BACKGROUND Operations on structures in the chest (usually the lungs) involve cutting between the ribs (thoracotomy). Severe post-thoracotomy pain can result from pleural (lung lining) and muscular damage, costovertebral joint (ribcage) disruption and intercostal nerve (nerves that run along the ribs) damage during surgery. Poor pain relief after surgery can impede recovery and increase the risk...

For noncontact optical thermometry, in contrast with fluorescence intensity ratio (FIR) technology, excitation (EIR) technology has been seriously limited due to low sensitivity. Moreover, by exploring all possible temperature-dependent response, developing multimode thermometry is of great importance. In this work, a new Na2Y2TeB2O10 (NYTB):Tb3+...

Rectangular reinforced concrete pipes are widely used in various municipal projects. Because they often located weak strata urban areas, prone to structural defects such as corrosion, which turn leads a decline the bearing capacity of and, severe cases, causes disasters pipe collapse. In this paper, mechanical properties rectangular with corrosion studied through laboratory tests, and influence...

Metastatic uveal melanoma (MUM) is a nearly universal fatal disease with limited treatment options. Tebentafusp, novel bispecific immune mobilizing T cell receptor, provides an overall survival (OS) benefit for MUM in HLA-A*02:01 positive patients despite low response rate (ORR). Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) first line therapy also have ORR but improved survival. Little known about the ou...

Yaşamın inanç vasıtasıyla düzenlendiği Eski Mısır’da teolojik anlayışlar, krallığın yönetiminden bireyin yaşantısına kadar belirleyici unsur olmuştur. MÖ 3100’lü yıllardan itibaren merkezi bir siyasi güç tarafından yönetilen Mısır toplumu, çöllerle çevrili izole coğrafyada sahip olduğu inancı ve kültürü hiçbir dış etkiye maruz kalmadan binyıllarca sürdürmüştür. Bu uzun süreçte yaşanan kültürel ...

The radiometric calibration equations for the thermal emissive bands (TEB) and the reflective solar bands (RSB) measurements of the earth scenes by the polar satellite sensors, (Terra and Aqua) MODIS and Suomi NPP (VIIRS), and geostationary sensors, GOES Imager and the GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) are analyzed towards calibration algorithm harmonization on the basis of SI traceability ...

Pričujoči članek obravnava vpliv dramske klime, v kateri se prepletajo zunanje in notranje okoliščine dramskega dogajanja, na odločitve, sodbe ravnanja dramskih likov. To ponazarjava s primeroma iz Antigone Trahink. V vzdušju povojnih Teb Ismena omahuje med strahom pred kaznijo božanskim srdom zaradi nepokopa Polinejka. Prav tako lahko klime opazimo Kreontovi spremembi odločitve glede Ismenine ...