While many games and other virtual world applications include real-time simulation of rigid bodies, fluids and gasses have proven harder to animate efficiently. This report describes a method for extending previous work with particle systems to efficiently simulate smoke that interacts with rigid bodies, using an existing rigid body simulator. The method is applicable compressible fluids and ga...

abstract background: after coronary artery bypass surgery, pulmonary complications and oxygenation disorders are common, which have an important role in mortality and morbidity. different methods are used for the improvement of pulmonary function and oxygenation, of which incentive spirometry (is) has been investigated here. the aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of is on arterial blo...

We consider the challenge of detection of chemical plumes in hyperspectral image data. Segmentation of gas is difficult due to the diffusive nature of the cloud. The use of hyperspectral imagery provides non-visual data for this problem, allowing for the utilization of a richer array of sensing information. We consider several videos of different gases taken with the same background scene. We i...

Gas hydrates, solid composites of biogenically derived gasses (mainly methane) combined with water ice, may be present in marine sediments, especially at continental margins, under the correct pressure and temperature conditions. Gas hydrates are detected by direct sampling, and inferred from seismic reSection data when a strong bottom-simulating reSector (BSR) is produced by the seismic veloci...

Movies of MCAK-GFP diffusion were analyzed using ”Motion Tracking,” an in-house software package written in the Pluk software development environment (ref. 18). The program starts by identifying peaks in the pixel intensity values for a single frame of the movie. Intensity peaks are assigned (x, y) position values by fitting the experimental intensity distribution with a squared Lorentzian func...

OBJECTIVES: To determine the effects of a small-house nursing home model, THE GREEN HOUSE (GH), on residents’ reported outcomes and quality of care. DESIGN: Two-year longitudinal quasi-experimental study comparing GH residents with residents at two comparison sites using data collected at baseline and three follow-up intervals. SETTING: Four 10-person GHs, the sponsoring nursing home for those ...

Introduction: Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) and wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum) leaves and flowers were used to develop thymo-rutin green tea. The process involved cultivation of buckwheat collection of flowers and leaves after flowering and collection of wild thymus leaves and flowers. Materials and Methods: The leaves and flowers washed and pass through steam to fix color and kept in solar h...