Averiguaremos, neste artigo, que os imaginários da tradição não só desapareceram por completo no período primevo das navegações ultramarinas, como foram, em parte, responsáveis novas projeções imaginárias e novos mitos gerados a partir de um olhar itinerante se quer aparentemente racional, empírico desmistificador. Para tanto, abordaremos aqui nenhum registro viagem especial, apesar utilizarmos...

Purpose To use a novel optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) algorithm termed variable interscan time analysis (VISTA) to evaluate relative blood flow speeds in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). Methods Prospective cross-sectional study enrolling patients with confirmed diagnosis of PCV. OCTA of the retina and choroid was obtained with a prototype swept-source OCT system. The...

MCBEND 10 is the latest release of the general radiation transport Monte Carlo code from the ANSWERS Software Service of Serco Assurance. MCBEND is developed within a Nuclear Code Development (NCD) partnership between Serco Assurance and BNFL. The ANSWERS vision is 'to provide easy-to-use software that meets the current and emerging needs of the user community'. In the case of MCBEND, this visi...

The Microsoft Windows Vista operating system implements mandatory access control (MAC) for multi-level integrity. Vista's MAC implementation is designed to balance security with functionality—trusted processes may read untrusted values, and integrity labels may be changed dynamically. While such flexibility makes the system more usable, it also opens the door for information flow vulnerabilitie...

Introduction: Recent studies suggested that the intracranial artery disease may have contributed to stroke and other clinical events more often than previous believes. Although non-invasive MR techniques have long been used to evaluate the extracranial arteries’ plaque burden and components, only a few techniques are at the clinicians’ deploy when studying the intracranial artery. One of the ke...

Analysis of deleted files often provides useful information for the forensic computer examiner. Knowing where to find the deleted files, and how to interpret the metadata associated with the file’s deletion, make up the cornerstone of a successful forensic computer examination. Much like an office trash-can, the Microsoft Windows Recycle Bin is a temporary holding container for files that have ...

BACKGROUND This study aimed at quantifying the biomechanical features of the Sheffield Support Snood, a cervical orthosis specifically designed for patients with neck muscle weakness. The orthosis is designed to be adaptable to a patient's level of functional limitation using adjustable removable supports, which contribute support and restrict movement only in desired anatomical planes. METHO...