We study the spherical slice transform [Formula: see text] which assigns to a function f on unit sphere S n in integrals of over cross-sections by k-dimensional affine planes passing through north pole (0,…, 0, 1). These transforms are known when k = n. consider all 2 ≤ and obtain an explicit formula connecting with classical (k − 1)-plane Radon–John text]. Using this connection, facts for R k−...

CHROMagar Candida is a differential culture medium for the isolation and presumptive identification of clinically important yeasts. Recently the medium was reformulated by Becton Dickinson. This study was designed to evaluate the performance of the new formula of CHROMagar against the original CHROMagar Candida for recovery, growth, and colony color with stock cultures and with direct plating o...

Abstract. We reformulate the Baum-Connes conjecture with coe cients by introducing a new crossed product functor for C⇤-algebras. All confirming examples for the original Baum-Connes conjecture remain confirming examples for the reformulated conjecture, and at present there are no known counterexamples to the reformulated conjecture. Moreover, some of the known expander-based counterexamples to...

It has long been known that variational inequality problems can be reformulated as nonsmooth equations. Recently, locally high-order convergent nonsmooth Newton methods for nonsmooth equations have been well established via the concept of semismoothness. In this paper, we focus our discussions on a way of globalizing nonsmooth Newton methods based on a smoothing-nonsmooth reformulation of nonsm...

We propose a two-parametric class of merit functions for the second-order cone complementarity problem (SOCCP) based on the one-parametric class of complementarity functions. By the new class of merit functions, the SOCCP can be reformulated as an unconstrainedminimization problem.The new class ofmerit functions is shown to possess some favorable properties. In particular, it provides a global ...

BACKGROUND In April 2014, a tamper-resistant controlled-release oxycodone formulation was introduced into the Australian market. This study aimed to identify the level and methods of tampering with reformulated oxycodone, demographic and clinical characteristics of those who reported tampering with reformulated oxycodone, and perceived attractiveness of original and reformulated oxycodone for m...

The behavior of the Hasse–Schmidt algebra under étale extension is used to show that the Hasse–Schmidt algebra of a smooth algebra of finite type over a field equals the ring of differential operators. These techniques show that the formation of Hasse–Schmidt derivations does not commute with localization, providing a counterexample to a question of Brown and Kuan; their conjecture is reformula...

In this paper we propose a new formulation of the Fourier Modal Method based on an alternative treatment interface conditions allowing us to overcome effect Gibbs phenomenon. Explicit consideration for discontinuous part field leads equation eigenvalue problem, which can be written in inversion-free form. The results method are good agreement with classical approach Li factorization rules both ...

BACKGROUND The soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) is established as a test for iron deficiency (ID). In chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), sTfR is not reliable for screening for ID as the latter is strongly dependent on tumor burden. METHODS We investigated whether the influence of the tumor load can be excluded or minimized using the sTfR/log ferritin ratio (TfR-F-Index) and the C-reactive...