Engineered Water Injection (EWI) has been increasingly tested and applied to enhance fluid displacement in reservoirs. The modification of ionic concentration provides interactions with the pore wall, which facilitates oil mobility. This mechanism carbonates alters natural rock wettability being quite an attractive recovery method. Currently, numerical simulation this injection method remains l...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Customized vestibular rehabilitation incorporating optokinetic (OK) stimulation improves visual vertigo (VV) symptoms; however, the degree of improvement varies among individuals. Binocular vision abnormalities (misalignment of ocular axis, ie, strabismus) may be a potential risk factor. This study aimed to investigate the influence of binocular vision abnormalities on VV...

BACKGROUND vestibular disorders are common in the general population, increasing with age. However, it is unknown whether older adults who fall have a higher proportion of vestibular impairment compared with age-matched older adult non-fallers. OBJECTIVE to identify whether a greater proportion of older adult fallers have a peripheral vestibular impairment compared with age-matched healthy co...

BACKGROUND Consensus panel recommendations regarding choice of an antipsychotic agent for schizophrenia differ markedly, but most consider second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) as a homogeneous group. It has been suggested that SGAs seem falsely more efficacious than first-generation antipsychotics (FGAs) as a result of reduced efficacy due to use of a high-dose comparator, haloperidol. We pe...

Inhalation of fibrogenic mineral dust may enhance fibronectin (Fn) production by alveolar macrophages and increase fibroblast growth activity (FGA) in lung lavage fluid. To investigate the relationship of these changes to fibre retention and the development of asbestosis, we exposed 15 sheep to 100 mg Canadian chrysotile fibres in 100 ml saline, and ten sheep to 100 ml saline only, at ten day i...

• Size-effect strongly affects the VHCF of materials. A general rule for size-effect in could not be found this research. depends on material, manufacturing process and material cleanliness. The ODA/FGA size must taken into account when components are designed. Tests specimens with large risk-volumes recommended. It is well-known that fatigue failures originate from defects present within risk-...

Analysis of the degree of overlap between functional magnetic resonance imaging-derived regions of interest (ROIs) has been used to assess the functional convergence and/or segregation of category-selective brain areas. An examination of the extant literature reveals no consistent usage for how such overlap is calculated, nor any systematic comparison between different methods. We argue that ho...