Whole organ scale patient specific biophysical simulations contribute to the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of complex diseases such as cardiac arrhythmia. However, many individual steps are required to bridge the gap from an anatomical scan to a personalized biophysical model. In biophysical modeling, differential equations are solved on spatial domains represented by volumetric meshes...

Many fields of science such as astronomy and astrophysics require the visualization and editing of smooth, continuous volume data. However, current high-level approaches to volume editing concentrate on segmentable volume data prevalent in medical or engineering contexts, and therefore rely on the presence of well-defined 3D surface layers. Editing arbitrary volumes, on the other hand, is curre...

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Although recent policy initiatives aimed at concentrating selected surgical procedures in high-volume hospitals may reduce mortality, their economic implications have not been considered fully. From the hospital perspective, the primary effect of these policies will be to redistribute surgical profits to bigger centers. From the payer perspective, prices paid for procedures will likely increase...

1 Department of Sports Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real Portugal. 2 CIDESD UTAD Research Unit, Sport Sciences, Exercise and Health Department, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real Portugal. Authors submitted their contribution of the article to the editorial board. Accepted for printing in Journal of Human Kinetics vol. 41/2014 on June 2...

BACKGROUND A common argument in the recent health policy debate is that treatment is more effective among care providers with large volumes. It is challenging, however, to examine the volume-effectiveness relationship empirically. Several suggestions have recently been made for methodological improvements in the examination of the volume-effectiveness relationship. The aim of this study is to d...