OBJECTIVE To study the MRI findings of the normal transverse mesocolon and the involvement of the mesocolon in acute pancreatitis (AP) as well as the relationship between the involvement of the mesocolon and the severity of AP. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty patients without pancreatic disorders were retrospectively analyzed to observe the normal transverse mesocolon using MRI; 210 patients with...

Few tools exist that address the challenges facing researchers in the Textual Data Mining (TDM) field. Some are too specific to their application, or are prototypes not suitable for general use. More general tools often are not capable of processing large volumes of data. We have created a Textual Data Mining Infrastructure (TMI) that incorporates both existing and new capabilities in a reusabl...

[1] Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information Using Artificial Neural Networks (PERSIANN) is a satellite infrared-based algorithm that produces global estimates of rainfall at resolutions of 0.25 0.25 and a half-hour. In this study the model parameters of PERSIANN are routinely adjusted using coincident rainfall derived from the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission Microwave Im...

The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011 led to the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (1F) and subsequent meltdown of the reactor cores of Units 1, 2, and 3. The Japanese project on material accountancy technology development for fuel debris of Units 1-3 of 1F has been implemented under the roadmap, “Mid-and-long-Term Roadmap towards the Decommissioning of Fukushi...

The feasibility of the noninvasive assessment of blood 'coagulability' (the tendency to coagulate) has been tested by using a novel device, the Thrombo-Monitor. It monitors, by using the principles of near infra-red (NIR) dynamic light scattering, the tendency of blood to create clots. The Thrombo-Monitor observes the very initial changes of blood viscosity, which occurs due to the temporarily ...

The pressure dependence of the resistivity and structure of La0.60Y0.07Ca0.33MnO3 has been explored in the pressure range from 1 atm to ;7 GPa. The metal to insulator transition temperature (TMI) was found to reach a maximum and the resistivity achieves a minimum at ;3.8 GPa. Beyond this pressure, TMI is reduced with a concomitant increase in the resistivity. Structural measurements at room tem...

An evaluation of the version-5 precipitation radar (PR; algorithm 2A25) and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI; algorithm 2A12) rainfall products is performed across the Tropics in two ways: 1) by comparing long-term TRMM rainfall products with Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC) global rain gauge analyses and 2) by comparing the rainfall estimates from ...

Infrared study has been made on the filled skutterudites PrRu4P12 and SmRu4P12; which undergo a metal–insulator (M–I) transition at TMI 1⁄4 60 and 16 K; respectively. The opening of a charge gap for the two compounds are clearly observed below TMI: For PrRu4P12; new phonon peaks are also observed below TMI; which suggests that the crystal symmetry is lowered. On the other hand, no additional pe...

PURPOSE To establish feasibility, maximum tolerated dose (MTD), and potential efficacy of ablative dose total marrow irradiation (TMI) delivered by helical tomotherapy in patients with multiple myeloma (MM). EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Patients with responding or stable MM received tandem autologous stem cell transplants, first with melphalan 200 mg/m(2), and 60 days or later with TMI. TMI doses were...