The anaesthetic management of children with neuromuscular diseases giving rise to hypotonia is associated with a variety of problems. Ketamine alone was given by the intravenous or intramuscular route to 32 children with Floppy Infant Syndrome for diagnostic muscle biopsy. The patients aged between three months and 12 yr and weighing 3.2 to 28 kg were studied over three years (1986-1988). The s...

We postulate a deformation energy for describing the mechanical behavior of so called pantographic blocks, that is bodies constituted by stacking N layers sheets. remark effect limited in plane sheets and therefore only second derivatives transverse displacements along fibers appear chosen energy. use this novel to predict blocks when subjected : (i) compression traction test, (ii) torsion, (ii...

The IS research literature has tested the applicability of option pricing models to IS projects mostly through detailed case studies. The current study complements this literature by considering a wide set of IS projects and assessing, albeit crudely, their optional value. We test the literature’s assumption that IS projects embed significant optional value. Our research site is a European plan...

The validity of the assumption that the specific growth rate of coccoid microorganisms can be expressed as the absolute value of the derivative of frequency of dividing cells (FDC) with respect to time was tested experimentally using a Microcystis aeruginosa strain. FDC was calculated based on the assumption that elongated cells, constricted cells or both may correspond to dividing cells. The s...

Three classical modes of accretion are briefly discussed: wind-fed, spherical, and disk. The three modes are illustrated with the mass transfer onto black holes in high-mass X-ray binaries. Then a new regime of mini-disk accretion is described and it is argued that observed wind-fed X-ray sources are likely to accrete in this regime. Switching from one accretion mode to another can cause the ob...

We discuss recent results in low-energy (0.9fJ/bit) high-speed (25Gb/s) electro-optically stabilized microdisk modulators. The combined results of highly efficient modulation and electro-optic thermal compensation represent a major step towards single-digit femtojoule-class communications. ©2014 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (130.3120) Integrated optics devices; (230.5750) Resonators; ...