We present the second of two articles on the small volume-fraction limit of a nonlocal Cahn–Hilliard functional introduced to model microphase separation of diblock copolymers. After having established the results for the sharp-interface version of the functional [SIAM J. Math. Anal., 42 (2010), pp. 1334–1370], we consider here the full diffuse-interface functional and address the limit in whic...

Gender has been and continues to be one of the most common forms of segmentation used by marketers in general and advertisers in particular. In general, males and females are likely to differ in information processes and decision making. The growing predominance of Internet use has further highlighted the need for understanding online users’ attitudes and behaviors from a gender perspective. Re...

Purpose Fetal biometric measurements face a number of challenges, including the presence speckle, limited soft-tissue contrast and difficulties in low amniotic fluid. This work proposes convolutional neural network for automatic segmentation measurement fetal parameters, biparietal diameter (BPD), head circumference (HC), abdominal (AC), femur length (FL) from ultrasound images that relies on a...

We investigated associations between personality dimensions assessed via the Five-Factor Model and change in negative mood and confirmation of affective expectations, and the mediating role of perceived vacation-related stress in these associations. The sample consisted of 100 employees participating in their annual planned vacation assessed at entrance and checkout after spending one week at a...

Small cell osteosarcoma (SCO) is a rare subtype of osteosarcoma characterized by highly aggressive progression and a poor prognosis. The miRNA and mRNA expression profiles of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were obtained in 3 patients with SCO and 10 healthy individuals using high-throughput RNA-sequencing. We identified 37 dysregulated miRNAs and 1636 dysregulated mRNAs in patients ...

Objectives: Our objective was to study the potential utility of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) to identify both cardiac embolic sources and coronary artery disease (CAD) in embolic-stroke patients. Methods: We performed MDCT for 184 patients with embolic stroke but without known CAD. Twenty-six patients had atrial fibrillation. We investigated the prevalence of the potential source of...