With the 2014 FIFA World Cup kicking off on June 12th, billions of fans across the world have turned their attention toward host country Brazil to root for their teams. Soccer (or football, if you prefer) fans are loud; you need only remember the last World Cup’s infamous vuvuzelas for a demonstration. But fans are not only loud in stadiums. They also make their voices heard across social media...

Populations of the common sea fan (Gorgonia ventalina) were decimated by an aspergillosis outbreak throughout the Caribbean two decades ago. Since then, aspergillosis has been considered as the principal cause of mortality in sea fans. However, prevalence and presumably incidence of this disease have been declining in the Caribbean since the mid 1990s. Incidence indicates new cases of disease i...

background filler materials are gaining popularity in nonsurgical rhinoplasty the major advantages are the ability to camouflage the surface deformities, and also the soft and malleable consistency while the major drawback of the safe fillers such as hyaluronic acid is short durability. in this study, we evaluated the injectable cartilage shaving as an autologous filler material for correction ...

BACKGROUND Filler materials are gaining popularity in nonsurgical rhinoplasty the major advantages are the ability to camouflage the surface deformities, and also the soft and malleable consistency while the major drawback of the safe fillers such as hyaluronic acid is short durability. In this study, we evaluated the injectable cartilage shaving as an autologous filler material for correction...

At any point in the life of a building, mechanical and electrical equipment – the services infrastructure – may be poorly operated. Equipment may be inadvertently left in operation when not needed: lights and fans running all night or air conditioning in unoccupied spaces. Or equipment may be operated in ignorance of the cost, a problem exacerbated by time-varying electrical rates. Further, as ...

More and more evidences indicate that internet has become a viable option for the everyday consumer. Millennial are most recent generation to of legal drinking age through whole world have garnered particular attention form wine industry. Online customers may potential loyal fans. The use social media been increasing- both in terms registered members platforms.

The popularity of the sport of auto racing is increasing rapidly, but its fans remain less interested in statistics than the fans of other sports. In this paper, we propose a new class of models for permutations which closely resembles the behavior of auto racing results. We pose the model in a Bayesian hierarchical framework. This framework permits hierarchical specification and fully hierarch...

abstract acute upper airway obstruction (uao) is a life threatening complication that is well recognized after carotid endarterectomy, thyroidectomy and pharyngeal area intervention. it is not widely acknowledged that airway obstruction can occur after cervical spinal fusion surgery which was first described in 1955. there are a number of common postoperative problems which may become apparent ...

There is a need to automate terrain feature mapping so that to make the process more objective and less time consuming by using proper feature extraction techniques. The objective of this study was the use of object-oriented image analysis methods for the automatic extraction of alluvial fan terrain units. The study area was located in the Death Valley, Nevada, USA. The data used included an AS...