BACKGROUND The behaviour of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in tissues of ruminants has been shown to differ from that of monogastrics (J Agric Food Chem 61(12):2903-2912 doi:10.1021/jf304680j, 2013; J Agric Food Chem 62(28):6861-6870, 2014). This may be a consequence of the complex microbial ecosystem in the rumen. To evaluate this hypothesis, the recovery of PFAAs was studied using the rumen sim...

Cluster Analysis is a field of Data Mining used to extract underlying patterns in unclassified data. Many existing clustering algorithms are inadequate in that they require knowledge of how many clusters exist in the data, otherwise known as k, and that their underlying assumptions make them ineffective in certain situations. The method of Consensus Clustering seeks to rectify the latter proble...

PURPOSE To explore the pattern of practice of palliative splenic irradiation (PSI) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo University. PATIENTS AND METHODS The medical records of patients referred for PSI during the time period from 1990 to 2005 were retrospectively reviewed. We compared the three most common planning techniques (two parallel opposing, single direct field, anterior and ...

Der folgende Text beschreibt im ersten Teil die bisher bei PC-Systemen eingesetzten Verfahren zum Zugriff auf Fahrzeugnetzwerke am Beispiel des Controller Area Network ‚CAN’ und deren Nachteile in Bezug auf übliche informationstechnischeModelle und Anforderungen. Im zweiten Teil wird gezeigt, wie auf ein CAN-Fahrzeugnetzwerk mit Verfahren aus der Standard-IT, analog der etablierten Internet-Kom...

It has already been reported that the CAN protocol produces data inconsistencies in some scenarios that violate the Atomic Broadcast properties. It has been proposed a set of higher level protocols to achieve Atomic Broadcast on CAN based systems. This approach causes considerable overhead. We propose a more efficient solution through small modifications to CAN. Our first proposal of modified p...

An extension to the formalism of Timed Influence Networks, including time-varying and cyclic influences is presented. The proposed time-varying influence functions allow modeling of influences whose strengths vary with time. A cyclic influence, on the other hand, provides a provision for a selfpromoting set of influences. The two extensions will provide TIN models with the capability to depict ...

'^ability, in the practical interpretation of the Bill s t Usps there may, however, be difference of opinion a what is the most suitable educational treatment lor u5 group of mentally subnormal children which lies rftvvfen those deemed to be ineducable and those, tin 1^ whose needs can be met by special educa?nal treatment in the ordinary school. the purpose of this letter is to stress the fact...