This paper presents the basic characteristics of a prototype fuzzy expert system for condition monitoring applications, in particular, oil analysis in Diesel engines. The system allows for reasoning under absent or imprecise measurements, providing with an interval-valued diagnostic of the suspected severity of a particular fault. A set of so-called metarules complements the basic fault diction...

the primary function of pain is to warn the organism against dangers threatening its integrity. pain does serve as a warning signal for impending injuries. in some people, particularly young children. pain perception has been absent. congenital intesitivity to pain with anhidrosis (cipa) is rare genetic disease characterized by absence of reaction to noxious stimuli and anhidrosis. in this revi...

During the most recent years, a variety of new techniques of penile reconstruction have been described in the literature. This paper focuses on the most recent advances in male genital reconstruction after trauma, excision of benign and malignant disease, in gender reassignment surgery and aphallia with emphasis on surgical technique, cosmetic and functional outcome.

We prove the theorem: The necessary and suucient condition for a spherically symmetric spacetime to represent an isothermal perfect uid (barotropic equation of state with density falling oo as inverse square of the curvature radius) distribution without boundary is that it is conformal to the \minimally" curved (gravitation only manifesting in tidal acceleration and being absent in particle tra...

Atelosteogenesis is a rare chondrodysplasia characterised by rhizomelic short limbed dwarfism, thoracic hypoplasia, multiple joint dislocations, talipes equinovarus, and early death. The diagnosis is confirmed radiologically: short, distally tapering humeri, absent or hypoplastic fibulae, deficient vertebral ossification with coronal clefting, and anarchic ossification of phalanges are characte...

We reported a case of duodenal obstruction caused by phytobezoar in an 11 months old infant. There was absent history of unusual food ingestion and the definitive diagnosis could only be made intraoperatively as signs of intestinal obstruction evolved. The clinical course was described with a review of literature on this rare condition.