The isolated North Atlantic island of Bermuda, lying 1000 km ESE of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA, has received scant attention from bryologists since the last compilations of nearly a century ago (EG Britton, 1918; Evans, 1918), plus a few additions (Andrews, 1923; Dixon, 1936). Of the mosses listed by EG Britton (1918), those that are not widespread in both Europe and North America are o...

background: male infertility is affected by several factors. lead is one of the heavy metals more bioavailable than usually modifies the sperm quality in humans. objective: the aim of this study was to establish the role of lead in semen quality in environmentally exposed men. materials and methods: semen and blood samples were obtained from two groups: the exposed group (eg=20) and the non-exp...

On the basis of the Manning equation and basic mass conservation principles, we derive an expression for scaling the steadystate width (W) of river channels as a function of discharge (Q), channel slope (S), roughness (n), and width-to-depth ratio (!): W " [!(! # 2)2/3]3/8Q3/8S$3/16n3/8. We propose that channel width-todepth ratio, in addition to roughness, is a function of the material in whic...

We report the discovery of a partial ∼ 2 diameter non-thermal radio shell coincident with Taz, the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) in the error box of the apparently variable γ-ray source 3EG J1809−2328. We propose that this radio shell is a newly identified supernova remnant (SNR G7.5−1.7) associated with the PWN. The SNR surrounds an amorphous region of thermal X-rays detected in archival ROSAT and ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Aneurysm geometry has been shown to predict the need for adjunctive techniques in the endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms. We conducted a systematic retrospective study examining which thresholds of dome-to-neck ratio, maximum neck width, and aspect ratio of intracranial aneurysms best predict the need for adjunctive techniques in endovascular management. M...

Abstract. The growing trend of developing standards information exchange and management processes is leading to Building Information Models (BIM) being adapted work with linear infrastructure assets. For this reason, the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) has developed for such as roads. Furthermore, usage remote sensing technologies, Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS) systems monitoring increasingly c...

Long-term traffic intensity is among core characteristics that determine main parameters while developing projects for construction of new highways. The long-term influences estimated speed, pavement design, total number lanes, width lanes and roadsides, longitudinal slope, radii horizontal curve, transverse convex concave curves regarding the profile, median strip, layout intersection or junct...

Endocrine glands-derived-vascular endothelial growth factor (EGVEGF) was recently cloned as a new angiogenic factor that selectively acts on the endothelium of endocrine gland cells. We evaluated the involvement of EG-VEGF in colorectal cancer. The expression of EG-VEGF was confirmed in all of the colorectal cancer cell lines. (On the other hand, the expression of EG-VEGF mRNA was not detected ...

Nomenclature AoA = Angle of Attack CDF = Cumulative Distribution Function CoG = Center of Gravity CoV = Coefficient of Variation DLR = Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luftund Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center) hb = ratio of vehicle bottom height to vehicle height hb2 = height parameter, s. Appendix A H = height of vehicle KS = Kolmogorov-Smirnov distance L = length of vehicle L/Dmax = maximum lift-to-d...

Automated road network extraction from remotely sensed imagery can be a promising approach to efficient road databases creation, refinement and updating. However, due to the extreme complexity of an urban scene, road extraction in urban areas is challenging. This paper presents a new integrated approach to extract urban road networks from high spatial-resolution multi-spectral imagery. The prop...