Methods: Thirty Wistar rats were divided into three groups of 10 animals each: GI, GII and GIII and the mice were euthanized at 7, 14 and 21 days, respectively. Experimental subjects were compared to their respective controls by the Mann-Whitney test. Comparison of values between compression and tension sides were performed during the same and different time periods through Analysis of Variance...

PURPOSE to evaluate the repercussion of portal hypertension in the indexes of the ovarian, uterine and luteus body periphery arterial resistance, at the medium luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. METHODS in an observational study with transversal cohort, 28 patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni, submitted to splenectomy and ligation of the left gastric vein (HESO), a similar gr...

This study evaluated the root canal dentine surface by scanning electron microscope (SEM) after shaping with two reciprocating single-file NiTi systems and two rotating single-file NiTi systems, in order to verify the presence/absence of the smear layer and the presence/absence of open tubules along the walls of each sample; Forty-eight single-rooted teeth were divided into four groups and shap...

We prove the endpoint case of the multilinear Kakeya conjecture of Bennett, Carbery, and Tao. The proof uses the polynomial method introduced by Dvir. In [1], Bennett, Carbery, and Tao formulated a multilinear Kakeya conjecture, and they proved the conjecture except for the endpoint case. In this paper, we slightly sharpen their result by proving the endpoint case of the conjecture. Our method ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical performance of a silicone hydrogel (Si-Hy) soft contact lens (CL) in combination with three different multipurpose disinfecting solutions (MPDSs). METHODS This was a prospective, randomized, single-masked, crossover, and comparative study in which 31 habitual soft CL wearers were randomly assigned to one of the three MPDSs (Synergi, COMPLETE RevitaLens, and OP...

OBJECTIVES This study was aimed to describe lecturers' perspective concerning the suitable Conscientiousness Index (CI) components and implementations, as well as to compare the CI scores in year 1-4 student batches. METHODS Components were formulated from objective measurements based on interviews with 12 faculty members. The components include: attendance, adherence to rules, evaluative fee...

with error bars of 2 SD, the results may be seen in perspective (fig. 1, lower panel). The investigators described repeat testing for differences between the groups by Student's unpaired t test or by Mann— Whitney U test, and stated that they then confirmed the differences by analysis of variance or by Kruskal-Wallis. However, it is invalid to test repeatedly by Student's or by Mann-Whitney unl...

This paper describes the use of a microsphere sensor technology that allows simple fabrication of vapor sensor arrays with reproducible response patterns. Microsphere sensor fabrication protocols are uncomplicated and yield billions of highly reproducible sensors. Microsphere sensor arrays combined with a generalized Whitney-Mann-Wilcoxen (GWMW) classifier were used to discriminate between the ...

In this paper, we propose two regularization approaches for the Boltz-mann collision operator. The constructed operators preserve the mass, momentum and energy; their equilibrium states are Maxwellians and they satisfy the H theorem. In the rst approach, the regularization consists in allowing microscopic collisions which do not exactly preserve energy and momentum. However, the limit of the mo...

In a mathematical approach to hypothesis tests, we start with a clearly defined set of hypotheses and choose the test with the best properties for those hypotheses. In practice, we often start with less precise hypotheses. For example, often a researcher wants to know which of two groups generally has the larger responses, and either a t-test or a Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney (WMW) test could be accep...