A register of British cases of primary hepatic angiosarcoma (HAS) was established in 1974 to monitor the occurrence of cases from 1963 onwards. Details of cases dying in 1963-77 have been obtained. Thirty-five cases were agreed as HAS by panel of liver pathologists, and occupational and medical information was obtained in the majority of these. Two cases were attributable to VCM exposure, and e...

We explore the effect of fixed versus dynamic group membership on public good provision. In a novel experimental design, we modify the traditional voluntary contribution mechanism (VCM) by periodically replacing old members of a group with new members over time. Under this dynamic, overlapping generations matching protocol we find that average contributions experience significantly less decay o...

A novel undecimated wavelet transform based contrast enhancement algorithmisproposed to for both gray scale andcolor images. Contrast enhancement is realized by tuning the magnitude of approximation coefficients at each level with respect to the approximation coefficients of one higher level during the inverse transform phase in a center/surround enhancement sense.The performance of the propose...

Introduction According to the Japanese guidelines for management of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), first choice is metronidazole (MNZ) non-severe cases and vancomycin (VCM) severe cases. However, appropriateness this in patients unclear. We therefore evaluated CDI incidence adverse drug reactions. Methods The electronic chart data at Keio University Hospital between January 2012 June...

The development of site- and path-specific (i.e., non-ergodic) ground-motion models (GMMs) can drastically improve the accuracy probabilistic seismic hazard analyses (PSHAs). varying coefficient model (VCM) is a novel technique for developing non-ergodic GMMs, which puts epistemic uncertainty into spatially coefficients. coefficients at nearby locations are correlated by prior distribution impo...

One main geodetic objective of the European Space Agency’s satellite mission GOCE (gravity eld and steady-state ocean circulation explorer) is the contribution to global height system uni cation. This can be achieved by applying the Geodetic Boundary Value Problem (GBVP) approach. Thereby one estimates the unknown datum offsets between different height networks (datum zones) by comparing the ph...

We consider in this paper the design and implementation of a dual-stage actuated hard disk drive (HDD) servo system, in which an additional piezoelectric actuator is mounted on top of the conventional voice-coil-motor (VCM) actuator to provide a faster and finer response. More specifically, the dual-stage actuated HDD servo system consists of a primary VCM actuator and a secondary suspension pi...

Electromagnetic active suspension is an important technique used in vehicles to improve ride comfort and handling stability. To achieve satisfactory performance, the control requires strong robustness against vehicle uncertainties external disturbances. The voice coil motor (VCM) applied suspension. A model considering actuator established. An controller based on disturbance rejection (ADRC) me...