Surfaces subdivision is an important means for geometric computing of surfaces in CAD. This paper proposes a new quadric subdivision for canal surfaces in this paper, RQ-sphere decomposition, that subdivides canal surfaces as a set of truncated revolute quadric with joint spheres. Experimental results show that the RQ-sphere decomposition is better than existing methods.

Abstract The BJ Habibie Science and Technology Area (KST Habibie) Serpong is an office laboratory area close to industrial, agricultural, livestock, with a relatively high level of transportation activity. This condition certainly has the potential increase concentration PM 2.5 10 , which impact on health risks if inhaled by humans. study aimed analyze risk characteristics as basis for recommen...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the validity of self-reported hysterectomy against the gold standard of uterine visualisation using pelvic ultrasound. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS) based in 13 National Health Service (NHS) Trusts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. PARTICIPANTS Between April 2001 and October 2005, 48 215 po...

Cyclooxygenase-2 is frequently upregulated in epithelial tumors and contributes to poor outcomes in multiple malignancies. The COX-2 product prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) promotes tumor growth and metastasis by acting on a family of four G protein-coupled receptors (EP1-4). Using a novel small molecule EP4 antagonist (RQ-15986) and a syngeneic murine model of metastatic breast cancer, we determined t...

To define the relationship between the respiratory quotient (RQ) and energy intake (EI) and to determine the impact of spontaneous locomotor activity (LMA) in the development of diet-induced obesity (DIO), we fed C57BL/6 mice a high-fat diet (HFD) for either 4 days or 17 wk and analyzed them using indirect calorimetry. Importantly, changes in body mass during calorimetry (DeltaM(b)) significant...

Due to the omission $\vphantom {\widehat X}}}}}}}$of a hypothesis from an elementary lemma in author’s paper \lq\lq Gleason parts and point derivations for uniform algebras with dense invertible group\rq\rq, some of proofs presented that are flawed. We prove here nevertheless, all results paper, exception one misstated lemma, correct. In process, we strengthen slightly paper.

In their interesting article, Stapel et al. [1] suggested the use of carbon dioxide production (VCO2) calorimetry with energy expenditure (EE; kcal/day), calculated as 8.19 × VCO2 (ml/min), where VCO2 is provided by the built-in capnometer of the mechanical ventilator. This calculation on average overestimated EE by 7.7 % compared to indirect calorimetry (IC) with a standard deviation (SD) of ±...

Cladribine induces long-term complete remission in hairy cell leukemia (HCL) patients but does not clear minimal residual disease (MRD) according to high-sensitivity PCR assays. To quantify MRD in patients after anti-CD22 recombinant immunotoxin BL22 and other agents, we used a relative quantitative PCR (RQ-PCR) assay using a primer and probe, both patient specific for the immunoglobulin heavy ...

The stoichiometric relationship of ATP production to oxygen consumption, i.e. the P/O ratio, varies depending on the nature of the metabolic substrate used. The latest estimates reveal a P/O ratio approximately 15% higher when glucose is oxidized compared with fatty acid oxidation. Because the energy required to produce aerodynamic lift for hovering is independent of the metabolic fuel oxidized...