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ERIT - A Collection of Efficient and Reliable Intersection Tests

We describe ERIT, a collection of C routines for eeciently and reliably handling intersection queries between pairs of primitive objects in 3D. ERIT supports intersection queries between the following pairs of primitives: triangle/line-segment, triangle/triangle, sphere/line-segment, sphere/triangle, cylinder/line-segment, cylinder/triangle, cylinder/sphere, cone/line-segment, cone/triangle, to...

Elektroninės cigaretės: naujas būdas mesti rūkyti ar nauja grėsmė?

2 Vilniaus universiteto Medicinos fakulteto Vidaus ligų, šeimos medicinos ir onkologijos klinika Nuo 2010 m. tarp suaugusiųjų ir paauglių išaugo elektroninių cigarečių vartojimas. Dauguma el. cigarečių vartotojų anksčiau yra rūkę tradicinius tabako gaminius. Didžioji dalis žmonių el. cigaretes suvokia kaip priemonę, padėsiančią mesti rūkyti ar sumažinti surūkomų įprastinių cigarečių kiekį. Elek...

Treatment of polycythemia vera.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Current guidelines for the management of patients with polycythemia vera (PV) derive from a few clinical trials and several uncontrolled clinical studies. The purpose of this paper is to critically review the available evidence in literature for selecting the best treatment in the single patient. METHODS The authors have been working in this field contributing origina...

Pathogenesis of polycythemia vera.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Polycythemia vera (PV) is an acquired clonal myeloproliferative disorder characterized by increased production of mature red cells. We still lack a molecular target responsible for this disorder; however, recent investigations have focused on a number of molecules involved in signal transduction pathways mediated by erythropoietin (Epo) and other growth factors. Here we...

Muramidase in polycythemia vera.