OBJECTIVE To determine the sensitivity and specificity of a new upright-supine test to differentiate skew deviation from trochlear nerve palsy and other causes of vertical strabismus in a large number of patients. METHODS The study consisted of 125 consecutive patients who sought treatment from January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2010, for vertical strabismus of various causes: skew deviati...

The work is devoted to research the impact of a new building at full load after completion its construction has been investigated through an assessment interaction with envelope, ground mass base and foundation existing five-story building, in comparison deep excavation process engineering preparation for this construction, based on developed methodology studying objects nearby buildings comple...

‎a $(p‎,‎q)$ graph $g$ is said to have a $k$-odd mean‎ ‎labeling $(k ge 1)$ if there exists an injection $f‎ : ‎v‎ ‎to {0‎, ‎1‎, ‎2‎, ‎ldots‎, ‎2k‎ + ‎2q‎ - ‎3}$ such that the‎ ‎induced map $f^*$ defined on $e$ by $f^*(uv) =‎ ‎leftlceil frac{f(u)+f(v)}{2}rightrceil$ is a‎ ‎bijection from $e$ to ${2k - ‎‎‎1‎, ‎2k‎ + ‎1‎, ‎2k‎ + ‎3‎, ‎ldots‎, ‎2‎ ‎k‎ + ‎2q‎ - ‎3}$‎. ‎a graph that admits $k$...

In many regions of the world, the extremes of winter cold are a major determinant of the geographic distribution of perennial plant species and of their successful cultivation. In the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM) is the primary reference for defining geospatial patterns of extreme winter cold for the horticulture and nursery industries...

It is not known if cytokines, which are cell-derived mediators released during the host immune response to stress, affect metabolic response to stress during critical illness. The aim of this prospective study was to determine whether the metabolic response to stress is related to the inflammatory interleukin-6 (IL-6), 10 (IL-10), and other stress mediators' responses and to assess their relati...

A relationship based on the modified couple stress theory is developed to investigate the flexural sensitivity of an atomic force microscope (AFM) with assembled cantilever probe (ACP). This ACP comprises a horizontal cantilever, two vertical extensions and two tips located at the free ends of the extensions which form a caliper. An approximate solution to the flexural vibration problem is obta...

A relationship based on the modified couple stress theory is developed to investigate the flexural sensitivity of an atomic force microscope (AFM) with assembled cantilever probe (ACP). This ACP comprises a horizontal cantilever, two vertical extensions and two tips located at the free ends of the extensions which form a caliper. An approximate solution to the flexural vibration problem is obta...

Afterbody—the portion of the body downstream shear layer separation points—was believed to be essential for vortex-induced vibration (VIV) a bluff body. A recent study by Zhao et al. [“Flow-induced D-section cylinders: An afterbody is not vibration,” J. Fluid Mech. 851, 317–343 (2018)] made an important forward demonstrate “an required VIV” through water tunnel experiments reversed prism. Howev...