The concept of induced fuzzy topological space, introduced by Weiss [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 50(1975), 142-150], was defined with the notion of a lower semi-continuous function. The aim of this paper is to introduce and study the concepts of induced fuzzy supra-topological spaces and s-lower β-continuous functions. s-Lower β-continuous functions turn out to be the natural tool for studying the ind...

Background: Semi-quantitative evaluation of Modic changes (MCs) has recently been proposed as a way to standardise and increase repeatability of clinical studies. This study is aimed at developing semi-quantitative measures of enhancement, given by contrast agent injection, on T1-weighted images in MCs, and to investigate their reliability and relation with MC types. Methods: Thirty-seven subje...

Higher fertilization on winter wheat increased the fluctuation of winter wheat yield in different rainfall years and impacted the sustainable development of winter wheat production on the Loess Plateau. Based on the long term field experimental data at Chagnwu Agricultural Station, this paper evaluated the EPIC model. And this paper also suggested a sustainable fertilizer level for winter wheat...

This paper presents the semi-passive replication technique – a variant of passive replication – that can be implemented in the asynchronous system model without requiring a membership service to agree on a primary. Passive replication is a popular replication technique since it can tolerate non-deterministic servers (e.g., multithreaded servers) and uses little processing power when compared to...

BACKGROUND The aim of present study was to determine the impact of two different ICU management model, open and semi closed, on resources utilization in intensive care unit. METHOD Retrospective cohort analysis using data from hospital database was applied to compare the effect of ICU management model on ICU length of stay and bed disposition of 1064 patients admitted to the general ICU of Im...

[Purpose] Clarification of the differences in the compression volume of the lungs by the heart (CVLH) between postures may facilitate the selection of optimal postures in respiratory care. Determining CVLH in the supine, semi-prone (Sim's position), and side-lying positions was the aim of this study. [Subjects and Methods] Eight healthy volunteers (six males, two females; mean age, 29.0 ± 9.2 y...

Rice yield potential was greatly improved since the green revolution, but the occurrence of lodging often restricts the achievement of potential yield. Currently, it is still obscure about how the lodging-related traits change along with the genetic improvement in yield potential of rice, although much efforts have been devoted to study the trend of and physiological mechanisms underlying chang...