Nanogaps with a large working area and precisely controlled separation of about 1 to 20 nm has important applications in nano photonics, thermal management, power generation, chemical sensing, etc. However, an effective method fabricating such nanogaps not yet been established. In addition, it necessary evaluate the dependence physical characteristics on separation, but technically economically...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) in heart failure (HF) patients has been associated with a worse outcome. Similarly, excessive supraventricular ectopic activity (ESVEA) linked to development of AF, stroke, and death. This study aimed investigate AF ESVEA's association outcomes effect prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation nonischemic HF patients. A total 850 HF, left ven...

Ate Poortinga 1,2,3,∗, Wim Bastiaanssen 4,5, Gijs Simons 4,6, David Saah 2,3,7, Gabriel Senay 8, Mark Fenn 1, Brian Bean 1 and John Kadyszewski 9 1 Winrock International, Vietnam Forests and Deltas program, 98 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi 100803, Vietnam; [email protected] (M.F.); [email protected] (B.B.) 2 Spatial Informatics Group, 2529 Yolanda Ct., Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA; [email protected]...

OBJECTIVE To determine the diagnostic and treatment costs in patients referred to a reference centre with a suspected soft tissue sarcoma. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study consisted of a historic cohort of 48 consecutive patients who were diagnosed with soft tissue sarcomas and treated in our centres between the years 2009 and 2011, both prior to and after performing the biopsy. The cost per pr...

This paper studies the perturbation of a Lie-Poisson (or, equivalently an Euler-Poincaré) system by a special dissipation term that has Brockett’s double bracket form. We show that a formally unstable equilibrium of the unperturbed system becomes a spectrally and hence nonlinearly unstable equilibrium after the perturbation is added. We also investigate the geometry of this dissipation mechanis...

Serum feline trypsinogen-like immunoreactivity (fTLI) concentrations and abdominal ultrasound have facilitated the noninvasive diagnosis of pancreatitis in cats, but low sensitivities (33% and 20-35%, respectively) have been reported. A radioimmunoassay has been validated to measure feline pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (fPLI), but the assay's sensitivity and specificity have not been estab...

Oblique sagittal MRI with 3D-FIESTA (3-D fast imaging employing steady-state acquisition) sequences can be obtained through the internal auditory canal (IAC) without relying on multi-planar reconstructions. The high spatial resolution direct sagittal oblique imaging technique is useful for the identification of the four intracanalicular nerves. This work included one case of IAC tumor and two c...