We propose a quartic function to represent a family of continuous quality loss functions. Depending on the choice of its parameters the shape of this function within the specification limits can be either symmetric or asymmetric, and it can be either similar to the ubiquitous quadratic loss function or somewhat closer to the conventional step function. We examine this family of loss functions i...

Ventricular minor-axis dimensions were measured by echocardiography at end-systole (Ss) and end-diastole (SD)) in five groups of patients: (I) normal; (II) mitral stenosis; (III) compensated volume overload; (IV) idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis; and (V) congestive heart failure. Cardiac pump function was evaluated by determination of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction (EF...

In this article, a Quantitative structure Toxicity Relationships (QSTR) of twenty five phenol derivatives is presented. The QSTR study is mainly based on topological parameter. The topological parameter has been evaluated by CAChe prosoftware. The calculations of topological parameters have been done by MOPAC 2007. The statistical parameter has been calculated by SSP software. Various QSTR mode...

Research Statistical Inference About the Shape Parameter of the New Two-parameter Bathtub-shaped Lifetime Distribution Jong-Wuu Wu1,∗,†, Hai-Lin Lu2, Chong-Hong Chen3 and Chun-Hsien Wu1 1Department of Statistics, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taipei 25137, Taiwan 2Department of Management Information Science, Chia-Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan 3Department of Mathematics, ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE MR angiography (MRA) is increasingly used as an alternative to digital subtraction angiography (DSA) to evaluate internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis. Because MRA is not standardized in data acquisition and postprocessing, we sought to evaluate the effects of different acquisition techniques (time-of-flight MRA [TOF-MRA]) and contrast-enhanced MRA [CE-MRA]) and postproc...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine whether surface irregularities measured from ultrasound images of carotid artery plaques and quantified using a novel method, correlate with the presence of ipsilateral hemispheric cerebrovascular symptoms. METHODS A plaque surface irregularity index (SII) was measured in 47 carotid artery plaques (32 subjects, stenosis range 10% -95%, 49%...

To establish comprehensive criteria for detecting restenosis and remodeling, inter- and intraobserver reproducibility of quantitative arteriography in the analysis of 20 lesions immediately after and 6 months after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) were assessed. Geometric single-plane (minimum, maximum, mean diameter and percent diameter stenosis), biplane (absolute and rel...

Focusing properties of the radially polarized Bessel–Gauss beam with a sine-azimuthal variation wavefront was investigated by the vector diffraction theory. The wavefront distribution is the sine function of the azimuthal angle with one phase parameter that indicates the phase change frequency. Results show that the focal pattern can be altered by the phase parameter, and many novel focal patte...

  Abstract   Background: Iatrogenic airway injury after endotracheal intubation and tracheotomy   remains a serious clinical problem. In this study we reviewed post-intubation and traumatic tracheal stenosis in 47 patients with a special attention to the cause, hense surgical treatment of the stenosis was performed and the results compared with the literatures.   Methods: Since February 1995 th...