the current study, the hs equation is calibrated with daily et0 by the penman-monteith equation, and is evaluated to check the possibility of predicting daily et0 based on weather forecast data. ...

Aim: Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is a useful tool for assisting in correct differentiation of tumor progression from reactive changes, and the radiolabeled amino acid analog tracer O-(2-18F-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine (FET)-PET is amongst the most frequently used. The FET-PET images need to be quantitatively correct in order to be used clinically, which require accurate attenuation c...

Evapotranspiration (ET) is the major component of hydrological cycle, and will affect crop water requirement future planning management resources under changing climate scenarios. In present study, an attempt was made to study sensitivity reference evapotranspiration (ETo) different climatic variables, effect temperature elevated CO2 on ETo using meteorological data (1973-2010) Banaras Hindu Un...

This paper summarises an updated climate change trends analysis—developed for the period from 1 October 1864 to 30 September 2021 within scope of a Horizon 2020-funded project increase resilience in European coastal cities—for representative site Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portugal). By using long ground-based daily records rainfall and surface temperature at Lisboa-Geofísico climatological stat...