We have analysed the recently extended series for number of self-avoiding walks (SAWs) $C_L(1)$ that cross an $L \times L$ square between diagonally opposed corners. The such is known to grow as $\lambda_S^{L^2}.$ made more precise estimate $\lambda_S,$ based on additional coefficients provided by several authors, and refined analysis techniques. $\lambda_S = 1.7445498 \pm 0.0000012.$ also stud...

Abstract The influences of subauroral polarization streams (SAPS) on storm‐enhanced density (SED) plume and consequently polar tongue ionization (TOI), an important topic in the field magnetosphere‐ionosphere‐thermosphere coupling, however, remain undetermined. Thermosphere‐Ionosphere‐Electrodynamics General Circulation Model (TIEGCM) with/without empirical SAPS model has been used to investiga...

Oropharyngeal candidiasis is one of the first and most commonly reported opportunistic infections of untreated AIDS patients. With the introduction of the new antiviral HAART therapy, including HIV protease inhibitors, this mucocutaneous infection is nowadays only rarely observed in treated patients. It was recently shown that HIV protease inhibitors have a direct attenuating effect on Candida ...

School attendance problems (SAPs) are a vexing challenge for many educational districts given their complexity, heterogeneity, and opacity. One potential coordinated, integrated approach to ameliorate SAPs boost school is leverage existing school-based systems already designed address multiple individual domains of functioning in students. Multi-tiered support frameworks its have been developed...

Flow bursts are a major component of transport within the plasma sheet and auroral oval (where they referred to as flow channels), lead variety geomagnetic disturbances approach inner (equatorward portion oval). However, their two-dimensional structure has received only limited attention. We have examined this using both Rice Convection Model (RCM) ground-based radar all sky imager observations...

BACKGROUND Advanced age is one of the factors that increase mortality in intensive care. Sepsis and multi-organ failure are likely to further increase mortality in elderly patients.We compared the characteristics and outcomes of septic elderly patients (> 65 years) with younger patients (≤ 65 years) and identified factors during the first 24 hours of presentation that could predict mortality in...

Experiments are described supporting the proposition that the assembly of stress fibers in non-muscle cells and the assembly of myofibrils in cardiac cells share conserved mechanisms. Double staining with a battery of labeled antibodies against membrane-associated proteins, myofibrillar proteins, and stress fiber proteins reveals the following: (a) dissociated, cultured cardiac myocytes reconst...

CONTEXT Various scoring systems have been developed to predict mortality and morbidity in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), but different data has been reported so far. AIMS This retrospective clinical study aims to evaluate predictability of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II), APACHE IV, Simplified Acute Physiology Score III (SAPS III) scoring systems regarding with morta...

The preparation of an itaconic acid-based oligomer and its polymerization with acrylic acid via aqueous solution copolymerization are described herein for application as novel superabsorbent polymers (SAPs). structure the SAP is characterized using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. In addition, absorption properties SAPs various contents degrees monomer neutralization evaluated b...