Superheavy elements owe their existence exclusively to nuclear shell effects which stabilize them against spontaneous fission (SF). Theoretical predictions locate the center of stability at the hypothetical doubly-magic spherical nucleus with Z=114 and N=184 [1]. Calculations with the inclusion of higher orders of deformation [2] suggest the ground state shell correction energy of deformed nucl...

Background: To evaluate the association between pre/post-procedural high sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) level and hs-CRP difference, and the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) or new diffusion-weighted MRI lesions after carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS). Methods: In this study, conducted in 2016 in Shiraz (Iran), patients who underwent diagnostic angiography and CAS...

For any integer s ≥ 0, we derive a combinatorial interpretation for the family of sequences generated by the recursion (parameterized by s) hs(n) = hs(n − s − hs(n − 1)) + hs(n − 2− s − hs(n − 3)), n > s + 3, with the initial conditions hs(1) = hs(2) = · · · = hs(s+2) = 1 and hs(s+3) = 2. We show how these sequences count the number of leaves of a certain infinite tree structure. Using this int...

BACKGROUND High-sensitivity troponin I (hs-TnI) and troponin T (hs-TnT) are moderately correlated and independently related to outcome in atrial fibrillation (AF). Rate controlling therapy has been shown to reduce hs-TnT, however the potential impact on hs-TnI levels, and whether this differs from the effects on hs-TnT, has not been investigated previously. METHODS Sixty patients with stable,...

BACKGROUND Nebulized hypertonic saline (HS) treatment is unavailable to large populations worldwide. OBJECTIVES To determine the bacterial contamination and electrolyte concentrations in homemade (HM-HS) vs. pharmacy made (PM-HS). METHODS We conducted three double-blind consecutive trials: 50 boiled-water homemade 3%-HS (B-HM-HS) bottles and 50 PM-HS. The bottles were cultured after 48 hour...

The Harmony Search (HS) method is an emerging meta-heuristic optimization algorithm. In this paper, we propose two modified HS methods to deal with the unimodal and multi-modal optimization problems. The first modified HS method is based on the fusion of the HS and Differential Evolution (DE) technique, namely, HS-DE. The DE is employed here to optimize the members of the HS memory. The second ...

Human serum (HS) has been reported to induce aggregation of human eyelid adipose-derived stem cells (HEACs) during high-density culture in vitro. The present study focused on the role of cell adhesion molecules and gelatinases during HS-induced aggregation of HEACs. HS-induced aggregation occurred between 9-15 days of culture. Cells aggregated by HS medium (HS-agg) showed stronger expression of...