In this paper we are concerned with the elimination of gamma related errors by employing a simple and direct approach, specifically, for phase measuring profilometry (PMP) methods. The harmonic structure of a gamma distorted fringe is investigated and the implications of j for the PMP algorithm is studied. The minimum requirements in terms of number of Steps for appropriate elimination of j rel...

Matching pursuit (MP), particularly using the Gammatones dictionary, has become a popular tool in sparse representations of speech/audio signals. The classical MP algorithm does not however take into account psychoacoustical aspects of the auditory system. Recently two algorithms, called PAMP and PMP have been introduced in order to select only perceptually relevant atoms during MP decompositio...

The socially optimal power market clearing problem with diverse, complex-utility-structure participants at the distribution level, poses computational challenges that are exacerbated by the associated non-convex load flow constraints. We investigate variations and extensions of Proximal Message Passing algorithms proposed in the literature and implemented on similar, though simpler, social welf...

BACKGROUND Pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) is a rare and fatal disease for which no standard treatment has been established. Encouraging results have been recently reported with the combination of cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intra-peritoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). PATIENTS AND METHODS Seventy-five patients with PMP underwent CRS and closed abdomen HIPEC with mytomicin-C and cis-p...

One in 1000 cancers occur during pregnancy. Epithelial tumors of the appendix occur in approximately 1% of all colorectal tumors, and the occurrence of this neoplasm during pregnancy is extremely rare. We report an unusual case of pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) in a 41-year-old full-term pregnant woman. Cesarean section was carried out, and the abdomen was found to contain an appendiceal mucinous...

Pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) is rare being characterized by intraperitoneal accumulation of mucinous ascites produced by neoplastic cells, mostly originating from a perforated appendiceal adenoma. The clinical signs of the disease are variable, and preoperative diagnosis is often difficult. We describe the clinical case of a 67-year-old patient referred to our unit one month after a left inguin...

Background Social isolation, loneliness and stigma are some of the most detrimental psychosocial effects living with dementia, including Lewy Body Disease (LBD). Peer-to-peer support between newly diagnosed people LBD more experienced has potential to reap extremely positive for both parties, their care partners (CP). This presentation will discuss a protocol developments project co-develop pee...

We show that epd (gapB) mutants lacking an erythrose 4-phosphate (E4P) dehydrogenase are impaired for growth on some media and contain less pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) and pyridoxamine 5'-phosphate (PMP) than their epd+ parent. In contrast to a previous report, we found that gapA epd double mutants lacking the glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate and E4P dehydrogenases are auxotrophic for pyridoxine. Th...

Photogeneration of singlet oxygen (1O2) by rose bengal is improved through the use of a porous monolithic polymer (PMP) as a support, as compared to a classic gel-type resin matrix. This type of monolithic polymeric matrix can be made at a multigram scale in quantitative yields enabling the preparation of large amounts of supported photosensitizer at low cost. The singlet oxygen induced oxidati...

The case of a 31-year-old woman with progressive cerebellar degeneration preceding by several months the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer initially and pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) with evidence of causative association with the latter is presented. Despite various chemotherapeutic and surgical manipulations, the patient did not substantially improve and succumbed 20 months following in...