Purpose To investigate the effect of the vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP-1) inhibitor RTU-1096 on retinal morphologic changes and ocular inflammation after retinal laser photocoagulation in mice. Methods C57BL/6JJcl mice were fed a diet containing RTU-1096, a specific inhibitor for VAP-1, or a control diet ad libitum for 7 days. Laser photocoagulation was performed on the peripheral retina o...

The use of Longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscle (LM) volume measured in vivo by real-time ultrasonography (RTU) to estimate carcass composition was evaluated in 47 female sheep. Animals were scanned over six sites (7th, 9th, 11th and 13th thoracic vertebrae and 2nd and 4th lumbar vertebrae). After slaughter carcass weight (CW) and composition by dissection were determined. RTU volume measure...

It is well-known that even toddlers are able to manipulate tools in an appropriate manner according to their physical properties. The ability of children to make novel tools in order to solve problems is, however, surprisingly limited. In adults, mechanical problem solving (MPS) has been proposed to be supported by "technical reasoning skills," which are thought to be involved in every situatio...

This paper presents a Real-time Upcall (RTU) [1] based TCP/IP implementation that guarantees throughput for continuous media applications and ensures low latency bounds for interactive applications. RTU is an endsystem rate-based scheduling mechanism that provides quality of service (QoS) in terms of CPU cycles, to applications. We restructured the existing NetBSD TCP/IP implementation to explo...

PURPOSE The global incidence of cancer is rising, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Radiotherapy is an important cancer treatment in the curative and palliative setting. We aimed to estimate the global demand for and supply of radiotherapy megavoltage machines (MVMs) and assess the changes in supply and demand during the past decade. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cancer incidences for...

This paper presents a Real-time Upcall (rtu) 1] based tcp/ip implementation that guarantees through-put for continuous media applications and ensures low latency bounds for interactive applications. rtu is an endsystem rate-based scheduling mechanism that provides quality of service (qos), in terms of cpu cycles, to applications. We restructured the existing netbsd tcp/ip implementation to expl...

During the last decade several Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) hardware accelerators have been proposed. The accelerators perform operating system functionality traditionally implemented in software. While their effects on predictability and speedups have been studied, their impact on system energy consumption is still unknown. As a first step towards comparison of energy efficiency between H...

While buildings served by multiple rooftop units (RTUs) are widely prevalent in retail and food industries, optimal coordination among RTUs has received little attention. Currently, most buildings utilize plain feedback or heuristic strategies to determine RTU operations. In this paper, we present a switched dynamic programming based approach for optimal scheduling of rooftop unit operations. U...

Objectives To assess referrals to a Field Hospital Mental Health Team (FMHT), assign a diagnosis, provide appropriate treatment, and decide whether suitable for safe return to unit in theatre (RTU), or evacuation home on psychiatric grounds (evac). Methods All documented referrals to the FMHT of 202 Field Hospital during the Op Telic 1 study period of 17 March (day 1) to 23 July 2003 (day 129) ...

A media terminal box combines digital television and services on the World Wide Web. This device will be available in many homes and the interaction with it occurs via a remote control and a visual presentation. The problem is the navigation difficulties among the huge number of television channels. The aim of this study is to investigate whether spoken commands could solve the navigation probl...