Pulmonary tumor embolism is commonly discovered at autopsy, but is rarely suspected ante-mortem. Microangiopathy is an uncommon and distinct form of simple tumor pulmonary embolism. Here, we present a 52-year-old male with tumor thrombotic microangiopathy and pulmonary infarction, which might have originated from intraductal papillary mucinous tumor of the pancreas. Multiple wedge-shaped consol...

We investigate critical wetting transitions for fluids adsorbed in wedge-like geometries where the substrate height varies as a power-law, z(x, y) ∼ |x| γ , in one direction. As γ is increased from 0 to 1 the substrate shape is smoothly changed from a planar-wall to a linear wedge. The continuous wetting and filling transitions pertinent to these limiting geometries are known to have distinct p...

Purpose is to identify the basic joint systems, their characteristics, distribution within rock mass, and determine impact of joints on bench stability. Methods. The risks strain emergence in form blocks sliding along weakness surfaces local areas were determined based upon definition stability loss. results large-scale measurements jointing processed using circular bar diagrams as well stereog...

The nonphysical wedge is a modality that uses computer-controlled jaw motion to generate wedge-shaped dose distributions. There are Varian enhanced dynamic wedges (EDWs) and Siemens virtual wedges (VWs). We recently commissioned dynamic wedges on both Varian and Siemens LINACs. The beam data, acquired with a Wellhofer chamber array and a Sun Nuclear profiler, are used for modeling in the ADAC P...

Apolipoprotein (class A) amphipathic helixes are postulated to act as detergents by virtue of their cross-section being wedge-shaped. Using computer analysis of naturally occurring class A and lytic (class L) amphipathic helixes, we designed two archetypical model peptides. Analogs of these two peptides, incorporating substitutions or modifications of interfacial or basic residues, had the foll...