ABSTRACT In urrent a he designs, a he size and line size are often xed and determined by the spatial and temporal lo ality of ben hmarks used to evaluate the targeted pro essors. Stream bu er and large fet h size are two te hniques that exploit spatial lo ality to hide memory laten y. In this paper, we ompare the e e tiveness of stream bu er and fet h size on media ben hmarks. We have presented...

OBJECTIVE It is well known that fresh blastocyst transfer results in better pregnancy outcomes with a smaller number of transferred embryos compared with cleavage stage embryo transfer. However, in terms of frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer, only a few studies are available. We aimed to evaluate clinical outcomes of frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) with blastocysts. METHODS Retrospective a...

Improvement of the electrical and photoelectric characteristics is essential to achieve an advanced performance of field-effect transistors and optoelectronic devices. Here we have developed a doping technique to drastically improve electrical and photoelectric characteristics of single-layered, bi-layered and multi-layered WS2 field-effect transistors (FET). After illuminating with deep ultrav...

In this paper, we present a physics-based analytical model of GNR FET, which allows for the evaluation of GNR FET performance including the effects of line-edge roughness as its practical specific non-ideality. The line-edge roughness is modeled in edge-enhanced band-to-band-tunneling and localization regimes, and then verified for various roughness amplitudes. Corresponding to these two regime...

BACKGROUND Exposure to cooking fumes may have different deleterious effects on the respiratory system. The aim of this study was to look at possible effects from inhalation of cooking fumes on pulmonary function. METHODS Two groups of 12 healthy volunteers (A and B) stayed in a model kitchen for two and four hours respectively, and were monitored with spirometry four times during twenty four ...

This paper presents a systematic study of a sharp-switching device built in fully-depleted silicon-oninsulator (FD-SOI) that we have called Z-FET, as it features zero subthreshold swing (<1 mV/decade of current) and zero impact ionization. The Z-FET is a compact device with a single front gate that experimentally demonstrates a current ION/IOFF ratio >10 at low supply voltage, as well as gate-c...

Objective: To investigate the correlation of blood flow detected by 2-Dimensional Power Doppler (2D-PD) sonography in the subendometrial-endometrial unit with the pregnancy outcome in frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles. Study design: Prospective non-randomized observational study. Materials and methods: A total of 127 patients undergoing their first FET cycle were recruited and prepared...

Qubits on solid state devices could potentially provide the rapid control necessary for developing scalable quantum information processors. Materials innovation and design breakthroughs have increased functionality coherence of qubits substantially over past two decades. Here, we show by improving interface between InAs as a semiconductor Al superconductor, one can reliably fabricate voltage-co...

Complex lesions of the thoracic aorta are traditionally treated in 2 surgical steps with the elephant trunk technique. A relatively new approach is the frozen elephant trunk (FET) technique, which potentially allows combined lesions of the thoracic aorta to be treated in a 1-stage procedure combining endovascular treatment with conventional surgery using a hybrid prosthesis. These are very comp...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether serum levels of estradiol affect reproductive outcomes of normoresponder women undergoing fresh embryo transfer (ET) versus frozen-thawed ET (FET). MATERIAL AND METHODS Two hundred fifty-five normoresponder women underwent fresh ET in their first or second in vitro fertilization cycle. Ninety-two women with negative pregnacy test results underwent FET. Clinica...