The temperature contrast between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres—the interhemispheric temperature asymmetry (ITA)—is an emerging indicator of global climate change, potentially relevant to the Hadley circulation and tropical rainfall. The authors examine the ITA in historical observations and in phases 3 and 5 of the CoupledModel Intercomparison Project (CMIP3 and CMIP5) simulations. The ...

In this work, we introduce the class of Interrupt Timed Automata (ITA), which are well suited to the description of multi-task systems with interruptions in a single processor environment. This model is a subclass of hybrid automata. While reachability is undecidable for hybrid automata we show that in ITA the reachability problem is in 2EXPSPACE and in PSPACE when the number of clocks is fixed...

OBJECTIVES To identify the age-related benefit of single and bilateral internal thoracic artery (ITA) grafting on long-term cardiac-related survival in patients who survived from primary isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). METHODS A unicenter study was conducted on 12,231 consecutive survivors from primary isolated CABG who received single (n=9566 patients) or bilateral (n=1388 p...

BACKGROUND In this study, we examined the comparative histopathology, morphometry, and risk factors for the development of intimal hyperplasia and atherosclerosis in the radial artery (RA) and the internal thoracic artery (ITA). METHODS AND RESULTS Paired specimens of RAs and ITAs, obtained from 150 patients who underwent CABG, were evaluated with histopathology; 110 pairs of arteries were su...

The present paper describes the pressure transient data analysis of fractal reservoir with fractional calculus application fo r its characterization in a class of geological environment which is not amenable by conventional techniques. The application of pressure derivatives/integral in pressure transient test data interpretation by reservoir engineers is common place since the work done by Bou...

The response to forcing of a 2D laminar premixed slot flame is investigated by means linear analysis, based on the compressible flow equations with two-step reaction scheme for methane combustion. transfer function (FTF) computed from this model, in excellent agreement reference nonlinear calculations. input-output gain between externally applied and global heat release rate computed, peaks are...

This paper discusses user study outcomes with teachers who used Language Muse SM a webbased teacher professional development (TPD) application designed to enhance teachers’ linguistic awareness, and support teachers in the development of language-based instructional scaffolding (support) for their English language learners (ELL). System development was grounded in literature that supports the n...

BACKGROUND Harvesting the internal thoracic artery (ITA) with semiskeletonization is an alternative technique between conventional wide pedicle and skeletonization. It is almost as simple as pedicle harvesting; however, it is supposed to provide the advantage of graft flow and length. Since the heart is unique being the only organ which is perfused during diastole, for comparing the intraoperat...

OBJECTIVES Graft failure has been reported when the arterial conduit, such as the internal thoracic artery (ITA) or the right gastroepiploic artery (GEA), is grafted to a lower grade coronary artery stenosis. The shear stress as a significant factor affecting graft patency was compared between the arterial conduit and the saphenous vein graft (SVG) after surgery. METHODS In 101 patients, 40 I...