The aim of the present study was to predict damage to masonry by combining structural analysis and homogenization methods. In the case of a masonry structure composed of bricks and mortar, a third material is assumed to exist, which is a mixture of the two materials sandwiched between the other two. This new layer has a small thickness, a low stiffness and a given damage ratio. The mechanical p...

We are interested in the early mechanisms that initiate regional patterning in the dorsal telencephalon, which gives rise to cerebral cortex. Members of the LIM-homeodomain (LIM-HD) family of transcription factors are implicated in patterning and cell fate specification in several systems including the mammalian forebrain. Mice in which Lhx2 is disrupted were reported to have reduced telencepha...

The physical process of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) results in derangement of the hemostatic mechanism, which may lead to increased morbidity, secondary to the disease process. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the hematological status of neonates undergoing ECMO therapy, and to evaluate coagulation tests in predicting hemorrhagic risk. Following Institutional Review Boar...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The search for the perfect suture is going on and has resulted in the introduction of many different suture types into the market. The purpose of this study is to investigate the holding strength (HS) of different sutures in the renal parenchyma in an experimental study on pig kidneys. METHODS The HS that caused sliding of the suture was investigated in 5 adult porci...

Özet. Gömülü sistem uygulamaları genel amaçlı bilgisayarlarda geliştirilen uygulamaların aksine kısıtlı bellek, kısıtlı işlemci gücü ve kısıtlı depolama alanı problemlerine sahip ortamlar için geliştirilmektedir. Ancak geliştirilen uygulamalardan beklenen performans hem işlevsel anlamda hem de kullanıcı etkileşimi açısından genel amaçlı bilgisayarlardan farksız olarak düşünülmelidir. Son yıllar...

This is the supplemental material for the CVPR 2010 paper, “Clustering Dynamic Textures with the Hierarchical EM Algorithm” [1]. It contains the derivation of the HEM-DTM algorithm and the associated E-step computations, including sensitivity analysis for the Kalman smoothing filter. 1 Derivation of HEM for dynamic textures In this section we derive the HEM algorithm for dynamic textures. We be...

Özetçe. E-fatura sisteminin zorunlu hale getirilmesiyle birlikte kullanımı oldukça yaygınlaşmıştır. Bu da beraberinde yazılımsal bir yük ortaya çıkarmaktadır. e-Fatura Schematron kurallarının kontrolü de bu yükün önemli bir kısmını oluşturmaktadır. Bu çalışmada e-Fatura Schematron kurallarının tek bir XSLT dosyasında çalıştırılması ile her bir kuralın farklı XSLT dosyalarında çalıştırılma perfo...

The Health Equity Monitor (HEM) is one component theme of the Global Health Observatory, the main statistics repository of the World Health Organization (WHO). Launched in 2013, HEM is a collaboration between: the WHO Department of Information, Evidence and Research (Geneva, Switzerland); the WHO Gender, Equity and Human Rights Team (Geneva, Switzerland); and the International Center for Equity...

MOTIVATION Analysis of genome-wide microarray data requires the estimation of a large number of genetic parameters for individual genes and their interaction expression patterns under multiple biological conditions. The sources of microarray error variability comprises various biological and experimental factors, such as biological and individual replication, sample preparation, hybridization a...

PURPOSE To evaluate the occurrence and time course of hem- and lymphangiogenesis after normal-risk corneal transplantation in the mouse model and to test whether pharmacologic strategies inhibiting both processes improve long-term graft survival. METHODS Normal-risk allogeneic (C57BL/6 to BALB/c) and syngeneic (BALB/c to BALB/c) corneal transplantations were performed and occurrence and time ...