We propose a new approach to quantifying fault system geometry, using an objective fit of the fault geometry to a test function, specifically here a fault branch. Fitting a Y-shaped object using a cost function to dextral faults in California, we find a number of significant results arising from use of a a systematic, objective, quantitative approach. (1) The largest angle of the branch structu...

DEAR EDITOR We describe a 90 year old lady presented with a 2 week history of a nonhealing and bleeding lesion on her right 2nd toe, on a background of one year’s history of chronic infection. The patient had not responded to oral antibiotics and was initially managed with fusidic acid and hydrocortisone acetate cream applied with daily to alternate-day dressings. A history of trauma as the cau...

The directory problem, that of handling an on-line series of INSERT, DELETE and FIND requests, is for most applications addressed satisfactorily by balanced search trees (BST) (see e.g., [Ov83] for a trace of BST's from [AVL62] and on), which guarantee O(logN) worst time for each of these operations. For applications however in which the access frequencies are highly biased the " overbalancedne...

Just as in bottom-up splaying, the idea is to follow each access by a restructuring of the search tree along the path from the accessed item to the root of the tree. The restructuring is done in a local fashion, i.e., without using information about the global structure of the tree. We call the restructuring algorithm the super̈ isor; it operates with a set of rules called the ruleset. Each unit...

conclusions the frequency of rls among our patients was remarkable and we conclude that all patients who are undergoing hemodialysis should be screened for rls, which can assist in providing proper attention and treatment. results according to our results, 54.5% of patients were diagnosed with rls, and of those 65.2% and 42.9% were women and men, respectively. rls is seen more often among patie...

a total of 150 day old female chickens (ross 308) were randomly allocated to 2 groups with 5 replicate and 15 chicks in each replicate to determine the effects of cold induced ascites on performance, antioxidant status, blood enzyme activities and bone metabolism. the two experimental treatments were: 1) chicks that reared under normal temperature (nt) and 2) chicks that reared under cold tempe...

granular cell tumor is a rare benign neoplasm most commonly appears in the head and neck region, especially in the tongue, cheek mucosa, and palate. occurrence in limbs is even rarer. these tumors account for approximately 0.5% of all soft tissue tumors. granular cell tumor can also affect other organs including skin, breast, and lungs. local recurrence and metastasis is potentially higher in m...