Aortic root ring sign: multimodality imaging of aortic root abscess H. Liu*, Y.-H. Juan*, Q. Wang, J. Xie, Q. Hou, H. Fei, X. Zhang, H. Zhou, C. Liang, Y.-C. Lin, R.Y. Kwong and S.S. Saboo From the Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, GuangZhou, GuangDong, China, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard M...

The cores of a small proportion of the particles in purified preparations of type C viruses are characterized by two concentric shells that have a "double-ring" appearance in specimens prepared for electron microscopy by negative staining or thin sectioning techniques. This distinctive feature allows such particles to be recognized as viral in impure preparations. Detectability of double-ring p...

We previously showed that the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae assembles an actomyosin-based ring that undergoes a contraction-like size change during cytokinesis. To learn more about the biochemical composition and activity of this ring, we have characterized the in vivo distribution and function of Cyk2p, a budding yeast protein that exhibits significant sequence similarity to the cdc15...

Mitral ring annuloplasty (MRA) is commonly considered as a treatment for those who require surgical revascularization due to coronary artery disease concomitant with moderate or severe mitral regurgitation (MR). In addition, the selection of an appropriate ring size is of importance in patients who undergo MRA. Moderate or severe MR may be an important issue with the use of partial detachment o...

We argue that the phase across an asymmetric dc SQUID threaded by a magnetic flux can experience an effective ratchet (periodic and asymmetric) potential. Under an external ac current, a rocking ratchet mechanism operates whereby one sign of the time derivative of the phase is favored. We show that there exists a range of parameters in which a fixed sign (and, in a narrower range, even a fixed ...

This paper presents a technique to classify the circular traffic sign based-on HOG (histogram of oriented gradients) and a ring partitioned matching. The method divides an image into several ring areas, and calculates the HOG feature on each ring area. In the matching process, the weight is assigned to each ring for calculating the distance of HOG feature between tested image and reference imag...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of Atorvastatin on negative symptoms in patients with chronic schizophrenia. The study was a prospective, double-blind, 6-week trial. Forty patients participated in the study; 19 patients were assigned to the Atorvastatin group as well as 21 patients to the placebo group. For assessing negative signs, we used Scale for the Assessment of Negative...

We measure the Kerr-nonlinear index of refraction of a three-level Lambda-type atomic system inside an optical ring cavity. The Kerr nonlinearity is modified and greatly enhanced near atomic resonant conditions for both probe and coupling beams. The Kerr nonlinear coefficient n(2) changes sign when the coupling beam frequency detuning switches sign, which can lead to interesting applications in...

Eighteen previously unknown martian basins have been detected on Viking photographs. The smallest basins have diameters 50 to 100 km less than the smallest known basins on Mercury or the moon. On the latter two planets and the earth, basin morphology varies with increasing diameter: central peak (CP) basins have both central peaks and fragmentary peak rings; peak ring (PR) basins have only conc...

Signcryption can offer authentication and confidentiality simultaneously with better efficiency than traditional signature-then-encryption approach. Ring signature enables a user to conscribe arbitrarily a group of ring members and sign a message on behalf of the ring (which includes himself) without revealing his real identity. By integrating the notion of signcryption and ring signature, ring...