Measurements of the mean and turbulent flow fields in undular and hydraulic jumps have been acquired with single-camera particle image velocimetry PIV . Three Froude numbers, ranging from 1.4 to 3.0, were studied, and in each case data were collected at numerous streamwise locations. The data from these streamwise locations were subsequently compiled into spatially dense 80,000 grid points “mos...

OBJECTIVES To investigate thyroid peroxidase gene (TPO) mutations in a Chinese siblings with congenital goitrous hypothyroidism (CGH). SUBJECTS AND METHODS The proband, his sister, and their parents were enrolled. All subjects underwent clinical examination and laboratory tests. Mutation screening of the TPO gene was performed by sequencing fragments amplified from extracted genomic DNA. RE...

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A new investigation in the Arabic OCR system has presented for the offline recognition of machineprinted cursive words. Therefore, a reliable transformation mechanism will be used to transform image text into free text (ASCII or Unicode Texts), that can be directly searched by a computer. Therefore, traditional preprocessing model (segmentation phase) will be included to extract each word from ...

This paper is a companion piece to our previous work [J. Stat. Phys. 119, 1283 (2005)], which introduced a generalized canonical ensemble obtained by multiplying the usual Boltzmann weight factor of the canonical ensemble with an exponential factor involving a continuous function of the Hamiltonian . We provide here a simplified introduction to our previous work, focusing now on a number of phy...

BACKGROUND Prevalence of low back pain (LBP) rises rapidly during adolescence, reaching adult levels by the age of 18. It has been suggested that adolescent LBP is benign with minimal impact, despite limited evidence. METHODS The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of LBP and the influence of chronicity, gender and presence of other spinal pain comorbidities at age 17. Subjects (n...

Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) has been associated with the administration of gadolinium-based contrast agents in patients with severely impaired renal function (SIRF), endstage renal disease (ESRD), or acute renal failure (ARF). Since the vast majority of these patients do not get NSF, it is highly likely that patient factors play a role in its development. Although "free" or dechelated g...

Abstract. Some observations concerning the structure of turbulence associated with an exothermic nonpremixed reacting flow are presented. Direct numerical simulations (DNS) with a resolution of 1283 grid points and an initial Reynolds number R~ = 33 provide data for the analysis. In these simulations the density varies with temperature and the resulting flow field is inhomogeneous. Conditional ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of the parotid and submandibular glands. STUDY DESIGN Case series with chart review. SETTING Tertiary referral academic center. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Retrospective analysis was performed for all parotid and submandibular gland FNAs from a single center from 2001 to 2014. There were 1283 FNAs performed for 1076 pati...

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