BACKGROUND Combat injury patterns differ from civilian trauma in that the former are largely explosion-related, comprising multiple mechanistic and fragment injuries and high-kinetic-energy bullets. Further, unlike civilians, U.S. armed forces combatants are usually heavily protected with helmets and Kevlar body armor with ceramic plate inserts. Searchable databases providing actionable, statis...

Highly efficient four-wave mixing (FWM) and six-wave mixing (SWM) processes can coexist in a four-level Y-type atomic system due to atomic coherence. The simultaneously opened dual electromagnetically induced transparency windows in this four-level atomic system allow observation of these two nonlinear optical processes at the same time, which enables detailed studies of the interplay between t...

Behavioural ecologists increasingly recognise spatial memory as one the most influential cognitive traits involved in evolutionary processes. In particular, spatial working memory (SWM), i.e. the ability of animals to store temporarily useful information for current foraging tasks, determines the foraging efficiency of individuals. As a consequence, SWM also has the potential to influence compe...

Strengthening of reinforced concrete (RC) beams with Self-compacting (SCC) jacketing galvanized welded steel wire mesh (SWM) has been an important area study so far. Increasing the mechanical characteristics and structures to maintain required service life load capacity any structure is exciting area. In this research, a Finite Element (FE) investigation conducted on series that were previously...

Local government units (LGUs) are primarily tasked by law to implement solid waste management (SWM) in the Philippines. But as in other developing countries, technical and financial constraints and limited political tenure delay SWM enhancement. Nevertheless, the law mandates the creation of multisectoral Regional Ecology Centers (RECs) that serve as platform for public participation, capacity ...

We demonstrate efficient energy exchange during propagation between four-wave-mixing FWM and sixwave-mixing SWM signals generated in a four-level inverted-Y atomic system, which fall in the electromagnetically induced transparency window. After an initial growth distance for both FWM and SWM fields in the atomic medium, these two nonlinear optical processes compete and exchange energy between t...

In developing countries, territorial planners are confronted with rapid urbanization and its inherent solid waste management (SWM) which has increased public health risks, and generated environmental and socioeconomic problems too. To analyze these issues, a University campus (as a scaled city) was studied applying the Actor-Network Theory to find key elements to take into account for sustainab...

Abstract Applied as a bedside test of gross dorsal column function, the testing of light touch (LT) sensation is of high clinical value in the diagnosis of human spinal cord injury (SCI). However, the assessment of overall dorsal column deficit by testing only LT may be limited, because the dorsal column pathway conveys several large diameter afferent modalities (e.g., sensation of touch, two-p...

—Early-warning information transmission can provide warning before emergence occur to avoid accident, and the key point is making the right vehicles in need obtain the right information. The stability of network structure and the effectiveness of channel allocation are deemed to be the key factors influencing early-warning information transmission performance. Considering Environmental noise f...

Aim: To evaluate the effect of exogenous platelet activating Factor on capacitation and acrosome reaction in the sperms of infertile subjects. Methods: Forty samples of semen were collected, twenty each from non-male factor infertile subjects (controls) and twenty from male factor infertile subjects (patients). The sperms were separated from seminal fluid by using Sydney IVF sperm gradient kit....