HYPOTHESIS Currently, the risk for postoperative acute pulmonary embolism (APE) is assessed clinically. We hypothesize that the expensive screening for the most common genetic thrombophilic clotting defect (factor V Leiden; R(506)Q) after exclusion of established clinical risk factors does not offer additional benefit to surgical patients. DESIGN We reviewed protocols and histories from 8249 ...

AIM To characterize anatomical features of altered passive eruption (APE)-affected teeth using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) and to present a novel combined surgical approach to its correction. CLINICAL INNOVATION REPORT Eighty-four teeth from 14 subjects affected by APE were subjected to CBCT. Periodontal variables were recorded before surgery, and anatomical variables were measured o...

Humans and African great apes (AGAs) are naturally infected with several species of closely related malaria parasites. The need to understand the origins of human malaria as well as the risk of zoonotic transmissions and emergence of new malaria strains in human populations has markedly encouraged research on great ape Plasmodium parasites. Progress in the use of non-invasive methods has render...

Abstract The main energy source for the intensification of a tropical cyclone (TC) is widely accepted to be transfer from ocean atmosphere via surface fluxes. pathway through which these fluxes lead an increase in kinetic has typically been interpreted either terms total potential or dry available (APE), entropy-based heat engine viewpoint. Here, we use local theory APE construct budget moist i...

The study aimed at comparing the resolution and effectiveness of three-electrode arrays (Wenner-α, Wenner-β, Wenner-γ) in 2D Electrical resistivity method using Numerical analysis geological models. Three synthetic models that simulate block-one dyke water layer were generated RES2DMOD software. inversion used for was based on smoothness-constrained least-square which carried out with RES2DINV....

− This paper describes an analogue processing element (APE) suitable for high-density image sensor/processor array integrated circuits. The design tradeoffs between area, power consumption, speed and accuracy are discussed and the architecture of the APE is presented. The design follows a switched-current “analogue microprocessor” approach while the implementation of arithmetic operations is si...

This paper describes APE (the Atlas Planning Engine), the reactive planner at the center of the Atlas dialogue management system. The goal of Atlas is to build conversation-based systems, where turns in the “conversation” may include graphical actions and/or text. Since APE can be used to generate a dialogue involving arbitrarily nested discourse constructs, it is more powerful than dialogue pl...