BACKGROUND: The prevalence and clinical relevance of Buried Barrett’s (BB) epithelium after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in Barrett’s esophagus (BE) is questioned. Recent studies using small optical coherence tomography (OCT) catheters for scanning underneath the neosquamous epithelium demonstrated a high prevalence of tissue structures that might correspond to BB. Histological correlation, ho...

BACKGROUND: The prevalence and clinical relevance of Buried Barrett’s (BB) epithelium after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in Barrett’s esophagus (BE) is questioned. Recent studies using small optical coherence tomography (OCT) catheters for scanning underneath the neosquamous epithelium demonstrated a high prevalence of tissue structures that might correspond to BB. Histological correlation, ho...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The prevalence and clinical relevance of buried Barrett's glands (BB) after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in Barrett's esophagus (BE) are debated. Recent optical coherence tomography studies demonstrated a high prevalence of BBs. Direct histological correlation, however, has been lacking. Volumetric laser endomicroscopy (VLE) is a second-generation optical coherence tomograp...

The aim of this paper is to bring valuable phase equilibria information for the design and operation biolubricant related biofuel product processes. As a result, Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium (VLE) measurements, at different temperatures, pressures global compositions, ternary systems [Ethanol + 2-Ethyl-1-hexanol 1-Dodecanol] 1-Octanol 1-Dodecanol], as well multicomponent system containing these alc...

AIM To determine specific volumetric laser endomicroscopy (VLE) imaging features associated with neoplasia at the gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) and gastric cardia. METHODS During esophagogastroduodenoscopy for patients with known or suspected Barrett's esophagus, VLE was performed before biopsies were taken at endoscopists' discretion. The gastric cardia was examined on VLE scan from the GE...

in this study a simple and general chemical association theory is introduced. the concept of infinite equilibrium model is re-examined and true mole fractions of associated species are calculated. the theory is applied to derive the distribution function of associated species. as a severe test the application of presented theory to the van der waals mixture model is introduced in order to perfo...

Communication is one of the main elements in the educational process and the non-verbal communication including eye blink, which is one of the key non-verbal method, owns the highest portion of the communication. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the role of eye blink in the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). The eye blink is introduced in the VLE and the role of the eye blinking in t...

Recently, a two-step biodiesel production process which uses short-chain alcohols at supercritical conditions has been proposed. In addition, literature reports suggest that the COSMO-SAC thermodynamic model is a suitable alternative for the prediction of VLE for supercritical methanol/methyl esters mixtures. Thus, in this work a simulation study of the two-step supercritical method for the pro...

In this study a simple and general chemical association theory is introduced. The concept of infinite equilibrium model is re-examined and true mole fractions of associated species are calculated. The theory is applied to derive the distribution function of associated species. As a severe test the application of presented theory to the van der Waals mixture model is introduced in order to p...

This thesis presents a Web-based Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) called the Education through Virtual Experience (EVE) Portal which supports eScience learning for schoolchildren. The VLE guides students and teachers in the production of collaborative research papers to summarize their inquirybased activities. This thesis details the formative evaluations carried out on the VLE and provides e...