The incompressible fluid dynamics is reformulated as dynamics of closed loops C in coordinate space. This formulation allows to derive explicit functional equation for the generating functional Ψ[C] in inertial range of spatial scales, which allows the scaling solutions. The requirement of finite energy dissipation rate leads then to the Kolmogorov index. We find an exact steady solution of the...

INTRODUCTION Consistent data about the incidence and outcome of sepsis in Latin American intensive care units (ICUs), including Brazil, are lacking. This study was designed to verify the actual incidence density and outcome of sepsis in Brazilian ICUs. We also assessed the association between the Consensus Conference criteria and outcome METHODS This is a multicenter observational cohort stud...

In this work, we evaluate the performance of the left conjugate direction method (LCD) for the solution of non-symmetric systems of linear equations arising from nite element and nite di erence discretizations of the convection–di usion equation. We extend the LCD algorithm proposed by Dai and Yuan (Int. J. Numer. Meth. Engng 2004; 60:1383–1399) to accommodate restarts. Our discussion considers...

The sequence of 1383 nucleotides of the DNA encoding 16S rDNA was determined for strains of human intestinal spirochaetes, comprising an unnamed isolate and "Brachyspira aalborgi" NCTC 11492. A phylogenetic tree was inferred from aligned sequence comparisons between the intestinal spirochaetes, representatives of the Spirochaetales and Escherichia coli. The type strain of Brachyspira aalborgi, ...

Interferon regulatory factor 6 (IRF6) gene is a member of the IRF-family, and plays functionally diverse roles in the regulation of the immune system. In this report, the 13,720 bp porcine IRF6 genomic DNA structure was firstly identified with a putative IRF6 protein of 467 amino acids. Alignment and phylogenetic analysis of the porcine IRF6 amino acid sequences with their homologies to other s...