Background: The main goal of this study is to determine the relationship between opium dependency and frequency of urolithiasis renal colics. Methods: In a cross sectional study we compared opium dependency in urolithiasis patients (case group) with non-urolithiasis patients (control group) and assessed urolithiasis related renal colics as risk factor to opium dependency prevalence. Dependency ...

CONTEXT: The mass loss of He-burning stars, which are partially or completely stripped their outer hydrogen envelope, is a catalyst the cosmic matter cycle and decisive ingredient massive star evolution. Yet, its theoretical fundament only starting to emerge with major dependencies still be uncovered. AIMS: A temperature radius dependence usually not included in descriptions for classical Wolf-...

Accurate estimation of battery performance and capacity is essential for assessing the capabilities different batteries determining state health (SOH). Typically, diagnostic methods such as constant current charge/discharge, interrupt, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) are demonstrated in laboratory tests with controlled environmental conditions. In real-world applications, electric ...

A polymer-ceramic pressure-sensitive paint (PC-PSP) is a fast responding and sprayable PSP which has been applied for capturing global unsteady flows. The luminophore application process is studied to enhance the characterization of the PC-PSP. A dipping deposition method is used to apply a luminophore on a polymer-ceramic coating. The method selects a solvent by its polarity index. The charact...