A multi-sided hole in a surface can be filled by a sequence of nested, smoothly joined surface rings. We show how to generate such a sequence so that (i) the resulting surface is C2 (also in the limit), (ii) the rings consist of standard splines of moderate degree and (iii) the hole filling closely follows the shape of and replaces a guide surface whose good shape is desirable, but whose repres...

Methods A total of 350 consecutive patients diagnosed with HCM (mean age 54 ± 12, 278 males) underwent cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and echocardiography. All enrolled patients were prospectively followed up for adverse clinical events including cardiac death, admission for heart failure and cerebrovascular accident. We divided the subjects into 4 phenotypes according to the location of hype...

Purpose. To evaluate corneal clarity and visual outcomes after small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) and compare them to femtosecond laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (FS-LASIK). Materials and Methods. Fifty-eight myopic eyes of 33 patients who underwent SMILE were compared to 58 eyes of 33 patients treated with FS-LASIK. All procedures were performed using VisuMax® femtosecond laser ...

Modulation of the steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) by attention was studied in detail using 15 'tag' frequencies in the range of 2.5-20 Hz. The stimuli were two series of random disc search arrays superimposed on two concentric color-marked annuli respectively. Two series of arrays were updated independently; one updated at one fixed frequency (flicker) and the other updated randoml...

We investigated the spatial characteristics of the diffuse light in the eye at two different wavelengths and the extent to which this may affect red-green relative spectral sensitivity. The fundus reflectance of six subjects was measured for different field sizes ranging from a 0.18° to 7.28° radius and for two different wavelengths, 560 and 650 nm. The experimental setup consisted of having an...

The influence of a magnetic field on the dynamics of the flow of a ferrofluid in the gap between two concentric, independently rotating cylinders is investigated numerically. The Navier-Stokes equations are solved using a hybrid finite difference and Galerkin method. We show that the frequently used assumption that the internal magnetic field within a ferrofluid is equal to the external applied...

Heat transfer characteristics of air flows in concentric toroidal annular tubes filled with porous media were numerically investigated. The toroidal annulus is constant walls temperature where the outer wall temperature is lower than the inlet temperature. The numerical methodology was based on the finite difference approximation method. The computations were performed for vertical and horizont...

A technique for resolution improvement in two-photon excitation (2PE) fluorescence microscopy based on radially-symmetric annular binary filter (consist of central circular aperture and a concentric peripheral annulus) is proposed. Resolution improvement is achieved by engineering the aperture of the objective lens in a way so as to enhance high spatial frequencies. The structure of the electro...

A unique Taylor-vortex membrane reactor (TVMR) design for continuous gas-liquid reactions is presented in this work. The consists of a cylindrical rotor inside stationary concentric vessel, and flexible system equispaced baffle rings surrounding the rotor. This restricts annular cross section to small gap between baffles rotor, divides annulus into 18 mixing zones. support 6 m long PFA tubular ...

BACKGROUND It has been recognized that "cross-talk" occurs between coronary flow and left ventricular (LV) function. This study tested the hypothesis that impairment of coronary flow reserve (CFR) in arterial hypertension is associated with LV systolic and diastolic dysfunction, independent of abnormalities in LV geometry. METHODS We studied 59 newly diagnosed, never-treated hypertensive pati...